Call Redialed: NEW David Dean Bottrell Interview: "David Dean Bottrell Makes Love" Returns by Adam Rothenberg

In 2019, David Dean Bottrell had the NYC premiere of his new one-man show David Dean Bottrell Makes Love at Dixon Place. After a successful run in Los Angeles, David felt it was time for New…

Review: ‘Stew’ Takes Deeper Emotions Off the Back Burner by Elisabeth Vincentelli

In Zora Howard’s new drama, the kitchen is where the characters reveal their bickering-but-loving true selves.

“The Devil’s Music” Brings Down the House, at Center REP, W.C. by Robert M. Gardner

Katrina Lauren McGraw Scores Triumph as Bessie Smith by Robert M. Gardner As the saxophone player (smooth Ric Alexander) steps center stage, he coaxes soulful notes and seductive rhythms to …

Bard or Blockbuster by Aleks Sierz

Theatre is a business as well as a craft. And surveys about theatre often have a business side to them. So a recent survey about how many Shakespeare quotations members of the general public…

Come From Away opens waitlist for Sydney audiences by Peter J Snee

In yet another spectacular triumph, global hit Come From Away has announced the opening of the waitlist for Sydney audiences.

Matthew M. Nielson on bringing Shakespeare’s ‘Merry Wives of Windsor’ into the 1970s through original music and sound design by David Siegel

Bright and jaunty as a hippie’s tie-dyed shirt, the opening musical number for Folger’s The Merry Wives of Windsor lets the audience know what’s in store. It’s a farce set long ago�…

WHY ALL NEW YORK HOTELS TURNED AWAY FAMOUS SOVIET WRITER MAXIM GORKY by Robert Shuman

(Alexandra Guzeva’s article appeared in Russia Beyond the Headlines, 1/28.) America in the early 20th century turned out to be an even more puritan country than Russia. In the spring of 19…

A community torn apart in ‘Book of Days’ is built back up by the St. Mark’s Players by Em Skow

In this small Missouri town, everyone knows everyone and everything. The church where people notice when you’re not in your pew, the factory where your high school classmates put in their …

‘The Simon and Garfunkel Story’: beautiful sounds and rapt silence at the National Theatre by Jim Pearson

Success strikes like a cobra. It mesmerizes, then it strikes. It paralyzes its target, freezes it in the moment. Simon and Garfunkel found that cobra, that success, in 1966 as “Sounds of S…

The Children, a superb & troubling play by Cogency

The Children by Lucy Kirkwood. Directed by Abigail Adams, through February 9, 2020, at People’s Light, Malvern, PA   The Children is a beautifully written play that’s receiving stunning…

Theatre Review: ‘Spring Awakening’ at Round House Theatre by Norah Dick

“Spring Awakening,” the turbulent rock-musical about teenage sexuality, is being given new life at Round House Theatre. Round House stages a surprising and skillful production of this ro…

COME FROM AWAY To Open In Sydney August 2020

The worldwide smash hit and Tony and Olivier award-winning musical COME FROM AWAY will open at Sydney's State Theatre on Saturday 8 August 2020. 

A First Look at Laura Linney in My Name Is Lucy Barton on Broadway by Playbill

Chatting about Joel Bray’s Daddy by Gabi Bergman

A new immersive work from Joel Bray, Daddy is a delicious and delectable interactive exploration of life, love, and trauma. With

Lean in… 366 days, not just 31! by Jonathan McCrory

And we are off!! Many of us are ripping and running at the start of 2020, seeking to catapult ourselves into the new decade. But many are also running away from the echoing memories of the p…

‘My Name Is Lucy Barton’ lost in translation by Alan Smason

By EDWARD RUBIN My Name Is Lucy Barton written by Elizabeth Stout and published to a chorus of Hosannas in 2016, is now a one-woman, two-character play – running through Saturday, February…

Come From Away announces eagerly awaited Sydney season by Arts Review

Producers Rodney Rigby and Junkyard Dog Productions have announced that the worldwide smash hit and Tony and Olivier award-winning musical Come From Away will open at Sydney’s State Theatr…

Tell Me More | Episode 39: Eden Espinosa on Unplanned Concerts & Fighting for ‘Lempicka’ by Matt Tamanini

On today’s episode of “Tell Me More,” Matt Tamanini talks to one of his favorite Bradway performers, Eden Espinosa. Whether you were first exposed to her via the original, live cast al…

Come From Away Will Play Sydney’s State Theatre This Summer by Andrew Gans

The hit musical made its Australian debut in July 2019 in Melbourne.

If Stalin Had a Least-Favorite Musical, Would This Be It? by Leonard Jacobs

"The Glorious Death of Comrade What's-His-Name" is based on a 1928 play, "The Suicide," by Nikolai Erdman, who was later exiled to Siberia. The post If Stalin Had a Least-Favorite Musical, W…

VIDEO: BEETLEJUICE Fan Releases a 'Diss Track' at the Request of Alex Brightman

A fan of Beetlejuice the Musical has released a diss track on YouTube, at the request of Alex Brightman himself!

The Transfiguration of Benjamin Banneker by Wendy Caster

One of the many joys of theatre is getting to experience how another person's brain and imagination work. Last night at La Mama, the brain and imagination belonged to Theodora Skipitares, w…

VIDEO: Watch the Original Storyboard Sequence For 'Into the Unknown' From FROZEN 2

Get a peek into the Frozen 2 animation studio with this all new video from Disney! See how this sequence from Frozen 2 evolved from storyboard to final frame, featuring the song a?oeInto the…

First Look: Transport Group’s ‘The Unsinkable Molly Brown’ by Matthew Wexler

Beth Malone stars in Transport Group's reimagining of "The Unsinkable Molly Brown," directed by Kathleen Marshal with a new book and lyrics by Dick Scanlan. The post First Look: Transport Gr…

Theatre Review: ‘The Simon and Garfunkel Story’ at National Theatre by Jeannette Mulherin

‘The Simon and Garfunkel Story’ features the duo’s best-loved songs, performed before a backdrop of film and still images that capture the turbulence of the era—the cultural icons, s…

Spike Lee to direct film version of David Byrne’s American Utopia by Sydney Bucksbaum

Spike Lee is setting his sights on Broadway. The Oscar-winning filmmaker has officially signed on to direct a movie version of David Byrne’s American Utopia. It was announced on Friday tha…

That adorable bear hits the New York stage with ‘Paddington Gets in a Jam’ at the DR2 Theatre by Deb Miller

The latest leg on Paddington Bear’s journey from his native Peru to his adoptive home in London to TV and movie screens everywhere is his stage debut in New York City at the DR2 Theatre in…

Theatre News: Rapid Lemon Productions presents a staged reading of ‘North Wind’ February 12 by Max Garner

During the run of the company’s 2020 season-opening show “Give Me Moonlight”, Baltimore’s Rapid Lemon Productions invites audiences to a staged reading of Sarah Cosgrove’s new play…

Theatre Review: ‘Safe Space’ by Single Carrot Theatre by Max Garner

There’s a new America on the way. Maybe. First, though, there’s a slew of problems: a tainted inheritance, bones in the walls, and the locksmiths are coming to take away our guns. In the…

Theatre Review: ‘Next to Normal’ at The Kennedy Center’s Eisenhower Auditorium by Kristin Franco

“Everything is perfect; nothing’s real.” A complex tale of mental illness and a family on the brink becomes the latest entry in the stellar Broadway Center State series at the Kennedy …

Review: Next to Normal, a triumphant performance and all-out production can’t mask a generic score by Roy Maurer

On the positive side, there’s nothing “scaled down” about the Kennedy Center’s latest Broadway Center Stage series presentation of Brian Yorkey and Tom Kitt’s 2008 steamrolling tea…

Review: The Simon and Garfunkel Story at the National by Christopher Henley

There are a few ways to handle the often reviled, increasingly prevalent form we know as the “jukebox musical.” Sometimes (Mama Mia!, as an example), the music catalog of a popular artis…

February 2020 New York Theater Openings by Jonathan Mandell

Below is a selection of New York theater openings in February, organized chronologically by opening date. There’s just one show opening on Broadway this month, but it’s a doozy: The fift…

DOCTORS JANE AND ALEXANDER at HERE by Jacquelyn Claire

  DOCTORS JANE AND ALEXANDER is a deeply intimate journey through the deconstructed thoughts of the playwright, Edward Einhorn, as he wrestles with memory, nostalgia and doubt. UNTITLED T…

A barn-burning performance by Daren A. Herbert is the highlight of Soulpepper’s ‘Jesus Hopped the ‘A’ Train’ by Karen Fricker - Theatre Critic

The Toronto production has all the signature elements of Stephen Adly Guirgis’s work, but the other performances are not as full-tilt as Herbert’s, writes Karen Fricker.

Theater Review: UNTIL THE FLOOD (Center Theatre Group at the Kirk Douglas Theatre) by Tony Frankel

AFTER THE FLOOD Until the Flood lasts only 70 minutes. But its concentrated running time delivers a devastating drama. A ton of truth-telling now on tour at the Kirk Douglas Theatre, this 20…

REVIEW: Santi and Naz, Vault Festival 2020 London ✭✭✭✭ by Mark Ludmon

By Mark Ludmon Mark Ludmon reviews Santi and Naz presented by The Thelmas as part of the Vault Festival 2020 in London. This post REVIEW: Santi and Naz, Vault Festival 2020 London ✭✭✭�…

Mastering dance: The benefits of an MFA for already established dancers

Oscar Rodriguez is a Venezuelan-born, Costa Rican-raised, New York-based dancer. After an already successful career back home, Rodriguez moved to New York to attend New York University’s T…

REVIEW: Kunene and the King, Ambassadors Theatre, London ✭✭✭ by Julian Eaves

By Julian Eaves Julian Eaves reviews John Kani's play Kunene and the King currently being presented by the Royal Shakespeare Company at the Ambassadors Theatre. This post REVIEW: Kunene and …

Cissy Fitzgerald: The Girl with the Wink by Trav S.D.

Cissy Fitzgerald (1873-1941) was a performer who understood the wisdom of playing the hand you are dealt. Educated in an English convent, she came to fame in the British music comedy A Gaiet…

Henry and the Herons (on the Original Henry Miller) by Trav S.D.

When I first moved to NYC in the dim, dark years of the 20th century, what is now the Stephen Sondheim Theatre was still known as Henry Miller’s Theatre, after the man who built it. I gave…

Little Billy Rhodes: From the Big Top to the Brothers Grimm by Trav S.D.

Chicago native Little Billy Rhodes (1895-1967) was a rare little person actor who actually got to play some decent film roles. Having started out in vaudeville and circuses, he played the ti…

Li’l Esther: The Baby Who Birthed Betty Boop? by Trav S.D.

African American performer Esther Lee Jones, billed variously as Baby Esther or Li’l Esther, started out in her native Chicago as a child performer in the 1920s, singing, dancing, and perf…

How Helen Chandler Burned it at Both Ends by Trav S.D.

Charleston native Helen Chandler (1906-1965) was only eight years old when she began acting professionally in New York. She was still a girl when she was acting in Shakespeare with both of t…

Inspiration From the Archive: Over Two Dozen Artists Respond to Performance Art Relics in “What Remains” at Defibrillator Gallery by Sharon Hoyer

Netherlands-based ieke Trinks sent an international call to respond to Joseph Ravens' collection. Their responses open DFBRL8R's tenth anniversary season.

Catching up with dancemaker Sidra Bell

Dance Informa recently had the pleasure of catching up with renowned dancemaker Sidra Bell. We talked about her childhood, her current projects and everything in between. Check it out! Ca…

Choreographer Jennifer Weber heads to the screen in ‘Zombies 2’

Jennifer Weber is the Carmen Sandiego of the dance industry. Where in the world is Jennifer Weber? Our answer…Where is she not?! Weber’s choreography can be seen in commercials, on the …

Theater Review: SOPHISTICATED LADIES (Porchlight Music Theatre at Ruth Page Center for the Arts) by Lawrence Bommer

SOPHISTICATED SWING FROM KING ELLINGTON Some shows are just pure pleasure, delivering unpretentious delight with no plot to process or points to proclaim. Much like Ain’t Misbehavin’, …

REVIEW: Frankie Foxstone aka The Profit: Walking Tour, Vault Festival ✭✭✭ by Mark Ludmon

By Mark Ludmon Mark Ludmon reviews Frankie Foxstone aka The Profit: Walking Tour which is being presented as part of this year's Vault Festival. This post REVIEW: Frankie Foxstone aka The Pr…

Teamwork makes the dream work: Dance Across America for ‘Dréa’s Dream’

Beauty can arise out of tragedy. Life can be funny like that. The Andréa Rizzo Foundation (“Dréa’s Dream”) started with something incredibly tragic — Andréa Rizzo, a college stude…

Maldad by Steve Aoki & Maluma | Dance Class with Brinn Nicole by DanceOn

Sadler's Wells Sampled, review: Dance selection box highlights range of London's venues by  zoë Anderson,  zoë Anderson

Boundaries are broken down in fun event that provides tasters for those on the hunt for something new

Isabella Rossellini by NPR

Isabella Rossellini, film maker, joins us along with panelists Maz Jobrani, Faith Salie, and Josh Gondelman.

Upcoming CD Releases for February 2020

Check out the latest in upcoming releases of Broadway and theatre related CDs for February, 2020.

‘West Side Story’ Actor’s Girlfriend Disavows Me Too-Style Protests As Picketing Continues Outside Broadway Theater by Greg Evans

A group of protesters outside Broadway’s West Side Story Friday night continued to call for the dismissal of a cast member who in 2018 shared a sexually explicit photo of his girlfriend wh…

Review: The Sugar Syndrome, Orange Tree Theatre by Alice Flynn

Review: The Sugar Syndrome, Orange Tree Theatre5.0starsBack in the early days of the internet, people seemed a lot more scared of it; I vividly remember being warned by my Year 5 teachers th…

Review: Bombshells, East Riding Theatre by Hannah Hobson

Review: Bombshells, East Riding Theatre 3.0stars In many ways, Joanna Murray Smith’s 2004 play is due a revival in 2020. It’s a one woman play covering several women at moments of crisis…

‘A powerful piece of writing’: Santi & Naz – Vault Festival ★★★ by Amy Toledano

Santi & Naz is a powerful piece of writing. It is emotional, animated and moving, and this production is certainly a gem at Vault Festival 2020.

From Fearless to Grand: Ashley Park Takes on Her First Straight Play by Ryan McPhee

The Mean Girls Tony nominee discusses taking the stage in Bess Wohl’s Grand Horizons before heading Thoroughly Modern Millie at Encores!.

VIDEO: Go Inside Week Two of the Rehearsal Room For London's BE MORE CHILL

Rehearsals are underway for the UK premiere of viral hit musical Be More Chill.

Stephen Sachs wants people to see themselves in ‘Human Interest Story’ at the Fountain Theatre by Fountaintheatre

by Kevin Hopps Winning six awards at the 2020 L.A. Ovation Awards, including Best Season and Best Production of a Play, is obviously a great way to kick off the Fountain Theatre’s 30th An…

‘Grey Rock’ at the Kennedy Center Spotlights the Extraordinary in the Ordinary by Jim Pearson

In Grey Rock, Playwright-Director Amir Nizar Zuabi invites us into the home of an ordinary Palestinian family in a small West Bank village. We soon recognize the extraordinary in the ordinar…

A SOLDIER’S PLAY – the madness of racism in America by Oscar E Moore

  At 80 years of age, playwright Charles Fuller is finally seeing his 1982 Pulitzer Prize winning drama A SOLDIER’S PLAY on Broadway.  At the American Airlines Theatre – a Roundabout T…

‘Written with intelligence, vigour & energy’: THE SUGAR SYNDROME – Orange Tree Theatre by Aleks Sierz

Excellent revival of Lucy Prebble’s disturbing debut play The Sugar Syndrome about loneliness, the internet and illegal desire.

Go Inside the Press Day for Broadway's Diana by Nathan Skethway

The new musical, starring Jeanna de Waal as the late Princess of Wales, will begin performances at the Longacre Theatre March 2.

‘Next to Normal’ makes a triumphant DC return at the Kennedy Center by Hilary Sutton

In 2020, isn’t all of DC just trying to get by with something “next” to normal? We’re going about our daily lives while there’s an impeachment trial going on. A foreign leader was …

Elizabeth Banks named Hasty Pudding's Woman of the Year, honored with a parade at Harvard by Associated Press

Previous winners of this award include: Ella Fitzgerald, Meryl Streep and Halle Berry.

A Soldier's Play - starring David Alan Grier & Blair Underwood finally on Broadway by Oscar E. Moore

Who killed Sergeant Waters? In a riveting and tense two acts we get the surprising answer. A powerful, raw and still pertinent play that resonates like a tsunami

What to see this week in the UK by Andrew Pulver, Michael Cragg, John Fordham, Andrew Clements, Jonathan Jones, Miriam Gillinson and Lyndsey Winship

From The Lighthouse to The Haystack, here’s our pick of the best films, concerts, exhibitions, theatre and dance over the next seven days Continue reading...

Our monthly picks: Theatre shows to see this February 2020 by Official London Theatre

How to do Immersive Theatre at Fringe Level by Samuel Nicholls

In a new series, Samuel Nicholls interviews small theatre companies to find out what strategies they use to stand out in an over-saturated industry. This month, he talks to Get Out of My Spa…

‘Slick, smart & penetrating’: VOiD – Vault Festival by Laura Kressly

If a piercing performance of the mind is something you are after, you will not be disappointed with VOiD at the Vault Festival, London.

Special: Jena Tesse Fox’s Reflections on 2019 by James Marino

Jena Tesse Fox and James Marino chat about the 2019 on and off Broadway. Jena Tesse Fox | Twitter | Instagram Jena Tesse Fox has been writing about theater for more than 10 years for numerou…

“You’ll Catch Flies” Enchants with Laughs & Honesty, at NCTC, S.F. by Bdhorwitz

Ryan Fogarty Exposes Boys in the Bandwidth by Barry David Horwitz Ryan Fogarty’s gay bromance puts guilt, love, and regret on extravagant display. The hosts, a flamboyant gay couple: Dev (…

REVIEW ROUND-UP: Persona at Riverside Studios by Emma Clarendon

Find out what critics made of this stage adaptation of Ingmar Bergman’s 1966 film, Persona, officially reopening the Riverside Studios.

The 29 best things to do around Boston this February by Megan O'Brien

The shortest month of the year doesn't have to be your dullest.

Tootsie Brought Them Together...And Now They're Tying the Knot by Andy Lefkowitz

John Behlmann, an actor, and LJ Wright, a Broadway dresser, announced their engagement on January 31. The pair met in 2018 during the pre-Broadway run of the musical comedy Tootsie. "When…

What's closing in London Theatre this month? (February 2020)

It might still be winter but at least it’s no longer January! Thankfully the West End is always there to keep us warm with its incredible London Theatre. Although, as ever, some shows won�…

What's opening in London Theatre this month? (February 2020)

At long last, what feels like the longest month of the year, January, is over and with a new month, we are set to welcome new shows. February may be the shortest month of the year but by no …

West Side Story, New Faces at Frozen & More February Picks from the Broadway.com Staff by Lindsey Sullivan

The cold never bothered us anyway—especially with so much great theater to cozy up to this February! The Broadway.com staff has got heart eyes for both Great White Way and intimate downtow…

Oscar Winner Spike Lee to Direct Filmed Version of David Byrne's American Utopia by Andy Lefkowitz

Legendary filmmaker Spike Lee has signed on to helm a filmed version of David Byrne's current Broadway sensation American Utopia. The media company Participant will produce the capture of t…

The Importance of the Off-Book Rehearsal by Kerry Hishon

Creating an effective rehearsal schedule is a crucial part of a school production’s success. There are many important rehearsals to allot time for, including this one: the off-book rehears…

On the Couch with Jacinta Larcombe by Arts Review

Who is Jacinta Larcombe? An analytical kooky vessel experiencing the extremities of life. What would you do differently from what you do now? I think the only things I would do differently i…

Songs for Nobodies by Arts Review

Bernadette Robinson is a unique talent. She has the uncanny ability to reproduce, exactly, the voices of famous singers. Plenty of other impressionists can do this, but what separates Robins…

Recently reviewed theater for Jan. 31 by Calvin Wilson St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Capsule reviews for professional theater on St. Louis stages.

How did Mary Engelbreit get so woke? St. Louis artist known for cute drawings isn't holding back by Aisha Sultan St. Louis Post-Dispatch

She was 62 at the time and until then she had not faced any serious criticism about her work. That was about to change.

Philadelphia Theater Calendar February 2020 by Calendar

Theater in Philadelphia in February 2020

Despite Losses, Government Declines To Block Broadway Investors by Marc Hershberg

The government is not going to stop investors from losing their shirts on Broadway.

Tituss Burgess Offers Sondheim Celebration at Carnegie Hall February 1, Joined by Jane Krakowski, Lillias White, More by Andrew Gans

Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt Emmy nominee Burgess makes his debut at the famed venue in an evening devoted to Stephen Sondheim.

Anatomy of a Suicide, Directed by Lileana Blain-Cruz, Begins Off-Broadway by Olivia Clement

The Alice Birch play, winner of the 2018 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize, kicks off its U.S. premiere at Atlantic Theater February 1.

Ruth Negga-Led Hamlet Begins at St. Ann's Warehouse by Olivia Clement

The Gate Theatre Dublin production, helmed by Yaël Farber, takes over the Brooklyn theatre.