Friday, June 23, 2017
Ronald Reagan was re-elected president, the first human baby conceived by artificial insemination was born and the Tigers won the World Series, but for much of the world, the public percepti…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:24AMWednesday, June 21, 2017
Though the lonely, out-of-work truck driver Eddie continued to text love notes to his estranged wife's cell phone number long after her death, he never expect to get an answer.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:48AMMonday, June 19, 2017
When playwrightactor Jim Brochu was announced as the 2010 Drama Desk Outstanding Solo Performance Award winner for his loving tribute to the great Zero Mostel, ZERO HOUR, circumstances of th…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:33AMSunday, June 18, 2017
Ask any New York Mets fan and they'll tell you that one of the unique quirks about watching a game at the teams' Flushing home - be it the now-demolished Shea Stadium or the current Citi Fie…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:42PMSaturday, June 17, 2017
The new Off-Broadway production of SWEENEY TODD just got a whole lot meatier. No, the chef hasn't been adding more filling to the tasty meat pies audience members can enjoy before the perfor…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:48PMTuesday, June 13, 2017
For the past 400 years, the title character in William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar has been traditionally regarded as one of the good guys. Oh sure, there was that time back in '37 when Orso…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:06AMMonday, June 12, 2017
The confusion one might feel trying to follow Atlantic TheaterCompany's production of British playwright Clare Lizzimore's psychological study, Animal, is no doubt an intentional reflection …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:33AMFriday, June 9, 2017
In the opening scene of MCC's American premiere production of THE END OF LONGING, playwrightstar Matthew Perry, playing the drunk, caustic and cocky Rolling Stone photographer Jack, looks de…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:42AMMonday, June 5, 2017
Though Anton Chekhov popularized the notion that there's nothing sadder than a Russian comedy, playgoers seeking a few more yuks than can be found in a night at THE CHERRY ORCHARD can look t…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:54AMFriday, June 2, 2017
By necessity, Robert Schenkkan's tense and frightening political drama, BUILDING THE WALL, had to be a rush job written with the understanding that national events could sap it of its impact…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:48AMWednesday, May 31, 2017
As with her first Pulitzer-finalist play, BECKY SHAW, the title of Gina Gionfriddo's sharp-tongued comedy CAN YOU FORGIVE HER is a literary reference.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:36AMSunday, May 28, 2017
In a whirligig of grief is how one character describes the emotional state of another in Hamish Linklater's ambitious new play, THE WHIRLIGIG, receiving a fine premiere mounting by The New G…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:24AMFriday, May 26, 2017
One look at the country home setting designer Vicki R. Davis has devised for The Mint Theater Company's intriguing revival of A.A. Milne's rarely visited THE LUCKY ONE and a playgoer wouldn'…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:18AMTuesday, May 23, 2017
Traditionally, the human beings with uncommon attributes who are featured as carnival side-show attractions can hold a certain degree of power in their profession. It is their indisputable r…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:54AMFriday, May 19, 2017
Kat, the woman who's at the center of the wildly fun and unpredictable new two-person musical comedy Ernest Shackleton Loves me, is not exactly in a good emotional place when the show begins.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:12AMMonday, May 15, 2017
Most people don't like war. We know that. So when a playwright sets out to write an anti-war drama, it helps to present some kind of specific angle that offers a clear, and hopefully origina…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:06AMSunday, May 14, 2017
Visitors observing the United States Senate in session from the chamber galleries are instructed to refrain from applauding, booing or - perhaps most crucial - laughing at their public serva…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:18PMSaturday, May 13, 2017
In the late-night hours of June, 14, 1994, when hockey's New York Rangers won their first Stanley Cup championship in 54 years, there were fans visiting the gravesites of loved ones, armed w…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:33PMThursday, May 11, 2017
As it pertains to the 2016 presidential election, the title HER OPPONANT doesn't necessarily refer to Donald Trump. As the first woman to top the ticket of one of America's major political …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:33AMTuesday, May 9, 2017
The best thing about Classic Stage Company's small-scale, extensively trimmed production of Stephen Sondheim and John Weidman's extraordinarily-written 1976 musical, PACIFIC OVERTURES, is a …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:06AMWednesday, May 3, 2017
Sixty years ago, Joseph Papp packed a truck with a small troupe of actors, some modest props and the firm belief that the plays of William Shakespeare belonged to everyone, and traveled thro…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:24PMTuesday, May 2, 2017
After producer Fred Hamlin christened Columbus Circle's Majestic Theatre with a spectacular musical extravaganza based on L. Frank Baum's 'The Wonderful Wizard of Oz' The show had nothing to…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:31AMMonday, May 1, 2017
In 1957, Meredith Willson wagered he could get Broadway audiences to cheer for THE MUSIC MAN's serial swindler who cheats nice people out of their hard-earned money and harasses the leading …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:18AMSaturday, April 29, 2017
When a classic play from the past is revived, there's always the temptation to point out its relevance to today, or at least to present it through a contemporary lens. In some ways, that's …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:06AMThursday, April 27, 2017
As they sit in darkness, the first thing the audience hears is the sound of distant explosions. They come with an erratic frequency, edging frighteningly closer with each blast. But gradua…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:48PMLong before websites like Friendster Remember Friendster increased the awareness of how few people it takes for one's social network to spread worldwide, John Guare's smart and funny 1990 en…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:54AMTuesday, April 25, 2017
No, that's not some forgotten Golden Age musical floating effervescently across the Broadhurst stage, but ANASTASIA sure has the old-fashioned romantic feel of one. The story of a young wom…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:48AMMonday, April 24, 2017
With two supporting actor Tony Awards under his belt, the versatile and immensely talented Christian Borle finally spent an opening night as a Broadway leading man earlier this season, playi…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:54PMSunday, April 23, 2017
Yes, yes, we all know Bette Midler is the above the title attraction and her presence is the reason the latest Broadway revival of HELLO, DOLLY is the season's hottest new ticket. And she d…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:54AMWednesday, April 19, 2017
Passion, as it applies to the need to create and communicate through artistic endeavors, is a word that can be overused. Certainly countless numbers derive immense pleasure from their partic…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:06PMMonday, April 17, 2017
From ABIE'S IRISH ROSE to LA CAGE AUX FOLLES and beyond, the conflicts that occur when future in-laws meet for the first time have been a traditional source of comedy for both stage and scre…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:54PM 
