Friday, August 8, 2025

Off-Broadway Preview: Bedlam Presents the World Premiere of Emily Breeze’s “Are the Bennet Girls OK?” at West End Theatre (Previews Begin Monday by David Roberts

Bedlam, the company creating works of theater that reinvigorate traditional forms, presents the world premiere of Emily Breeze’s “Are the Bennet Girls Ok?,” adapted from “Pride and P…

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Tuesday, August 5, 2025

Pennsylvania Theatre News: Philadelphia Theatre Company Announces Its 2025/2026 Season with Three Mainstage Productions by David Roberts

Philadelphia Theatre Company announces its 2025/26 season featuring three mainstage productions, special programming, and single tickets now on sale. The season features three mainstage prod…

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Off-Broadway Review: “JOY: A New True Musical” at the Laura Pels Theatre (Through Sunday, August 17, 2025) by David Roberts

The only effort Betsy Wolfe has to put forth to sell a new musical is to use those incredible vocal cords to mesmerize an audience, but in the “new true musical”, “Joy”, with a book …

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Friday, August 1, 2025

Off-Broadway Review: “Gene & Gilda” at 59E59 Theaters (Through Sunday, September 7, 2025) by David Roberts

Loving Gene Wilder and Gilda Radner is easy. Making an audience care about them theatrically? That is the challenge “Gene & Gilda” never manages to meet. Any play about such strong a…

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Thursday, July 31, 2025

Off-Broadway Review: “Rolling Thunder” Fails to Deliver at New World Stages – Stage 3 (Through Sunday, September 7, 2025) by David Roberts

Unless your bucket list includes testing the limits of your eardrums before they tear beyond repair, after exposure to unbearable decibels, it would be prudent to avoid the new jukebox music…

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Off-Broadway News: “Exorcistic: The Rock Musical” to Play at the Asylum NYC with Surprising Broadway Guest Stars by David Roberts

“Exorcistic: The Rock Musical” is set to make its triumphant return Off Broadway at The Asylum NYC for a limited engagement beginning August 25th, 2025. This bold, high-octane horror-com…

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Tuesday, July 29, 2025

Off-Broadway Review: “Duke & Roya” at the Lucille Lortel Theatre (Through Saturday, August 23, 2025) by David Roberts

The producers of “Duke & Roya” have announced the unexpected closure of Charles Randolph-Wright’s engaging dramatic examination of how the ravages of war affect the lives of two di…

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Saturday, July 26, 2025

Off-Broadway Review: “Angry Alan” at Sound Seaview (Through Sunday, August 3, 2025) by David Roberts

The inaugural production of Seaview Studio, the newly renovated Off-Broadway theater (formerly known as the Tony Kiser), is titled “Angry Alan,” penned by playwright Penelope Skinner and…

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Wednesday, July 23, 2025

Festival News: Under the Radar Returns for Its 21st Edition January 7-25, 2026 by David Roberts

Under the Radar returns for its 21st edition January 7–25, 2026, serving as a singular catalyst for the city’s performing arts organizations to introduce the best of U.S. and internation…

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Theatre News: Abingdon Theatre Company Announces Two-Time Tony Award Winner Christine Ebersole As Their 33rd Anniversary Gala Honeree by David Roberts

Abingdon Theatre Company (Chad Austin, Producing Artistic Director) is thrilled to announce two-time Tony Award Winner Christine Ebersole as their 33rd Anniversary Gala Honoree. Kicking off …

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Tuesday, July 22, 2025

Cabaret Preview: “The Ballad of JonBenet Ramsey” at Joe’s Pub (Opens Friday, September 12, 2025) by David Roberts

This fall, “the Shakespeare of pop culture satire” (NYT), playwright and performer Ryan Raftery (Mother of the Year: The Kris Jenner Musical, The Trial of Andy Warhol, The Rise and Fall…

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Monday, July 21, 2025

Playwright Rishi Varma Unveils New Play “Sulfur Bottom” at The Theater Center on Sunday, August 13, 2025 by David Roberts

Playwright Rishi Varma announces the debut of his new play “Sulfur Bottom,” set to take the stage at The Jerry Orbach Theater at The Theater Center located at 210 West 50th Street. The p…

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Sunday, July 20, 2025

Off-Broadway Review: “The Weir” at Irish Repertory Theatre (Through Sunday, August 31, 2025) by David Roberts

The characters in Conor McPherson’s “The Weir,” currently running at the Irish Repertory Theatre, tell ghost stories and stories of the supernatural to newcomer Valerie (Sarah Street) …

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Friday, July 18, 2025

Off-Broadway Review: “Prince Faggot” at Playwrights Horizons (Extended through Sunday, August 3, 2025) by David Roberts

Currently running at Playwrights Horizons, “Prince Faggot” is a story within a story within a story about a fictional British Prince George/Pips (a hapless John McCrea) who is queer and …

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Friday, July 11, 2025

A Post-Run Look and Interview Questions: “Giovanni’s Room” at Quintessence Theatre in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Closed Sunday, July 6, 2025) by David Roberts

After a successful run, including two extensions, “Geovanni’s Room” at Quintessence Theatre, the show closed on Sunday, July 6, 2026. Although the adaptation could have had a third ext…

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Monday, July 7, 2025

Broadway Review: “Call Me Izzy” at Studio 54 (Through Sunday, August 17, 2025) by David Roberts

Isabelle Scutley is the main character in a new Broadway play that stars a riveting Jean Smart. She prefers to be called “Izzy” even though her husband Ferd disapproves. Fred is also psy…

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Friday, July 4, 2025

Off-Broadway Review: “Lowcountry” at the Atlantic Theater Company (Through Sunday, July 13, 2025) by David Roberts

“Lowcountry,” currently running at the Atlantic Theater Company, is the third narrative in a trilogy written by playwright Abby Rosebrook. The complex and dark new play follows the devel…

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Thursday, June 26, 2025

Off-Broadway Review: “Beau the Musical” at 154 Christopher Street (Through Sunday, July 27, 2025. by David Roberts

Flowing in the same vein as the triumphant off-Broadway show “Dead Outlaw,” which made a move to Broadway last season, is the wonderful “Beau the Musical,” now playing at Theatre 154…

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Sunday, May 25, 2025

Festival News: Broadway Bound Theatre Festival 2025 Hosts Twelve New Plays and Musicals by David Roberts

NEW SEASON, NEW PLAYS: Broadway Bound Theatre Festival -2025 hosts 12 new plays and musicals this summer at AMT Theater in midtown NYC. These new works are by emerging playwrights from acros…

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Monday, May 12, 2025

Theatre News: The Outer Critics Circle Announces Winners for 2025 Outer Critics Circle Awards by David Roberts

The Outer Critics Circle (OCC), the official organization of writers on New York theatre for out-of-town, national, and digital news publications, has announced the winners for the 2025 Oute…

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Sunday, May 4, 2025

Broadway Review: “Real Women Have Curves: The Musical” at the James Earl Jones Theatre (Currently On) by David Roberts

The somewhat recognizable journey from play, to film, and finally to musical delivers the new “Real Women have Curves” to the James Earl Jones Theatre on Broadway. It has morphed into a …

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Broadway Review: “John Proctor is the Villain” at the Booth Theatre (Extended through Sunday, July 6, 2025) by David Roberts

The “Match” in Kimberly Belflower’s thoughtful new play “John Proctor is the Villain,” currently playing at the Booth Theatre, is between the heavyweight team “Toxic Masculinity�…

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Thursday, May 1, 2025

Broadway Review: “Dead Outlaw” at the Longacre Theatre (Currently On) by David Roberts

Only in America, where greed, fame, crime and capitalism reign and members of a civilized society aspire to become part of the materialistic regime, can you discover the story of Elmer J. Mc…

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Sunday, April 27, 2025

Broadway Review: “Boop! The Musical” at the Broadhurst Theatre (Currently On) by David Roberts

If you are not a Baby Boomer, chances are you would have never seen any of the black and white Betty Boop cartoons that made the spit curl bombshell a household name. Now that she has made h…

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Friday, April 25, 2025

Outer Critics Circle Announces Nominees for 2025 Outer Critics Circle Awards by David Roberts

The Outer Critics Circle (OCC), the official organization of writers on New York theatre for out-of-town, national, and digital news publications, has announced the nominees for the 2025 Out…

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Tuesday, April 22, 2025

Broadway Bound Theatre Festival 2025 Season Lineup Announced by David Roberts

Broadway Bound Theatre Festival is proud to announce its 2025 Season, showcasing the brand-new works of playwrights from across the country at AMT Theater on 45th Street. “We’re so excit…

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Friday, April 18, 2025

Broadway Review: “Purpose” at the Hayes Theatre (Currently On) by David Roberts

Currently running at the Hayes Theatre, Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’s “Purpose” joins the important pantheon of plays about families, dysfunctional families in particular. These plays, incl…

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Tuesday, April 15, 2025

Broadway Review: “Smash” at the Imperial Theatre (Currently On) by David Roberts

The new musical “Smash,” opening on Broadway at the Imperial Theatre, creates more than one bombshell, strategically detonating a multitude of explosive twists, turns, and powerful produ…

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Monday, April 14, 2025

Broadway Review: “Glengarry Glen Ross” at the Palace Theatre (Through Saturday, June 28, 2025) by David Roberts

Act One of David Mamet’s “Glengarry Glen Ross” currently running at the Palace Theatre takes place at a well-apportioned Chinese restaurant. Skillfully navigating Mamet’s iconic word…

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Broadway Review: “The Last Five Years” at the Hudson Theatre (Through Sunday, June 22, 2025) by David Roberts

“The Last Five Years” featuring a book, music and lyrics, by Jason Robert Brown, has had a long journey since first opening in Chicago in 2001. It has had two off Broadway runs, two Lond…

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Tuesday, April 8, 2025

Broadway Review: “Stephen Sondheim’s Old Friends” at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre (Through Sunday, June 15, 2025) by David Roberts

One of the latest offerings to open on Broadway comes in the form of a tribute musical revue, dedicated to the incredible work of the iconic composer and lyricist, Stephen Sondheim. It is de…

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