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Sunday, May 3, 2026

Off-Broadway Review: “KENREX” at the Lucille Lortel Theatre (Through Sunday, June 27, 2026) by David Roberts

Situational ethics and moral ambiguity take center stage in “KENREX,” the true crime thriller currently running at the Lucille Lortel Theatre. On July 10, 1981, in Skidmore, Missouri (po…

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Friday, May 1, 2026

Theatre News: New York City Center Announces Complete Casting for Encores! “La Cage aux Folles” by David Roberts

Tony Award winner Tonya Pinkins joins the cast of La Cage Aux Folles (running June 17 – 28, 2026) as Jacqueline, along with Peter Francis James as Edouard, and Rachel Webb as Anne. They jo…

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Sunday, April 26, 2026

Broadway Review: “The Lost Boys” at the Palace Theatre (Currently On) by David Roberts

The prologue to “The Lost Boys,” the new musical adaptation of the 1987 Warner Bros. film now at the Palace Theatre, immediately signals Michael Arden’s dark ambitions for this materia…

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Saturday, April 25, 2026

Broadway Review: “Joe Turner’s Come and Gone” at the Barrymore Theatre (Through Sunday, July 26, 2026) by David Roberts

Joe Turner was real. Brother of the Tennessee Governor, he would swoop down on Black men in the early 1900s – gambling, preaching, just walking down the road – and keep them enslaved on …

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Tuesday, April 21, 2026

Broadway Review: “The Balusters” at Manhattan Theatre Club’s Samuel J. Friedman Theatre (Currently On) by David Roberts

Balusters are the decorative posts that support a porch railing – without them, the whole structure collapses. In David Lindsay-Abaire’s wickedly sharp “The Balusters,” now at Manhat…

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Sunday, April 19, 2026

Broadway Review: "Fallen Angels" at the Todd Haimes Theatre (Through Sunday, June 7, 2026) by David Roberts

The play "Fallen Angels" written by Noel Coward, originally premiered on Broadway nearly one hundred years ago in December of 1927. The second Broadway revival that is currently on stage at …

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Friday, November 7, 2025

Broadway Review: "Little Bear Ridge Road" at the Booth Theatre (Through Sunday, February 15, 2026) by David Roberts

In Samuel D. Hunter's "Little Bear Ridge Road," currently playing at the Booth Theatre, James, an astrophysics graduate student, explains to his boyfriend Ethan that the three stars forming …

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Monday, November 3, 2025

Off-Broadway: "Kyoto" at Lincoln Center Theater's Mitzi Newhouse Theater (Through Sunday, November 30, 2025) by David Roberts

After garnering mostly rave reviews in London's West End and Stratford-upon-Avon, "Kyoto" by Joe Murphy and Joe Robertson is currently running Off-Broadway at Lincoln Center Theater's Mitzi …

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Sunday, October 26, 2025

Broadway Review: "Ragtime" at Lincoln Center Theater's Vivian Beaumont Theater (Currently On) by David Roberts

It is very rare that a revival of a musical is imagined better than the original production and exceptional that its message is more relevant now than when it first opened on Broadway nearly…

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Friday, October 24, 2025

"The Gilded Age Christmas Cookbook" Brings the Sweet Splendor of a Bygone Era to Today's Kitchens by David Roberts

With HBO's "The Gilded Age" drawing record-breaking viewership, it's clear America remains fascinated by the elegance, extravagance and traditions of that dazzling era. Now, food writer and …

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Wednesday, October 22, 2025

Off-Broadway Review: "Nothing Can Take You from the Hand of God" at Playwrights Horizons' Peter Jay Sharp Theater (Through Sunday, November 9, 2 by David Roberts

Jen Tullock's "Nothing Can Take You from the Hand of God" has been hailed as a searing examination of how evangelical Christianity wounds its queer children. Critics have called it "the best…

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Tuesday, October 21, 2025

Off-Broadway Review: "Other" at Greenwich House Theatre (Through Saturday, December 6, 2025) by David Roberts

A new solo show has opened at the Greenwich House Theater, written and performed by Ari'el Stachel, who won the Tony award for best supporting actor in the musical, "The Band's Visit." It is…

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Off-Broadway Review: "Oh Happy Day!" at the Public's Martinson Hall (Through Sunday, November 2, 2025) by David Roberts

Jordan E. Cooper's "Oh Happy Day!" at The Public Theater promises to explore whether a queer man rejected and abused by the church can choose his own happiness on his own terms. It's a radic…

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Monday, October 20, 2025

Off-Broadway Review: "Let's Love!" at the Atlantic Theater Company (Through Saturday, November 22, 2025) by David Roberts

The latest production to open at Atlantic Theater Company is "Let's Love," a trio of one-acts penned by Ethan Coen. No surprise the subject matter addressed is love, what love is, how to exp…

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Monday, October 13, 2025

Off-Broadway Review: "Are the Bennett Girls OK" at the West End Theatre (Through Sunday, November 9, 2025) by David Roberts

The question asked in the title of the new play being presented by Bedlam Theater is "Are the Bennett Girls OK?" Well, the simple answer is, "Yes!" They are doing just fine in a new adaptati…

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Broadway Review: "Waiting for Godot" at the Hudson Theatre (Through Sunday, January 4, 2026) by David Roberts

"Was I sleeping, while the others suffered?" Vladimir asks this question in Act II of "Waiting for Godot," and it hangs in the air of the Hudson Theatre like an accusation. It is the questio…

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Wednesday, October 8, 2025

Off-Broadway Review: "The Other Americans" at the Public's Anspacher Theater (Through Sunday, October 19, 2025) by David Roberts

Actor and comedian John Leguizamo makes his playwrighting debut at The Public Theater with "The Other Americans", which may certainly be billed as a new American Tragedy. Although it may dra…

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Broadway Review: "Punch" at Manhattan Theatre Club's Samuel J. Friedman Theatre (Currently On) by David Roberts

"You always step in," Jacob Dunne (Will Harrison) tells us from the stage of the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre, explaining the code of the Meadows housing estate where loyalty means throwing fi…

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Thursday, October 2, 2025

Off-Broadway Review: "The Honey Trap" at Irish Repertory Theatre (Through Sunday, November 9, 2025) by David Roberts

"You could be dead tomorrow," young Dave (Daniel Marconi) tells his army buddy Bobby (Harrison Tipping) during a night out in 1979 Belfast, justifying their reckless behavior. "Live in the m…

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Wednesday, September 24, 2025

Off-Broadway Review: "Saturday Church" at New York Theatre Workshop (Through Sunday, October 19, 2025) by David Roberts

The new musical "Saturday Church" which is now playing at NYTW, is based on the 2017 film written and directed by Damon Cardasis, who also co-wrote the book for this production alongside Jam…

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Tuesday, September 23, 2025

Off-Broadway Review: "The Brothers Size" at The Shed (Through Sunday, September 28, 2025) by David Roberts

They are just three men in modern-day Louisiana " Ogun Size (André Holland), a mechanic; his ex-con brother Oshoosi Size (Alani iLongwe); and a charismatic drifter, Elegba (Malcolm Mays). B…

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Sunday, September 21, 2025

Broadway Review: "ART" at the Music Box Theatre (Through Sunday, December 21, 2025) by David Roberts

Everyone has been there: that moment when a close friend reveals something about their taste, their values, their inner life that makes you wonder if you ever really knew them at all. "ART" …

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Friday, September 19, 2025

Off-Broadway Review: "Mexodus" at the Minetta Lane Theatre (Through Saturday, October 18, 2025) by David Roberts

The latest show offered by Audible Theater is more than a play or a musical but might be categorized as an impactful theatrical event. The production features a fusion of several genres of m…

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Tuesday, September 16, 2025

Theatre News: Bucks County Playhouse Remembers Robert Redford by David Roberts

Bucks County Playhouse mourns the passing of Robert Redford, the Oscar-winning actor, director and founder of the Sundance Institute and Film Festival. He was 89. Redford made his profession…

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Friday, August 8, 2025

Off-Broadway Preview: Bedlam Presents the World Premiere of Emily Breeze's "Are the Bennet Girls OK?" at West End Theatre (Previews Begin Monday by David Roberts

Bedlam, the company creating works of theater that reinvigorate traditional forms, presents the world premiere of Emily Breeze's "Are the Bennet Girls Ok?," adapted from "Pride and Prejudice…

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Tuesday, August 5, 2025

Pennsylvania Theatre News: Philadelphia Theatre Company Announces Its 2025/2026 Season with Three Mainstage Productions by David Roberts

Philadelphia Theatre Company announces its 2025/26 season featuring three mainstage productions, special programming, and single tickets now on sale. The season features three mainstage prod…

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Off-Broadway Review: "JOY: A New True Musical" at the Laura Pels Theatre (Through Sunday, August 17, 2025) by David Roberts

The only effort Betsy Wolfe has to put forth to sell a new musical is to use those incredible vocal cords to mesmerize an audience, but in the "new true musical", "Joy", with a book by Ken D…

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Friday, August 1, 2025

Off-Broadway Review: "Gene & Gilda" at 59E59 Theaters (Through Sunday, September 7, 2025) by David Roberts

Loving Gene Wilder and Gilda Radner is easy. Making an audience care about them theatrically? That is the challenge "Gene & Gilda" never manages to meet. Any play about such strong and w…

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Thursday, July 31, 2025

Off-Broadway Review: "Rolling Thunder" Fails to Deliver at New World Stages " Stage 3 (Through Sunday, September 7, 2025) by David Roberts

Unless your bucket list includes testing the limits of your eardrums before they tear beyond repair, after exposure to unbearable decibels, it would be prudent to avoid the new jukebox music…

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Off-Broadway News: "Exorcistic: The Rock Musical" to Play at the Asylum NYC with Surprising Broadway Guest Stars by David Roberts

"Exorcistic: The Rock Musical" is set to make its triumphant return Off Broadway at The Asylum NYC for a limited engagement beginning August 25th, 2025. This bold, high-octane horror-comedy …

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Tuesday, July 29, 2025

Off-Broadway Review: "Duke & Roya" at the Lucille Lortel Theatre (Through Saturday, August 23, 2025) by David Roberts

The producers of "Duke & Roya" have announced the unexpected closure of Charles Randolph-Wright's engaging dramatic examination of how the ravages of war affect the lives of two disparat…

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All that Chat

2025-2026 BROADWAY SEASON
Jun 12, 2025: Call Me Izzy - Studio 54
Sep 16, 2025: Art - Music Box Theatre
Oct 08, 2025: Beetlejuice - Palace Theatre
Nov 13, 2025: Oedipus - Studio 54
Nov 16, 2025: Chess - Imperial Theatre
Mar 23, 2026: Giant - Music Box Theatre
Apr 06, 2026: Becky Shaw - Hayes Theater
Apr 16, 2026: Proof - Booth Theatre
Apr 26, 2026: Drama Desk Cut-Off