"Major Reopening" is what New York Governor Andrew Cuomo headlined the announcement from all three governors of the tri-state region that starting May 19th there will be "a significant ea…
Michael Gene Jacobs slept in the same bed as his mother throughout his childhood, but they never touched. Now, he tells us speaking as his mother, he realizes why: "'I can't afford to coddle…
It's challenging even just to describe "The Waves in Quarantine," a digital "Theatrical Experiment in 6 Movements" starring six beloved  Broadway veterans,  which is available fo…
Below is a day-by-day selection of theater* " both online and in person! " that is opening between May 1 and May 7: a starry Waiting for Godot, musical celebrations of the lives of actres…
After the fascinating first episode last week of Clubbed Thumb's "The Woman's Party," there was no way I was going to miss the second of this three-part play about the little-remembered Nati…
Watch the 40-minute play by Julia Izumi below Theater in Quarantine returns with another "Youtube theater thingy," as Joshua William Gelb refers to this latest original, off kilter play that…
Mayor Bill de Blasio said this morning that the city plans to "fully reopen New York City on July 1… We are ready for stores to open, for businesses to open, offices, theaters " full stren…
Watch "A Mother's Rite," a 40-minute film of an original dance by Jeremy McQueen's Black Iris Project starring Courtney Celeste Spears of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, which is availab…
Yes it's true that Frances McDormand howled like a wolf during one of her acceptance speeches for "Nomadland," which won Best Picture, Best Director and Best Actress (her), and Glenn Close d…
Best Picture "Nomadland" Best Director Chloé Zhao, "Nomadland" Best Actress Frances McDormand, Nomadland Best Actor Anthony Hopkins, The Father Best Supporting Actor Daniel Kaluuya, "Judas …
Watch 90 seconds from "West Side Story," Steven Spielberg's first movie musical, scheduled for released in movie theaters in December, starring g Ansel Elgort and Rachel Zegler as Tony…
The 93rd annual Academy Awards take place tonight, so it seems a good time to test your knowledge of Broadway at the Oscars, both this year's and throughout its history. Loading…
I've viewed and recommend the following five plays and a musical that are still available, though two of them only through this weekend. (For theater that is opening this weekend, check o…
Viewers may first be drawn to Clubbed Thumb's "The Woman's Party" because of the fascinating, little-known history it dramatizes, but another reason becomes immediately clear: It's terrific …
Is this the right time for a work of theater that explores the aftereffect of gun violence and bigotry and a flawed criminal justice system? Sure.  How about one that compares Jewish h…
Like many a performer, Jan Damm has been climbing the walls during the pandemic, but he did it literally. After live performances dried up, he started creating at-home skits for the Bindlest…
In "Two Sisters and a Piano," Jimmy Smits plays a lieutenant in the Cuban army in 1991 who is supposed to keep tabs on the two women (Daphne Rubin-Vega and Florencia Lozano) who are under ho…
"Into The Woods" was "a huge smash hi," when it opened on Broadway in 1987, we're told in the ten-minute video below, the latest from the "Encores! Inside the Revival." Given that the video …
President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris spoke after the jury in the trial of Derek Chauvin in the death of George Floyd convicted him on all three counts, including two for murd…
There are so many productions opening/being announced now that it feels as overwhelming as any April (even moreso, since BroadwayCon 2021 went virtual over the weekend, which you can still w…
It was sunny on the roof of the Empire Hotel overlooking Lincoln Center when more than a dozen dancers today from Broadway and ballet and modern dance companies took a break from a dark year…
As the trial of former police officer Derek Chauvin in the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis, Minnesota is nearing its end, Studio Theatre of D.C. today debuts a new streaming production …
"The Wandering," which its creators bill as an immersive theatrical experience inspired by the music of the 19th century classical composer Franz Schubert " "part visual album, part qu…
Before she wrote the libretto and then the screenplay for "In The Heights," before she became the Pulitzer Prize winning playwright of "Water By The Spoonful," Quiara AlegrÃa Hudes create…
In "Shadow/Land," the opening play of Erika Dickerson-Despenza's projected ten-play-cycle  about Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath, Ruth has come by on August 29, 2005 to pick up her…