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Full casting has been set for the new Broadway musical Tammy Faye. The show, with music by Elton John, will feature Olivier Award-winner Katie Brayben as Tammy Faye Bakker, Tony Award-winner…
Casual notes on show-biz books, memoirs and studies, dust gatherers, and hot off the presses. Book Review by Samuel L. Leiter . . . John Mayer. Steppenwolf Theatre Company of Chicago: In …
Cabaret review by Ron Fassler … While attending Isaac Mizrahi's new show at 54 Below, a well-known Shakespeare quote came to mind. In the scene from Hamlet where Polonius is chatting…
Full casting has been announced for the world premiere of Vladimir, written by Erika Sheffer (Russian Transport) and directed by Tony Award winner Daniel Sullivan (MTC: Proof, Lillian Hellma…
Our Class; Fatherland; and Franklinland Our Class The Off-Broadway production Our Class, by Polish playwright Tadeusz Slobodzianek, and helmed by Ukrainian-born, Jewish director Igor Golyak,…
Casual notes on show-biz books, memoirs and studies, dust gatherers, and hot off the presses. Book Review by Samuel L. Leiter . . . Richard Christiansen. A Theater of Our Own: A History and …
In addition to two previously announced works (Split, in September 2024, with tickets currently on sale; and William Inge's Bus Stop in 2025), Transport Group's 2024-2025 season also include…
Left on Tenth is set to begin performances at The James Earl Jones Theatre on September 26, with its official opening on October 23. Left on Tenth will be produced by Daryl Roth and directed…
La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club's 2024-25 season will feature dozens of new works from around the world, including the world premiere of Richard Foreman's Suppose Beautiful Madeline Harvey…
Urban Stages' 2024-2025 season will begin with the New York premiere of Yussef El Guindi's play People of the Book, directed by John Langs (October 4 " November 3, 2024), followed by the hig…
Age is a Feeling; The Beacon; Killing an Evening with Edgar Allan Poe; Green Day Age is a Feeling Vineyard Theatre will present Age is a Feeling,written by and starring Haley McGee (The Ex-B…
The Christine Jorgensen Show, the acclaimed musical production that captivated sold-out audiences last spring at 59E59 Theatres, returns to New York for a limited engagement at HERE Arts Cen…
Theater Review by JK Clarke . . . Just about everyone loves to sneer at lawyers despite their importance and frequent value to us as individuals and society as a whole. I won't even both…
By Melissa Griegel . . . Founder of Castle Hill Productions, Julian Schlossberg has had a varied and successful career producing over 60 productions for stage and screen. Working with some o…
Casual notes on show-biz books, memoirs and studies, dust gatherers, and hot off the presses. Book Review by Samuel L. Leiter . . . . Barbra Streisand. My Name Is Barbra (New York: Viking, 2…
Broadway Bound: The Musicals That Never Came to Broadway/54 Below " Artemesia LeFay & The Harris Family Have 2 Shows/DTM " Seth Sikes & Nicholas King w/Billy Stritch/54 Below Seth Si…
Ted Sperling, Artistic Director of MasterVoices, announced details of the renowned chorus's 83rd season. The season opens with a new version of George and Ira Gershwin, George S. Kaufman and…
Theater Analysis by Carol Rocamora . . . When multiple revivals of the same classic dominate our stages in successive seasons, one can't help but ask, as we're now tempted to do: "Why this p…
Theater Review by Ron Fassler. . . City Centers Encores! scored a winner with its 2022 staging of the distorted fairy tales created by Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine for Into the…
Emmy, SAG, Golden Globe and Critics Choice Award-Winner Kieran Culkin (HBO's "Succession"; This is Our Youth), Emmy, SAG and Critics Choice Award-Winner and Golden Globe Nominee Bob Odenkirk…
If you've ever yearned for a musical about particle physics, this is your lucky day! Particle Fever, a new musical about one of history's most consequential scientific experiments, is curren…
The complete cast has been set for the world premiere production of Marla Mindelle's musical, The Big Gay Jamboree. Directed and choreographed by Connor Gallagher, The Big Gay Jamboree, a br…
Casual notes on show-biz books, memoirs and studies, dust gatherers, and hot off the presses. Book Review by Samuel L. Leiter . . . . Judi Dench (with John Miller). And Furthermore (New York…
Another Shot, a comedy by Spike Manton and Harry Teinowitz, will make its New York debut at The Romulus Linney Courtyard Theatre at the Pershing Square Signature Theatre (480 West 42nd Stree…
The Olivier Award-winning play Stranger Things: The First Shadow will begin previews on March 28, 2025 with an opening on April 22, 2025 at Broadway's Marquis Theatre (210 West 46th Street).…
