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"THE FINEST VIRTUOSOS": THE MUSIC MAN ****I/2
By: Samuel L. Leiter
February 17, 2022: If anybody requires assurance that Broadway is back they need look no further than the Winter Garden…
The musical MJ, an electrifying explosion of music and dance, is a thrilling tribute to the artistry of Michael Jackson, featuring over twenty-five of his hit songs.
By: Patrick Christiano…
By: Bernard Carragher
February 15, 2022: We have a new version of Eugene O'Neill's autobiographical play, "Long Day's Journey into Night," at Off-Broadway's Audible Theater on Minetta Lane…
By: Paulanne Simmons
February 15, 2022: Recently, Whoopi Goldberg of ABC's "The View," found herself at the center of controversy when she said, "Let's be truthful, the Holocaust is…
By: JK Clarke
February 11, 2022: The opening night celebration of The Music Man on Broadway at the Winter Garden Theater starring Tony winners Sutton Foster and Hugh Jackman. After the s…
By: David Sheward
February 8, 2022: Transposing classic plays into modern eras has been an accepted theatrical technique for quite a while now. Moving these timeless works into a contempo…
Based on a Shady Lady lecture by Edith de Belleville.By: Alix Cohen
February 10, 2022: Françoise de Rochechouart's path to becoming the favorite of Louis IV The Sun King, was pa…
Based on A Shady Lady Zoom Lecture by Edith de BellevilleÂ
By: Alix Cohen
February 7, 2022: "According to artist Pablo Picasso (1881-1973), there were only two types of women "…
By: David Sheward
February 4, 2022: "It's the suitcase or the coffin," bluntly explains a character in Prayer for the French Republic, Joshua Harmon's somewhat overlong, but ultimately mo…
By: Samuel L. Leiter
February 4, 2022: As a note in the Playbill for MJ"the lively if less than sensational new Broadway juke box musical about Michael Jackson"reminds us, the "King of Po…
Huron Club to Reopen with Comedy on Thursday Nights produced by Alex Simmons
February 3, 2022: New York City's historic Huron Club will open its doors once again on Thursday nights with u…
Electrifying musical, Leave It On the Floor, starring Ephraim Sykes headlines a robust February platform with specialty playlists to honor Black History Month.
February 3, 2022: The month …
B'way Update: Hangmen Returns from the Dead; Shakespeare in the Park Season
By: David Sheward
February 3, 2022: Hangmen, Martin McDonough's dark comedy about a public executioner and his …
By: Iris Wiener
           February 1, 2022: Joe Iconis musicals have typically demonstrated the songwriter's innate, brilliant knack for storytelling thr…
B'way Update: Music Man and the Critics; Tony Voters and Bias Training; Etc.
By: David Sheward
January 31, 2022: The Music Man, probably the most anticipated show of this entire post-CO…
By: David Sheward
January 28, 2022: When patrons enter the Samuel J. Friedman Theater for Manhattan Theater Club's Broadway premiere of Dominique Morisseau's Skeleton Crew, they are greet…
By: Paulanne Simmons
January 29, 2022: Kathryn Kates was a talented character actress, as can be seen in her numerous roles in television, stage and film. But I knew her best as Mrs. River…
I Just Want To Tell Somebody -- Noteworthy Theater
By: Alix Cohen
January 22, 2022: Ronald "Smokey" Stevens' one man tell-all is worth the trip downtown. The Washington, D.C. born…
B'way Update: Kite Runner, Strange Loop Set Dates; WSJ Critic Terry Teachout Dies
By: David Sheward
January 19,2022: Amid news of many shows closing or going into hibernation for the win…
By: David Sheward
January 13, 2022: Two more Broadway shows are going on hiatus, joining Mrs. Doubtful as productions temporarily closing during these volatile COVID-tinged times in hopes…
Painting the Printing Word, a solo exhibition by Joan Giordano, on view through February 15, 2022, at June Kelly Gallery in Soho.Â
January 12, 2022:Â June Kelly Gallery, 166 Mercer S…
B'way Update: Skeleton and Paradise Shift Dates, Joan Copeland Dies
By: David Sheward
January 5, 2022: COVID and Omicron are still necessitating changes on Broadway. Skeleton Crew, Do…
B'way Update: Doubtfire Pauses, Proud Closes, Jackman Sidelined
By: David Sheward
January 3, 2022: The omicron variant of the COVID-19 virus continues to wreak havoc on the New York thea…
Kick-Off the New Year with star-studded new additions on BroadwayHD, including the Les Miserables 25 Anniversary Concert with Nick Jonas.
January 1, 2022: BroadwayHD, the premiere streamin…
Dance into the Holidays with COPPELIA coming to BroadwayHD on December 25. The cutting-edge ballet combines animation & live action dance for a unique cinematic experience that del…
