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by Adam F. Cohen . . . Comedian, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert writer and A Good Cry podcast host Michael Cruz Kayne brings his amazingly entertaining new one-man s…
The Theatre World Awards Board of Directors announced today that Tony Award-winner Brian Stokes Mitchell is the recipient of the 10th Annual John Willis Award for Lifetime Ach…
The New York Drama Critics' Circle today named Bruce Norris's Downstate best play of the 2022-23 season. The award for best foreign play went to Tom Stoppard's Leopoldstadt.  …
By Ron Fassler . . . In Richard Ploetz's The Country Play, now at the Theater for the New City, the author wants desperately for us to make a connection with what he has written"the way Anto…
By Samuel L. Leiter . . . In his Foreword to the 1965 publication of Lorraine Hansberry's 1964 play, The Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window, John Braine takes issue with the critics who, more …
By Brian Scott Lipton. . . Those of us who consider ourselves experts when it comes to Lionel Bart's musical Oliver! because we've seen Carol Reed's sumptuous Oscar-winning film adaptation n…
Jaime Lozano will return to Lincoln Center with a new residency of concerts starting Thursday, May 18th at 7:30pm. The first concert Jaime Lozano and his wife Florencia Cuenca, will bring to…
Tony nominations are in, with Some Like It Hot becoming the most nominated musical of the season with 13 nods. Ain't No Mo', A Doll's House, and Leopoldstadt shared the man…
By Brian Scott Lipton . . . It may not literally be true that Barry Manilow has written the songs the whole world sings. Still, I would bet my bank account that most of the more than 2,000 p…
by Adam F. Cohen . . . Steve Guttenberg starred in more movies between 1980 and 1990 as Gene Hackman.  Remember Police Academy (and two sequels), Three Men and a Baby (plus sequel), Co…
Broadway Turns Out " Colton Ryan, Adrianna Hicks, Robert Horn, Gaten Matarazzo, Brian Stokes Mitchell Arian Moayed, Wendell Pierce, Brandon Uranowitz and more  The Entertainment Community…
By Carol Rocamora . . . In a boisterous Broadway season bursting with blockbusters, big casts, and flashy dance ensembles, a small, gentle play can still make a sound of its own. A deep,…
Julie Benko " 14th Annual Dorothy Loudon Award for Excellence in Theatre " Dale Badway " Outstanding Contribution to the Theatre World and much more! The Theatre World Awards Board of …
 The producers of Harmony announced the actors who will portray The Harmonists, the legendary real-life musical group in Harmony, the new musical by Barry Manilow and Bruce…
by Marcina Zaccaria . . . . At The Players Club across the street from Gramercy Park, ghosts from the past are recognized before Penny Arcade took the stage in Longing Lasts Longer. Not dwar…
By Matt Smith . . . Living legend, multi-award winner and newly-minted memoirist Chita Rivera popped into the Temple Emanu-El Streicker Cultural Center on Monday night, her first of many sto…
Itamar Moses never meant to write musicals. He began his career in the early 2000s as a playwright, with premieres in New York City and regionally at Berkeley Repertory Theatre, the Old G…
By Andrew Poretz . . . This reviewer saw Seth Sikes and Nicolas King's The New Belters when they first presented it last October at The Green Room 42. It showed promise, but, was certainly a…
By Barbara & Scott Siegel . . . Solo Shows: From Prima Facie to Walking With Bubbles Solo shows are a bitch! They have to be close to brilliant in order to sit through them " yet they ar…
A digital lottery and rush tickets policies for the New York premiere of Grey House by Levi Holloway, directed by two-time Tony Award winner Joe Mantello. Grey House will b…
Shows With Multiple Nominations: Shucked:Â 12 " Some Like it Hot:Â 8 " Into the Woods:Â 6 " New York, New York:Â 6 " Life of Pi:Â 5 " Love:Â 5 "Merrily We Roll Along:Â 5 " Ohio…
By Samuel L. Leiter . . . It's hard to think of any other Broadway play as au courant as Prima Facie, by British playwright Suzie Miller. I saw this gripping solo drama"whose title means "le…
by Alix Cohen . . . "A puppet is an inanimate object or representational figure animated or manipulated by an entertainer, who is called a puppeteer." Those of you who still think of puppets…
By Melissa Griegel… The famed Studio 54 was only in its original iteration for three years, from 1977-1980, but has spawned record labels, radio stations, and similar nightclubs, and has b…
MacGyver: The Musical releases its much-anticipated world premiere album featuring Broadway and TV Stars. Joining the explosive cast of MacGyver: The Musical is Broadway star Taylor Loud…
