Friday, April 3, 2026

Broadway Under $50: Discounts to April 2026 Shows by Jonathan Mandell

Below are the discounted ticket offers from the shows opening on Broadway in April –mostly through digital lottery, digital rush, and/or in person rush. All but one of the shows charge und…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 08:33PM
Thursday, April 2, 2026

Fringe: The Meeting. Art and Fascism by Jonathan Mandell

Five former theater artists meet clandestinely in a dystopian totalitarian society in the near future where “The Leader” has banned all art, and even banned the words that describe what …

SOURCE: New York Theater at 11:49PM
Wednesday, April 1, 2026

April 2026 New York Theater Openings by Jonathan Mandell

Below is a day-by-day calendar of selected theater opening* this month in New York, including thirteen shows on Broadway, six musicals and seven plays, bursting with stars, many making their…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 06:10PM

Lucille Lortel Award Nominations for Off-Broadway 2026 by Jonathan Mandell

Mexodus and Prince Faggot received the most nominations for the 41st annual Lucille Lortel Awards for Outstanding Achievement Off-Broadway.  Winners will be presented at the annual ceremony…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 02:31PM
Tuesday, March 31, 2026

Theater Quiz for March 2026 by Jonathan Mandell

How well were you paying attention to the New York theater news, views and reviews in the month of March? Find out with this ten-question quiz, plus a bonus question. Loading…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 12:06PM
Monday, March 30, 2026

Dog Day Afternoon Broadway Review by Jonathan Mandell

Why have Warner Bros. with 42 other producers financed a new Broadway play about a botched, two-bit bank robbery in Brooklyn half a century ago?  The answer is obvious to me: It’s the st…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 11:54PM

Must Broadway be so expensive? Mariska Hargitay replacing Daniel Radcliffe. RIP Mary Beth Hurt. #Stageworthy News of the Week by Jonathan Mandell

The high ticket prices on Broadway are an annual and perennial outrage, but maybe more galling as the season wraps up. The hottest ticket on Broadway last week sold for $975. The hottest…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 10:26AM
Sunday, March 29, 2026

No Singing in the Navy Review by Jonathan Mandell

Three sailors are on 24-hour shore leave in New York City before being shipped off to war. No, this is not a simple spoof of the 1944 musical “On The Town.” The initial premise is a fe…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 08:52PM
Saturday, March 28, 2026

Teatro La Plaza’s Hamlet Review. Step aside Lord Olivier. Make room for Jaimlet. by Jonathan Mandell

Jaime Cruz, one of the eight cast members with Down syndrome who star in this “Hamlet,”  mimics the posture of Laurence Olivier behind him, who leans against a rock reciting the “To …

SOURCE: New York Theater at 06:09PM

No Kings Protests Today in NYC: The Third Time’s The Charm by Jonathan Mandell

More than 3,000 “No Kings” peaceful protests are scheduled today across the United States, including more than two dozen in New York City — most prominently at 7th Avenue and Central P…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 08:42AM
Friday, March 27, 2026

World Theater Day 2026. Willem Dafoe on Theater as Connection, not Commercial Corruption. Plus: 10 beautiful theaters, 10 great books, 10 facts by Jonathan Mandell

“Our challenge as theater makers,” Willem Dafoe says in the official 2026 World Theatre Day message in the video below, “is to avoid the corruption of theater solely as a commercial en…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 08:36AM
Thursday, March 26, 2026

Digital Access to the Performing Arts by Jonathan Mandell

Digital theater was not just something that happened during the explosion of online innovation during the COVID-19 lockdown. To Magda Romanska, it’s a human right — a means of providing …

SOURCE: New York Theater at 05:19PM
Wednesday, March 25, 2026

New York Theater Awards Calendar and Guide 2026 by Jonathan Mandell

As the 2025-2026 New York theater season enters its final laps, the theater award season is revving up. Below is a calendar of dates from April to June in 2026 when nominations and awards ar…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 12:13PM
Tuesday, March 24, 2026

New York City Fringe Festival 2026 by Jonathan Mandell

Below is a brief description of all of the 75 (!) shows in the New York City Fringe Festival, which this year is being presented from April 1 to April 19 in five venues.  Unlike Broadway, w…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 11:48PM
Monday, March 23, 2026

Giant Review. John Lithgow as Roald Dahl, Antisemite by Jonathan Mandell

I can see three main reasons why some theatergoers might want to sympathize with the antisemite at the center of the incendiary true incident being dramatized in  “Giant.” The man, for …

SOURCE: New York Theater at 11:03PM

Jasmine Amy Rogers, Celia Keenan-Bolger, Anthony Rapp back on stage. Sondheim at 96. Theater on TV. #Stageworthy News of the Week by Jonathan Mandell

As the Broadway season begins its five final (and busiest) weeks, it’s bracing to learn that live events are booming nationally – all except theater.  People “are spending real money…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 09:31AM
Sunday, March 22, 2026

Stephen Sondheim: Art Isn’t Easy by Jonathan Mandell

Stephen Sondheim, who would have turned 96 years old today, was known as a genius to his schoolmates and an alcoholic to his collaborators; he was charming but a slob; he loved Lee Remick bu…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 05:39PM
Saturday, March 21, 2026

Antigone (This Play I Read in High School) Review by Jonathan Mandell

Celia Keenan-Bolger  is the “I” in the title of Anna Ziegler’s provocative, contemporary retelling of the Greek tragedy, in which Antigone ( Susannah Perkins) has an abortion, in defi…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 06:47PM
Friday, March 20, 2026

The Wild Party Encores Review by Jonathan Mandell

By the time Jasmine Amy Rogers  and Adrienne Warren trade affectionate insults in a lively, witty musical number,  each of some dozen other spectacular performers have already introduced…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 05:09PM
Thursday, March 19, 2026

Touch Review. Anthony Rapp goes solo by Jonathan Mandell

Anthony Rapp sits in a chair for ninety minutes as a miserable middle-aged gay man telling a story that goes from panic to frustration to betrayal, and yet “Touch” is among the most sati…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 07:16PM
Wednesday, March 18, 2026

American Classic. A TV series for theater lovers by Jonathan Mandell

“American Classic,” featuring a starry cast of Tony winners led by Kevin Kline, is currently thrilling those of us who loved “Slings & Arrows,” the greatest-ever TV series about …

SOURCE: New York Theater at 01:37PM
Tuesday, March 17, 2026

Plan C Review by Jonathan Mandell

Alexandrine von Taxis, one of the main characters in “Plan C,” is an actual historical figure whose portrait should probably be hanging in both the Smithsonian National Postal Museum and…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 03:58PM
Monday, March 16, 2026

Broadway at the Oscars. Brilliant, Burnout, Bughouse, Trash on Stage. #Stageworthy News of the Week by Jonathan Mandell

Theater lovers can point to Oscar wins for Broadway veterans Sean Penn and Amy Madigan, and the moving tributes by Broadway veterans to Broadway veterans: Billy Crystal on Rob Reiner, Rachel…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 08:38AM
Sunday, March 15, 2026

Oscar Winners 2026: One Battle After Another, Michael B. Jordan, Jessie Buckley. by Jonathan Mandell

One Battle After Another won the Oscar for best picture and five other awards, including best director. “Sinners” won four awards including Michael B. Jordan for best actor. Jessie Buckl…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 07:25PM
Saturday, March 14, 2026

Best Picture Oscar Nominees Ranked for Broadway by Jonathan Mandell

Which of the ten Oscar nominees for best film this year would work best (and worst) adapted for the Broadway stage?   It’s a year of at least a few clear answers, given that one of the …

SOURCE: New York Theater at 08:43PM
Friday, March 13, 2026

Trash Review. ASL Play for Hearing and Deaf Alike by Jonathan Mandell

Beneath its surface as a comedy about two Deaf roommates’ escalating argument about who should take out the garbage, “Trash” offers entrée for hearing theatergoers into the world of t…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 07:52PM
Thursday, March 12, 2026

Every Brilliant Thing Broadway Review by Jonathan Mandell

Before Daniel Radcliffe gets on stage to start this funny and moving play that’s built around his character compiling a list of “everything worth living for,” he rushes around the Huds…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 10:50PM

Bughouse Review. On Outsider artist Henry Darger by Jonathan Mandell

 Henry Darger spent his life creating a 15,000-page novel, a 5,000-page autobiography, and more than 350 large watercolor paintings, none of which he ever attempted to publish or exhibit. H…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 11:30AM
Wednesday, March 11, 2026

Broadway Poll for the Final Stretch by Jonathan Mandell

Ten plays and six musicals  are opening on Broadway in March and April, in the final six weeks of the Broadway 2025-2026 season, starting this week and ending April 26, the final date of el…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 08:28AM
Tuesday, March 10, 2026

Burnout Paradise Review by Jonathan Mandell

This hyperactive, interactive, competitive show may not wind up running for 34 years at Astor Place Theater like “Blue Man Group,” a previous tenant, but “Burnout Paradise” runs ever…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 10:00AM
Monday, March 9, 2026

#Stageworthy News, Jonathan Groff edition by Jonathan Mandell

Jonathan Groff, “matinee idol” (Ben Brantley in the NY Times), heartthrob (Deadline) Broadway conqueror (Town&Country), will perform in a play by William Shakespeare for the first ti…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 09:31AM

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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