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Thursday, July 31, 2025

Gene & Gilda Illuminates the Legacy of Two Comedy Legends with Heart and Humor by Suzanna Bowling

Caricature by Ken Fallin In the world premiere of Gene & Gilda at 59E59, Penguin Rep presents a bittersweet love letter to two of comedy’s most iconic figures—Gilda Radner and Gene W…

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Saturday, July 26, 2025

Cabaret and Talks For August by Suzanna Bowling

Lots of clubs are closed during August, but the best way to stay cool is to catch a hot performance and chill with your favorite style of music. 92 Street Y: 1395 Lexington Ave. 8/5: Art:�…

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Friday, July 25, 2025

Rolling Thunder: A Musical Journey Overpowers the Message by Suzanna Bowling

Did you know Australia and New Zealand fought in the Vietnam War? Or that the war stretched over two decades—beginning November 1, 1955, and ending April 30, 1975? These facts, along with …

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Shaw Festival asks: May I Have the Pleasure? The Answer is Most Definitely by Suzanna Bowling

“Why is the urge to dance so inside us?” asks one of the four standing before us. There’s music everywhere, all around us in The Shaw Festival‘s sweet engagement with the evolution a…

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Tuesday, July 22, 2025

Cast and Creatives of Rolling Thunder Meet The Press by Suzanna Bowling

Rolling Thunder, originally developed and produced in Australia opens Off-Broadway at New World Stages July 24th. This Vietnam era  rock journey, features a book by journalist-writer Bryce …

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Monday, July 21, 2025

JOY: Broadway’s Shiniest Infomercial by Suzanna Bowling

Now playing at the Laura Pels Theatre at the Harold and Miriam Steinberg Center for Theatre, JOY takes audiences on the rollercoaster journey of Joy Mangano, the resilient single mother who …

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Saturday, July 19, 2025

Theatre and Music News: A Chorus Line 50th Anniversary Celebration, Just In Time, Jo – The Little Women Musical, Legally Blonde: The Musical by Suzanna Bowling

The Entertainment Community Fund (formerly The Actors Fund), along with Tony Award®-winning producers Christopher Ketner and Hunter Regian, announced today that Fund Board Chair Annette Ben…

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Thursday, July 17, 2025

John Krasinski Unleashes the Rage Beneath in Angry Alan at Studio Seaview by Suzanna Bowling

Off-Broadway’s newly christened Studio Seaview (formerly Second Stage’s Tony Kiser Theater) plays host to a firestarter of a production with Angry Alan, Penelope Skinner’s tightly woun…

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Wednesday, July 16, 2025

Keeler Tavern Museum & History Center Presents You Made That? The Quilting Adventures of Harvey Fierstein, by Suzanna Bowling

The Keeler Tavern Museum & History Center (152 Main St, Ridgefield, CT 06877) is thrilled to host an exclusive exhibition showcasing the handmade quilts of Tony Award-winning playwright,…

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Monday, July 14, 2025

Bay Street Gala Honors Icons Christie Brinkley and Donna Karan in a Night of Glamour, Philanthropy, and Purpose by Suzanna Bowling

I have to thank Bonnie Comely and Stewart F. Lane for an amazing night at the Bay Street Gala. Watching this regional theatre with heart raise money to stay and to give back to the community…

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Wednesday, July 9, 2025

IndieSpace Accepting Applications for The Little Venue That Could Grant Program by Suzanna Bowling

IndieSpace, an organization established to disrupt the ongoing displacement of small theaters and to create a new model for equitable funding for the indie theater community, is currently ac…

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Sunday, July 6, 2025

Lowcountry at Atlantic Theater Company — Redemption on the Edge of Ruin by Suzanna Bowling

In Lowcountry, playwright Abby Rosebrock delivers a searing, sharply observed world premiere that pulls no punches as it drags shame, recovery, and the messy business of human redemption int…

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Theatre News: MJ Cookout, Waiting for Godot, The World of Tomorrow, Tartuffe and Harry Potter and the Cursed Child. by Suzanna Bowling

MJ is partnering with Empire BBQ to host a 4th of July weekend cookout immediately following both performances on Sunday, July 6, 2025 at the Neil Simon Theatre, 250 W 52nd Street.  Festi…

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Thursday, July 3, 2025

Out of Order: A Parlor Game That’s More Psychological Minefield Than Theatre by Suzanna Bowling

Most Unwanted Productions’ New York premiere of Out of Order, written and performed by Carl Holder and directed by Obie winner Skylar Fox, is less of a play and more of an emotional Russia…

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Monday, June 30, 2025

Dilaria at DR2: A 90-Minute Ego Trip to Nowhere by Suzanna Bowling

Dilaria bills itself as a sharp satire for 20- and 30-somethings navigating the cesspool of modern narcissism. What it delivers, however, is a 90-minute descent into the minds of loathsome, …

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Sunday, June 29, 2025

Breakin’ NYC: A Celebration of Hip-Hop’s Heartbeat at Theatre 555 by Suzanna Bowling

At Breakin’ NYC, the beat doesn’t just drop—it reverberates through the soul. Directed and choreographed by Angel Kaba (with assist from Elodie Dufroux), this high-octane hour-and-a-ha…

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Thursday, June 26, 2025

Stopped Hearts Restarted on Broadway by Suzanna Bowling

The concept for an important new book, Why Are We Like This: Understanding the Heartstopper Phenomenon about fans’ transformative experiences as a result of the Netflix hit series Heartsto…

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Tuesday, June 24, 2025

New Musical by Jack Viertel and Sonny Paladino With Album Starring J. Harrison Ghee, Lauren Patten and More by Suzanna Bowling

A new musical set in New Orleans, conceived and written by Tony Award winner Jack Viertel with music supervision, arrangements and orchestrations by Broadway’s Sonny Paladino, will premier…

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Thursday, June 19, 2025

Classic Stage Company’s Bus Stop Pauses to Solidly Ponder Love and Loneliness Over a Cup of Coffee by Suzanna Bowling

Loneliness and love, two subtle but powerful constructs that rule the world and our senses, making us all act foolish and desperate at times, mostly because many of us don’t really know th…

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Jinkx Monsoon Jumps Ship To Oh Mary! by Suzanna Bowling

Producers Kevin McCollum & Lucas McMahon and Mike Lavoie & Carlee Briglia announced today that Oh, Mary!, the hit comedy that won two Tony Awards earlier this month, will extend agai…

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Wednesday, June 18, 2025

Theatre Poster Designer Fraser Begins Retro Broadway Mystery Series with Scenery of the Crime by Suzanna Bowling

Frank “Fraver” Verlizzo, the preeminent theater poster designer whose iconic imagery defined decades of Broadway hits, is taking center stage in a new creative endeavor. Verlizzo, renown…

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Tuesday, June 17, 2025

Live From The Hotel Edison Times Square Chronicles Presents: Musical Theater Veteran Stephanie Pope by Suzanna Bowling

Live From The Hotel Edison Times Square Chronicles Presents”, is filmed from the Hotel Edison. Owner Suzanna Bowling talks with actress, singer, dancer, writer, director, choreographer, pr…

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Monday, June 16, 2025

In Loving Memory of Errol Daniel Rappaport by Suzanna Bowling

Opening photo by Cindy Marinangel on the rooftop terrace of Kevin McGovern’s penthouse March 28, 1944 – June 13, 2025 Errol Daniel Rappaport passed away on June 13, 2025, at the age of 8…

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Sunday, June 15, 2025

Goddess: A Musical That Held Me While I Fell Apart at the Public Theater by Suzanna Bowling

I walked into Goddess expecting a good night of theater. What I didn’t expect was to find out—just ten minutes in—that someone I loved had died. And yet, I stayed. Maybe because leavin…

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Saturday, June 14, 2025

Lucky Man – A Warrior’s Journey — Thomas G. Waites Finds Redemption in Rock and Raw Truth by Suzanna Bowling

There are some performances that feel less like theater and more like confessions carved from bone — Lucky Man – A Warrior’s Journey is one of them. In this autobiographical rock monol…

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House Of Life: The Cult Hit Cabaret Party Comes to NYC for Two Pop-Up Shows Only by Suzanna Bowling

Direct from sold-out runs in Edinburgh and London, the glitter-drenched, soul-shaking sensation House Of Life lands in New York for two joyful pop-up performances that promise rebirth throu…

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Friday, June 13, 2025

Jean Smart Returns to Broadway in Jamie Wax’s Haunting Call Me Izzy — A One-Woman Tour de Force by Suzanna Bowling

Jean Smart makes a triumphant return to Broadway after more than two decades in Jamie Wax’s Call Me Izzy, a raw, poetic, and deeply affecting one-person play directed by Sarna Lapine. In t…

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Wednesday, June 11, 2025

Live From The Hotel Edison Times Square Chronicles Presents: Tony-Winning Producer Carl Moellenberg by Suzanna Bowling

Live From The Hotel Edison Times Square Chronicles Presents”, is filmed from the Hotel Edison. Owner Suzanna Bowling talks with Tony-Winning Producer Carl Moellenberg. Carl is one of the p…

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Musical Theatre News: Smash, Buena Vista Social Club, Real Women Have Curves, Heathers, Dead Outlaw, John Casssavetes’ Opening Night by Suzanna Bowling

Producers Robert Greenblatt, Neil Meron and Steven Spielberg announce the critically acclaimed, Tony-nominated new Broadway musical comedy Smash will play its final Broadway performance on S…

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Tuesday, June 10, 2025

Broadway In Memoriam Honors Richard Chamberlain, William Finn, Gene Hackman, Quincy Jones, Linda Lavin and More Tonight by Suzanna Bowling

The newly formed Broadway In Memoriam Committee, composed of theatre owners in consultation with industry service organizations, has confirmed the inaugural June 10th marquee dimming will ho…

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Monday, June 9, 2025

Theatre’s Holy Night: Cynthia Erivo, Hamilton, and a Red Carpet Extravaganza at the 78th Annual Tony Awards by Suzanna Bowling

Broadway’s biggest night began with a hallelujah. Host Cynthia Erivo didn’t just step onto the Tony Awards stage — she soared. Opening the ceremony with a gospel number that shook the …

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