By: Isa Goldberg January 9, 2019: The darkness inhabiting the season Off Broadway is ominous with forebodings of cataclysmic events such as we are informed of daily. Actually, it’s m…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 09:56AMBy: Paulanne Simmons January 6, 2019: Somewhere in Matthew Lopez’s 7-hour epic, The Inheritance, there’s a fairly good two or two-and-a-half-hour play. Not a great play, or a terrib…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 09:34PM“The Roaring 20’s” was the theme for New Year’s Eve at Gurney’s in Montauk. January 1, 2020: Guests at Gurney’s, on the brink of the Atlantic Ocean in Montauk, stepped back in…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 10:12AMA personal musical journey, through the decades, of a talented singer/songwriter. December 31, 2019: A few weeks ago, on November 26, I saw Denise Marsa perform her solo new musical, Th…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 06:19PMBy: David Sheward December 30, 2019: Hot new playwright Lucas Hnath takes a great risk by naming his latest play The Thin Place. Its plot and premise could be taken as gossamer light an…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 01:11PMBy: Isa Goldberg December 27, 2019: Take the incomprehensibility of everyday life and swallow it whole. That is the confection behind Jagged Little Pill, the new musical based on Alanis…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 07:51PMBy: David Sheward December 25, 2019: Crushing economic forces devastate two communities in a pair of Off-Broadway productions. How the characters deal with these financial blows vary as…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 02:29PMEverything is Connected By: Samuel L. Leiter December 24, 2019: If you saw the recent movie, Marriage Story, you probably heard Adam Driver’s character, an Off-Broadway director, s…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 05:00PM5 Reasons Why You Should Celebrate Cole Porter with Harry Connick Jr. By: Iris Wiener 1. Harry Connick Jr. has an appreciation for Cole Porter that is unmatched by other art…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 11:05AMBy: Paulanne Simmons December 18, 2019: Greater Clements, by Samuel D. Hunter, directed by Davis McCallum; and Halfway Bitches Go Straight to Heaven by Stephen Adly Guirgis, directed by…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 11:22PMThe perfect gift for everyone on your list or a dynamite stocking stuffer! December 15, 2019: Holiday frenzy is upon us and it’s just 10 days till Christmas. Don’t fret, a smart choic…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 06:45PMFive Reasons Why the Unauthorized Parody Love Actually is Actually Quite Lovely By: Iris Wiener December 16, 2019: Taking in a sickeningly sweet romantic comedy is so last year. Unsu…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 01:48PMAward winning actor, Jonathan Groff, chats with Michael Portantiere for the Drama Desk. Jonathan Groff, currently starring in the hit Off-Broadway revival of Little Shop of Horrors, was t…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 11:31AMBy: Isa Goldberg December 14, 2019: A professor in the Department of Art & Public Policy at NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts, Anna Deavere Smith’s docudramas explore the vulnerab…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 10:39PMBy: Isa Goldberg December 13, 2019: Eloquent story telling is the gift of The Inheritance. Arriving on Broadway after a successful run on London’s West End, the drama is the work of t…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 03:46PMBC/EFA Celebrated End of Fall Fundraising with Red Bucket Follies Featuring Hundreds of Singers and Dancers and Outstanding Choreography By: Ellis Nassour December 12, 2019: Broadw…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 11:15AMBy: David Sheward December 10, 2019: Jagged Little Pill is a jagged little musical, sometimes smooth, sometimes sharp, sometimes bland and predictable, sometimes edgy and shattering. Th…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 11:29PMTHE SORCERESS: A YIDDISH MUSICAL FANTASY“Magic, Music, and Mishegas” By: Samuel L. Leiter December 6, 2019: The National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene, born 104 years ago, has been …
SOURCE: theaterlife at 09:00PM2019-20 Broadway Update: Meryl Streep and Beth Leavel Exchange Roles By: David Sheward December 8, 2019: In a rare case of show-biz serendipity, three-time Oscar winner Meryl Streep …
SOURCE: theaterlife at 11:55AMBroadwayHD Founder, Bonnie Comley, spoke at the TV Of Tomorrow NYC conference. December 6, 2019: On Wednesday at Town Stages, Bonnie Comley, founder of BroadwayHD, the premiere streaming…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 03:31PMWarm up the Holidays with the Hot new lineup of titles on BroadwayHD this December. December 5, 2019: BroadwayHD, the premiere streaming service for theater fans, kicks off the month w…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 05:06PMMatilda Returns with Multi-Cultural Cast and Big Surprises By: Ellis Nassour December 5, 2019: Tim Minchin and Dennis Kelly’s West End and Broadway hit musical Matilda returns for …
SOURCE: theaterlife at 09:30AMBy: Bernard Carragher December 3, 2019: Bedlam's production of Arthur Miller’s The Crucible directed by Eric Tucker at the Connelly Theatre in the East Village is a generally strong …
SOURCE: theaterlife at 11:24PMBy: David Sheward December 2, 2019: Every generation or so since the late 1960s, a new play encapsulating the gay experience opens in New York. The Boys in the Band, Torch Song Trilogy,…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 11:05PMBy: David Sheward November 26, 2019: The holiday cheer begins at the Lyceum Theater before the latest incarnation of Dickens’ classic A Christmas Carol even commences. The holiday ou…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 12:07AMRobert Horn, Tootsie Best Book Tony Winner, chats with Patrick Christiano just before his triumph at the Tony Awards. November 23, 2019: Now that Tootsie has posted a closing notice, …
SOURCE: theaterlife at 02:23PMGuests toasted the season and rediscovered the gardens at this special time of the year. November 30, 2019: LONGHOUSE, 133 Hands Creek Road in East Hampton, hosted a festive gathering wit…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 10:03PMBy: Paulanne Simmons November 20, 2019: Alan Lightman is an American physicist who has served on the faculties of Harvard and Massachusetts Institute of Technology. His research has foc…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 08:13PMBig Apple Circus: Explodes with WOW! Acts and a Latino Beat By: Ellis Nassour November 20, 2019: The Big Apple Circus is back with its blue and white Big Top planted in Damrosch Park at…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 09:48AMBy: Paulanne Simmons November 18, 2019: Singer and musical theater veteran Rosemary Loar says she was “raised in musical theater.” Her mother would escape New Jersey (and her seven …
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