2023

NYC’s Iconoclast Theatre Collective celebrates the launch of its latest projects for the 2023-24 season

On Tuesday, April 18, the NYC-based Iconoclast Theatre Collective hosted a celebration of theater, community, and new musical development with a party held at The Dickens – a recently opened...

Lincoln Center Theater’s anachronistic ‘Camelot’ takes the legendary magic out of a Broadway classic

An iconic figure since the Middle Ages, King Arthur still remains the subject of debate as to whether he was a fictional character or an actual historical person in post-Roman Britain of the 5th to...

Playwright Victor Vauban Júnior shares the background and significance of ‘Martin’s Truth’ at NYC’s Theater for the New City

Now playing a limited engagement through April 23, at Theater for the New City, Martin’s Truth, the latest play by Victor Vauban Júnior, who also directs, follows the compelling Summer 2021 production...

An over-abundance of corn in ‘Shucked’ at Broadway’s Nederlander Theatre

When two teenagers fall in love and kill themselves because their families can’t get along, everyone agrees that it’s a tragedy. Comedy is not so universal; everyone has a different sense of humor and...

NYC premiere of ‘Emilie’ at The Flea resurrects an influential French female physicist of the 18th century

Commissioned and premiered by Costa Mesa, CA’s South Coast Rep in 2009, Emilie: La Marquise du Châtelet Defends Her Life Tonight by Lauren Gunderson (America’s most produced playwright of 2022-23) is...

A faltering return of ‘Eleanor and Alice’ to NYC’s Urban Stages

A series of eight fictionalized face-to-face conversations between real-life first cousins Eleanor Roosevelt and Alice Roosevelt Longworth, spanning the years 1904-62, is the format for Ellen Abrams’...

PBS series ‘Next at the Kennedy Center’ to feature screen premiere of ‘Doña Perón’ by NYC’s Ballet Hispánico

If you missed it live and in-person during the winter of 2022, the next installment of the new PBS primetime performing arts series Next at the Kennedy Center, a multi-year collaboration between the...

Nominations for the 2023 Lucille Lortel Awards for Off-Broadway

This afternoon at 3 pm, Kimberly Akimbo stars Victoria Clark and Justin Cooley announced nominations in fifteen categories for the 38th annual Lucille Lortel Awards, founded by the eponymous actress...

Visually stunning and philosophically contemplative ‘Life of Pi’ at Broadway’s Schoenfeld Theatre

Canadian novelist Yann Martel’s Life of Pi, an epic adventure of man versus nature, continues to have a long and successful life across continents and genres. The original book, which sold more than...

Exhilarating tribute to a legendary choreographer in ‘Bob Fosse’s Dancin’’ at Broadway’s Music Box Theatre

Now playing its first-ever Broadway revival at the Music Box Theatre, Bob Fosse’s Dancin’, a rethought version of the eponymous choreographer’s original 1978 Tony-winning Dancin’ (which he also...

Myth and nature guide a destined human romance in ‘Iceland’ at NYC’s La MaMa

Presented by Overtone Industries with the support of BARE opera, the world premiere of Iceland: a re-Creation Myth – an interdisciplinary opera/theater work by composer/librettists O-Lan Jones and...

What’s good (and bad) about ‘Bad Cinderella’ at Broadway’s Imperial Theatre

Set in the “exceptionally beautiful kingdom of Belleville” (French for “beautiful city”), Bad Cinderella – the updated reimagined take by Andrew Lloyd Webber (music), Emerald Fennell (book), and David...

A heartrending and resonant revival of ‘Parade’ at Broadway’s Jacobs Theatre

The Broadway transfer of New York City Center’s reworked, highly acclaimed, sold-out revival of Parade – the award-winning musical drama by Alfred Uhry (book, co-conceived by Harold Prince) and Jason...

Minimalist re-envisioning of ‘A Doll’s House’ at Broadway’s Hudson Theatre

Renowned as a proto-feminist classic, Henrik Ibsen’s A Doll’s House, which made its debut in Copenhagen in 1879, is the subject of a radical new woman’s adaptation by Amy Herzog, now playing a limited...

15 Questions in 15 Minutes with Hayley Podschun

A triple threat of the stage and screen, Hayley Podschun keeps rewinding the clock on her proverbial “fifteen minutes of fame” with credits that include everything from Broadway (Hello, Dolly;...

Exploring the formative years of an iconic American playwright in ‘Tennessee Rising’ at NYC’s AMT

Following a long pandemic delay, Tennessee Rising: The Dawn of Tennessee Williams – an earlier version of which won the award for Best One-Man Show in the 2017 United Solo Festival and headlined the...

Tour-de-force solo performance in Off-Broadway’s ‘Drinking in America’ at Audible’s Minetta Lane Theatre

When Drinking in America, written and performed by three-time Obie winner Eric Bogosian, made its Off-Broadway debut in 1986, it garnered both an Obie and a Drama Desk Award for Outstanding One-Person...

Devastation wreaked by adultery in Japanese tragedy ‘The Hunting Gun’ at Off-Broadway’s Baryshnikov Arts Center

Performed in Japanese with English supertitles, the US premiere of The Hunting Gun, a stage adaptation by Serge Lamothe of acclaimed Japanese author and poet Yasushi Inoue’s 1949 novella, now playing...

Dark comedy of bungling killers in Elizabethan true crime thriller ‘Arden of Faversham’ from Off-Broadway’s Red Bull Theater

With its mission of bringing rarely seen classic plays to new life for contemporary audiences, Red Bull Theater is presenting a limited Off-Broadway engagement of the Elizabethan true crime drama...

A sensational debut of ‘The Brat Pack’ at NYC’s Birdland

On Monday evening, The Brat Pack – an all-new act starring top-notch Broadway talents Kathryn Allison (Aladdin; Wicked; Company), Sam Gravitte (Wicked), Luke Hawkins (Xanadu; Harry Connick, Jr.- A...

Hilarious and heartening Off-Broadway return of ‘Dog Man: The Musical’ at New World Stages

The eponymous part-man/part-canine superhero of writer and cartoonist Dav Pilkey’s worldwide #1 best-selling children’s graphic-novel series Dog Man (with over 50 million copies in print and...

Recent book releases on theater and the performing arts for fans of all ages

With the arrival of daylight savings and spring just around the corner, it’s the perfect time to grab a book, head out to the park, and catch up on your readings on theater and the performing arts....

Behind-the-scenes memoir of six decades in the entertainment industry in ‘Try Not to Hold It Against Me: A Producer’s Life’ by Julian Schlossberg

At the book launch celebration at Sardi’s of Try Not to Hold It Against Me: A Producer’s Life by veteran motion picture, television, and Broadway producer Julian Schlossberg – released by Beaufort...

NYC restaurants and attractions offering specials for March 21st Kids’ Night on Broadway

The Broadway League has announced that the Museum of Broadway and fifteen restaurants in the Times Square area will be participating in the 25th Kids’ Night on Broadway – an annual event in which kids...

Recipients and finalists of the Sixth Annual Stage Directors and Choreographers Foundation Awards

On Monday, March 6, the non-profit Stage Directors and Choreographers Foundation (SDCF) – headquartered in NYC and founded in 1965, as an affiliate of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society –...

An absurdist struggle for roots, community, and stability in Off-Broadway’s ‘The Trees’ at Playwrights Horizons

In The Trees – a Jody Falco and Jeffrey Steinman Commission for Emerging Playwrights, now making its world premiere in a limited Off-Broadway engagement at Playwrights Horizons, co-produced with Page...

Celebrating women, love, and song with ‘Amanda McBroom & Ann Hampton Callaway: Divalicious’ at NYC’s 54 Below

What better way to celebrate Women’s History Month than with two of the greatest female singer/songwriters of our time? For three evenings this week, 54 Below is presenting the NYC premiere of Amanda...

Off-Broadway world premiere of shattering meta-theatrical memory play ‘The Best We Could (a family tragedy)’ at MTC

Manhattan Theatre Club’s world premiere of The Best We Could (a family tragedy), written by Emily Feldman in 2018, and now playing a limited pandemic-delayed Off-Broadway engagement at New York City...

World premiere of 1931 feminist play ‘Becomes a Woman’ at Off-Broadway’s Mint

Best known for her 1943 semi-autobiographical coming-of-age debut novel A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (which served as the inspiration for two movies and a musical), author Betty Smith was also a devoted...

Winners of the 66th Obie Awards for Off-Broadway and Off-Off-Broadway to be celebrated on February 27, in person and on YouTube

For more than sixty years, the Obie Awards, developed by the Village Voice in 1955, have honored the boundary-pushing achievements of Off-Broadway and Off-Off Broadway theater, with informal awards...

A dazzling Diamond Series debut by ‘Jennifer Holliday’ at NYC’s 54 Below

The dazzling Jennifer Holliday, who burst onto the Broadway stage with her Tony- and Grammy-winning role of Effie in the original 1981 production of Dreamgirls, has returned to 54 Below this week with...

15 Questions in 15 Minutes with Jamyl Dobson

Jamyl Dobson, a NYC-based Pittsburgh native – as was Andy Warhol, who originated the well-known phrase “famous for fifteen minutes” – is breaking the clock with his acclaimed work on both the stage...

Analyzing family through photographs in Broadway’s ‘Pictures from Home’ at Studio 54

Adapted for the stage by Sharr White from the eponymous 1992 memoir by photographer Larry Sultan, Pictures from Home uses wall-size projections of actual vintage stills, childhood home movies, and the...

A celebratory evening with ‘Broadway Bound: The Musicals that Never Came to Broadway’ at NYC’s 54 Below

The third installment of the series Broadway Bound: The Musicals that Never Came to Broadway, co-hosted by podcasters Robert W. Schneider and Charles Kirsch, brought out an all-star roster of Broadway...

Roundabout’s NYC premiere of ‘The Wanderers’ interweaves chapters from two generations of broken marriages

Playwright Anna Ziegler returns to Roundabout Theatre Company with the New York premiere of The Wanderers, recounting chapters in the broken marriages of two Jewish couples – one Hasidic, one secular...

Misfits abound in the world premiere of ‘Cornelia Street’ at NYC’s Atlantic Theater Company

With an acclaimed award-winning cast and team, expectations were high for Atlantic Theater Company’s Cornelia Street, a world-premiere musical with a book by Simon Stephens (The Curious Incident of...

New Place Players’ intimate immersive ‘Othello’ at NYC’s historic Casa Clara

Following an extended pandemic hiatus, New Place Players has returned to NYC with a unique site-specific staging of Shakespeare’s 1603-04 tragedy Othello at the historic Casa Clara, a former foundry...

Tickets on sale now for Kids’ Night on Broadway, March 21, in NYC

Now celebrating its 25th year, Kids’ Night on Broadway – a national audience development program of The Broadway League – returns to New York City on Tuesday, March 21, with tickets on sale beginning...

NYC’s 2023 Kleban Prize for Musical Theatre presented at a star-studded reception

Awards for the 33rd annual Kleban Prize for Musical Theatre, totaling $100,000 each and payable over two years, were presented to Most Promising Musical Theatre Lyricist Ryan Scott Oliver (35mm: A...

Stellar cast delivers a potent ‘Endgame’ Off-Broadway at Irish Rep

Considered by Nobel Prize-winning Irish playwright Samuel Beckett to be his personal favorite and his masterpiece, Endgame, a one-act tragicomedy on the absurdity of existence, made its Off-Broadway...

Reflecting on the wilder and better times of 1979 in ‘The Village! A Disco Daydream’ at NYC’s Dixon Place

After a sold-out premiere engagement in the Fall of 2022, The Village! A Disco Daydream, by writer and performer Nora Burns, has returned to Dixon Place by popular demand for an encore four-weekend...

Flashback to the disco era of Studio 54 with ‘Turn the Beat Around’ at NYC’s 54 Below

If you want to revisit the mood, music, and moves of the disco era, 54 Below has the perfect flashback for you on the first Wednesday of every month, for two shows per night, with its popular series...

NYC book launch for Julian Schlossberg’s memoir ‘Try Not To Hold It Against Me: A Producer’s Life’ at Sardi’s

Stars of the stage and screen turned out at Sardi’s iconic restaurant in the Broadway theater district to commemorate the 81st birthday of veteran motion picture, television, and Broadway producer...

A dazzling debut of ‘The Girl Band Project’ at NYC’s 54 Below

Broadway talent, exhilarating energy, powerhouse performances, and enthusiastic cheers filled the house at 54 Below with the spectacular one-night-only world premiere of The Girl Band Project, an...

Personal memories of love and loss in Anthony Rapp’s ‘Without You’ Off-Broadway at New World Stages

When Anthony Rapp auditioned for a workshop production of Jonathan Larson’s soon-to-be smash hit RENT in September 1994, he was twenty-two years old and working a survival job at Starbucks. Although...

15 Questions in 15 Minutes with Broadway’s Jessica Vosk

The Broadway star and acclaimed singer will make her DC debut on February 14 with a one-night-only Valentine’s Day concert at Sixth & I.

Big truths and huge laughs in ‘Colin Quinn: Small Talk’ at Off-Broadway’s Lucille Lortel Theatre

There’s nothing undersized or trivial about Colin Quinn: Small Talk, the new stand-up comedy show written and performed by the Brooklyn native – “okay, Park Slope” (one of the most desirable historic...

A fabricated view of ‘The Collaboration’ between Warhol and Basquiat at Broadway’s Samuel J. Friedman Theatre

In 2012, writer Damian Weber published a compendium of every entry about Jean-Michel Basquiat from The Andy Warhol Diaires; they spanned just over four years, from 1982-1986. He did it, he wrote,...

Creator and producer Travis Nesbitt previews the world premiere of ‘The Girl Band Project’ at NYC’s 54 Below

A brand-new act is making its debut at 54 Below this month, featuring three alums from such iconic Broadway shows as Something Rotten, Jersey Boys, and Tina: The Tina Turner Musical. An offshoot of...

Will Swenson and the music of Neil Diamond dazzle in ‘A Beautiful Noise’ at Broadway’s Broadhurst Theatre

Jukebox bio-musicals have become a staple on Broadway, with an enthusiastic audience base of fans of the music and the stars that inspire them. The latest in the genre, now playing at the Broadhurst...