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By Ron Fassler . . . In the years since the AIDS crisis first loomed in the 1980s, there have been many plays on the subject. Is there such a thing as too many? Has everything that needs…
NYU Skirball, in Partnership with The Public Theater, will present DruidO'Casey, a North American premiere by Ireland's Druid Theatre, directed by Tony Award-winner Garry Hynes, run…
Married actors and former Drama Desk nominees Mandy Patinkin and Kathryn Grody will host the 67th annual Drama Desk Awards. The previously announced ceremony will be held on Tues…
By Samuel L. Leiter . . . The key figure in Tori Sampson's (If Pretty Hurts Ugly Must be a Muhfucka) promising, well-acted, but less than satisfying play, This Land Was Made, at Off-Broa…
Actress and singer Victoria Guthrie makes her cabaret debut with an evening of romantic stories in the new original show, STAGES OF LOVE, premiering at Don't Tell Mama on June 9th and return…
Broadway Studio Tours " Fat Ham Extends " Casting for The Wiz " Todd Haimes Theatre " Days of Wine & Roses Extends " Sesame Street the Musical Returns " Alicia Keys Musical Hell's Kitche…
Rock & Roll Man/New World Stages " Julie Benko/Harmony " Back to the Future the Musical " The New Group/FreeFest " LCT3/Let's Call Her Patty " MTC/Prayer for the French Republic Julie Be…
By Andrew Poretz . . . The "Boy from Oz," the late, great entertainer Peter Allen, was many things: a song-and-dance man, sure; a composer of pop hits, absolutely. Allen was also the sensiti…
Free Public Works Musical AdaptationTHE TEMPESTBy William Shakespeare Music & Lyrics by Benjamin VelezChoreography by Tiffany Rea-Fisher   Directed by Laurie Woolery Augu…
New York City Center has announced programming for the 2023 " 2024 Season, 80 Years at the Center of the Arts. 30th Encores! Series " Once Upon a Mattress, Jelly's Last Jam, and Titani…
Clint Holmes " Amanda Green " Robbie Rozelle " Susan Mack Robbie Rozelle returns to the historic nightclub Birdland with an all-new show, "Bring Me Giants" on June 29, 2023 at 8:30p…
Thanks Raven Snook (TDF) for providing this wonderful list of New York's outdoor theatre season and more.  Shakespeare in the Park's mounting of Hamlet is just one of many alfresco …
By Sandi Durell . . . On May 25,2023 the OCC handed out awards to all the Winners, previously announced, making it so much easier and surely filled with less performer angst waiting to hear …
By Sandi Durell . . . It was a fortuitous happening when the Boathouse special events space ended its run in Central Park! Why? It opened up the opportunity to find a new location for one of…
By Andrew Poretz … Las Vegas-based singer Amanda King made a fine debut at 54 Below on May 19. Though she has appeared in New York before, this was her first solo show. Ms. King made a spl…
By Carol Rocamora . . . Meet Bert. He's the best friend a fellow could ever have"at least according to Kenneth. He's warm, funny, supportive, and always there when Kenneth needs him"espe…
The 2023 Chita Rivera Awards on May 22 at NYU Skirball Center for the Performing Arts proved to be one of the most exciting evenings in their history with an over-the-top enthusiastic audien…
Ronald 'Smokey' Stevens; Britney Spears' Once Upon a One More Time; Cow Girl; AntFEST; Teenagers in Love; Le Bijou de Paris Ronald "Smokey" Stevens, one of Broadway's great musical comedy pe…
John Kevin Jones/1832 Merchants House " Phillip Officer/Birdland " Natalie Douglas/Birdland " Sam Morrison/SoHo Playhouse " Danny Bacher/Terry Gibbs Songbook " Schmoozin' With Slutsky/The Tr…
By Samuel L. Leiter . . . Bernarda's Daughters, by Diane Exavier, is a title guaranteed to trigger thoughts of The House of Bernarda Alba, the distinguished play by Federico GarcÃa Lo…
Review/Photos By Ron Fassler . . . As a longtime visitor to 54 Below, something happened May 22nd I'll remember the rest of my life, a simple moment of pure synchronicity. As the hour-long t…
By Ron Fassler . . . In GuadalÃs Del Carmen's two-character play, Bees & Honey, the path from meet-cute to eventual marriage to sad dissolution is depicted across the span of two hour…
BIRDLAND THEATER will present the New York debut of the musical revue "Hooray for Hollywood!" on Thursday, June 15 at 8:30 PM. This enthralling tribute stars Billy Strit…
By Samuel L. Leiter . . . The Manhattan Theatre Club is having a friendship moment. Over at its Broadway venue, the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre, David Auburn's Summer, 1976 follows the on…
By Andrew Poretz … Margo Brown returned to her cabaret home base at Don't Tell Mama recently for two nights with her newest show, Forever Me with Love, which celebrated the release of her …
