At times the show directed by Stroman seems to be a satire or a parody, while the choreography by Bergasse mostly looks like ersatz Bob Fosse which seems inappropriate for the Marilyn Monroe…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 11:30PMLook out, Jonathan’s back! Tony Award® winner Jonathan Groff (Merrily We Roll Along, Hamilton) returns to Broadway this spring as Bobby Darin, the legendary singer whose short but remarka…
SOURCE: Did They Like It? at 11:05PMYet Groff is still swimming, right to the end. Dismayed as I was to endure so much else, I have to admit he’s giving one of Broadway’s best performances.
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SOURCE: Did They Like It? at 11:04PMWith a terrific full band right on stage the entire time, we are transported to the streets of East Harlem, Vegas, and even Portofino thanks to versatile nightclub scenic design by Derek McL…
SOURCE: Did They Like It? at 11:02PMNaturally, though, it’s Groff’s energy and charisma that anchor Just in Time. The brilliance of the show’s opening is that, by creating a staged-concert atmosphere from the start, it f…
SOURCE: Did They Like It? at 11:02PMDirector Alex Timbers and the book writers fail to go beyond the concert conceit, and never give us a real portrait of Darin or leave us with a clear idea of what we are supposed to think of…
SOURCE: Did They Like It? at 11:02PMGroff, assisted by a terrific trio of singer-dancers (Christine Cornish, Julia Grondin, Valeria Yamin) who back him up through the years and many, many fashions and dance styles, is tireless…
SOURCE: Did They Like It? at 11:02PMWhen Groff is singing and dancing (stunning choreography by Shannon Lewis), “Just in Time” absolutely dazzles. It doesn’t matter if what’s happening on stage ever makes you think of …
SOURCE: Did They Like It? at 11:01PMGroff is undeniably great at bending a crowd around his little finger, and he’s working with an audience that’s delighted to be pandered to. He spends much of the show weaving through th…
SOURCE: Did They Like It? at 11:01PMThe melding of personas successfully transmutes Groff’s exceptional charisma and earned goodwill into the tale of a past celebrity most of the audience could not identify via photo. But it…
SOURCE: Did They Like It? at 11:01PMThe audience is situated in a sumptuously imagined, sparkling silver nightclub with multiple stages and a brilliant band in back. Groff spiritedly darts around the room, jumping on tables an…
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York Theatre RoyalOldman gives an emotional encounter with his past selves as he single-handedly directs, set-designs and performs Samuel Beckett’s existential monologue
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SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:54PMCircle in the Square Theatre, New York
Jonathan Groff uses his considerable charisma to embody the late singer with pizzazz in a rousing yet incomplete Broadway show
It is more than likely t…
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SOURCE: Google at 10:48PMGroff is sensational as the ’60s “nightclub animal” in a Broadway bio-musical jukebox that doesn’t live up to its star.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:24PMDirector Alex Timbers and his irrepressible star Jonathan Groff have made magic with the Bobby Darin musical “Just in Time,” which opened Saturday night at the Circle in the Square The…
SOURCE: The New York Post at 10:09PMThe Bobby Darin musical plays Circle in the Square, with Alex Timbers at the helm.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:06PM★★★★☆ Jonathan Groff gives a once-in-a-lifetime performance as the Grammy-winning “Beyond the Sea” singer
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SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 10:00PMIt might be time to call it quits on biographical jukebox musicals. “Jersey Boys” ignited a trend, but its many spawn have been mostly ill-conceived. Recently we’ve had “Summer: The …
SOURCE: Variety at 10:00PMJust In Time, the Bobby Darin jukebox musical starring Jonathan Groff opening tonight at a wonderfully dressed Circle in the Square on Broadway, does some serious and genuine starmaking, twi…
SOURCE: Deadline at 10:00PMTheatrely's Broadway review of Just In Time starring Jonathan Groff and directed by Alex Timbers on Broadway at Circle in the Square
SOURCE: Theatrely at 10:00PMIs there a more endearing Broadway star at the moment than Jonathan Groff? The veteran performer, who won the Tony Award last year for softening the very rough edges of the first-class jerk …
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By Carole Di Tosti... The affecting and lyrical musical, "Floyd Collins," sports a glorious folk and bluegrass-inspired score to tell the harrowing but uplifting story of eponymous Kentucky …
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 06:32PMCaryl Churchill is not in love with the sound of her own voice. (Many playwrights are, along with many people in every walk of life.) While Churchill has a tremendous amount to say, her writ…
SOURCE: Show Showdown at 06:32PMThe 2024-2025 theater season ends on Sunday with the dual openings of the musicals Dead Outlaw and Real Women Have Curves. And I’m exhausted. But it’s the kind of good exhaustion that c…
SOURCE: Broadway & Me at 06:24PM“You will sit in a swivel chair and the show will take place all around you, all over the park,” Director Ronnie Larsen said about its upcoming free outdoor theater production of The Sou…
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Eddie Perfect and Karis Oka, currently playing Beetlejuice and Lydia Deetz in Beetlejuice in Australia, performed the song Say My Name from the musical. Performances for the show in Melbourn…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:48PMThe 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 Villain, …
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SOURCE: Google at 05:18PM. Playbill profile picture. Playbill . 1h. . There's currently 40 shows running on Broadway. Luckily, the Playbill staff has seen all of them.
SOURCE: Google at 05:18PMClarke's direction is uneven, giving the show a rehearsal or community theater vibe. The narrative line is unclear as to whether the main characters are real or a hallucination of one of the…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 05:09PMCole Escola, known for their work on stage in Oh Mary!, and Darren Criss, who started out on Glee and is currently in Maybe Happy Ending on Broadway, sat down with Variety for the series Act…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:05PMShakespeare & Christina Anderson’s Madcap Update Shines by Kim Waldron “Comedy of Errors” is guaranteed fun; I laughed a lot. It’s a Play on Shakespeare co-production—they’re…
SOURCE: Theatrius at 05:02PMSomething special was going on at the Hayes Theatre earlier this year. It had a lot to do with Leslye Headland, who after years as a playwright and screenwriter, made her Broadway debut wit…
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Audiences were treated to an ad-hoc rendition of "Take Me or Leave Me" from Rent.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:59PMThrough a conversation with Stranger Things star Sadie Sink, who is currently in John Proctor Is the Villian on Broadway, American Idol winner Kelly Clarkson discussed if she would ever want…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:41PMLloyd Webber and director Jamie Lloyd then took the stage at curtain call to help raise funds for Broadway Cares.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:35PMGeorge Clooney, who is currently staring in the Broadway show Goodnight, and Good Luck, just recently received his Sardi's portrait! See here for more details.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:18PMStranger Things: The First Shadow just recently opened on Broadway at the Marquis Theatre on April 22, 2025. See below for photos of the cast from opening night!
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:08PMDemi Moore and Pilaf, Demi Moore's dog, came to visit The Picture of Dorian Gray on Broadway! They also visited backstage with the star of the show, Sarah Snook, backstage. See the photos be…
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In the lobby gift shop of the Marquis, where Netflix’s Broadway version of “Stranger Things” has opened, there is a Demogorgon plushie for sale for thirty dollars. It’s not called a …
SOURCE: New York Theater at 01:20PM... Johnson. Highlights From Floyd Collins on Broadway, Starring Jeremy Jordan and Lizzy McAlpine. 422 views · 12 hours ago ...more. Playbill. 232K.
SOURCE: Google at 01:03PMLast week, the Off-Broadway production by Emursive closed with no warning and no protections, leaving its company members in the lurch.
SOURCE: Google at 01:03PMHawaiʻi Lawmakers Kill Pay-to-Play Bill — Again. The Legislature's powerful money committees wouldn't sign-off on what had become a much-watered ...
SOURCE: Google at 01:03PM“It was pulling me, it was undeniable,” recalls Shannon Lewis of her desire to be a choreographer. "It was pulling me away from performing, and I was shocked to find out that I was OK wi…
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Set in the year 2000, flip phones are everywhere in Humpty Dumpty. The two central couples, Hallmark characters with high-power city jobs, spend much of the play walking around desperately w…
SOURCE: Culture Bot at 11:54AMMaryland Opera was formed from the ashes of the former Baltimore Opera Company, which abruptly liquidated its assets and shut down during the 2008 recession.
SOURCE: The Baltimore Sun Subscription at 11:29AMOakland Ballet Company takes on a harrowing chapter of US-Chinese history with a piece about Angel Island, ‘the Ellis Island of the west’
One sunny March day on Angel Island, a hilly lan…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:24AMThe concept of the fragile solid becomes a sustaining metaphor in Shayok Misha Chowdhury's new piece. Loren Noveck reviews.
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SOURCE: exeuntnyc.com at 11:09AMOn April 24, George Clooney received a Sardi's portrait to commemorate his Broadway debut in his and Grant Heslov's new play, Good Night, ...
SOURCE: Google at 11:04AMGabrielle Nevaeh steps into the Upside Down with her Broadway debut as "Patty Newby" in "Stranger Things: The First Shadow," now playing at the ...
SOURCE: Google at 11:04AM(BASKING RIDGE, NJ) -- Broadway comes to Basking Ridge as American Theater Group (ATG) presents a unique "behind-the-scenes" look at Broadway with ...
SOURCE: Google at 11:04AMHelen J Shen and Darren Criss star in Maybe Happy Ending on Broadway. (© Matthew Murphy and Evan Zimmerman). Best Musical The Tony rules state that ...
SOURCE: Google at 11:04AMSee photos of 'Real Women Have Curves' on Broadway. The musical adaptation of the 1990 play by Josefina López tells a coming-of-age story about a ...
SOURCE: Google at 11:04AMGyllenhaal is currently performing on Broadway as Iago in Othello, opposite Denzel Washington. He made his Broadway debut in MTC's 2015 production of ...
SOURCE: Google at 11:04AMThe new musical is nominated for 12 honors, including Outstanding New Broadway Musical. By Logan Culwell-Block. April 25, 2025.
SOURCE: Google at 11:04AMIt's this wonderful blend of reverence and revamp,” the performer and drag queen says of her Broadway debut.
SOURCE: Google at 11:04AMWe found the best prices on tickets to see Keanu Reeves, Alex Winter and Michael Patrick Thornton in 'Waiting for Godot' at Broadway's Hudson ...
SOURCE: Google at 11:04AMGeorge Clooney cracked a joke about his black hair at the unveiling of his Sardi's portrait, a time-honored Broadway tradition, on Thursday.
SOURCE: Google at 11:04AMBefore “English,” a play written by Sanaz Toossi, made its Broadway debut, it had already received rave reviews when it was staged in 2022, ...
SOURCE: Google at 11:04AMEmceed by musical director and pianist Neil Berg and backed by a small musical combo, three Broadway performers perform songs from the shows in which ...
SOURCE: Google at 11:04AMPurl, who is possibly best known for her roles in "Happy Days" and "Visiting Hours," is planning a show of standards at the jazz club.
SOURCE: Google at 11:04AMThe new musical Just In Time is now open, starring Tony Award winner Jonathan Groff at Broadway's Circle in the Square Theatre.
SOURCE: Google at 11:04AMLakeshore Records & Broadway Records Are Set To Release The Soundtrack To Pop Musical Juliet & Romeo · V/A Album Available Digitally May 9th · Score ...
SOURCE: Google at 11:04AMBrian Cox says the nearly $1000 ticket price for Denzel Washington and Jake Gyllenhaal's Broadway revival of 'Othello' is "not right."
SOURCE: Google at 11:04AMThe aptly named “Old Friends,” now on Broadway by way of Manhattan Theater Club, is a glorious celebration of the songs of Stephen Sondheim.
SOURCE: Google at 11:04AMThe three-time Pulitzer Prize finalist explains why he structured the comedy as a pseudo-documentary and how putting himself at the center freed ...
SOURCE: Google at 11:04AMShortly after performances began on Broadway this month, Huerta, Velez and Lisa Loomer, who wrote the book with Nell Benjamin, discussed their ...
SOURCE: Google at 11:03AMUnder the direction of Sue Sagmoen, with narrator Linnea Gustafson and accompanied by Rose Wexell, the chorus will perform twice at two different ...
SOURCE: Google at 11:03AMRead our review of *Pirates! The Penzance Musical* on Broadway, a jazz-infused *Pirates of Penzance* revival starring David Hyde Pierce, ...
SOURCE: Google at 11:03AMDarren Criss plops into a swivel chair, directly across from “Oh, Mary!” creator Cole Escola, and stashes his phone between the cushions. The former “Glee” star, on Broadway in “Ma…
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A woman’s death in a car accident instigates this absorbing, fiercely performed and vividly presented psychological fantasia, her husband and son clash.
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SOURCE: theaterscene.org at 06:45AMBy MEGAN JANETSKY and FERNANDA PESCE MEXICO CITY (AP) — Two days before her new album was launched, musical icon Vivir Quintana was behind barbed wire at a women’s prison in Mexico. The …
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:30AMLOS ANGELES — It's showtime for Hollywood at the California Capitol. The state's entertainment industry has spent months begging for help from Sacramento to stem the decline of film and TV…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMThe Courant's arts picks for April 27 through May 3 include music competitions, a Christie Brinkley book signing, a concert based on "Labyrinth," comedians and jazz musicians.
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