4,063 stories from theaterlife
By: Samuel L. Leiter
January 26, 2024: The terror of life during the Third Reich"which would, of course, include the Holocaust"continues to generate a goldmine for dramatic treatment, so …
By: Isa Goldberg
January 26, 2024: With the use of immersive storytelling techniques - video cameras, projections, graphic animation, mime, and song, Our Class follows the lives of ten cla…
Theater for the New City Honors performance artist, Penny Arcade at their 21st Annual Love 'n Courage Benefit Gala.
January 25, 2024: Theater for the New City's Emerging Playwrights Program…
By: Samuel L. Leiter
January 22, 2024: Just a little more than a week ago I reviewed the Broadway production of Josh Harmon's Prayer for the French Republic, a searing drama about contemp…
By: Paulanne Simmons
January 22, 2024: If you're looking for light entertainment, Woman on Fire: Fair Is Foul! is probably not for you. But if you want thought-provoking theater at …
Support The Next Generation of Theater Professionals.
By: Alix Cohen
January 23, 2024: During the Pandemic, a We See You manifesto was written by non-white theater artists and sig…
By: Alix Cohen
January 22, 2024: "Don't let the word 'can't' stop you. Sink your teeth like a bulldog and don't let go." Mabel Marlowe, Kenneth's mom.
Nostalgic finds from Broadway Babe include the original "Merrily We Roll Along," Julie Andrews, Rock Hudson and more.
January 21, 2024: Randie Levine-Miller, Broadway Babe, has co…
By: Alix Cohen
January 20, 2024: The Alumni Tribute and Benefit for University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, was one of the best musical theater presentations I've seen thi…
By: David Sheward
January 19, 2024: In the two years since it premiered at Manhattan Theater Club's City Center stage Off-Broadway in 2022, Joshua Harmon's moving, funny and challenging p…
Stereophonic Transfers, Harmony Closes, Gatsby Musical
By: David Sheward
January 17, 2024: As reported in an earlier update as a rumor, the Broadway transfer for Stereophonic, David Adjm…
Those Who Have Found Me
By: Iris Wiener
July 18, 2024: "If I keep coming back here I may make myself an A-list celebrity," joked Mateo Lizcano as he returned to 54 Below with his second …
By: Isa Goldberg
January 14, 2024: An evocative set design (Robert Dutiel) places Alice Jankell's new play, The Sweet Spot, in a dated New York City apartment, like those tucked away in a…
WOMEN ON FIRE: FAIR IS FOUL @ Royal Family Arts Performance Space/145 West 46th Street January 19-29.
January 14, 2024:Â Royal Family, a spunky group of seasoned professions attracting i…
By: Samuel L. Leiter
[Note: some of what follows is adapted from my review of the Off-Broadway production of this play in 2022.]
January 12, 2024: If there's one thematic word that sums u…
Bryce Edwards- At 23, The 20s and 30s Are His Bailiwick
By: Alix Cohen
January 9, 2024: Attending The Bryce Edwards Frivolity Hour feels like going back in time. The artist inhabi…
By: Samuel L. Leiter
[Note: some of what follows is adapted from my review of a 2014 production.]Â
January 10, 2024: Greeting the audience before the curtain rises on Branden Jacob-Je…
Roundabout and Purple Rain
By: David Sheward
January 10, 2024: Roundabout Theater Company has announced major productions for its 2024-25 Broadway and Off-Broadway seasons and the new na…
Nostalgic finds from Broadway Babe include Leonard Bernstein, Anything Goes, Damn Yankees and Elaine Stritch.
January 8, 2024: Broadway Babe, Randie Levine-Miller has some great nostalgic …
Center Stage @ SAC will present THE GLASS MENAGERIE on Saturday & Sunday, January 27 & 28.
January 7, 2024:Â A staged reading of Tennessee Williams's The Glass Menagerie produced…
By: Alix Cohen
January 6, 2024: Terrific. Timely.Attorney Martin Garbus has argued cases involving the First Amendment, Constitutional, criminal, copyright and intellectual property law.…
Sunset Boulevard to Transfer; Smash Workshop; Best Play Contenders
By: David Sheward
January 4, 2024: The minimalist revival of Andrew Lloyd Webber's Sunset Boulevard which is about to c…
The Journey of a Seder Plate or The Road to Broadway
June 4, 2024: Many years ago my mother-in-law, Adele, gave me a seder plate she had purchased in Israel. My mother-in-law placed great …
By: Isa Goldberg
December 31, 2023: Today's comedy routines and standup are tragic affairs - self-involved and monotonous. They can be a real downer, especially if you enjoy your own lau…
By: David Sheward
December 27, 2023: The revival of Tennessee Williams' The Night of the Iguana from La Femme Productions at the Pershing Square Signature Center sounded so promising (Not…
