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Friday, May 26, 2023

Bill Irwin: It's an exciting time to work in theater by NewYorkTheater

In his acceptance speech at the Outer Critics Circle Awards, Bill Irwin talks about adjusting to being an "elderly" actor,

SOURCE: YouTube at 09:51AM
Thursday, May 25, 2023

Sean Hayes Acceptance Speech by NewYorkTheater

Lea Salonga presents Sean Hayes with his Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Lead Performer in a Broadway Play (Good Night, Oscar.) In a joke-filled four-minute acceptance speech, Hay…

SOURCE: YouTube at 11:22PM

Alex Newell Acceptance Speech by NewYorkTheater

Alex Newell accepts their first-ever award, from the Outer Critics Circle for Outstanding Featured Performer in a Broadway Musical (Shucked.)

SOURCE: YouTube at 10:28PM
Saturday, May 13, 2023

How Emilio Sosa became a costume designer by NewYorkTheater

At a costume shop in the theater district, Broadway costume designer Emilio Sosa describes the serendiptous path to his art, explains one lesson he learned by making the same mistake that An…

SOURCE: YouTube at 11:57PM
Wednesday, April 26, 2023

New York, New York Broadway musical in rehearsal by NewYorkTheater

Two minutes of rehearsal by the cast and orchestra of the Broadway musical "New York, New York." (A Sitzprobe is a German phrase meant to describe the first rehearsal that integrates the sin…

SOURCE: YouTube at 08:54PM
Monday, April 24, 2023

Peter Pan Goes Wrong on Broadway by NewYorkTheater

Thirty seconds of mishap and mayhem from "Peter Pan Goes Wrong" on Broadway.

SOURCE: YouTube at 07:30AM
Thursday, March 30, 2023

Life of Pi on Broadway by NewYorkTheater

A minute from the new Broadway play "Life of Pi," starring Hiran Abeysekera as Pi battling the elements and a tiger named Richard Parker on the open sea

SOURCE: YouTube at 07:09PM
Sunday, March 19, 2023

Bob Fosse's Dancin' on Broadway by NewYorkTheater

The cast of "Bob Fosse's Dancin'" on Broadway perform the song-and-dance number "I Wanna Be a Dancin' Man."

SOURCE: YouTube at 05:21PM
Friday, February 24, 2023

Maybe Love from "Shucked" by NewYorkTheater

Brandy Clark and Shane McAnally perform the song "Maybe Love" from the musical they composed, "Shucked," which has its first preview at Broadway's Nederlander Theater on March 8, 2023 and …

SOURCE: YouTube at 10:22AM
Monday, February 13, 2023

Pictures From Home on Broadway excerpts by NewYorkTheater

80 seconds from the Broadway play starring Nathan Lane, Danny Burstein and Zoe Wanamaker

SOURCE: YouTube at 03:29AM
Friday, February 10, 2023

Andre De Shields Reopens La MaMa by NewYorkTheater

Tony winning actor Andre De Shields reopens the first permanent home of Off Off Broadway's La MaMa ETC -- and says he wants to work there again

SOURCE: YouTube at 05:06AM
Wednesday, February 1, 2023

New York, New York Broadway Musical Trailer by NewYorkTheater

Colton Ryan and Anna Uzele lead the cast in this stage musical that gets its title, and its score, from the 1977 movie, but not apparently its story. The show opens at Broadway's St. James T…

SOURCE: YouTube at 01:51PM
Saturday, January 14, 2023

Wynton Marsalis serenades APAP by NewYorkTheater

Wynton Marsalis and his band serenade the members of Association of Performing Arts Professionals at the end of the opening ceremonies of its annual conference on January 13, 2023.

SOURCE: YouTube at 11:30AM

Brian Stokes Mitchell on Life and Song After COVID by NewYorkTheater

Broadway star Brian Stokes Mitchell speaks and then sings to those attending the annual conference in New York of APAP (the Association of Performing Arts Professionals) on January 13, 2023.…

SOURCE: YouTube at 12:33AM
Tuesday, December 20, 2022

The Collaboration: Warhol and Basquiat by NewYorkTheater

In two scenes from the Broadway play "The Collaboration," Paul Bettany as Andy Warhol and Jeremy Pope as Jean-Michel Basquiat explain their very different reasons for making art.

SOURCE: YouTube at 07:20PM
Sunday, December 11, 2022

Some Like It Hot on Broadway: One minute glimpse by NewYorkTheater

A sixty-five second preview of the Broadway musical "Some Like It Hot" at the Shubert Theater. Click https://newyorktheater.me/2022/12/11/some-like-it-hot-broadway-review/ for my videos, pho…

SOURCE: YouTube at 10:00PM

Some Like It Hot title song by NewYorkTheater

The cast recording of the title song of "Some Like It Hot," a Broadway musical with music by Marc Shaiman. Click https://newyorktheater.me/2022/12/11/some-like-it-hot-broadway-review/ for mo…

SOURCE: YouTube at 06:59PM
Thursday, December 8, 2022

"Ohio State Murders" on Broadway with Audra McDonald by NewYorkTheater

A minute from "Ohio State Murders," a play starring Audra McDonald that marks Adrienne Kennedy's playwriting debut at age 91. Click https://newyorktheater.me/2022/12/08/ohio-state-murders-re…

SOURCE: YouTube at 11:00PM
Monday, December 5, 2022

Neil Diamond himself sings at Broadway opening by NewYorkTheater

Neil Diamond sings "Sweet Caroline" at the Broadway opening of "A Beautiful Noise: The Neil Diamond Musical" at the Broadhurst Theater, December 4, 2022

SOURCE: YouTube at 04:35AM
Saturday, December 3, 2022

Ain't No Mo' on Broadway by NewYorkTheater

Excerpts of six scenes from the satirical Broadway comedy by Jordan E. Cooper that imagines an America in which all Black people are about to be flown to Africa.

SOURCE: YouTube at 11:27PM
Sunday, November 27, 2022

KPOP on Broadway: "Amerika (Checkmate)" by NewYorkTheater

In "KPOP" on Broadway, cast members portraying the boyband F8 perform the musical number "Amerika (Checkmate.)" (The k in Amerika stands for Korea)

SOURCE: YouTube at 09:26AM
Thursday, November 24, 2022

Broadway at the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade by NewYorkTheater

The Broadway casts of "Funny Girl," "The Lion King," "Some Like It Hot" and "A Beautiful Noise: The Neil Diamond Musical," as well as the Radio City Rockettes performed at the 96th annual Ma…

SOURCE: YouTube at 12:12PM
Tuesday, November 22, 2022

Lea Michele sings for Funny Girl album by NewYorkTheater

Lea Michele sings "Don't Rain on My Parade" for the cast album of Funny Girl on Broadway

SOURCE: YouTube at 01:51PM
Monday, November 21, 2022

Jefferson Mays in A Christmas Carol on Broadway by NewYorkTheater

Two minutes of "A Christmas Carol" on Broadway starring Jefferson Mays, portraying 50 characters in Dickens' classic. Click https://newyorktheater.me/2022/11/21/a-christmas-carol-broadway-re…

SOURCE: YouTube at 07:27PM
Sunday, November 20, 2022

KPOP on Broadway by NewYorkTheater

One minute from KPOP, the Broadway musical that was supposed to open on November 20, 2022 but will now open on November 27

SOURCE: YouTube at 06:41AM
Friday, November 18, 2022

& Juliet on Broadway by NewYorkTheater

A minute from the Broadway jukebox "& Juliet" featuring the songs Max Martin wrote for Backstreet Boys, Britney Spears and a dozen more. Click https://newyorktheater.me/2022/11/17/juliet-bro…

SOURCE: YouTube at 12:05PM
Thursday, November 10, 2022

Bonnie Milligan sings from Kimberly Akimbo by NewYorkTheater

In this music video, Bonnie Milligan and the rest of the cast of the Broadway musical "Kimberly Akimbo" sing the show's number "Better."

SOURCE: YouTube at 03:16PM
Monday, October 10, 2022

Wendell Pierce's Poignant Death of a Salesman Opening Night Curtain Speech by NewYorkTheater

At the opening night of the sixth Broadway production of "Death of a Salesman," Wendell Pierce, who portrays Willy Loman, pays tribute to his father.

SOURCE: YouTube at 12:21PM
Tuesday, October 4, 2022

Almost Famous Broadway Curtain Call by NewYorkTheater

The cast of "Almost Famous," the Broadway musical based on the 2000 movie, makes their first curtain call, at the first preview on October 3, 2022. Opening night is set for November 3, 2022.

SOURCE: YouTube at 10:26AM
Sunday, October 2, 2022

Leopoldstadt Debate Over Jewish Assimilation by NewYorkTheater

A scene from "Leopoldstadt," the new Broadway play by Tom Stoppard that takes place in Vienna before and after the Holocaust. Here it is 1899, and David Krumholtz and Brandon Uranowitz port…

SOURCE: YouTube at 01:29AM
Friday, September 16, 2022

Little Amal on Broadway! by NewYorkTheater

On her third day of her three-week trip to New York City, the ten-year-old Syrian refugee, and 12-foot-tall puppet, visits Father Duffy Square in Times Square, where she visits the TKTS boot…

SOURCE: YouTube at 04:23PM

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2023-2024 BROADWAY SEASON
May 30, 2023: Grey House - Lyceum Theatre
Jun 26, 2023: Just For Us - Hudson Theatre
Jul 24, 2023: The Cottage - Hayes Theater
Nov 16, 2023: Spamalot - St. James Theatre
Dec 18, 2023: Appropriate - Hayes Theater
Mar 07, 2024: Doubt - Todd Haimes Theatre
Apr 14, 2024: Lempicka - Longacre Theatre
Apr 17, 2024: The Wiz - Marquis Theatre
Apr 18, 2024: Suffs - Music Box Theatre
Apr 25, 2024: Mother Play - Hayes Theater
Jun 10, 2024: The Drama Desk Awards