2024

Five Spring concert picks in NYC offer something for everyone

Among the wide variety of musical offerings in NYC this spring are five selections that range from morning and afternoon to evening and late-night concerts, from classical and jazz to pop and...

Nominations for the 2024 Lucille Lortel Awards for Off-Broadway

On Thursday, April 4, nominations for the 39th annual Lucille Lortel Awards for Outstanding Achievement Off-Broadway were announced by Amber Iman and George Abud, two stars of the new Broadway musical...

NYC’s ‘Broadway Celebrates Earth Day’ returns live and livestreamed on April 20

On Saturday, April 20, from 11 am to 3 pm, The Broadway Green Alliance (BGA), launched as an ad hoc committee of The Broadway League in 2008, with the mission of educating, motivating, and inspiring...

High-decibel rapid-fire reworking of ‘The Who’s Tommy’ at Broadway’s Nederlander Theatre

When the English rock band The Who released the groundbreaking double album of their original rock opera Tommy in 1969, written primarily by guitarist Pete Townshend and inspired in part by his own...

Dazzling circus arts, ferocious conflicts, and abiding love in ‘Water for Elephants’ at Broadway’s Imperial Theatre

Part spectacle, part love story, part behind-the-scenes exposé, and fully captivating through it all, the new musical adaptation of Water for Elephants, now in its Broadway premiere at the Imperial...

15 Questions in 15 Minutes with Broadway’s Marissa Rosen

At 5’1” (“ish!”), New York native Marissa Rosen might not be the tallest person in the room, but her voice, talent, and personality are larger than life. Currently making her Broadway debut in the new...

Songs and stories of musicals from the Great Depression and WWII in the return of ‘Broadway by the Season’ at NYC’s Merkin Hall

After a successful 2023 debut of Broadway by the Season in its new home at Kaufman Music Center’s Merkin Hall, host, director, writer, and producer Scott Siegel, joined by The Ross Patterson Little...

Online exhibition ‘Men About Town: Al Hirschfeld Draws Noël Coward’ celebrates the playwright’s 125th birthday

In conjunction with “Coward 125,” Men about Town: Al Hirschfeld Draws Noël Coward, the latest digital exhibition from The Al Hirschfeld Foundation, features a selection of 25 of the artist’s nearly 40...

When the people are their own worst enemies in ‘An Enemy of the People’ at Broadway’s Circle in the Square

Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen had a very personal reason for writing An Enemy of the People in 1882, after he and his 1881 work Ghosts, a searing view of 19th-century morality, were publicly...

Sentimental reflections on a lifelong love story in ‘The Notebook’ at Broadway’s Schoenfeld Theatre

Broadway’s new musical re-envisioning of The Notebook by Ingrid Michaelson (music and lyrics) and Bekah Brunstetter (book), based on Nicholas Sparks’ bestselling debut novel of 1996, and the...

Affecting autobiographical storytelling in Laurence Fishburne’s one-man show ‘Like They Do in the Movies’ at Off-Broadway’s PAC NYC

In his world-premiere solo show Like They Do in the Movies, now playing a limited Off-Broadway engagement through the end of the month at PAC NYC (which commissioned the work), Tony and Emmy Award...

Dazzling debut of David Lawrence and Debbie Gravitte in ‘A Toast to Steve & Eydie’ at NYC’s Carnegie Hall

On March 7, at the age of 88, American singer and actor Steve Lawrence (1935-2024) succumbed to complications from Alzheimer’s disease, but his legacy lives on in the recordings of his acclaimed...

Searing psychological studies in Roundabout’s Broadway revival of ‘Doubt: A Parable’ at the Todd Haimes Theatre

It’s been twenty years since John Patrick Shanley’s Doubt: A Parable made its Off-Broadway debut in 2004, followed by a Broadway transfer in 2005, and an Oscar-nominated film adaptation in 2008. The...

Clever and campy ‘Ibsen’s Ghost’ Off-Broadway at 59E59

Presented by 59E59 and its resident Off-Broadway theater company Primary Stages in association with NJ’s George Street Playhouse (where it made its debut in January), Ibsen’s Ghost: An Irresponsible...

Free exhibition on ‘Reanimating Theater: The Photography of Friedman-Abeles’ at The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center

A new exhibition at The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Reanimating Theater: The Photography of Friedman-Abeles, opening on Friday, March 15, showcases images of Broadway hits from...

Unimaginably macabre, darkly funny, cautionary journey of a real-life ‘Dead Outlaw’ Off-Broadway at Audible’s Minetta Lane Theatre

When composer and lyricist David Yazbek first came upon the true story of Elmer McCurdy (1880-1911) some 30 years ago, he was haunted by it. The corpse of the turn-of-the-century, mostly failed bank...

Lessons on life and death, love and friendship in ‘Tuesdays with Morrie’ from NYC’s Sea Dog Theater

Adapted by Jeffrey Hatcher and Mitch Albom from the latter’s1997 best-selling book of the same name, Tuesdays with Morrie (which was seen as a made-for-TV movie in 1999, and made its Off-Broadway...

When people won’t agree to disagree in ‘The Ally’ Off-Broadway at The Public

Tony-winning playwright Itamar Moses considers the unyielding investment in personal agendas that drive the socio-political divide in our country, around the world, and throughout history in his new...

An expressive song list of mini-narratives brought to life in ‘Alysha Umphress: 15 Stories’ at NYC’s 54 Below

With an extraordinary voice that’s been heard on the stages of Broadway (including On the Town, American Idiot, and Priscilla Queen of the Desert), Off-Broadway (Smokey Joe’s Cafe), and regional...

One man’s journey from leftist idealism to staunch conservatism in ‘Three Scenes in the Life of a Trotskyist’ at NYC’s The Tank

Originally commissioned and developed by Gingold Theatrical Group and now playing a limited world-premiere engagement at The Tank, Three Scenes in the Life of a Trotskyist by Andy Boyd examines the...

Life as performance art in ‘The Seven Year Disappear’ at Off-Broadway’s Pershing Square Signature Center

After her son and manager Naphtali books his single mom and world-renowned performance artist Miriam for a show at MoMA, she suddenly goes missing. Upon her unexpected return seven years later, she...

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...