Friday, December 6, 2024

Top 10 theater closing soon by New York Theater

“Sleep No More” is closing after almost 14 years, “Blue Man Group” after almost 34 years and more than 17,000 performances. The longevity of these shows strikes me as reason enough t…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 11:31PM
Thursday, December 5, 2024

Poll: Best Broadway* Cast Recording of 2024? by New York Theater

Choose your favorite Broadway cast recording of 2024* from among the 16 in the poll below, listed alphabetically. More on each album in links at bottom. Loading… *Two of the albums are not…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 09:03PM
Wednesday, December 4, 2024

Janet Planet: Polarizing playwright Annie Baker makes a movie by New York Theater

Annie Baker is making her feature film debut as a writer and director some fifteen years after making her New York stage debut as a playwright, and I almost laughed at the déjà vu of it. �…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 08:50PM
Tuesday, December 3, 2024

Giving Tuesday 2024: Consider Theater by New York Theater

On this thirteenth annual #GivingTuesday (created in 2012 by the 92nd Street Y), consider donating to a theater company or theater organization in New York City. Below, a sample, listed a…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 10:15AM
Monday, December 2, 2024

Wicked thoughts. Cyber Monday theater deals. Stageworthy News by New York Theater

“Wicked,” a mission for marketers, has become a darling of pundits as well. During the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade on NBC, after interviews with Cynthia Erivo (No, she doesn’t min…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 02:14PM
Sunday, December 1, 2024

December 2024 NYC Theater Openings by New York Theater

Below is a selection of theater opening* in New York in December, including four shows on Broadway, one starring Audra McDonald (Gypsy), two more with love in the title (The Cult of Love; A…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 04:28PM
Saturday, November 30, 2024

Holiday Shows in NYC 2024 by New York Theater

Holiday shows take center stage between Thanksgiving and New Year’s Eve each year. Some of the plays, ballets, operas, concerts, musicals, burlesques, and hybrid entertainments have reappe…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 02:13PM

New York Times Notable Books of 2024 picks for theater lovers (sort of) by New York Theater

Theater seems of little interest to the Times staff who put together the 100 Notable Books of 2024. Published plays are ignored (although books of poetry are included), and their annual lis…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 09:26AM
Friday, November 29, 2024

Theater Quiz for November 2024 by New York Theater

How well were you paying attention to theater news, views and reviews in November, a month of Wicked and politics, and six Broadway openings? Take the quiz below and find out. Loading…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 05:17PM
Thursday, November 28, 2024

Watch Broadway at Thanksgiving Day Parade 2024 by New York Theater

Below are videos from the Broadway casts who performed at the 2024 Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade; Hell’s Kitchen, The Outsiders and Death Becomes Her, and a bonus: Billy Porter leads th…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 09:06PM
Wednesday, November 27, 2024

Theater for Which I’m Grateful in 2024 by New York Theater

The surreal and now shocking election year is arguably responsible for much of my favorite theater in 2024, for which I give thanks, as I’ve done every Thanksgiving for more than a decade.…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 08:24PM
Tuesday, November 26, 2024

Stageworthy News: Wicked, Piano Lesson on Screens. Death Becomes Her, Swept Away on Broadway. by New York Theater

With “Wicked” and “Death Becomes Her” topping  theatergoers’ attention in a busy and starry week, Paul Tazewell – the costume designer for both —  is offering lessons in t…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 05:20PM
Monday, November 25, 2024

Wicked Movie vs Stage Musical by New York Theater

Wicked, which just had the biggest ever opening weekend for a movie adaptation of a Broadway musical ($160 million + globally), is faithful to the stage musical in several ways, and signific…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 12:47PM

Broadway Thanksgiving Week Schedule 2024 by New York Theater

Below is the Broadway schedule for Thanksgiving Week 2024, which differs from the usual week’s schedule: Only one show of the 38 currently playing has a performance on Thanksgiving Day, Th…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 01:57AM
Sunday, November 24, 2024

The Piano Lesson on Netflix. A lesson in film vs theater by New York Theater

“The Piano Lesson” has always been a family affair. The story it tells is of the legacy of pain and pride in generations of one Black family.  But August Wilson’s 1990 Pulitzer Prize…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 11:48PM
Saturday, November 23, 2024

True Love Forever Review. Third Rail Projects turns the dating game into a dance by New York Theater

They brought us down Alice’s rabbit hole in a former school building in Williamsburg meticulously made over to resemble a mental hospital in Then She Fell, took us to a tropical island res…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 11:53AM
Friday, November 22, 2024

The Arts after the Election: What happens now? by New York Theater

There will be “chaotic, seismic change happening in Washington” as a result of the 2024 Election, with uncertain impact on the arts on a national, state and local level. Arts advocates n…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 10:42AM
Thursday, November 21, 2024

Death Becomes Her Broadway Review by New York Theater

“Death Becomes Her,” a stylishly macabre Broadway musical comedy about a love/hate triangle, has much the same plot, catty repartee, and even some of the same comically gruesome special …

SOURCE: New York Theater at 10:27PM
Wednesday, November 20, 2024

Babe Review. Marisa Tomei Rocks by New York Theater

Marisa Tomei, who got her Oscar for portraying a super-competent woman who solves the case for her somewhat-clownish lawyer-boyfriend in “My Cousin Vinny,” has a new role Off-Broadway in…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 07:51PM
Tuesday, November 19, 2024

Swept Away Broadway Review by New York Theater

In “Swept Away,” which is loosely inspired by the grim true story of a 19th century shipwreck, a quartet of magnetic performers work passionately to deliver the mellifluous folk-rock s…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 10:56PM
Monday, November 18, 2024

Tammy Faye, Louis Armstrong, Maybe Happy Ending, Elf Open on Broadway. Theater Bursts onto Bluesky. Stageworthy News of the Week. by New York Theater

The quartet of Broadway openings this past week were split between a feel-good nostalgia for two real-life Americans, and a mostly feel-good look at the future – anything but what for many…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 10:06AM
Sunday, November 17, 2024

Elf Broadway Review by New York Theater

The last time “Elf: The Musical” was on Broadway, during the holiday season a dozen years ago, I saw an autism-friendly performance of it. This turned out to be a great way to view this …

SOURCE: New York Theater at 08:31PM
Saturday, November 16, 2024

The World of Allee Willis by New York Theater

Allee Willis, a Tony-nominated songwriter for “The Color Purple,” had trouble getting the gig.  “You’ve never written for the theater before, and you’re not Black,”  Broadway…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 11:42AM
Friday, November 15, 2024

Walden Review. The climate crisis and the new debate. by New York Theater

A few years in the future,  the debate will no longer be whether or not climate change is a “hoax,” as the president-elect in 2024 claims, but whether there is any possibility of survi…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 06:41PM
Thursday, November 14, 2024

Tammy Faye Broadway Review by New York Theater

The Palace Theater, the venue for this disappointing British import about the rise and fall of American televangelist Tammy Faye Bakker, feels like a metaphor for the musical, but in reverse…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 10:53PM
Wednesday, November 13, 2024

Maybe Happy Ending Review by New York Theater

In forty years, there will still be fireflies, and there will still be love. But fireflies will only still exist on Jeju Island near Seoul, Korea, and when Oliver and Claire (Darren Criss an…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 09:55PM
Monday, November 11, 2024

A Wonderful World The Louis Armstrong Musical Review by New York Theater

When he’s told that the State Department wants him to tour the world representing the United States of America, Louis Armstrong and his fourth wife Lucille both laugh in disbelief. “Loui…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 11:06PM

Shock 2.0. Trump’s Track Record on the Arts. Stageworthy News by New York Theater

The news zipper at One Times Square proclaimed “Trump’s Win Brings New Era of Uncertainty,”  and Saturday Night Live cast member Kate McKinnon solemnly performed the song “Halleluj…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 08:32AM
Sunday, November 10, 2024

Give Me Carmelita Tropicana Review. East Village theater replicated in its comic, “excruciating” glory. by New York Theater

Long before he became a Tony-winning playwright, Branden Jacobs-Jenkins enrolled at NYU in hopes of becoming a downtown performance artist, and took a course taught by Carmelita Tropicana, w…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 12:47PM
Friday, November 8, 2024

Ragtime in light of the election by New York Theater

So much in “Ragtime” played out differently for me because I saw it a week into its twelve-day run at New York City Center — after, rather than before, the results of the 2024 Presiden…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 06:02PM

The 6 Best Musical Theater Album Grammy Award Nominations 2025: Listen by New York Theater

Six albums have been nominated for the best musical theater album Grammy Award, all of them of current or recent Broadway shows (the third consecutive year that only Broadway cast recordings…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 01:16PM

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2024-2025 BROADWAY SEASON
Jun 05, 2024: Home - Todd Haimes Theatre
Jul 11, 2024: Oh, Mary! - Lyceum Theatre
Jul 30, 2024: Job - Hayes Theater
Sep 12, 2024: The Roommate - Booth Theatre
Nov 14, 2024: Tammy Faye - Palace Theatre
Dec 12, 2024: Cult of Love - Hayes Theater
Dec 19, 2024: Gypsy - Majestic Theatre
Mar 17, 2025: Purpose - Hayes Theater
Apr 01, 2025: Glengarry Glen Ross
Apr 10, 2025: Smash - Imperial Theatre
TBA: Titanic
TBA: Ragtime