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Theater Review by Brian Scott Lipton . . . . Just like many skeptics refused to believe that the enormous "ship of dreams" known as Titanic could ever actually be built, an eyebrow or two wa…
by Meredith Heyman . . . Theater stars came out to celebrate the best of Broadway, off-Broadway and off-off-Broadway for the 68th Annual Drama Desk Awards. For Illinoise star Ricky Urbed…
Cabaret Review by Myra Chanin . . . . Ricky Ritzel is an exceptionally inventive, highly motivated, knowledgeable theatrical anthropologist, ready to rummage through mounds of musical comedy…
Len Cariou received the John Willis Award for Lifetime Achievement; A.J. Shively the Dorothy. Loudon Award for his role in Irish Rep's Philadelphia, Here I Come; Journalist, Critic, Columnis…
Hosted by Sutton Foster and Aaron Tveit, who also performed (with Lorin Latarro directing the star-studded event)the Drama Desk was an exciting evening on June 10, 2024. Coming soon are many…
Cabaret Review By Ron Fassler. . . . "This is going to be all about Broadway musicals," Norm Lewis exclaimed at the top of his electrifying show currently playing through June 13th at 54 Bel…
Casual notes on show-biz books, memoirs and studies, dust gatherers, and hot off the presses. Book Review by Samuel L. Leiter . . . . SITI Company: THIS IS NOT A HANDBOOK (n.p.: SITI Company…
Theater Review by Yani Perez . . . . The Public Theater's Mobile Unit is back this season, presenting the bilingual musical adaptation of William Shakespeare's The Comedy of Errors, adapt…
Producer Jamie deRoy announced the special guests for Jamie deRoy & friends on Monday, July 1 at 7:00PM at Birdland (315 W 44th Street, New York City 10036). T…
54 BELOW, Broadway's Supper Club and 2022 Tony Awards® Honoree for Excellence in the Theatre, is thrilled to welcome back cabaret icon Marilyn Maye on October 1, 2, 10-12, 23, &a…
Out of the Box Theatrics (Liz Flemming, Founding Artistic Director) is pleased to announce the cast and creative team for the company's world premiere production of Inspired by True Ev…
Theater Review by Carol Rocamora . . . . Every once in a while, a small, forgotten play resurfaces, making a great and joyful noise. Such is the case with the beautiful revival of Home, Samm…
GALECA, the Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics, gave "Illinoise," "Merrily We Roll Along," "Oh, Mary!" and "Stereophonic" its top honors in the group's second annual Dorian Theater Award…
Theater Review by Samuel L. Leiter . . . . Molly Sweeney, by the great Irish playwright Brian Friel, is a sensitively crafted, verbally rich, but dramatically challenged and overlong (two ho…
Theater Review by Jeffrey Bruce . . . . "Everybody Loves Somebody," (Irving Taylor/Ken Lane) sung by Dean Martin, plays as the lights dim on Theatrical Outfit's magnificent production of Edw…
Review by Ron Fassler . . . . In what was meant to be a 100th birthday party for Broadway lyricist Sheldon Harnick this past weekend at the 92nd Street Y, what took place instead was somethi…
Celebrity Autobiography is back at The Triad Theater on Wed. July 3 @ 7 pm featuring Craig Bierko, Lewis Black, Mario Cantone, Gena Gershon. Jackie Hoffman, Eugene Pack, Dayle Reyfel, Michae…
Casual notes on show-biz books, memoirs and studies, dust gatherers, and hot off the presses. Book Review by Samuel L. Leiter . . . . Mary S. Ryzuk. The Circle Repertory Company: The First F…
Little Island announced that an annual, four-month-long summer season of world premieres, kicking off June 1, will feature a total of nine newly commissioned pieces. Little Island's new a…
Theater Review by By Ron Fassler . . . . As someone who can quickly and fondly call up memories of the Broadway production of Once, the Tony Award-winning Best Musical of 2012, a tinge o…
Clowns Like Me " Empire: The Musical " Cunnicularii EMPIRE: The Musical, will premiere in its hometown, New York City, July 1 for a 12-week limited engagement at New World Stages. The …
Cabaret review by Marilyn Lester . . . . In his latest Standard and Stories (at 54 Below), the feeling that comes through the most about Tony Danza can be wrapped up in a quote from YouTube …
 The Al Hirschfeld Foundation celebrates Pride Month with its latest online exhibition, "Hirschfeld's Drag Show," now live at AlHirschfeldFoundation.org/exhibitions through Augus…
OBA Awards/Sardi's " Ben Platt/The Palace " Counting and Cracking/Public Theater " JOB/Hayes Theater Following two sold-out runs Off-Broadway, JOB, the smash hit play by Max Wolf Fr…
by Sandi Durell . . . Today is a day to remember and give thanks to all the heroes who fought for the freedoms we now enjoy in America. In fact, if you take the time to go to the TCM channel…
