Real Families Really Matter in “The Reservoir” and “You Got Older” by Jan Simpson

Ever since Sophocles put the fall of the House of Oedipus onstage, the theatrical canon has been chock-a-block with unhappy families. And that makes sense because they make for good drama. B…

Of Dr. West’s Medicine Show and Junk Band, Norman Greenbaum, and “Spirit in the Sky” by Trav S.D.

November 20 is the birthday of that great purveyor of Americana…Norman Greenbaum (b. 1942). I wish I’d remembered his earlier work in time to include him in the radio show I did with Wil…

Big Ange review – divided Britain faced down by a dinner lady by Mark Fisher

Live theatre, Newcastle Jamie Eastlake’s play addresses the forces pushing a young man towards the far right – and the school meals supervisor set on saving him When did society become s…

“KYOTO” IS POLITICAL THEATRE OF THE FIRST RANK by Ron Fassler

Review by Ron Fassler . . . While sitting through Kyoto, which opened this week at the Mitzi Newhouse Theatre, I couldn’t help being reminded of several other recent plays best described …

Phillip James Brannon and James Scully Will Return to Oh, Mary! by Broadway.com

Oh, Mary! alums James Scully and Phillip James Brannon are coming back for more. Scully made his Broadway debut in Cole Escola's comedic romp, originating the role of Mary's Teacher. Bra…

BEHIND THE BALLET - with Elizabeth Kaye | ABT@85: CLASSICS TO THE CONTEMPORARY 🩰 by American Ballet Theatre

BEHIND THE BALLET WITH ELIZABETH KAYE, ABT's Dance Historian This installment of our 2025 Fall season BEHIND THE BALLET dives into ABT@85: CLASSICS TO THE CONTEMPORARY with assorted pas …

Real-Life Couple Steven Pasquale and Phillipa Soo Will Lead High Spirits at Encores! by Broadway.com

Real-life spouses Steven Pasquale and Phillipa Soo will star in the Encores! presentation of the 1964 musical High Spirits. The show will play New York City Center from February 4 through …

Your junk could be Gen Z’s treasure. How to profit from the resurgence of Y2K fashion by The Associated Press

By NICKY ANDREWS From Juicy Couture sweat sets and low-rise, bedazzled jeans to chunky belts and baby tees, early 2000s fashion is all the rage again. That potentially makes that old box of …

Interview: MAYBE HAPPY ENDING Lighting Designer Ben Stanton on the Art of Collaboration

Lighting Designer Ben Stanton is currently nominated for his fifth Tony Award for his work on Maybe Happy Ending, starring Darren Criss and Helen J Shen. He was previously nominated for his …

Upstairs Downstairs by Carey Purcell

Jon Michael Hill and and Namir Smallwood in Pass OverPhoto by Jeremy Daniel Originally published in the Lincoln Center Theate…

Kenshi Yonezu Launches 2025 WORLD TOUR / JUNK by Pauline Adamek

Global J-pop phenomenon Kenshi Yonezu has been captivating fans all over the globe with his highly anticipated 2025 WORLD TOUR / JUNK. The artist will perform at New York City’s iconic R…

The Price by Wendy Caster

I am not a fan of Arthur Miller's. But I like to revisit works to see if I've missed something. Having recently reread Death of a Salesman and seen the The Village Theater Group productio…

Hit Comedy Oh, Mary! to Welcome Phillip James Brannon and Chris Renfro by Darryn King

Phillip James Brannon (Macbeth, Junk) and Chris Renfro (Queer as Folk) will join Cole Escola's hit Broadway comedy Oh, Mary! at the Lyceum Theatre. Brannon will star as Mary’s Husband,…

Will Robert Downey Jr. earn a 2025 Tony nomination for ‘McNeal’ following 2024 Emmy and Oscar wins? by David Buchanan

Over the past 10 years Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Ayad Akhtar has batted a thousand at the Tony Awards. Both of his past Broadway outings — “Disgraced” in 2014 and “Junk” in…

Brian Sanders’ JUNK presents Urban Scuba by Melissa Strong

Brian Sanders’ JUNK presents a limited-run showcase of Urban Scuba featuring a new musical score. Melissa Strong previews.

Theatre Review: Ayad Akhtar’s ‘Junk’ at Silver Spring Stage by Susan Brall

McNeal by Victor Gluck, Editor-In-Chief

As in Ayad Akhtar’s plays "Disgraced," "JUNK" and "The Who and the What," all of which have been produced by the Lincoln Center Theater, "McNeal" is always interesting, always arresting. U…

McNEAL at the Vivian Beaumont Theatre of Lincoln Center by Richard Seff

The management at New York’s Lincoln Center has brought into its spacious Beaumont Theatre a flashy new production called McNeal  by the highly regarded Ayad Aktar whose plays Disgraced a…

McNeal by Carey Purcell

I left McNeal, the new play in performances at the Vivian Beaumont Theatre at Lincoln Center, thinking I had been pranked. Had this play about a writer and his troubled relationship with art…

Bette Bourne obituary by Neil Bartlett

Actor, activist and founder of the radical drag troupe the Bloolips whose performances influenced mainstream theatre In 1980, the New York magazine the Village Voice captioned a centre-sprea…

Tracking the Changes of My Life Via a Survey of Constantly Changing Communicating Tools by Elyse Sommer

Tracking the Changes of My Life Via a Survey of Constantly Changing Communicating Tools By Elyse Sommer My first writing tool was a fountain pen and the "platform" on which my scribblings la…

Friday 5: 5 Musicals Based on Children's and Young Adult Books by JK

  5 Musicals Based on Children's and Young Adult Books With the success of The Outsiders on Broadway these days, it got me to thinking about other musicals based on children's and young …

Inside JUNK's Priceless Opening Night on Broadway! by BroadwayWorld

From BroadwayWorld's Archive: Lincoln Center Theater presents Junk, a new play by Ayad Akhtar, directed by Doug Hughes, which just opened last night, November 2, at the Vivian Beaumont Theat…

Highlights of MTC'S DAN CODY'S YACHT; Opens June 6 by BroadwayWorld

From BroadwayWorld's Archive: Dan Cody's Yacht is now in previews ahead of a Wednesday, June 6 opening night at MTC at New York City Center - Stage I (131 West 55th Street). The cast of Dan …

Academy Award Winner Robert Downey Jr. to Make Broadway Debut in New Play by Ayad Akhtar by Darryn King

Academy Award winner Robert Downey Jr. will make his Broadway debut in McNeal, a new play by Tony nominee and Pulitzer Prize winner Ayad Akhtar (Junk, Disgraced), directed by Tony winner Bar…

Robert Downey Jr. To Make Broadway Debut This Fall In Ayad Akhtar’s New Play ‘McNeal’ by Greg Evans

Robert Downey Jr. will make his his Broadway debut in the lead role of McNeal, the new play by Ayad Akhtar, author of the Tony-nominated Junk and the Pulitzer-winner Disgraced. Downey will p…

REVIEW: Appropriate by JK

Review of the Wednesday, April 24, 2024 matinee performance at the Belasco Theatre in New York City. Starring Sarah Paulson, Corey Stoll, Michael Esper, Natalie Gold, Ella Beatty, Graham Cam…

Marius von Mayenburg’s Nachtland at the Young Vic: Satire on Art and Anti-Semitism Is Both Absurdist and Unsettling by Aleks Sierz

We’ve all heard of the metaphorical madwoman in the attic, but what about the symbolic unexploded bomb under the roof, tucked away among the junk, accumulating dust and lying quietly undis…

Nachtland review – a provocative plunge into art history by David Jays

Young Vic, LondonThe discovery of what could be a painting by Hitler leads to a moral quagmire in Patrick Marber’s punchy staging of Marius von Mayenburg’s play Arrive early, and you’l…

Full Cast Set for Broadway's Days of Wine and Roses, Starring Kelli O'Hara and Brian d'Arcy James by Darryn King

The complete cast is set for Days of Wine and Roses, starring the previously announced Kelli O’Hara and Brian d’Arcy James. The new musical, adapted from the 1962 film and 1958 telepla…

‘I Need That’ Review: It’s Always Messy in New Jersey by Jesse Green

Danny DeVito returns to Broadway in a Theresa Rebeck comedy about a lonely old man lost in a houseful of junk.

‘I Need That’ Broadway Review: Danny DeVito Steals Laughs From A Junk Pile

Clutter – physical, emotional – is the subject of Theresa Rebeck’s new Broadway play I Need That, a comedy-drama that star Danny DeVito works mightily and with increasing futility to s…

I Need That Broadway Review. Danny DeVito as a hoarder by Jonathan Mandell

Theresa Rebeck’s play about a hoarder is the slightest of comedies. Its plot is paltry. Its insights are pat. It promises more laughs than it delivers.  It even promises more junk than i…

FTC Proposing Transparency Rules For Ticketing Fees by Joe Patti

A couple hours after I made my post about an article addressing the problem with “drip fees” in the UK and the psychology that reinforces their use, I saw that the FTC is proposing new r…

40 Years of Broadway: 2003-2013: Favorite Songs and Scores by JK

40 Years of Broadway: 2003-2013: Favorite Songs & Scores Continuing with that third decade (August 20, 2003 - August 19, 2013), I've been thinking of my favorite songs and scores from …

Dances Like a Bomb review – age-old questions of bad elastic, death and hypnosis by gin by Lyndsey Winship

Zoo Southside, EdinburghMikel Murfi and Finola Cronin have laughs, despair and arresting moments of connection in a dance-theatre show about the realities of ageing The flub, that’s what …

ReDISCoveries: Spring Awakening (2006 OBCR) by JK

ReDISCoveries: Spring Awakening (2006 Original Broadway Cast Recording) Jeff has kindly invited me to revisit and review some of the older cast recordings in my collection. Every other week …

London theatre show’s cake poster falls foul of junk food ad rules by Matthew Weaver

Theatre boss calls TfL decision ‘ridiculous’ after poster found to breach rules aimed at tackling obesity London’s transport network has defended a decision to ban a theatre poster fea…

Biden: Ticket Fees Are Junk Fees. Off Broadway Week Begins. I’ll Never Fall In Love Again. #Stageworthy News of the Week by Jonathan Mandell

“Americans are tired of being played for suckers,” President Joe Biden said at the State of the Union Address last week, asking Congress to “pass the Junk Fee Prevention Act so compani…

Oscar-Winning Movie Musical La La Land Will Be Adapted for the Stage by Ruthie Fierberg

La La Land has its eyes on Broadway. The Academy Award-winning movie musical is being adapted into a stage project. Pulitzer Prize-winning and Tony Award-nominated playwright Ayad Akhtar an…