5,357 stories from New York Theater
"My Onliness" is billed as "a fable/cabaret/circus entertainment about a mad king's desperate attempt to impress a mysterious petitioner" " a description that doesn't completely capture the …
Adele and Paul McCartney were among the winners of the Creative Arts Emmys announced over the weekend, which means, for an EGOT (Emmy Grammy Oscar Tony), they only now need…a Tony…
Where are the American plays about labor? About unions, or workers, or workplaces? I've been asking that question every Labor Day,  a legal holiday created by Congress in 1884 to c…
A theater quiz that marks the end of summer, a relatively fallow period that gives theatergoers time to look back at the season just passed, and forward to the season ahead. Half of the ten …
Below is a selection of theater opening in New York in September, when Elmo won't just be on the streets of Times Square, but on an Off-Broadway stage, while the twelve-foot tall puppet L…
"Too much of what is happening in our country today is not normal. Donald Trump and MAGA Republicans represent an extremism that threatens the very foundations of our republic," President Jo…
In the Korean version of Cinderella, the evil stepmother kills Cinderella and throws her into the river. But that's not the end: Cinderella magically comes back to life and, with the help of…
"All the world's a stage, and everybody's in the show, nobody's a pro," Shaina Taub, dressed in patch-quilt overalls, sings in the first moments of her spirited and enchanting musical adapta…
The news of a new Kander and Ebb musical with Lin-Manuel Miranda added to a thrilling Broadway 2022-2023 still in formation. But equally tantalizing were the full season announcements las…
" Robot Infidèle"  is a nearly-wordless, hour-long show that's being presented for just three nights (ending tonight), at Little Island, the odd new pier and public park with…
Below are videos of some of the performances in the last Broadway in Bryant Park lunchtime concert of Summer 2022. The hour-long concert began with an acrobatic and musical "pre-show" perfor…
The cast of "A Strange Loop" performed four songs from the Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize winning musical at the final Broadway in Bryant Park lunchtime concert of Summer 2022. Below are vide…
The Off-Broadway revival of "Kinky Boots," which opens tonight  at Stage 42, comes just 40 months after the end of the show's run on Broadway, and is so little changed from the origina…
In the dog days of summer, those few bloggers not on vacation are depicting the theater as dog eat dog " an arena for classic class struggle, workers vs. owners. Or at least that might be ho…
Jim McCarthy was as charmed and cheered as everybody else by the online shows in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic. Like many, he soon tired of the spontaneous, slapdash productions, m…
Broadway Week will return September 6-25 after a three-year hiatus, offering 2-for-1 tickets. Such efforts to return to 2019 normal have not yet succeeded, as the New York Times report…
For her 101st birthday, Muriel Mandell visited the Whitney Museum of American Art to catch the Whitney Biennial before it closes September 5th. "The Whitney Biennial," we read, "is the longe…
Below are videos from musical numbers sung by casts of two shows opening on Broadway in the fall, as part of the Broadway in Bryant Park lunchtime concert on August 18: "1776" and "A Beautif…
Julie Benko, who went from standby to star of the first-ever Broadway revival of "Funny Girl," sang "I'm The Greatest Star" at the Broadway in Bryant Park lunchtime concert August 18, 2022. …
Sondheim enthusiasts might know Mary Rodgers primarily as the married friend he consulted to learn about marriage so that he could write the musical "Company." Knowledgeable fans of Rodgers …
Daniel is the world professional champion of Solitaire, which feels apt, because "I only feel like myself when I'm alone," as he admits to Jordan, his fiancé. Daniel wants to end his solitu…
At age 91, Adrienne Kennedy will be making her Broadway debut, when Audra McDonald stars in "Ohio Murders," directed by Kenny Leon, opening December 8th at the newly renamed James Earl…
Watch video excerpts of performances from the casts of four Broadway shows, and one Off-Broadway, presented at the Broadway in Bryant Park lunchtime concert this week. "Chicago." Lana Gordon…
Principal cast members of "Hadestown" escaped from the dark Underworld to the bright midday sun of a Broadway in Bryant Park lunchtime concert to perform four of the numbers from the 2019 To…
