By: Paulanne Simmons March 25, 2023: On July 11, 1733, forty-two Jewish men and women disembarked in Savannah, Georgia, soon after James Edward Oglethorpe had arrived with Georgia’s ori…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 07:57PMBy: Samuel L. Leiter March 24, 2023: Parade, the topically relevant 1998 musical now being smashingly revived on Broadway, tells the truth-based story of Leo Frank (Ben Platt, Dear Evan Ha…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 10:30AMBy: David Sheward March 24, 2023: It’s the casual, seemingly unobserved movements that makes the spectacular revival of Bob Fosse’s 1978 revue Dancin’ so special. Yes, there are th…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 04:23PMAcclaimed comedian Judy Gold opened her new solo show, Yes, I Can Say That!, directed by BD Wong at 59E59 Theaters. March 22, 2023: Acclaimed comedian Judy Gold opened her solo show Yes,…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 10:46AMBy: Alix Cohen March 22, 2023: The Hunting Gun, a poem written by the prologue narrator, was derided when published as too sensitive for a gun magazine. Months later, its author received …
SOURCE: theaterlife at 11:18PMBy: Maryann Lopinto March 23, 2023: Karen Mason returned to Birdland on Monday recreating her “ALL THAT JAZZ” the songs of John Kander and Fred Ebb which she debuted there almost a yea…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 10:08AMBy: Isa Goldberg March 21, 2023: Emily Feldman’s new play, “The Best We Could " (a family tragedy), at The Manhattan Theatre Club, while contemporary in style, harkens back to classic…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 04:33AMFantastic finds from Broadway Babe this week include Carol Burnett, Lena Horne, Angie Dickinson & Burt Bacharach, and new documentary on The Music Man’s Meredith Wilson. March 19, 202…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 09:20AMBy: David Sheward March 18, 2023: Perhaps the most powerful moment in Parade, the stunning revival of Alfred Uhry and Jason Robert Brown’s 1998 musical about the infamous Leo Frank case…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 05:48PMPark West Gallery Launches First Annual "Painted in New York" Artist Competition. March 19, 2023: Park West Fine Art Museum & Gallery announced their first annual "Painted in New York" …
SOURCE: theaterlife at 09:18AMCelebrity chef Sal Scognamillo hosted a special luncheon with a Sinatra-inspired vocalist @ the renowned Patsy’s at 256 West 56th Street, March 18, 2023: Celebrity Chef Sal Scognamillo ho…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 08:18AMBy: Samuel L. Leiter March 17, 2023: Jessica Chastain’s compelling performance of Nora in the current revival of Ibsen’s A Doll’s House at the Hudson Theatre reminds us not only tha…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 04:39PMB'way Update: Final Sondheim; Merrily Finds Theater; No More Room By: David Sheward March 17, 2023: There are ups and down on and Off-Broadway this week. The last Stephen Sondheim show …
SOURCE: theaterlife at 02:16PMBy: Paulanne Simmons March 16, 2023: The Harder They Come , a musical based on the 1972 Jamaican crime film directed by Perry Henzell and starring reggae singer Jimmy Cliff, has all the e…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 09:50AMTony nominee and Emmy winner Sheryl Lee Ralph of Dreamgirls and TV’s Abbott Elementary Fame to Signs New Book Friday & Saturday By: Ellis Nassour March 14, 2023: Indefatigable Tony…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 07:43AMBy: David Sheward March 11, 2023: Before Jamie Lloyd’s minimalist and strangely powerful revival of A Doll’s House, Henrik Ibsen’s prophetic proto-feminist masterpiece, begins, audi…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 10:02PMBy: Alix Cohen March 13, 2023: There’s still musical sophistication to be found in Manhattan. Every Saturday at 5:30, Eric Comstock assumes the piano at Birdland delivering an amalgam…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 06:53PMGolden Oldies from Broadway Babe feature Stephen Spielberg’s 1995 AFI Tribute, Nat King Cole, Dinah Shore, Ginger Rogers, George Burns and Ethel Merman plus 1985’s Night of a 100 Stars. …
SOURCE: theaterlife at 09:00AMJimmy Kimmel Hosts Oscars 95, the 95th Academy Awards, Live Sunday on ABC. Ten 2022 Films In the Running for Best Picture By: Ellis Nassour March 10, 2023: The 2023 Academy Awards will te…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 09:00AMSheboyhood: a solo show by Craig Zehms is A funny, poignant account of a childhood and adolescence in Sheboygan, WI, and discovering how to chart one's own path. March 10, 2023: Growing …
SOURCE: theaterlife at 02:28AMBy: Samuel L. Leiter March 9, 2023: In recent years, Lynn Nottage, with a Tony nomination (MJ)and two Pulitzer Prizes (Sweat, Ruined) , has soared into the stratosphere of American playwr…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 04:28PMBy: Isa Goldberg March 9, 2023: Consummate craftmanship distinguishes The Mint Theatre’s world premiere of Betty Smith’s 1931 drama, “Becomes a Woman”. Set in that period, arou…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 02:54PMExperience the magic of Carousel on BoadwayHD beginning April 1, 2023. This captivating production from the New York Philharmonic stars Kelli O’Hara & Nathan Gunn. March 8, 2023: Bro…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 09:01AMFrancis Luis Mora (1874-1940) on view March 1 through March 18, 2023 at ACA Galleries, 529 West 20th Street in the Chelsea Gallery District. March 7, 2023: ACA Galleries, 529 West 20th Str…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 12:04PMBy Paulanne Simmons March 6, 2023: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, reputedly Tennessee Williams’ favorite among his oeuvre, touches on all the playwright’s preferred themes: the inevitability o…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 02:16PMRuth Stage returns with their updated version of Tennessee Williams’ Pulitzer Prize winning classic Cat on a Hot Tin Roof @ Theatre at St. Clement’s March 6, 2023: Maverick theater …
SOURCE: theaterlife at 01:57PMFive Reasons Why The Wanderers Experiments with Tradition By: Iris Wiener March 5, 2023: The two couples in Anna Zeigler’s The Wanderers, now playing at Roundabout Theatre Company, …
SOURCE: theaterlife at 11:28PMBy: David Sheward March 4, 2023: Most updated adaptations of classic theater works deliver few fresh ideas or interpretations and usually elicit the response, “If it ain’t broke, don…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 08:38PMBy: Samuel L. Leiter March 3, 2023: As I left the Park Avenue Armory after seeing British playwright-director Alexander Zeldin’s acclaimed, civically responsible drama, LOVE, I couldn…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 10:18AMPowerhouse Musical Hercules Opens at NJ’s Paper Mill Playhouse, Running through March 19, 2023 By: Ellis Nassour March 2, 2023 – Paper Mill Playhouse (22 Brookside Drive, Millburn,…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 08:53AMBy: Patrick Christiano Broadway legend, Jennifer Holliday, brought us into her world with an emotionally blazing display of her artistry through song and stories. February 25, 2023: J…
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