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Fake news, alternate facts, and sensational journalism in ‘The Connector’ at Off-Broadway’s MCC

In the late 1990s (aka “the tabloid era”), Stephen Glass, a rising young journalist for The New Republic, was exposed for writing fictitious news stories with fabricated information that had escaped...

An exhilarating trip through ‘The Life and Slimes of Marc Summers’ at Off-Broadway’s New World Stages

For kids of the 1980s and ‘90s, Marc Summers is a living TV legend, having hosted and produced Nickelodeon’s world-famous children’s game show Double Dare from 1986-93. That was followed by his...

Making Audiences Guffaw Again in ‘FIVE’ at Off-Broadway’s Theater 555

With the 2024 presidential campaigns, primary elections, and multiple court cases against America’s 45th President in full swing in our country, there couldn’t be a better time for the world premiere...

Real-life journey to the stage of America’s first transgender celebrity in ‘The Christine Jorgensen Show’ at NYC’s 59E59

In 1952, Christine Jorgensen (1926-89), born George William Jorgensen of Danish parents, raised in the Bronx, NY, and a veteran of WWII, became the first American to become known for having gender...

Processing grief through withdrawal and writing in ‘I Love You So Much I Could Die’ at Off-Broadway’s New York Theatre Workshop

When several attempts with group therapy sessions, volunteering for a charitable organization, reading books, and a say-what-you-see out-loud exercise (picked up from actor Shia LaBeouf) to take her...

Honoring Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gormé with a ‘A Toast to Steve & Eydie’ and a donation to NYC’s Carnegie Hall

At a private invitation-only reception held on Wednesday, February 14, at Carnegie Hall’s Susan W. Rose Archives, The Lawrence Family Foundation honored the legendary husband-and-wife singing duo...

Celebrating Mardi Gras and New Orleans jazz with ‘Julie Benko’ at NYC’s Birdland

What better way to celebrate Mardi Gras in NYC than with a sensational themed one-night-only cabaret concert at Birdland on Monday, February 12, loaded with complimentary masks, beads, and trivia...

Remembering the life and times of an LGBTQ trailblazer in ‘Make Me Gorgeous!’ at Off-Broadway’s Playhouse 46 at St. Luke’s

A theatrical adaptation by Donnie (Donald Horn) of his painstakingly researched book Mr. Madam: The Life and Times of Kenneth/Kate Marlowe, the New York premiere of Make Me Gorgeous! – presented by...

Eddie Izzard’s one-person ‘Hamlet’ suits the action to the word at Off-Broadway’s Greenwich House

In the new solo production of Hamlet, now playing a twice-extended mostly sold-out limited Off-Broadway engagement at Greenwich House, stage and screen star Eddie Izzard has taken Shakespeare’s cogent...

Florencia Cuenca and Jaime Lozano bring their rousing and authentic ‘Broadway en Spanglish’ to NYC’s 54 Below

When singer-actor-writer-director Florencia Cuenca was a young girl in Mexico City, performing since the age of three, she always watched 54 Below videos on YouTube. She loved the shows there and on...

NYC Off-Broadway Week returns this month with 2-for-1 ticket offers

Sponsored by Mastercard and supported by NYC Media & Entertainment, NYC Off-Broadway Week, a twice-a-year program offering 2-for-1 tickets to some of the city’s longest-running hits, cult favorites,...

Skating artist Alexandre Hamel previews Le Patin Libre’s ‘Threshold al fresco’ at NYC’s Winter Village at Bryant Park

In 2005, Alexandre Hamel – a competitive figure skater on the international circuit, provincial champion in his native Canada, and performer with Disney On Ice – founded the Montreal-based company Le...

15 Questions in 15 Minutes with Broadway’s Julie Benko

Born in Washington, DC, raised in Fairfield, Connecticut, trained at NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts, and based in NYC, actor, singer, writer, and recording artist Julie Benko has skyrocketed to fame...

Feel-bad musical adaptation of ‘Days of Wine and Roses’ at Broadway’s Studio 54 hits all the right notes of alcohol addiction in the mid-century

Following its critically acclaimed sold-out Off-Broadway run at Atlantic Theater Company in 2023, Days of Wine and Roses has opened on Broadway for a limited engagement at Studio 54. Adapted from JP...

Trauma, fantasy, and survival in ‘Jonah’ at Off-Broadway’s Roundabout

In Roundabout Theatre Company’s world premiere of Jonah, playing a limited Off-Broadway engagement at the Harold and Miriam Steinberg Center, playwright Rachel Bonds explores sex, violence, religion,...

Reading selections of recent releases for theater-lovers

The winter of 2023 saw the release of a range of books on the performing arts and artists that run the gamut from autobiography and biography to a reference volume on a popular theatrical genre in the...

Winners of NYC’s 67th Annual Obie Awards for 2022-23

The American Theatre Wing and Spectrum News NY1’s “On Stage,” hosted by Emmy Award winner Frank DiLella, today announced the winners of the 67th Obie Awards, with Obie winner Kara Young, recognizing...

TOSOS takes a smart and witty look at the evolution of Cherry Grove as a gay mecca in ‘Pride House’ at NYC’s The Flea

Now celebrating the 50th anniversary of its founding by playwright and gay rights activist Doric Wilson in 1974, TOSOS (The Other Side of Silence) – NYC’s oldest and longest-producing LGBTQIA+ theater...

Idealistic account of student resistance against Nazi oppression in ‘White Rose’ at Off-Broadway’s Theatre Row

Inspired by the true story of the titular group of university student-activists who took a stand against Hitler and led a youthful resistance against oppression and brutality in Nazi Germany, White...

Another spectacular sold-out episode of ‘The Energy Curfew Music Hour’ Off-Broadway at Audible’s Minetta Lane Theatre

Following the six previous sold-out episodes of its kick-off season, launched Off-Broadway at Audible’s Minetta Lane Theater in November 2023, The Energy Curfew Music Hour returned on Wednesday,...

Autobiographical reading of ‘Beverly Johnson: In Vogue’ at Off-Broadway’s 59E59

In 1974, supermodel Beverly Johnson made history as the first-ever Black woman to appear on the cover of American Vogue. After being seen on more than 500 magazine covers throughout her trailblazing...

Free ticket offers for ‘Kids’ Night on Broadway’ coming to NYC in February

The Broadway League has announced that its annual program Kids’ Night on Broadway, presented by The New York Times, will return to NYC on Tuesday, February 13, 2024, offering a free ticket for...

15 Questions in 15 Minutes with Greg Mullavey

An ever-active long-time veteran of the stage and screen, actor Greg Mullavey is adding yet another “15 minutes of fame” to his illustrious career with his starring role in Frog & Peach Theatre...

The return of NYC Broadway Week with 2-for-1 tickets to 23 shows

From January 16 through February 4, 2024, NYC Broadway Week returns with its twice-a-year 2-for-1 ticket offer, with 23 participating Broadway shows in the current season. Sponsored by Mastercard,...

Familial dysfunction and toxic legacy in ‘Appropriate’ at Broadway’s Hayes Theater

When the patriarch of the Lafayette family dies, two generations of his estranged descendants gather at his plantation house in southeast Arkansas in the summer of 2011, to prepare for an estate sale...

The Boy Band Project makes the season bright with a naughty and nice ‘Boy Band Brunch Holiday Edition’ at City Winery NYC

The Boy Band Project gave their adoring fans the happiest of holidays with the December installment of their monthly Boy Band Brunch series at City Winery. Playing to a super-enthusiastic packed...

Groundbreaking, funny, and moving ‘How to Dance in Ohio’ at Broadway’s Belasco Theatre

It’s not just the vibrant and youthful dance choreography that’s actively moving in the new musical How to Dance in Ohio, now playing an open-ended run at the Belasco Theatre. It’s also the...

Music and memories of Havana’s ‘Buena Vista Social Club’ at Off-Broadway’s Atlantic Theater Company

Known as Cuba’s “Golden Age of Music,” the 1930s-50s were vibrant times in Havana, when nightlife was at its peak and nightclubs were pulsing with the sounds of the Afro-Cuban genres of son, bolero,...

Historical parallels of insatiable avarice in ‘Manahatta’ Off-Broadway at The Public Theater

In 1626, Peter Minuit, a Netherlandish merchant and Director General of the Dutch West India Company, purchased the island of Manahatta (or “Island of Many Hills”) from the Lenape people, who did not...

Christmas from the trees’ perspective in ‘An Axemas Story’ at NYC’s The Players Theatre

Cartwheel Theatrical has returned with a three-week limited engagement, at The Players Theatre, of An Axemas Story, its wacky holiday musical parody of ‘80s slasher films from the perspective of...

An evening of unsurpassed holiday cheer in ‘The 13th Annual Joe Iconis Christmas Extravaganza’ at NYC’s 54 Below

After a three-year pandemic hiatus, the supremely talented, incomparably funny, and emotionally insightful Joe Iconis is back at 54 Below with a cast of more than 50 members of his intrepid musical...

15 Questions in 15 Minutes with The Boy Band Project’s Nic Metcalf

Recently seen performing with The Boy Band Project in Michael Mott & Friends Fourth Annual Holiday Show at The Green Room 42 and the Jane Elissa Extravaganza benefit for leukemia research at the...

Old friends battle and bond over birthday brunch in ‘Madwomen of the West’ at Off-Broadway’s Actors Temple Theatre

When Marilyn decides to throw a surprise birthday brunch for Claudia at Jules’ sleekly furnished $10 million Brentwood home, Zoey, a successful actress-turned-Yoga-advocate who’s been living in...

Magic and mystery in Happenstance Theater’s ‘ADRIFT: A Medieval Wayward Folly’ at NYC’s 59E59

“What do we do now?” ponder five bewildered characters from the Dark Ages floating on a crowded ship of fools. As part of its Co-Op Residency at NYC’s 59E59 Theaters, DC-based performance group...

Celebrating the joy of the season with music and camaraderie in ‘Michael Mott & Friends Fourth Annual Holiday Show’ at NYC’s Green Room 42

On Saturday, December 2, Michael Mott & Friends Fourth Annual Holiday Show launched a fabulous kick-off to the festive season with a one-night-only performance and livestream at The Green Room 42....

A funny and hopeful look at ‘The Jerusalem Syndrome’ at Off-Broadway’s York Theatre Company

The York Theatre Company’s limited holiday engagement of The Jerusalem Syndrome – a world-premiere musical comedy by Laurence Holzman and Felicia Needleman (book and lyrics) and Kyle Rosen (music) –...

15 Questions in 15 Minutes with Broadway’s Max Sangerman

Queens resident and Indiana native Max Sangerman made his Broadway debut in the Fall of 2022, in the original cast of A Beautiful Noise: The Neil Diamond Musical, as a member of the show’s vibrant...

Nothing is sacred in the riotous Broadway revival of ‘Spamalot’ at the St. James Theatre

Adapted for the stage from the 1975 British hit film Monty Python and the Holy Grail, a zany satire on the medieval legend of King Arthur, Spamalot, with book, lyrics, and music by Eric Idle (an...

Magic goes wrong but the comedy goes right in ‘Mind Mangler’ Off-Broadway at New World Stages

England’s Mischief Theatre, the company that brought us the madcap calamitous comedies The Play That Goes Wrong and Peter Pan Goes Wrong, is back with its latest sidesplitting screw-up spoof, Mind...

Big Apple Circus and Circus-Theater Roncalli take a ‘Journey to the Rainbow’ under the big top in NYC’s Damrosch Park at Lincoln Center

For this year’s 46th anniversary season, the Big Apple Circus (founded by Paul Binder and Michael Christensen in 1977, as a more intimate one-ring alternative to the American three-ring circus) has...

Living the dream in ‘John Lloyd Young’s Broadway’ at NYC’s 54 Below

In John Lloyd Young’s Broadway, the Tony- and Grammy-winning star of the original Broadway cast and Clint Eastwood’s Warner Bros. film adaptation of Jersey Boys proclaims that “every Broadway career...

Gingold Theatrical Group deftly skewers social and military pretense with Shaw’s ‘Arms and the Man’ at NYC’s Theatre Row

Although it was only the fourth in his canon of 65 plays, George Bernard Shaw’s farcical three-act comedy Arms and the Man, written in 1894, became one of his first successes and remains one of his...

Ambition and greed trump ethics and trust in the Off-Broadway revival of ‘I Can Get It for You Wholesale’ at Classic Stage Company

Rarely seen since its Broadway premiere in 1962, the dark musical comedy I Can Get It for You Wholesale by Jerome Weidman (book) and Harold Rome (music and lyrics), adapted for the stage from...

A sensational return to NYC’s Rockwood Music Hall by the incomparable Lauren Marcus

Mega-talented super-charismatic multi-hyphenate Lauren Marcus made a spectacular return to the Lower East Side on Sunday evening for the opening date of her second singer/songwriter residency at...

The humor and heart inherent in hoarding in ‘I Need That’ at Broadway’s American Airlines Theatre

Award-winning playwright Theresa Rebeck takes a very human look at hoarding, loss, the cherished memories inherent in objects, and the need to move on in the world-premiere comedy I Need That,...

A lurid look at the seamy side of Hollywood and demise of four B-listers in ‘Ode to the Wasp Woman’ at Off-Broadway’s Actors Temple Theatre

In Ode to the Wasp Woman, an original play with music now playing a limited Off-Broadway engagement at Actors Temple Theatre, writer and director Rider McDowell delves into the last 48 hours in the...

Traveling big-top ‘Circus Vazquez’ brings its all-new show to NJ and NYC for audiences of all ages

Now in its 54th year, Circus Vazquez, the largest family-owned circus in the US, currently run by the five third-generation Vazquez brothers, is touring with an all-new 2023 show, in what is presently...

A sensational finale to the inaugural year of ‘Broadway by the Season’ at NYC’s Kaufman Music Center

This year’s inaugural series of Broadway by the Season, written, directed, and hosted by theater historian and impresario Scott Siegel, concluded on Monday, October 30, at Kaufman Music Center’s...

Caroline Aaron returns to the NYC stage in “Madwomen of the West” at Actors Temple Theatre

For five seasons, from 2017-23, stage and screen veteran Caroline Aaron – a native of Richmond, Virginia, and a performing arts graduate of American University in Washinton, DC, who later studied...

Sexually explicit memories of a debased dirty old man in ‘Sabbath’s Theater’ at Off-Broadway’s Pershing Square Signature Center

The New Group has opened its 2023-24 season with the world premiere of Sabbath’s Theater, adapted for the stage by Ariel Levy and John Turturro from Philip Roth’s 1995 novel of the same name, for a...