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By Sandi Durell A very adorable and sexy N'Kenge, bedecked in a skintight red gown with matching boa, made a one night only appearance at the Two E Lounge of The Pierre …
By Ron Fassler On May 8th, in the second of three shows at Feinstein’s/54 Below, in its "Classic American Songbook Series," Deborah Grace Winer  presente…
By Eric J. Grimm The Cafe Carlyle often plays home to those who would like to reinvent themselves as interpreters of standards and jazz tunes, but one of the greatest jo…
by Carol Rocamora Flocks of feathery birds are swarming over Brooklyn this month. Yes, believe your eyes. They've migrated from the ancient theatre of Epidaurus, Greece, la…
by Michael Bracken At its best, Clare Barron's Dance Nation, at Playwrights Horizons Peter Jay Sharp Theater, reminds one of The Mad Ones' Miles for Mary, which played at the s…
Working Theater's Five Boroughs/One City Initiative By Sandi Durell Written by Adam Kraar, Alternating Currents is rooted in community, specific communities that have…
By Sandi Durell It was a grand night for the League of Professional Theatre Women on May 7, when multi-award winning Chita Rivera (2 Tony Awards, 10…
 Nominees Include: Yesenia Ayala (Carousel), Chris Bailey (Jerry Springer: The Opera), Monica Bill Barnes (One Night Only), Anna Bass (One Night …
The Theatre World Awards, Inc. Board of Directors (Dale Badway, President) has announced, today, the 2018 Theatre World Award Honorees for Outstanding Broadway or Off-Broadway Debut Pe…
The 2018 theater awards season kicked off with a pop"a KPOP"last night at the 33rd Annual Lucille Lortel Awards, honoring the best in off-Broadway, at NYU’s Skirba…
By Marilyn Lester Richard Nash's 1954 chestnut, The Rainmaker, has been given a worthy revival by the Blackfriars Repertory Theatre and The Storm Theatre. It's a product…
KPOP, Mary Jane, School Girls: African Mean Girls Play, Cost of Living Take Top Awards NOMINEES AND RECIPIENTS OF THE 2018 LUCILLE LORTEL AWARDS *Please note: all nomine…
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child  –  SpongeBob SquarePants – Desperate Measures – Admissions Outer Critics Circle, the organization of writers and comm…
by Carole Di Tosti A Brief History of Women written and directed by Alan Ayckbourn is a profound and humorous delight. Its symbolic nuances surprise and its deep para…
Part 2: The 2017-18 Season – The Dramas By Barbara & Scott Siegel Like this season's Broadway musical revivals, as detailed in our last column, the Broadway pl…
By Sandi Durell This has always been, in my estimation, Lerner & Loewe's perfect musical. With Bartlett Sher at the helm, it once again resonates with the grand hist…
Favorite Liz Callaway returns to Feinstein’s/54 Below with a brand new show entitled ‘A Hymn to Her‘ about the women who have been inspirational in her life. Still in the p…
The cast, producers and creatives of Desperate Measures had a ‘family’ celebration at Sardi’s on April 27th as they ready to open on May 30th at New World …
Photos: Magda Katz Unexpected Joy opened at the York Theatre on May 3. The new pop musical has a book and lyrics by Bill Russell with music by Janet Hood and features Courtney …
by JK Clarke As any health or behavior expert can tell you, the root cause of substance abuse is rarely, if ever, the substance itself. Rather, it's the un…
by Matt Smith "I can't tell you just how many of my childhood dreams are coming true right now."Â Such is the sentiment expressed by standout New York Pops conductor …
by Alix Cohen On the one year anniversary of his passage to "rock and roll paradise," Jump's common law wife Joy (Luba Mason) is planning a memorial concert. The two per…
By Ron Fassler Backed by a superb 17-piece band, Michael Feinstein was at his customary best last night, in the first of two evenings being presented at Jazz at Lincoln …
by JK Clarke There are very few theater programs I am more fond of than The Public Theater's Mobile Unit. I look forward to their twice annual, sparse but powerfu…
The Legend of Libby Holman    By Sandi Durell Lee Horwin>Libby Holman " a world premiere of a one act musical play emerged at The Triad Theatre. I…
