Accomplished actress moves to CT, finds herself starring in ‘The Counter’ at TheaterWorks Hartford by Christopher Arnott

Diner drama "The Counter" by Meghan Kennedy brings TheaterWorks Hartford board member and New York transplant Justis Bolding onto its stage Feb. 12 through March 15.

Combative Conditional Love and the Courage to Confront: Inside MCC’s Caroline by Ross

Suitcases, Tylenol, and pancakes in a corner booth of a diner outside of Cleveland — that’s how MCC’s Caroline begins. New clothes and a new name are what’s asked for by the newly an…

Combative Conditional Love and the Courage to Confront: Inside MCC’s “Caroline” by Ross

The Off-Broadway Theatre Review: MCC’s Caroline By Ross Suitcases, Tylenol, and pancakes in a corner booth of a diner outside of Cleveland — that’s how MCC’s Caroline begins. New clo…

Caroline **** by Barry Gordin

By David Sheward October 7, 2025: Preston Max Allen’s perceptive, keenly observant, and ultimately moving play Caroline begins ordinarily enough. A mother and daughter are ordering mac an…

My Dinner with Morgan at Remedy Diner: Chapter 39

Ellen's Stardust Diner To Stage ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW Celebration

Ellen’s Stardust Diner will offer a brand-new Rocky Horror Show: Live! at Ellen’s Stardust on Oct. 31 and Nov. 1 as one of its special events this year in celebration of the iconic music…

MCC Theater Scores with “Caroline” by Ron Fassler

Review by Ron Fassler . . . When the lights go up on Preston Max Allen’s new play Caroline, which opened tonight at off-Broadway’s MCC Theater, we see a 28-year-old mother (Chloë Grace…

Friday 5: 5 Little Things I'm Looking Forward To On Our Next NYC Visit by JK

5 Little Things I'm Looking Forward To On Our Next NYC Visit After 40 plus years of visits to The Big Apple, I've pretty much done all of the touristy things, and they don't really interest…

Lorna Rose Treen: 24 Hour Diner People review – ‘best joke of the fringe’ winner serves up silliness by Brian Logan

Pleasance Courtyard, EdinburghThe character comic returns with another daft set of surreal characters and sharp one-liners – this time stuck in an open-all-hours cafe When Lorna Rose Treen…

Can I Be Frank? by Tulis McCall

CAN I BE FRANK? Morgan Bassichis is a very, VERY funny, very talented stand-up comedian.  Their timing is impeccable.  They could make up a routine based on the menu at The West Side Diner…

RYE Theatre Talk | Breakfast Served All Day by Roundabout Theatre Company

Hear from Roundabout Youth Ensemble students about their 2025 original production of Breakfast Served All Day. Breakfast Served All Day is about a seemingly ordinary diner where the coffee …

Mamma Mia! Returns to Broadway: “Dancing Queen” by bwaySHO

Get an inside look at the cast of Mamma Mia! As they perform at Ellen’s Stardust Diner for their themed brunch. Get tix for the musical, returning to their original home at the Winter Ga…

Cast members of Broadway’s ‘Mamma Mia!’ will perform at Ellen’s Stardust Diner by Michael Abourizk

The diner is located next door to the Winter Garden Theatre, which will host the upcoming revival of the ABBA-scored musical.

Broadway Eats: Serendipity 3 by JK

 Every once in a while, we do something "touristy."  That includes eating, and we really went for it with lunch at Serendipity 3, a New York institution since 1954. We visited their Times …

Bus Stop by Carey Purcell

Midori Francis and Rajesh Bose in Bus Stop. Bus Stop, William Inge’s slice-of-life drama set during a snowstorm, has no sh…

Texas comedian Cristela Alonzo returns to Dallas to film her third Netflix special by Tribune News Service

DALLAS — Comedian Cristela Alonzo was once a young girl in Hidalgo County, living in abject poverty. Her family squatted for years in an abandoned diner. In the early aughts, as a 20-somet…

Tick, tick … Boom! review – a triumphant shout for theatrical ambition by David Jays

Theatr Clwyd, Mold Performed and designed with gusto, Jonathan Larson’s zippy musical about creative passion is a fitting show to relaunch this cherished Welsh stage How do you relaunch a …

Bus Stop by Stanford Friedman

Grace’s Diner, the setting for William Inge’s classic, slice of life drama, Bus Stop, serves homemade pies and cakes. But the customers and wait staff who find themselves stranded overni…

Just Stop by Mason Pilevsky

Bus Stop – 17 May 2025 William Inge’s Bus Stop is a slice of life play set at a bus stop diner in the middle of a storm in Kansas City. The bus is stuck in the ice, and the passengers ar…

David Hyde Pierce on Returning to Broadway in ‘Pirates! The Penzance Musical’ and Turning Down the ‘Frasier’ Reboot by Brent Lang

“I probably should try to eat a little more,” David Hyde Pierce tells the waiter who just tried to clear his plate of scrambled eggs. We’re having breakfast in a diner on the Upper Wes…

A Sweet Slice of Theater: “Waitress” at Actors’ Playhouse by Bill Hirschman

By Mariah Reed Waitress follows the story of Jenna, a talented pie maker working in a small-town diner who is trapped in an unhappy marriage. Haunted by her mother’s legacy of hardship, …

Frank Caruso, Longtime Betty Boop Artist, Is Excited for Betty's Broadway Moment by Darryn King

Thirty-eight years ago, an ambitious young cartoonist named Frank Caruso turned up to the Manhattan offices of King Features for what was meant to be a single day’s freelance work. The com…

The Mosinee Project review – cold war hoax drama has fun with communist cosplay by Mark Lawson

New Diorama theatre, LondonWisconsin’s ‘red scare’ of 1950 was a deliberate fake – but this entertaining show by Counterfactual speculates about possible truths behind the pretence …

Linda Lavin, Tony-winning Broadway actor who starred in the sitcom ‘Alice,’ dies at 87 by Mark Kennedy / Associated Press

Lavin become a role model for working moms in “Alice” as Alice Hyatt, a widowed mother with a 12-year-old son working in a roadside diner outside Phoenix. The show, with Ms. Lavin singin…

Ellen Hart Talks About Her Legendary Stardust Diner and Its Lasting Spell on Broadway

My Take: Off-Broadway's "The Counter," directed by David Cromer by Frank Rizzo

The show: “The Counter” by Meghan Kennedy at off-Broadway’s at the Laura Pels Theater in New York City. What makes it special?: I’d run to see whatever David Cromer directs. It also…

Beyond Broadway: Sink Your Teeth Into a Horror Musical, a Drag Show, a Trip to Space and More by Darryn King and Hayley Levitt

Broadway isn't the only place boasting big names. Off-Broadway stages are also getting their fair share of star power this month, with favorites from the silver screen telling fresh stories …

Review: The Counter at the Laura Pels Theatre by Lorin Wertheimer

Meghan Kennedy's new play connects two lonely souls over a cup of diner coffee. Lorin Wertheimer reviews. The post Review: The Counter at the Laura Pels Theatre appeared first on Exeunt Maga…

The Counter by Joseph Pisano

Despite this obvious shortcoming of The Counter, Anthony Edwards, a growing New York stage presence after much TV and movie fame, resolutely ignores it, never letting Kennedy's contrived wri…

In ‘The Counter,’ With Anthony Edwards, a Cup of Joe and a Side of Secrets by Jesse Green

A diner patron asks a waitress for an extraordinary side dish in Meghan Kennedy’s sweet but shaggy new play.

The Counter Review by Jonathan Mandell

Early every morning, Paul buys a cup of coffee and jokes around with Katie, the waitress in the otherwise empty local diner in the kind of small town in Upstate New York where the townsfolk …

Off-Broadway Review: “The Counter” at the Laura Pels Theatre in the Harold and Miriam Steinberg Center for Theatre (Through Sunday, November 17, 2 by David Roberts

Life secrets and surprises are somewhere on the menu at the way-upstate New York diner where Paul (a quiet, thoughtful, and intense Anthony Edwards) has “good coffee made with a bad machin…

The Counter by Darryl Reilly

Anthony Edwards and Susannah Flood are entrancing as two lost souls at a small-town diner in this humane and artfully presented small-scale drama. The post The Counter appeared first on …

The Counter | Theatre Talk by Roundabout Theatre Company

Discover The Counter, playwright Meghan Kennedy’s newest Roundabout commission. In this video, Roundabout Theatre Company Teaching Artists Karla Hendrick and Margaret Montagna explore the …

The Counter | A World Premiere Production by Roundabout Theatre Company

Every morning at the local diner in a small town, a waitress refills a regular’s coffee. An unlikely friendship develops and keeps him coming back for more. But when he asks for a shocking…

Kids Eat Free at Ellen's Stardust Diner For One Night This Week

Ellen's Stardust Diner will take part in this year's Kids' Night On Broadway in partnership with Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS.

Katharine McPhee Is Opening Up About Closing Up Shop in Broadway's WAITRESS by BroadwayWorld

From BroadwayWorld's Archive: She has already taken on Broadway and the West End. Now Katharine McPhee is back to close up the diner for good! As BroadwayWorld previously reported, the stage…

Five Ways to Win as a Road Warrior by Victoria Cairl

Ready for another red-eye from LAX.Recently, due to inclement weather, I was stuck in a Delta lounge due to a flight delay for several hours. Since no one can control the weather, and my fe…

Anthony Edwards, Susannah Flood and Amy Warren to Star in Roundabout's The Counter by Darryn King

Roundabout Theatre Company's world-premiere production of Meghan Kennedy’s The Counter, directed by David Cromer, has completed casting. The show will begin performances at the Laura Pels …

LaChanze to Make New York Directorial Debut with Alice Childress’ Wine in the Wilderness by Darryn King

Tony Award winner LaChanze will direct Alice Childress' Wine in the Wilderness in her New York directorial debut. The production is part of Classic Stage Company's 2024-25 season, which wi…