Monday, October 26, 2026
Duncan Sheik, the singer-songwriter who went from the pop charts to Broadway and gave Spring Awakening its rock score, died on September 17, 2026, in New York. He was 56. His family had said…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 07:20PM[SHARE]Anna Louizos, the three-time Tony-nominated scenic designer behind Avenue Q, In the Heights and School of Rock, died August 25 at 69. TheaterScene's critics reviewed her work 19 times, from …
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 09:12AM[SHARE]Wednesday, April 29, 2026
The New York Pops’ 43rd Birthday Gala honoring Stephen Schwartz did not present itself as a ceremonial evening. It moved with purpose, cleanly built, with no drag between numbers and no ne…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 01:43PM[SHARE]Tuesday, March 17, 2026
There was something inherently ambitious"perhaps even unwieldy"about The New York Pops' season finale, "United in Sound: America at 250." Spanning two and a half centuries of Ame…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 11:34PM[SHARE]Tuesday, February 17, 2026
For Jackson, this concert marked her Carnegie Hall debut, and it was a thrilling one. Known to Broadway audiences for her luminous Daisy Buchanan in "The Great Gatsby" and for a career…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 12:55PM[SHARE]Tuesday, February 3, 2026
I spoke with set designer Andrew Robinson and writer/director Sherry Stregack Lutken about how the porch came into being"not as an object, but as a way of thinking. What follows is a focused…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 08:22PM[SHARE]Friday, January 16, 2026
Review by Jack Quinn, publisher Amelia Grace Beckham and Gavin Cole in a scene from Josée Klein's "Falling Out" at UNDER St. Marks (Photo credit: Seana E. Rogovin) Falling Out is a rock mus…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 03:08PM[SHARE]Sunday, December 21, 2025
The opening sequence established that tone. "Deck the Hall" and "We Need a Little Christmas" moved briskly and confidently, their energy functional rather than decorative. Reineke kept the w…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 01:15PM[SHARE]Friday, December 19, 2025
Performed beneath Rashid Johnson's "A Poem for Deep Thinkers," "The Hikers" unfolds inside the Guggenheim rotunda, where architecture, elevation, and live music shape a restrained duet by Ll…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 12:57PM[SHARE]Thursday, December 18, 2025
Jennifer Blackmer's "Predictor" expands a single moment of insight into a sharp examination of authorship and agency. Anchored by Caitlin Kinnunen's quietly compelling performance as Meg Cra…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 11:13AM[SHARE]Sunday, December 14, 2025
Dominick LaRuffa Jr. speaks without mythology about acting, teaching, and building a sustainable life in the business. In this conversation, he reflects on discipline, long-term patience, an…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 08:03PM[SHARE]Most people delete scam emails. I don't. I answer them in character"Columbo, Paul Lynde, Truman Capote, Fred Garvin"to see what happens when urgency meets performance. What began as curiosit…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 06:11PM[SHARE]Cabaret artist and storyteller Fiona-Jane Weston launches a pair of online Christmas History Salons tracing the holiday's evolution from ancient ritual to modern tradition. Blending historic…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 04:29PM[SHARE]Friday, December 12, 2025
Mary Foster Conklin's Mirrors Revisited stripped Peggy Lee's 1975 art-album down to its core. With a tightly aligned ensemble led by John DiMartino, Yoshi Waki's bass, Vince Cherico's percus…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 02:23PM[SHARE]Thursday, December 11, 2025
Kathy Kaefer's Kiss Me Once: Stories from the Homefront transforms 1940s wartime songs into moving portraits of real families, lovers, and soldiers. Through tender storytelling and beautiful…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 04:26PM[SHARE]Tuesday, December 9, 2025
Steve Ross and a gifted ensemble brought Noël Coward's world vividly to life at the Episcopal Actors' Guild, blending wit, longing, and theatrical history. Highlights included Shana Farr'…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 08:05AM[SHARE]Friday, December 5, 2025
With Tom Stoppard's passing, we look back on a career that transformed theatrical language and feeling. Our tribute revisits Arcadia, Leopoldstadt, Travesties, and The Real Thing through The…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 08:07AM[SHARE]Thursday, December 4, 2025
Eddie Bruce brings warmth, wit, and timeless swing to Winter Rhythms, marking his first Urban Stages appearance with charm, heart, and musical finesse.
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SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 01:22PM[SHARE]Wednesday, December 3, 2025
Harlem Holidays features Renée Elise Goldsberry in an intimate CTH celebration of music, storytelling, and community-driven artistry on Dec 15, 2025
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SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 03:27PM[SHARE]Tuesday, December 2, 2025
The occasion was the 20th Anniversary Gala of Gingold Theatrical Group, the company that celebrates and revitalizes the work of George Bernard Shaw
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SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 06:10PM[SHARE]Douglas Taurel brings veterans' stories to life in The American Soldier, a gripping, award-winning solo performance.
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SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 04:43PM[SHARE]Monday, November 24, 2025
GLORIA! from the Canterbury Choral Society unites Vivaldi, Puccini, and Arnesen in a luminous performance shaped by expressive voices and rich ensemble color.
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SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 05:48PM[SHARE]In Neil Pepe's stark revival of Rajiv Joseph's "Gruesome Playground Injuries," Nicholas Braun and Kara Young trace three decades of bruised connection. Childhood scars, teenage volatility, a…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 12:19AM[SHARE]Sunday, November 23, 2025
These highlights stood out not because they were big, but because they were grounded. Nothing felt inflated or overworked. Reineke kept the orchestra responsive, and Gonzalez moved through M…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 06:25PM[SHARE]Bruno Giraldi's "Love or Death?" at Don't Tell Mama blends cabaret performance, philosophy, and intimate storytelling. Each idea leads to a personal revelation; each revelation breaks into s…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 11:26AM[SHARE]Wednesday, November 19, 2025
George Bernard Shaw " A salon-style evening at the American Irish Historical Society brought artists and educators together as David Staller led a candid, contemporary look at Shaw's ideas i…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 10:32AM[SHARE]Monday, November 17, 2025
At Winter Rhythms, the lights warm, the lobby hums, and Sue Matsuki runs Urban Stages with the grace of a mentor and the stamina of a producer who loves every beat of the work. More than 150…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 11:19PM[SHARE]Sunday, November 16, 2025
Step inside the wild, razor-sharp world of VAPE! The Grease Parody, where creators Billy Recce and Danny Salles reveal how parody becomes true theatre " from the chaotic genius of "Green Lig…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 11:39PM[SHARE]In a Montana farmhouse worn thin by grief and memory, The Harvest exposes the fractures beneath a family's final crop. What begins as a quiet drama of duty erupts into a raw reckoning"where …
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 03:10PM[SHARE]Saturday, November 15, 2025
Reunion's lyricist Scharf and Composer Calire explore how two forgotten one-acts became a musical about second chances, memory, and the courage to reconnect.
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SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 09:32PM[SHARE]Monday, November 10, 2025
This year's service, held Sunday, November 9, 2025, was led by Father John David van Dooren, Rector of the Little Church and Warden of the Guild. His opening words recalled the centuries-old…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 04:21PM[SHARE]Honoring three women reshaping the American musical: Mindi Dickstein, Lisa Lambert and Anna K. Jacobs.Hosted with radiant humor by Taylor Iman Jones, the evening celebrated women and nonbina…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 11:27AM[SHARE]Tuesday, November 4, 2025
Billy Recce and Danny Salles' lyrics are the secret engine of "Vape!""clever, campy, and unexpectedly pointed. They skewers performative purity, influencer culture, and the desperate nostal…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 11:58AM[SHARE]Friday, October 31, 2025
A moving, funny meditation on mortality and friendship, Lia Romeo's "The Lucky Ones" opens not with sentimentality but with shock " and ends with a grace note of acceptance that feels wholly…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 07:21AM[SHARE]Saturday, October 25, 2025
Steven Reineke and The New York Pops opened their Carnegie Hall season with a luminous concert tracing the path of great songs from Broadway to Hollywood. Hugh Panaro and Elizabeth Stanley …
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 10:08AM[SHARE]Wednesday, October 22, 2025
There's no denying that when 'The Pitch" stays in the office, it's alive"taut, funny, and honest. Alper clearly knows this world; he writes its jargon and swagger with precision. But each ti…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 12:04PM[SHARE]Sunday, October 19, 2025
As part of this year's Open House New York festival, the Episcopal Actors' Guild presented Celebration of Song " Freedom and Hope at the Church of the Transfiguration, affectionately known a…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 07:06PM[SHARE]For Levine, the crowd isn't a backdrop"it's a living collaborator. Her show is intimate, often exposing the kind of stories most people bury: intrusive thoughts, shame, and the messy interse…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 04:55PM[SHARE]Friday, October 17, 2025
Olivia Levine's "Unstuck" begins like a comedy set and ends like a cleansing. She steps into the light holding a fake candle and an orange, instantly setting the tone: part ritual, par…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 11:25AM[SHARE]Wednesday, September 24, 2025
As TheaterScene.net approaches its 24th anniversary, I've been reflecting not only on the shows we cover but also on how they speak to one another across the season. Sometimes two production…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 02:11PM[SHARE] 
