Sunday, September 29, 2024
By: David Sheward
September 29, 2924: Estranged siblings gather at the bedside of a dying parent. Crushed dreams have an inextricable hold on the family. A dying town symbolizes those das…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 11:00PMBy: David Sheward
October 1, 2024: According to Broadway Journal, the British musical Operation Mincemeat is eying a Broadway transfer to the Golden Theater once the Tony-winning Stereoph…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 02:43PMSaturday, September 28, 2024
By: Alix Cohen
October 1, 2024: Last February, I reviewed The Christine Jorgensen Show, a highly recommended, two-hander with music that made its debut at 59E59 Theaters. The piece has b…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 09:34AMTuesday, September 24, 2024
By: David Sheward
September 24, 2024: Musical theater conventions past, present and future come in for a riotous ribbing in the latest edition of Gerard Alessandrini’s perennial parody …
SOURCE: theaterlife at 09:00PMMonday, September 23, 2024
By: Samuel L. Leiter
September 22, 2024: Nearly 20 years ago I was reading whatever I could find about theater in Sri Lanka (formerly Ceylon) as background for the two-volume Encyclopedia…
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By: Samuel L. Leiter
September 22, 2024: The Witness Room is a fierce, flawed, and familiar cop drama at Off Broadway’s intimate, smartly refurbished AMT Theatre, set around a table in…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 12:09AMFriday, September 20, 2024
By: Alix Cohen
I saw a Marvelous Movie
September 23, 2024: Sir Noël Peirce Coward (1899 –1973) was an extraordinarily multifaceted talent, excelling as actor, director, vocalist (…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 05:50PMThursday, September 19, 2024
Burstein in Gypsy, Buena Vista
By: David Sheward
September 19, 2024: Tony, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle winner Danny Burstein (Moulin Rouge, Fiddler on the Roof, Follies) will st…
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September 19, 2024: [Note: In January of this year Theater Life posted my ***** review of Our Class, a Polish play by Tadeusz Slobodzniak directed by Igor Golyak at BA…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 11:18AMWednesday, September 18, 2024
By: Samuel L. Leiter
September 18, 2024: Table 17, a slight, charming, if mostly familiar rom-com by Douglas Lyons (Chicken and Baskets) at MCC Theater is proof positive that even the f…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 08:33AMTuesday, September 17, 2024
By: David Sheward
September 17, 2024: In recent years, the romantic comedy genre has had several hits on screen, but few on stage. The musical version of Pretty Woman and the original Fir…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 07:33PMMonday, September 16, 2024
By: Paulanne Simmons
September 15, 2024: Becoming a parent can certainly change your life. Children can make life rewarding or, let’s say, challenging. Written by real-life Mom and Dad …
SOURCE: theaterlife at 12:15AMSaturday, September 14, 2024
By: Paulanne Simmons
September 15, 2024: Vocalist Susan Gregory is no stranger to one-woman shows. But while her previous shows have been largely autobiographical, her newest one proudly a…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 12:19AMThursday, September 12, 2024
By: David Sheward
September 12, 2024: The Roommate, Jen Silverman’s slight two-character comedy at the Booth, begins in an unusual way. After the house lights have dimmed, the play’s …
SOURCE: theaterlife at 09:30PMTuesday, September 10, 2024
Elf; Real Women; McKean in Glengarry; New LCT Leaders
By: David Sheward
September 12, 2024: A new production of Elf the Musical will hit Broadway just in time for the holidays. Following…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 01:10PMThe White Room Gallery presents POETRY IN MOTION featuring Stuart Yankell with Taylor Smith in the Back Room on view September 10 through October 13.
September 6, 2024: The White Room Ga…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 10:00AMJohn Mulaney in All In; Purpose; Othello
By: David Sheward
September 9, 2024: Comedian-actor John Mulaney will return to Broadway in All In: Comedy About Love by Simon Rich beginning per…
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Southampton Arts Center presents The 7th Annual Architecture & Design Tour on Saturday, September 14, 2024, at 11 AM.
September 5, 2024: The Southampton Arts Center’s 7th Annual Arc…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 02:38PMTuesday, September 3, 2024
September Picks from Broadway Babe feature Patti LuPone, Karen Akers, Donna McKechnie, & Rare rehearsal footage from 1959’s Gypsy.
September 9, 2024: Broadway Babe, Randie Levine-…
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Dittmer Wins $400,000 Longines Hampton Classic 5* Grand Prix & Erwin prevails in $75,00 Hampton Classic 2* Grand Prix on closing day.
September 2, 2024: The 49th annual Hampton Clas…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 12:22PMThursday, August 29, 2024
By: Alix Cohen
September 4, 2024: Through the door of a vintage Coke machine on Eighth Aenue between 18th and 19th Streets, down cellar stairs (hold on), one enters Adélaïde’s Salo…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 02:28PMWednesday, August 28, 2024
By: Alix Cohen
September 2, 2024: First used simply to play cards – there’s actually a tarot game – decks were hand painted and prized all over Europe from the fifteen hundreds. T…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 05:12PMTuesday, August 27, 2024
Opening day @ The 49th Annual Hampton Classic Horse Show in Bridgehampton, NY
August 25, 2024: The weather was magnificent on the opening day of The Hampton Classic Horse Show in Bridgeham…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 03:32PMMelissa Errico: Live in Concert at SAC on Sunday, September 1 @ 7pm.
August 27, 2024: Melissa Erico returns to the East End for a concert at Southampton Arts Center, 25 Jobs Lane, on Sept…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 01:17PMJoy Behar’s My First Ex-Husband delights @ Bay Street Theater with Susie Essman, Tovah Feldshuh, and Sherri Shepherd.
August 27, 2024: Bay Street Theater presented Joy Behar and frien…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 12:56PMMonday, August 26, 2024
Monday, August 19, 2024
By: David Sheward
August 19, 2024: A truly unique theatrical experience is hard to come by these days, even if the Drama Desk Awards do have a category for it. If you searching for an eve…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 04:49PMOpening reception FOR YOUR EYES ONLY, works by Russell Young, @ The White Room Gallery through September 8, 2024.
August 19, 2024: Andrea McCafferty & Kat O’Neill, co-owners, and co…
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Friday, August 16, 2024
By: Samuel L. Leiter
August 16, 2024: It’s been only eight and a half years since New York’s last revival of Once Upon a Mattress,the goofy 1959 musical comedy retelling of Hans Chris…
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