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By: David Sheward
Larissa Fasthorse satirizes current confusing attitudes in modern theater in her riotous comedy,The Thanksgiving Play, now presented by Second Stage at the Hayes Theater …
By: David Sheward
April 22, 2023: Camelot, the musical adaptation of the legend of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table, has always been a "problem" show. Alan Jay Lerner and …
By: David Sheward
April 22, 2023: The brilliant Barry Humphries, aka Dame Edna Everage, has passed away at 89. I've seen all three of her Broadway shows (Dame Edna: The Royal Tour, Dame E…
By: Samuel L. Leiter
April 22, 2023: Few New York legitimate theatres have the vast spatial resources of the Vivian Beaumont at Lincoln Center to create the kind of visually stunning imp…
The Neo-Political Cowgirls presents A Midsummer Night's Dream through the eyes of a young girl @ Here Arts Center for a limited run April 22 through May 7, 2023.
April 21, 2023: The Neo-P…
Smart, Original, Fun
By: Alix Cohen
April 23, 2023: It's rare that a theatrical production manages to be both smart and rollicking at the same time, but the Scottish folk tale Prudenci…
By: Alix Cohen
April 21, 2023: Broadway Baby Christine Andreas adapted to cabaret and concert stages as if doing it all along. Elegance, authority, enunciation, vocal control and story aw…
By: Alix Cohen
April 22, 2023: Ken Fallin is a soft spoken, modest man who smiles easily but prefers his subjects to look serious. His world revolves around the visual, yet unlike husband…
By: Alix Cohen
April 22, 2023: Ken and Stanley decided to go back to Boston, keeping the New York apartment. "You could do that then. I knew somebody that knew somebody at The Boston Hera…
Broadway Update: Drama Desk Rules Change; Mario Fratti Dies
By: David Sheward
April 19, 2023: The Drama Desk Awards are joining the Outer Critics Circle, the Lortels and the Independent …
By: Paulanne Simmons
April 19, 2023: At the beginning of the 38th%C2%A0Bistro Awards on April 17, Sherry Eaker, who has been producing the event for 30 years, remembered that her first ye…
Phase 2 Myth Conception: A Survey 1972-2019 at ACA Galleries through June 30,2023, with special presentations on April 27 & May 11.
April 18, 2023:Â ACA Galleries, 529 West 20th Stre…
Nostalgic finds from Broadway Babe feature Elaine Stritch, Bing Crosby, George Burns & Sid Caesar, and Phantom of the Opera.
April 17, 2023: Broadway Babe, Randie Levine-Miller is somew…
Andrew Lloyd Webber, Behind the Mask: "It Wasn't the Best Time of My Life".
By: Ellis Nassour
April 14, 2023 --"Though London advance sales and audience reaction during previews suggested…
By: Samuel L. Leiter
April 13, 2023: Shucked, the new musical at the Nederlander Theatre, may be as corny as Kansas in August, but it's for that very reason it's also one of the surprise …
By: Paulanne Simmons
April 13, 2023: Whether or not you enjoy Shucked, Broadway's new musical based on corn, both the kind you grow and the kind you write, depends mostly on your sense o…
The Phantom of the Opera, Breaking Records for 35 + Years Closes on
Broadway with Friday Benefit and Sunday Star-Studded Gala.
By Ellis Nassour
April 13, 2023 - Instead of Cats being…
Get Them Straight, Please! Monday for One Night Only: Tony Nominees Anita Gillette and Penny Fuller Sin Again.
 By: Ellis Nassour
April 11, 2023: Broadway and 86th Street: Tony nominee…
Tony Nominee/Emmy Winner Sheryl Lee Ralph Will Sign Memoir DIVA 2.0: 12 Life Lessons from Me for You Tuesday at Barnes & Noble
By: Ellis Nassour
April 10, 2023: Indefatigable Tony no…
Paul Davis: INKLINGS, Works on Paper, on view through May 5, 2023, at Keyes Art, 45 Main Street Sag Harbor
April 9, 2023:Â Julie Keyes hosted an opening reception for Paul Davis's Inklin…
Relive the magic of T he Phantom of the Opera on BroadwayHD.
April 8, 2023:Â After 35 years, The Phantom of the Opera is leaving Broadway on April 16 after over 12 thousand performances …
By: David Sheward
April 7, 2023: Theater is the ultimate medium of the imagination, more so than film or TV. With the latter two, there is the potential to travel literally anywhere in t…
By: Isa Goldberg
April 5, 2023: What is joie de vivre, if not "Dancin'"! With direction and staging by Wayne Cilento, Bob Fosse's explosive choreography gets a rousing revival on Broadway…
B'way Update: Window Replaces Sign
By: David Sheward
April 5, 2023: Donald Trump's 34-count indictment isn't the only big news coming out of Manhattan this week. The revival of Lorraine …
