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In the first of Robert O'Hara's ten scenes about growing up black and gay, a young child named Sutter asks his mother some uncomfortable questions, including why she and his grandmother call…
How did Juarez, a Mexican border town said to be the birthplace of the burrito and the margarita, become labeled the Murder Capital of the World, specializing in violence against young women…
Win the chance to see theater in New York for an entire year, by entering this first-ever giveaway contest for a membership to Play-By-Play. As they explain on their website, Play-By-Play is…
What’s fun about Broadway in September — the marquees go up for the Fall season, even if the shows won’t be opening for months. The Week in New York Theater, S…
CBS announced today that James Corden will be the new host of The Late Late Show starting in 2015. New York theatergoers know him mostly for his roles in two shows on Broadway —…
There was a party on stage at the Delacorte this weekend — Big Bird, shirtless capoeira acrobats, horn-players on stilts, a loud four-piece rock band , ballerinas dressed in white, Ind…
John and Julie meet in the kitchen of what we eventually learn is a private sm sex party; he turns out to be an intern for her Dad, who's a famous artist. He's 31, she's 20. She discovers he…
The four busboys who work in the kitchen of a tony Upper East Side restaurant in the well-acted, superbly directed new play by Elizabeth Irwin, "My Manana Comes," bring home a cruel irony of…
A.R. Gurney was surprised at the Signature Theater's choice for the opening play in his playwright-in-residence season with them. "The Wayside Motor Inn was dismissed by the critics when it …
A look at the Broadway Fall 2014 Season Preview Guide and especially the Off-Broadway Fall 2014 Season Preview Guide show promise of a rich and varied season. Starting tomorrow …
How well were you paying attention to the theater news in August, some of which was quite silly, some quite sad. Answer these 11 questions and see.
Lin-Manuel Miranda, eating a banana, posed in front of a succinct summary of the 2014-2015 season at the Public Theater – including (fifth from the top) “Hamilton,” an orig…
Here’s what you missed if you went away all summer
In "And I And Silence," a challenging play by Naomi Wallace, two women, Dee and Jamie, one white, the other black, meet in prison when they are teenagers, and after they are released …
Winners of the Fringe Excellence Awards, 2014: Overall Play: Absolutely Filthy The Three Faces of Dr. Crippen This is Where We Live Overall Musical: Jump Man: A Mario Musical King of Kong Ur…
These are supposed to be the dog days of August, but too much is going on — maybe because so many theater people are pouring ice water on their heads, or because we’re looking at…
It wasn’t supposed to be on Broadway at all. Then it was only going to run for five months. But “Newsies” lasted more than 1,000 performances over two and a half years. And…
Sixteen of the most popular shows from the 2014 New York International Fringe Festival will be presented at the 10th annual Fringe Encore series,September 4 to October 5, which (lik…
Listed below, chronologically by opening dates, are the shows officially scheduled so far on Broadway in the 2014-2015 season, with basic information and my two cents for the Fall shows. Bot…
There are 16 shows scheduled to open on Broadway between September and December, 2014 (as of this writing). Take this poll: Which one are you most looking forward to? The shows are organized…
Newsies (half-naked) The Lion King The Book of Mormon Once Tagged: Newsies, Once, The Book of Mormon, The Lion King
In "Kunstler," a fascinating play at the New York Fringe Festival about radical lawyer William Kunstler's most significant cases, playwright Jeffrey Sweet strives to present a balanced portr…
Andrew Rannells replaces Neil Patrick Harris in the lead role of Hedwig and the Angry Inch tonight (August 20th) through October 12th. Harris won a Tony for his portrait of the “girlyb…
Eugene O'Neill wrote "Abortion" exactly a century ago, shortly after he had decided to become a playwright. Director Heather Lanza and producer Taryn A Wisky have chosen to "adapt" O'Neill's…
Death was an unfortunate theme this week, with the passing of two performers , Robin Williams and Lauren Bacall, as comfortable on stage as on screen. We are midway through the 18th annua…
