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Friday, May 16, 2025

The Winners of the 25th annual Broadway.com Audience Choice Awards are… by Ross

Frontmezzjunkies reports: Winners of the 25th Annual Broadway.com Audience Choice Awards Announced By Ross Broadway.com announced yesterday the winners of the 25th annual Broadway.com Audien…

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Thursday, May 15, 2025

BuddiesTO Celebrates Queer Pride 2025 by Ross

Frontmezzjunkies reports: Buddies in Bad Times Theatre Announces Queer Pride 2025 Buddies in Bad Times Artistic Director ted witzel (BuddiesTO’s Roberto Zucco) announced thei…

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Wednesday, May 14, 2025

Ye gods! “NONGOD” at American Theatre of Actors by Ross

The Off-Broadway Theatre Review: PAUL’s NONGOD By Acton Ancient gods cross over into our world in NONGOD (writer Leon Lone, director Caitlyn Marr), a trio of one-act plays from the ar…

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Tuesday, May 13, 2025

The Outer Critics Circle Award Winners Are…. by Ross

Frontmezzjunkies reports: Outer Critics Circle Award Winners 2025 By Ross This morning, the Outer Critics Circle (OCC), of which I am a proud voting member, announced the winners of the 2025…

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Monday, May 12, 2025

A Night at the Museum with “All the Beauty in the World” at DR2 by Ross

An Off-Broadway Theatre Review: DR2’s All the Beauty in the World By Acton Stepping off a bright and busy street off Union Square, we enter a dark, hushed space resembling a chapel. T…

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Sunday, May 11, 2025

Eldritch’s “Macbeth: A Tale Told by an Idiot” Magically Tricks Us Fiendishly and Freshly by Ross

The Toronto Theatre Review: Macbeth: A Tale Told by an Idiot By Ross The haze floats up, slyly, behind a demented looking Tiki Bar set-up, perfect for supernatural potions served forth by th…

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Saturday, May 10, 2025

Max Roll Has His Day (and Night) – An Interview by Ross

Frontmezzjunkies presents: Asolo Rep’s Good Night Oscar Concludes Successful Run in Sarasota An Interview conducted by Michael Raver  Celebrities often play by different rules. The…

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Friday, May 9, 2025

The 2025 Toronto Theatre Critics Award Winners are… by Ross

Mahabharata and A Strange Loop lead the way in the 2025 Toronto Theatre Critics Awards Toronto, ON – The Canadian premiere of the groundbreaking musical A Strange Loop and a bold new …

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Thursday, May 8, 2025

Grand Theatre Smartly Shines on the Silliness of Hamill’s Perfect “Pride and Prejudice” by Ross

The Canadian Theatre Review: Grand Theatre’s Pride and Prejudice By Ross With the brick wall at the back of the gorgeous Grand Theatre laid bare, adorned with numerous cloaks and chai…

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Wednesday, May 7, 2025

The Swashbuckling “Pirates!” of “The Penzance Musical” Give Broadway Some Spectacular Silliness in their Sword Playfulness by Ross

The Broadway Theatre Review: Pirates! By Ross Ushered in by two delightful charmers; Arthur Sullivan, portrayed lovingly by Preston Truman Boyd (Broadway’s She Loves Me), and William …

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The 2025 Theatre World Award Winners Are… by Ross

Frontmezzjunkies reports: The 2025 Theatre World Award Winners Announced The Theatre World Awards Board of Directors has just announced the Honorees for the Theatre World Award for …

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Tuesday, May 6, 2025

The New York Drama Critics’ Awards Goes To… by Ross

Frontmezzjunkies reports: The 2025 NEW YORK DRAMA CRITICS’ CIRCLE names their recipients. PURPOSE – BEST PLAY 2024-25 MAYBE HAPPY ENDING – NAMED BEST MUSICAL PERFORMA…

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“Tom Moran is a Big Fat Filthy Disgusting Liar” at Theatre Passe Muraille Lies About Being a Liar (Or Does He?) by Ross

The Toronto Theatre Review: Tom Moran Is A Big Fat Filthy Disgusting Liar By Ross Tom Moran takes the stage with a big grin, and we can tell, from the get-go, that he really, really wants us…

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The Nominations are in for the 2025 Broadway.com Audience Choice Awards by Ross

Frontmezzjunkies reports: Nominations are in, and Voting has begun for the 2025 Broadway.com Audience Choice Awards Death Becomes Her, Maybe Happy Ending, Oh, Mary!, and More Earn N…

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Monday, May 5, 2025

The 2025 Lucille Lortel Awards Winners Announced by Ross

Frontmezzjunkies reports: 40TH ANNUAL LUCILLE LORTEL AWARDS RECIPIENTS ANNOUNCED Our Class leads with FOUR awards, including Outstanding Revival and Outstanding Ensemble. Here There…

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Coal Mine’s “Job” Fires Jolts of Pure Theatrical Electricity and Tense Excitement by Ross

The Toronto Theatre Review: Coal Mine’s JOB By Ross On a very immersive and triangular sharply defined theatrical space, a psychological standoff is what immediately snaps us deep …

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Sunday, May 4, 2025

Broadway’s “Stranger Things: The First Shadow” Wows Visually and Dark Magically in the Upside Down by Ross

The Broadway Theatre Review: Stranger Things: The First Shadow By Ross “We are dead in the water,” they cry, as sweeping visual effects envelop the Broadway stage, making the air…

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Saturday, May 3, 2025

Nightwood Theatre’s “Shedding a Skin” Beautifully Expands and Widens its Loving Gaze at Buddies Toronto by Ross

The Toronto Theatre Review: Shedding a Skin By Ross “I would rather be anywhere. Anywhere else in the world, right now. Then right here.” A telling beginning to an incredible cre…

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Friday, May 2, 2025

“A Strange Loop” Swings High and Shows Toronto to their Seats by Ross

The Toronto Theatre Review: A Strange Loop By Ross “If you’re not scared…then it’s probably not worth it.” Truer words could not have been spoken, as this sho…

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Thursday, May 1, 2025

The 2025 Tony Awards: Who Was Nominated? by Ross

Frontmezzjunkies reports: The Nominations for the 2025 Tony Awards By Ross The 2025 Tony Award nominations have been announced this morning, ending lots and lots of speculation and debate am…

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Here For Now, Stratford Casts its Season by Ross

Frontmezzjunkies reports: Here For Now, Stratford Casts its Season As the summer theatre season quickly approaches, and Frontmezzjunkies gets more and more excited for the start of the Strat…

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Wednesday, April 30, 2025

69th Annual Drama Desk Awards by Ross

Frontmezzjunkies reports: 69th Annual Drama Desk Awards Have Been Announced Nominations for the 69th Annual Drama Desk Awards were announced today on Spectrum News NY1 by stage and screen st…

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2025 CHITA RIVERA AWARDS Announced by Ross

Frontmezzjunkies reports: Nominations for the 2025 Chita Rivera Awards Announced Awards will be held on Monday, May 19 at the NYU Skirball www.ChitaRiveraAwards.com (Tuesday, April 29,…

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Tuesday, April 29, 2025

Lincoln Center Theater’s “Floyd Collins” Soars High While Being Trapped Between a Rock and a Hard Place on Broadway by Ross

The Broadway Theatre Review: Lincoln Center Theater’s Floyd Collins By Ross Floyd Collins is a soaring, musically delicious testament to the importance of institutions like the Lincol…

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Monday, April 28, 2025

Broadway’s “Real Women Have Curves” Delivers Magnificently on their Musical Promises by Ross

The Broadway Theatre Review: Real Women Have Curves By Ross It’s 1987, Los Angeles, and it’s “all a mess,” sing the women who make it work, sewing up a storm to kee…

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Sunday, April 27, 2025

Broadway Sparks with the Charming Groff “Just In Time” for the Tonys by Ross

The Broadway Theatre Review: Just In Time By Ross The thing that makes Jonathan Groff (Broadway’s Merrily We Roll Along) as Bobby Darin, eventually, work so well is the same thing tha…

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Saturday, April 26, 2025

“John Proctor is the Villain” Dances Profoundly Strong From Page to Broadway Stage by Ross

The Broadway Theatre Review: John Proctor is the Villain By Ross “Are we reading the whole play?” one of the teenagers who populate the electric and defiant John Proctor is the V…

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Friday, April 25, 2025

The 2025 Outer Critics Circle Award Nominations are Announced by Ross

Frontmezzjunkies reports: The 75th Annual Outer Critics Circle Award Nominations are Announced Today By Ross Today at the Museum of Broadway, Cole Escola and Conrad Ricamora of the …

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Broadway Complicates the New Musical “Smash” Making it Not the Bombshell They Wanted or Dreamed About by Ross

The Broadway Theatre Review: Smash By Ross As the sparkly Smash sign rotates like a Hollywood Bombshell set-up, the new shining, sparkling musical, with a delectable score by Marc Shaiman an…

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Thursday, April 24, 2025

Atlantic Theater Buzzes with a Subtle, Strong, and Surreal “Grief Camp” by Ross

The Off-Broadway Theatre Review: ATC’s Grief Camp By Ross She enters and sits, staring into the wooden camp cabin space with a blankness that registers. She curls herself up into a pa…

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NYTW’s Unmissable and Transformative Becoming Eve at the Abrons Arts Center by Ross

“You used the word ’emergency’ yesterday,” states a progressive, young rabbi named Jonah to the frantic Chava as she races around this modest synagogue, bathed in t…

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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