2023

International Fringe favorite Jenna Kuerzi brings her solo show ‘Johnny Depp: A Retrospective on Late-Stage Capitalism’ to NYC’s The Tank

Actor, singer, director, and deviser Jenna Kuerzi, a native of New Jersey, brings her unique perspective on controversial movie star and notorious bad boy Johnny Depp to NYC in October for four...

A bloody hilarious romp through ‘Dracula, A Comedy of Terrors’ Off-Broadway at New World Stages

Bram Stoker’s Dracula, the legendary 1897 neo-Gothic epistolary novel chronicling the strange events at the Transylvanian castle and English relocation of the eponymous vampire Count, has been an...

Navigating trauma through fantasy in ‘Mi Abuela, Queen of Nightmares’ at NYC’s The Tank

As part of its 20th anniversary season of Core Productions, NYC’s The Tank, founded in 2003, and dedicated to supporting new work and providing a home for emerging artists and companies, is now...

Loss, depression, and glimmers of hope in ‘Swing State’ Off-Broadway at Audible’s Minetta Lane Theatre

Direct from its critically acclaimed debut at Chicago’s Goodman Theatre, the New York premiere of Swing State, written by Pulitzer Prize finalist Rebecca Gilman, directed by Tony Award winner Robert...

15 Questions in 15 Minutes with Broadway’s Darius de Haas

Born and raised in a musical family on the South Side of Chicago, award-winning actor, singer, and recording artist Darius de Haas has far surpassed Andy Warhol’s proverbial “fifteen minutes of fame”...

Human connections to help soothe the pain in ‘Infinite Life’ at Off-Broadway’s Atlantic Theater Company

In the world premiere of Infinite Life – a co-production of Atlantic Theater Company and National Theatre, now playing a limited engagement at Off-Broadway’s Linda Gross Theater – Pulitzer...

A powerhouse performance of the 1975 rock opera ‘The Lieutenant’ from Off-Broadway’s The York Theatre Company

Now in its historic 29th year, The York Theatre Company’s acclaimed “Musicals in Mufti,” recipient of a 2018 Obie Awards Grant, has returned for the first time in four years with a special Fall 2023...

Immersed in the hellish circumstances of ‘The Creeps’ at Off-Broadway’s Playhouse 46

One woman, five characters, unimaginable circumstances, the darkest of humor, and improvisational audience interactions form the basis of Catherine Waller’s The Creeps, now back in NYC playing a...

Thirteenth annual ‘Table of Silence Project 9/11’ at NYC’s Lincoln Center and streaming live

On Monday, September 11, 2023, at 8:05 am, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts and Buglisi Dance Theatre, as a project of the Arnhold Dance Innovation Fund and through community partnerships with...

Immersive horror experience ‘TerrorVision’ returns to NYC for a second season of screams

After selling more than 20,000 tickets in 2022, during the nineteen-day premiere of their first immersive horror experience at Bedlam – NYC’s largest haunted house, set in the former Ripley’s Believe...

Free performance on September 1st of The Classical Theatre of Harlem’s ‘Young, Gifted and Black’ at NYC’s Bryant Park

Presented by Bank of America, the 2023 season of Bryant Park Picnic Performances free live shows continues on Friday, September 1, with Young, Gifted and Black, a special program from The Classical...

Get in line at Broadway’s Lyric Theatre for discount tickets to ‘Harry Potter and the Cursed Child’ on Friday, September 1

To mark the occasion of the Hogwarts Express departing from Platform 9 and ¾ at London’s King’s Cross Station for the start of a new term at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, the...

15 Questions in 15 Minutes with Andrew Keenan-Bolger

Since he was a teenager, actor, writer, director, filmmaker, and Detroit native Andrew Keenan-Bolger has been accumulating his non-stop fifteen minutes of fame on the stage and screen. In 1999, he...

Special offer for a day trip from NYC to see Broadway stars in ‘The Bridges of Madison County’ at Bucks County Playhouse

Founded in 1939, on the site of a former 1790 grist mill on the banks of the Delaware River, Bucks County Playhouse in New Hope, PA, is offering a special opportunity for NYC theater lovers to see its...

Jennifer Summerfield previews the NYC premiere of ‘Out of the Apple Orchard’ at Actors Temple Theatre

Born in California, raised in Wyoming, trained at Smith College, in Paris, and NYC, where she spent a total of five years before relocating to Philadelphia, actress Jennifer Summerfield has been...

Examining ego and relationships in ‘Pay the Writer’ at Off-Broadway’s Pershing Square Signature Center

Now making its world-premiere in a limited Off-Broadway engagement at Pershing Square Signature Center, Pay the Writer, by New York Times best-selling author Tawni O’Dell, is not about the current...

The Boy Band Project serves up a sensational new ‘Boy Band Brunch’ at City Winery New York City

After their first wildly successful sold-out performance at City Winery New York City in June, the venue quickly invited The Boy Band Project back for another Boy Band Brunch this month, much to the...

A comical inside look at movie stars behaving badly in ‘The Shark Is Broken’ at Broadway’s Golden Theatre

When the summer blockbuster Jaws, based on the 1974 novel by Peter Benchley, directed by Steven Spielberg, and starring Roy Scheider, Richard Dreyfuss, and Robert Shaw, was released in 1975, it ranked...

Two big Broadway events returning in September

Coming in September is the return of two popular Broadway events enjoyed by visitors and locals alike, offering special deals and free programming to theater-lovers in celebration of both the shows of...

Tickets on sale now for the summer edition of Kids’ Night on Broadway in NYC on August 29

For this year’s summer edition of The Broadway League’s Kids’ Night on Broadway, presented by The New York Times, kids and teens ages 18 and under can attend a participating Broadway show for free...

Double bill of comic shorts offers an unconventional take on ‘Shakespeare’s Ladies at Tea & Shakespeare’s Deaths’ at NYC’s Under St. Marks

This year’s theme of The Little Shakespeare Festival at Under St. Marks, presented annually by FRIGID New York to celebrate independent theater and performance inspired by the Bard’s canon, is...

Bringing new life to the history of musical theater in Scott Siegel’s ‘Broadway by the Season: 1940/41 & 1951/52’ at NYC’s Merkin Hall

Impresario Scott Siegel and his stellar casts of today are bringing the history of musical theater to life in his latest concert series Broadway by the Season, a follow-up to his popular Broadway by...

Upcoming shows from Jenna Pastuszek include ‘Me, Myself & Barbra’ at the Jersey shore and an appearance at NYC’s Birdland

After taking her original solo show Me, Myself & Barbra to six different states from New Jersey to California, singer, actor, creator, voiceover artist, voice teacher, and performance coach Jenna...

NYC’s Joe Iconis previews the world premiere of ‘The Untitled Unauthorized Hunter S. Thompson Musical’ at La Jolla Playhouse

It’s a busy summer for the ever-prolific musical theater writer, concert performer, and fan favorite Joe Iconis. The Long Island native – a recipient of the Ed Kleban, Jonathan Larson, and Richard...

Fasten your seatbelts for a high-speed fun-filled trip in ‘Back to the Future: The Musical’ at Broadway’s Winter Garden Theatre

Adapted for the stage from the 1985 hit sci-fi movie by its creators Bob Gale and Robert Zemeckis, Back to the Future: The Musical, with new music by Grammy winners Alan Silvestri and Glen Ballard,...

Immersed in the socio-political excesses of the Philippines’ Marcos regime in ‘Here Lies Love’ at the Broadway Theatre

From the moment you enter the Broadway Theatre, your senses are bombarded with the sounds, look, and feel of a dance club of the disco era, and you are totally immersed in the glitz and glam of its...

Daniel Reichard spread the love and understanding in his new show ‘It’s You I Like’ at NYC’s Birdland

Broadway and concert star Daniel Reichard, best known for having originated the role of Bob Gaudio in the Tony- and Grammy-winning musical Jersey Boys, made his return to Birdland Jazz Club on Monday,...

15 Questions in 15 Minutes with Broadway’s Jesse JP Johnson

Originally from Colorado, Jesse JP Johnson has been racking up his non-stop “fifteen minutes of fame” by doing professional musical theater since he was ten, then leaving home for NYC at the age of...

World premiere of ‘Cat Kid Comic Club The Musical’ at Off-Broadway’s Lortel Theatre unleashes the power of creativity, inspiration, and perspective

When the world is threatened with destruction by a school of twenty-one angry tadpoles with psychokinetic brain powers, Cat Kid (who used to be evil, while seeking revenge against Dog Man) comes to...

Loud and crass sex farce ‘The Cottage’ at Broadway’s Hayes Theater lacks Noël Coward’s sophisticated wit and subtlety

If you find over-the-top juvenile jokes about sex, adultery, flatulence, and over-indulgence in Scotch and cigarettes hilarious Broadway-quality fare, the raucous and vulgar new American comedy The...

Casts and songs from Disney on Broadway and ‘How to Dance in Ohio’ featured at NYC’s ‘Broadway in Bryant Park’ Week 3

This Thursday’s installment of the free outdoor lunchtime entertainment series Broadway in Bryant Park featured a selection of numbers from the Disney hits The Lion King, Frozen, and Aladdin, hosted...

Four selections for summer theater reading

Among the recent releases of theater-based publications are a smash hit show from the 2022-23 season, an actor’s first-person account of his work on a blockbuster musical, a biography of a star of the...

Ecstasy turns to anger and doubt in ‘The Saviour’ at Off-Broadway’s Irish Rep

Now making its world stage premiere Off-Broadway in a limited summer engagement at Irish Repertory Theatre (following the work’s online streaming with the Cork Midsummer Festival and the Edinburgh...

Three podcast series offer a variety of topics for summer listening

Among the engaging podcast offerings this summer are the latest installments of casual interviews with artists from the New York stage, a documentary series on the history of a favorite LGBTQ+...

An intimate story of one gay man and the Holocaust in ‘Chanteuse’ at NYC’s HERE Arts Center

Before entering the downstairs theater at SoHo’s HERE Arts Center, an educational pop-up exhibition offers historical information about the Nazi persecution and attempted annihilation of LGBTQ+ people...

Week 2 of NYC’s free lunchtime concert series ‘Broadway in Bryant Park’ sizzled

The only thing steamier than the weather on Thursday in New York, when the temperature soared into the 90s, was Broadway in Bryant Park. Now in its 23rd year, the free outdoor lunchtime concert...

Teenage fandom gone wild in ‘I’m Gonna Marry You Tobey Maguire’ at NYC’s cell theatre

In the cell theatre’s world premiere of the zany Y2K farce I’m Gonna Marry You Tobey Maguire, playwright Samantha Hurley takes us into the obsessed psyche of fourteen-year-old eighth-grader Shelby...

Behind the scenes with the stars of NYC’s ‘Broadway Barks’ 2023

The weather on Saturday in NYC was hot and steamy, but that didn’t stop a full roster of pet-loving stars from turning out for the 25th annual dog and cat adoption event Broadway Barks, produced by...

Site-specific meta-theatrical look at the struggles of our new nation in ‘The Democracy Project’ at NYC’s historic Federal Hall

For the month surrounding this year’s 4th of July celebration, visitors to NYC’s historic Federal Hall, facing Wall Street and Pine Street in the downtown Financial District, not only have the...

Online benefit auction of limited-edition Hirschfeld prints signed by the Broadway stars

Al Hirschfeld’s drawings, many capturing legendary Broadway shows and casts across eight decades, stand as one of the most innovative efforts in establishing the visual language of modern art through...

Liz Callaway sparkles in the NYC premiere of her new show ‘Screen Gems’ at 54 Below

In addition to her illustrious career on the Broadway stage, from her debut in Merrily We Roll Along and Tony-nominated performance in Baby to five years as Grizabella in Cats and acclaimed roles in...

Stars come out on Saturday for the 25th Annual ‘Broadway Barks’ pet adoption at NYC’s Shubert Alley

On Saturday, July 8, Broadway Barks will return to Shubert Alley for its 25th annual star-studded dog and cat adoption event. Co-founded by best friends and animal lovers Bernadette Peters and Mary...

Fairy tales meet feminism in ‘Once Upon A One More Time’ at Broadway’s Marquis Theatre

The hit songs of Pop Princess Britney Spears are the impetus behind Broadway’s latest jukebox musical Once Upon A One More Time, with a book by Jon Hartmere that reimagines favorite childhood...

New season of NYC’s ‘Broadway in Bryant Park’ at lunchtime each Thursday in July

Hosted and presented by 106.7 LITE FM radio, the 23rd annual outdoor lunchtime series Broadway in Bryant Park opens this summer on Thursday, July 6, and runs for the next three consecutive Thursdays...

Dystopian future of corporate AI in the new musical comedy ‘In Corpo’ at NYC’s Theatre Row

Do you ever feel like corporate technology is taking over your life and the world, it might not be the best thing for personal autonomy and humanity in general, and it all seems so absurd? You are not...

The 14th Annual Jimmy Awards, featuring the next generation of theater artists, presented live at Broadway’s Minskoff Theatre

Tonight (Monday, June 26) the 14th Annual National High School Musical Theatre Awards, better known as the Jimmy Awards, named for Broadway impresario James M. Nederlander and serving as a catalyst...

Alex Edelman interweaves hilarious anecdotes to examine identity, empathy, and bigotry in his solo comedy ‘Just for Us’ at Broadway’s Hudson Theatre

Why can’t we all be more like Koko the Gorilla – smart, sensitive, communicative, and loving, and never a member or ally of the White Nationalists? Her heartfelt reaction in sign language to the death...

Jukebox musical ‘Rock & Roll Man’ at Off-Broadway’s New World Stages traces the trailblazing legacy of DJ Alan Freed

The latest jukebox bio-musical to hit the NYC stage, Rock & Roll Man by Gary Kupper, Larry Marshak, and Rose Caiola, now playing a limited Off-Broadway run at New World Stages, considers the...

Reckoning with teen romance, political rhetoric, and religion in the quirky new musical comedy ‘The Gospel According to Heather’ at Off-Broadway’s Theater 555

People are not always what they seem in Sharonville, a small town in Ohio, where the super-smart seventeen-year-old agnostic “mystery girl” Heather Krebs doesn’t fit in, wants to find a boyfriend, and...

15 Questions in 15 Minutes with ‘Lizard Boy’ creator and star Justin Huertas

Award-winning multi-talented Seattle-based playwright, composer, lyricist, actor, and musician Justin Huertas is now expanding his Warholian “fifteen minutes of fame” with a critically acclaimed...