Sunday, April 26, 2026
STOP SIGNS AND SOCIAL SIGNALS Sharp, humane, and richly acted, this new comedy lands with both wit and weight In The Balusters, playwright David Lindsay-Abaire once again proves himself a ma…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 04:42AMTuesday, April 14, 2026
MAN VS. MACHINE, STILL LOSING Rice's century-old warning lands with unsettling familiarity In its inaugural production at the newly claimed St. Clement's Theatre, The New Group launches its …
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 06:55PMThursday, April 2, 2026
SAILORS, SILLINESS, AND A SHADOW ON THE HORIZON Quirky musical comedy drifts between charm and fatigue before finding a quietly haunting final note When it comes to musical theater, writer M…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 02:50AMTuesday, March 31, 2026
CHEKHOV IN EXILE"AND IN REVOLT A vivid, self-reflexive journey where art, politics, and survival collide Developed by En Garde Arts prior to its premiere at La MaMa ETC in May 2025, Seagull:…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 08:59AMSunday, March 29, 2026
LOVE, LOSS, AND LOOPING PATTERNS A quirky, performance-art breakup tale that charms before it overstays its welcome Created by New Zealand's EBKM, Karin McCracken investigates the pangs of r…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 04:48PMWednesday, March 25, 2026
FROM SANTO DOMINGO TO STATE DEPARTMENT An ambitious portrait of Julissa Reynoso's rise spans continents, though its cool staging keeps emotion at a distance At The Public Theater, the world …
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 09:59PMFriday, March 20, 2026
A HANDSOME, AMBITIOUS REVENGE MUSICAL TAKES SHAPE Strong design and performances elevate Dumas' tale, even as tonal shifts occasionally blur its focus The York Theatre's ambitious world prem…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 02:51AMSaturday, March 14, 2026
EXTRA! EXTRA! SING ALL ABOUT IT A musical about paparazzi culture delivers energy and tunes but could stand to sharpen its storytelling Brogan Nelson, Jack Rasmussen The new musical The Papa…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 04:00AMThursday, March 12, 2026
I suppose when Martha Clarke proposes an idea for a theater production at this point in her illustrious career, the powers that be must grant her every blessing: no gatekeepers, no interfere…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 02:59AMWednesday, March 11, 2026
ANCIENT MYTH, MODERN BODY POLITIC A classical tragedy is boldly reframed through a contemporary moral crisis, giving Antigone's defiance startling new urgency Celia Keenan-Bolger, Haley Wong…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 10:00PMMonday, March 9, 2026
SPARE PARTS, FULLY LOADED QUESTIONS Glass's brainy biotech thriller delivers ideas, surprises, and genuine theatrical punch Jonny-James Kajoba, Rob McClure, Matt Walker and Michael Genet I s…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 11:00PMSaturday, March 7, 2026
ACTIVISM, FAMILY, AND A BACKYARD BATTLE The new play at TOSOS revisits the legacy of ACT UP and the uneasy quiet that followed CJ DiOrio & Nancy Slusser TOSOS, New York City's oldest pro…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 07:36PMWednesday, January 21, 2026
THEATRE THROUGH GOGGLES A 47-minute VR encounter turns a gallery into the closest "front row" imaginable. How would you like to attend a play starring Ian McKellen"and be seated front row ce…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 07:00PMSunday, December 14, 2025
I FOUND A NEW BEAU FOR YOU But this wonderful new musical closes on January 4, 2026 at St. Luke's There are two standout reasons to catch Beau the Musical, the moving and musically stirring …
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 03:00AMFriday, December 5, 2025
A BELOVED CLASSIC REBORN WITH BELL CHOIRS, SNOWFALL & HEART ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ Are you fond of bell choirs, Christmas carols, indoor sn…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 05:07PMThursday, December 4, 2025
GOTTA SEE THIS SHOW! ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ I've been a fan of American Dance Machine since I was a kid in the 1980s"a company devoted to resta…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 09:17PMSunday, November 30, 2025
A PLAY HELD TOGETHER BY BANDAGES: SCALPAL, PLEASE Colt Coeur's world premiere of The Surgeon and Her Daughters, written by Chris Gabo, is a play of ideas"debates volleyed across generations,…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 01:50AMMonday, November 24, 2025
"TOWN OF NASTY" AND OTHER THINGS WE BLURT OUT FOR FREE SPEECH Immersive pulp fiction where the audience writes the filth The world premiere of Dirty Books is an immersive play written and di…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 03:00PMTuesday, November 18, 2025
THE MARATHON OF MAKING ART A process piece that asks as much of the audience as the ensemble Perhaps the title of Nazareth Hassan's new play Practice, which opened at Playwrights Horizons to…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 08:50PMMonday, November 17, 2025
FROM CALLING CUES TO TAKING THEM Ruth Sternberg on her unexpected return to The Public" this time as an actor For nearly two decades, Ruth Sternberg was one of the steady, unseen engines of …
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 10:17PMSunday, November 9, 2025
A SPELLBINDING CAULDRON BOILS OVER, SUMMONING THEATER'S WILD GODS Suffice it to say, there's nothing else in New York quite like Anne Washburn's new play The Burning Cauldron of Fiery Fire, …
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 09:50PMSaturday, November 8, 2025
A LOVE LETTER TO THE OBAMAS THAT BRINGS THE WHITE HOUSE DOWN The biggest surprise of the season for me has been 44 the Musical, which opened last night at the Daryl Roth Theatre. Billed as a…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 10:02PMFriday, November 7, 2025
NOSTALGIA IN THE SPOTLIGHT, MODERNITY IN THE WINGS At a time when most new musicals chase novelty, Reunions looks lovingly backward. Conceived as a pair of one-act chamber pieces performed b…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 07:30PMSunday, August 24, 2025
WHEN CIVILIZATION CRASHES IN QUIET MODE Cellunova Productions' latest outing, Destination Undefined ventures into the future with a provocative premise that might make you reconsider your st…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 04:23AMMonday, August 18, 2025
POLLUTION ISN'T THE ONLY PROBLEM IN SULFUR BOTTOM Playwright Rishi Varma sets out with noble intentions in Sulfur Bottom"to shine a light on environmental racism and the communities whose li…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 09:55AMSunday, August 10, 2025
TA-DA! AND OTHER QUEER MAGIC TRICKS For Josh Sharp, "ta-da!" is code for gay. As a twelve-year-old magician, it was his entrance line: "ta-da!" Yeah, totally gay. But growing up in the South…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 02:50AMWednesday, August 6, 2025
DARWIN DEL FABRO STUNS IN A PERFORMANCE OF BECOMING One reason the queer community has found broader acceptance in America " generally speaking " is that most people today know someone who i…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 02:51AMMonday, August 4, 2025
FRANK MORGAN Not too long ago in Sag Harbor, Morgan Bassichis spent time at an artist residency. For those unfamiliar with such places, Morgan wryly explained that "an art residency is when …
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 07:30PMWednesday, July 30, 2025
PATCHWORK PATRIOTISM, POWERED BY A KILLER SETLIST With a book credited to Bryce Hallett, one may expect Rolling Thunder to be a new Off-Broadway musical. Despite the presence of a librettist…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 07:27PMSunday, July 27, 2025
A Woman's Journey of Self-Discovery Presented in the Year of the Snake, Lady White Snake offers a contemporary interpretation of one of China's great folktales"long retold in theatre, film, …
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 02:22AMFriday, July 25, 2025
TWO GINGER SNAPS UP FOR THIS PARENT TRAP PARODY The subtitle for Ginger Twinsies, the new Off-Broadway comedy which last tonight at the Orpheum Theatre, reads: "The Parent Trap parody (legal…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 04:00AM 
