Tuesday, April 29, 2025

The Chita Rivera Award Nominations Are Out by Suzanna Bowling

Nominations for the 2025 Chita Rivera Awards have been announced. In keeping with the mission of the Chita Rivera Awards, nominators considered shows and films that opened during the 2024-2…

SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 10:42AM
Monday, April 28, 2025

Real Women Have Curves Soars with Heart, Humor, and Humanity at the James Earl Jones Theatre by Suzanna Bowling

Sometimes a show doesn’t just entertain — it touches something raw and real, reminding us why storytelling matters.Real Women Have Curves, directed and choreographed with loving precisi…

SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 12:05AM

Meet Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon: The Super Live by Magda Katz

Sailor Moon is one of the most popular Mangas of all time. Now Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon sees the Manga characters brought to life on stage in an epic story-telling live show experience gu…

SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 12:02AM
Sunday, April 27, 2025

Ken Fallin’s Broadway: Jeremy Jordan As Floyd Collins by Suzanna Bowling

It took 29 to get Floyd Collins to Broadway but on Friday the production and its lead were both nominated for Outer Critic Circle Awards. Nominated for Outstanding Lead Performer in a Broadw…

SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 12:05AM
Friday, April 25, 2025

Death Becomes Her and Stranger Things: The First Shadow Lead OCC Nominations by Suzanna Bowling

The Outer Critics Circle (OCC), the official organization of writers on New York theatre for out-of-town, national, and digital news publications, has announced the nominees for the 2025 Out…

SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 01:21PM

Stranger Things: The First Shadow Darkness Revealed, Wonder Awakened by Suzanna Bowling

Not having seen the Stranger Things TV series, I walked into The First Shadow with no expectations—only a vague awareness of its cult following and retro-tinged mystery. I walked out stunn…

SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 01:16AM

The Glory and Gravity of Floyd Collins Comes to Lincoln Center by Suzanna Bowling

I have been in love with Adam Guettel’s haunting score and Tina Landau’s book for Floyd Collins ever since the Playwrights Horizons production in 1996. Based on the real-life story of a …

SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 12:04AM
Thursday, April 24, 2025

All the World’s a Stage — Adam Gwon’s Poignant New Musical Finds Truth in the Margins by Suzanna Bowling

There are musicals that entertain, and then there are musicals that reveal. Adam Gwon’s All the World’s a Stage—which just opened Off-Broadway at Theatre Row—falls powerfully into th…

SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 12:06AM

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 the stress and anxi…

SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 12:03AM
Tuesday, April 22, 2025

2025 Drama League Awards Nominations by Suzanna Bowling

Nominations for the 2025 Drama League Awards, were announced this morning read by The Great Gatsby‘s Sarah Hyland and Cabaret‘s Orville Peck at the New York Public Library for the Perfo…

SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 11:51AM

ATC’s I’m Assuming You Know David Greenspan Spins Its Meta Magic Marvellously by Ross

I’m actually one who did not know who David Greenspan was, or is, or will be. So, walking into the Atlantic Theater Company‘s compelling one-person show, I’m Assuming You Know David Gr…

SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 12:12AM

Public Theater Floats Out A Magical Four One-Act Churchill Compilation: Glass. Kill. What If If Only. Imp. by Ross

With a loud drumroll signaling our arrival, four one-act plays written by the phenomenally gifted and possibly “the most influential living playwright in the English language,” Caryl Chu…

SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 12:04AM

Glass. Kill. What If If Only. Imp. at The Public Theater by Suzanna Bowling

Caryl Churchill’s Glass. Kill. What If If Only. Imp., now playing at The Public Theater, is a quartet of enigmatic one-acts that feel more like artistic gestures than fully realized plays.…

SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 12:03AM
Sunday, April 20, 2025

Ken Fallin’s Broadway: Sarah Snooks In The Picture of Dorian Gray by Ken Fallin

As T2C’s reviewer states “The Picture of Dorian Gray is a testament to its singular theatrical vision and the magnetic force that is Sarah Snook.” In talking to her she has also stated…

SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 12:08AM
Saturday, April 19, 2025

Broadway Celebrates Earth Day Concert by Suzanna Bowling

The Broadway Green Alliance and Times Square Alliance are pleased to share exciting new updates to the previously announced Broadway Celebrates Earth Day concert,  returning for the fourth …

SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 12:03AM
Friday, April 18, 2025

Smash Screams “Let’s Be Bad” — And Is by Suzanna Bowling

Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman’s song “Let’s Be Bad” has been recycled in at least four performances on NBC’s Smash and again in the Broadway musical Some Like It Hot, but now it�…

SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 12:05AM
Thursday, April 17, 2025

Live From The Hotel Edison Times Square Chronicles Presents: Women’s Month Continues Josefina Lopez by Suzanna Bowling

Live From The Hotel Edison Times Square Chronicles Presents”, is filmed from the Hotel Edison. As we continue to celebrate Women’s Month T2C’s publisher and owner Suzanna Bowling talks…

SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 12:06AM
Wednesday, April 16, 2025

Join Us Tomorrow From 4 -6 At The Hotel Edison With Real Women Have Curves by Suzanna Bowling

“Live From The Hotel Edison Times Square Chronicles Presents”, is now in our 2nd year. We are filmed at the Hotel Edison on Wednesdays. This week we are pleased to have Josefina Lopez, C…

SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 12:05AM

MTC Vulnerable and Angrily Unpacks an Engaging We Had A World by Ross

He strips down, like this play, to his vulnerable self wearing a pair of tighty whities, and sits, asking the air, and his grandmother, played to glorious heights by the always impressive Jo…

SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 12:03AM
Tuesday, April 15, 2025

John Proctor Is the Villain Theatre For Today’s Generation by Suzanna Bowling

In John Proctor Is the Villain, Kimberly Belflower flips the American literary canon on its head—and in doing so, she gives voice to a generation demanding clarity, justice, and truth. Set…

SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 12:05AM

Broadway’s The Picture of Dorian Gray Velvet Rages Magnificently in Projected Self-Determination by Ross

“How sad it is!” murmured Dorian Gray with his eyes still fixed upon his own portrait. “How sad it is! I shall grow old, and horrible, and dreadful. But this picture will remain always…

SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 12:03AM
Monday, April 14, 2025

April is the Cruelest Month — by Jacqueline Parker

So warned T.S. Eliot. Lorenz Hart lamented the entire season wondering “Why doesn’t my heart go dancing?” Well, clearly they should have been in New York this April, where excellent of…

SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 12:04AM

Good Night, and Good Luck & Glengarry Glen Ross Broadway Finely Smokes Solid Scenarios with Stars by Ross

Smoke from so many cigarettes hangs in the air inside two large Broadway houses. Each drawing us into a different time and a different workplace rhythm from the world we live in today. Or do…

SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 12:03AM
Sunday, April 13, 2025

Ken Fallin’s Broadway: Smash by Ken Fallin

On Thursday April 10th Smash opened on Broadway at the Imperial Theatre. Stanley and I are good friends with Tony, Emmy and Grammy Award winners Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman (Hairspray…

SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 12:05AM

A Mother at Baryshnikov Arts Center by Suzanna Bowling

“Will there be singing in dark times? Yes—about the dark times.” That line reverberates throughout A Mother, a bold new play co-conceived by Jessica Hecht and Neena Beber (who also wro…

SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 12:04AM

Acton Says: Bubbly Boop! Could Use More Cartoon Magic by Ross

By Acton The bits and bobs of Boop! that work are all straight out of the cartoon Betty Boopiverse. Unfortunately, she leaves it all behind for the (yawn) real world about ten minutes into B…

SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 12:03AM
Saturday, April 12, 2025

Boop! The Musical – A Vibrant Time-Traveling Toon with a Wobbly Frame by Suzanna Bowling

In Boop! The Musical, Betty Boop springs to life through the dazzling debut of 25-year-old Jasmine Amy Rogers, a triple-threat who brings charisma, vocal prowess, and effortless charm to the…

SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 12:05AM
Friday, April 11, 2025

Théâtre des Champs-Elysées Toasts Upcoming Josephine Baker Celebration by Elizabeth Taylor

The great Gotham was showered in Parisian love this week when the two grande dame cities united for a special toast to the legendary Théâtre des Champs-Elysées. At the elegant affair full…

SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 07:47AM
Thursday, April 10, 2025

Live From The Hotel Edison Times Square Chronicles Presents: Women’s Month Continues With Klea Blackhurst by Suzanna Bowling

“Live From The Hotel Edison Times Square Chronicles Presents”, is filmed from the Hotel Edison. As we continue to celebrate Women’s Month T2C’s publisher and owner Suzanna Bowling ta…

SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 12:05AM

Domino Effect at A.R.T. Theater Is a Show to See by Craig J Horsley

New York is a melting pot. As in all recipes, at first flavors seem to not belong together and may battle each other for dominance; but, surprisingly at the end they blend together to create…

SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 12:03AM
Wednesday, April 9, 2025

In Loving Memory of William “Bill” Finn by Suzanna Bowling

February 28, 1952 – April 7, 2025 William Alan Finn left this world on April 7, 2025, wrapped in the same poignant, defiant grace that defined his music. He was 73. A composer, a poet of t…

SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 11:39AM

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2024-2025 BROADWAY SEASON
Jun 05, 2024: Home - Todd Haimes Theatre
Jul 30, 2024: Job - Hayes Theater
Sep 12, 2024: The Roommate - Booth Theatre
Nov 14, 2024: Tammy Faye - Palace Theatre
Nov 17, 2024: Elf - Marquis Theatre
Dec 12, 2024: Cult of Love - Hayes Theater
Dec 19, 2024: Gypsy - Majestic Theatre
Mar 17, 2025: Purpose - Hayes Theater
Apr 10, 2025: Smash - Imperial Theatre