Sunday, April 27, 2025
Imagine for a moment that the giant lumberjack Paul Bunyan, the tornado-riding Pecos Bill, the "steel-driving" John Henry, and other figures out of the American tall tale tradition were real…
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 05:36PMJust in Time, opening tonight at Circle in the Square Theatre, is what happens when two chameleons merge, where it is difficult to separate the character being portrayed from the performer i…
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 09:44AMTuesday, April 15, 2025
In order to maximize your enjoyment of Kimberly Belflower's compelling and exceptionally well-acted play John Proctor is the Villain, opening tonight at the Booth Theatre, we really ought to…
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 05:57AMFriday, April 11, 2025
Smash, the new(ish) musical adapted from the 2012-13 NBC series of the same title and opening tonight at the Imperial Theatre, can't seem to decide whether it wants to be a meta-musical stee…
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 11:15AMTuesday, April 8, 2025
Stephen Sondheim was such an extraordinary wordsmith, I wonder what single word he might have come up with to describe Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends, opening tonight at the Manhattan Theatr…
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 09:16PMBoop! The Musical, the often delightful if overstuffed new musical at the Broadhurst Theatre, features a star-making performance by its lead, an appealing pair of veterans, an adorable puppy…
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 07:36AMSaturday, April 5, 2025
During the 1950s, CBS TV was sometimes referred to as the "Tiffany Network," owing to its reputation of providing high-quality programming. A glittery jewel in its tiara was the news divisio…
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 06:23PMTuesday, April 1, 2025
Ah, spring is in the air. That can only mean one thing: 'tis the start of baseball season! At least, that's what comes to mind while seeking an analogy for what is now the fourth Broadway pr…
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 07:34AMThursday, March 27, 2025
You know what they say about marriage: the first 150 years are the hardest. OK, while none of us will ever see that sort of longevity, wait until you meet Susan Cooper and her husband Samuel…
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 03:52PMThursday, March 20, 2025
It's bizarre. It's disgusting. It's borderline psychopathic. That's how one of the characters describes an actual who-could-possibly-believe-it scheme of World War II British Intelligence in…
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 10:04PMMuchas gracias to everyone who brought the gift of the Buena Vista Social Club to Broadway, where it opened tonight at the Schoenfeld Theatre in a perfect blend of music, dance and story.
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 09:43AMTuesday, March 18, 2025
Sharpsburg, Maryland, a small town of well under 1,000 souls, is best known as the site of the Civil War's Battle of Antietam (or, if you are a Confederacy devotee, the Battle of Sharpsburg)…
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 09:25PMThe Steppenwolf Theatre Company production of Branden Jacobs-Jenkins' sharp-as-a-tack new play, Purpose, brilliantly directed by Phylicia Rashad and opening tonight on Broadway at the Helen …
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 10:32AMFriday, February 14, 2025
Idina Menzel, Wicked's original Elphaba, is back on Broadway, and once again she is defying gravity. No, she hasn't returned to the Gershwin Theatre and the land of Oz. Instead, she is starr…
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 07:58AMThursday, February 6, 2025
When Urinetown opened on Broadway back in 2001, by way of the New York International Fringe Festival and a follow-up Off Broadway run, it was a decided hit, picking up ten Tony nominations a…
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 03:33PMMonday, January 27, 2025
A beach house in a state of disrepair, not unlike its primary inhabitant, is the setting for Gregg Ostrin's Kowalski, a tangle of truth, truthiness, and fanciful speculation opening tonight …
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 07:48PMFriday, January 24, 2025
True story: I once attempted to show off my linguistic prowess at a French restaurant by ordering a salad with Roquefort dressing. I wound up with a dish of horseradish ("raifort") instead. …
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 08:36AMFriday, December 20, 2024
Does doing monstrous things make you a monster? That is the question being addressed in the newest and sixth Broadway production of Gypsy, opening tonight at the Majestic Theatre and starrin…
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 07:12AMTuesday, December 17, 2024
Jonathan Spector's satirical dramedy Eureka Day, opening tonight at the Manhattan Theatre Club's Samuel J. Friedman Theatre, is a perfect reflection of our divisive times as it lays bare wha…
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 04:27AMThursday, December 12, 2024
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SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 10:06PMThursday, November 21, 2024
Sometimes family ties are held together by a thread. In the case of playwright Katori Hall's The Blood Quilt, opening tonight at the Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater at Lincoln Center, the thread i…
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 11:18PMDeath Becomes Her, the musical adaptation of Robert Zemeckis's 1992 offbeat comic movie of the same title, opening tonight at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, is a super-fun grudge match between t…
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 09:29PMWednesday, November 20, 2024
"The great tragedy of the sea." That's what a grizzled old sea captain calls it when describing life aboard a whaler like the one he's commanding in the closing years of the 19th century in …
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 02:09AMSunday, November 17, 2024
Do you believe in Santa Claus? Even a little bit? No? All right, then. Let me sweeten the pot. What do you think about the idea of Samwise Gamgee of The Lord of the Rings fame appearing as S…
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 08:07PMPlaywright Kate Hamill is best known as an adaptor of classic novels like Louisa May Alcott's Little Women and Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice and Sense and Sensibility, asking us to recon…
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 05:43PMThursday, November 14, 2024
Sometimes it's difficult to understand the underlying intent of a theatrical production, which, perhaps, is the underlying problem with Tammy Faye, the intermittently rewarding musical that …
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 11:18PMTuesday, November 12, 2024
Thanks to some very cleverly arranged design elements, Maybe Happy Ending, the quirky/charming futuristic musical opening today at the Belasco Theatre, is the theatrical equivalent of what c…
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 02:13PMMonday, November 11, 2024
"When You're Smiling," a song written just ahead of the Great Depression, was not conceived by its composers with Louis Armstrong in mind. Yet while it is just one song among 30 that are per…
SOURCE: talkinbroadway.com at 09:02PMMonday, November 4, 2024
George Bernard Shaw's The Devil's Disciple is a melodrama. Or, wait, it's a comedy. No, it's an antiwar satire with political overtones. Anyway, you get my drift. It is difficult to pin down…
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 06:04AMFriday, November 1, 2024
To misquote Norma Desmond, "Broadway is big. It's the musicals that got small." Though not in 1997-1998. That was a banner time for big musicals with big companies. The Lion King, Titanic, a…
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 03:49PMMonday, October 28, 2024
There is an expression among Caribbean islanders that goes something like this: "Come see me is not the same as come live with me." That is a pretty good description of the situation that se…
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 09:30PM 
