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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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Thursday, June 12, 2025

Billionaires Go Shopping for Judges in SoHo: Americans for Prosparody Launches EvilPAC.org with Immersive Satirical Spectacle by Magda Katz

SoHo isn’t just home to high-end fashion — it’s also home to high-end judicial shopping. Americans for Prosparody has officially launched EvilPAC.org, a blisteringly sharp satirical we…

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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…

SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 12:03AM
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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These Two Orphan Girls, “Annie” and “Anne of Green Gables”, One Musically in NYC and the other from Prince Edward Island, Find Masterful Can� by Ross

We went into each, hesitatingly, thinking these two shows would be strictly just ‘cute’. And probably well done, but not much more than that. I tend to shy away from these family-focused…

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Sunday, June 8, 2025

The Tony Awards Time Line by Suzanna Bowling

Today marks the culmination of Broadway’s most celebrated evening, the 78th Annual Tony Awards, with rehearsals in full swing at Radio City Music Hall. The day began early, with performers…

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The 78th Annual Tony Awards: A Night of Unforgettable Performances and Milestone Moments by Suzanna Bowling

The stage is set for what promises to be one of the most electrifying Tony Awards in recent memory. The 78th Annual Tony Awards will spotlight the very best of Broadway with an extraordinary…

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Motorcycles, Mayhem, and Macbeth Rides Strong, Reving its Engines on the Dark Streets of Stratford by Ross

Three moonlit bodies motor out in an unexpected vehicle for a watery drop, hooded in wordless violence that sets the cinematic scene with a vengeance. It’s not the beginning that was expec…

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Saturday, June 7, 2025

Stick Around Shines as Uniquely as Coloured Glass at Here For Now Theatre Stratford by Ross

She studies herself, deep into the mirror in the first few telling moments of Here For Now Theatre‘s auspicious world premiere of Stick Around, examining her birthday body in the way we a…

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Friday, June 6, 2025

The Glorious Corner by G. H. Harding

FRANKEN-FLIX — (Via Hollywood Reporter) When it comes to producing exclusive movies, Netflix, in a way, cannot win. If the streamer makes a lousy movie, the project will be criticized for …

SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 12:14AM

Stratford Festival’s Ridiculously Fun “Dirty Rotten Scoundrels” by Ross

Beautifully gowned women adorned in diamonds swirl in a rainbow of colors across the ballroom floor, all looking for their idealized prince. They are all ripe for the picking, as we soon fin…

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Thursday, June 5, 2025

Who Will And Won’t Win a Tony Award and Why: Our Predictions For The Covetted Award by Suzanna Bowling

As the curtain rises on the 78th Annual Tony Awards, Broadway finds itself at a thrilling crossroads. This season has been a vibrant tapestry of innovation and tradition, where audacious new…

SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 01:52AM

Remembering Lorette Swit by Writer

By Joel Vig On May 30, 2025, the sad news came out that Lorette Swit at age 87 had died peacefully in her NYC apartment.  Very little was mentioned about her appearances on Broadway, off-Br…

SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 12:03AM
Wednesday, June 4, 2025

Live From The Hotel Edison Times Square Chronicles Presents: Actor and Musician Thomas G Waits by Suzanna Bowling

Live From The Hotel Edison Times Square Chronicles Presents”, is filmed from the Hotel Edison. Owner Suzanna Bowling talks with Veteran actor and musician Thomas G. Waites who step into th…

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Tuesday, June 3, 2025

The 79th Annual Theatre World Awards Is The Place To Be With Heart by Suzanna Bowling

The historic 79th Annual Theatre World Awards Ceremony was held last night, June 2, 2025 at 7 p.m. at Hard Rock Café Times Square (1501 Broadway). This year due to Anna Wintour’s deciding…

SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 10:43AM

The Drama Desk Awards, Red Carpets and Interviews Part 2 by Genevieve Rafter Keddy

The 69th Annual Drama Desk Awards were held last night at NYU Skirball.Check out part 1 here. Here are the interviews from the press room. Outstanding Lead Performance in a Play: Sarah Snook…

SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 12:05AM
Monday, June 2, 2025

The Drama Desk Awards, Red Carpets and Winners by Suzanna Bowling

Debra Messing and Tituss Burgess hosted the 69th Annual Drama Desk Awards tonight at NYU Skirball.The stars lined the red carpet.   Broadway, Off-Broadway, and Off-Off Broadway the opened…

SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 12:05AM

The Glorious Corner by G. H. Harding

MARVEL CON CANNED- (Via Deadline) Marvel will not need a spot in San Diego Comic-Con’s cavernous Hall H this year, Deadline has confirmed. The news comes as Disney and Marvel last week pus…

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Sunday, June 1, 2025

Outer Critics Circle Celebrates 2025 Award Winners and 75 Years of Theater Excellence: Part 2 by Suzanna Bowling

Yesterday we told you about how the Outer Critics Circle celebrated the 2025 Award Winners and 75 Years of Theater Excellence. Today is part two of the inerviews first up Francis Joe present…

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A Lady Named Hyacinth Never Came Up In Conversation by Joshua Ellis

This is a recent and quite marvelous photo of Dame Patricia Routledge at 96. I had tea with Patricia in 2016, days after she had major back surgery. She was recuperating and having physical …

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Saturday, May 31, 2025

Outer Critics Circle Celebrates 2025 Award Winners and 75 Years of Theater Excellence by Suzanna Bowling

On Thursday, May 22, 2025, at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center.The Outer Critics Circle celebrated the 2025 Award Winners and 75 Years of Theater Excelle…

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The Light in the Piazza by Jacqueline Parker

The Huntington in Boston is presenting a glorious production of Adam Guettel’s masterpiece The Light in the Piazza. Director Loretta Greco has been quoted as saying that this score is the …

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Friday, May 30, 2025

The Chita Rivera Awards Performances by Suzanna Bowling

The 2025 Chita Rivera Awards was held on Monday night May 19 at NYU Skirball, honoring excellence in dance and choreography across stage and screen. The awards honored Ben Vereen with a Life…

SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 12:04AM
Thursday, May 29, 2025

New Dramatists Spring Gala The Interviews by Suzanna Bowling

While Genevieve Rafter-Keddy was taking photo’s. Magda Katz and I were doing interviews on the Red Carpet at New Dramatists Spring Luncheon. Jon Michael Hill started us off with a great st…

SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 01:00AM

A Case Where Less Was Certainly More – Hello, Dolly! in Boston by Jacqueline Parker

Aimee Doherty and waiters — photo by Mark S. Howard On my last visit to the Lyric Stage a few months back to see Art, I noticed that Hello, Dolly! would be presented on the same stage soon…

SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 12:03AM
Wednesday, May 28, 2025

New Dramatists Spring Gala Honors Tina Landau and Idina Menzel by Genevieve Rafter Keddy

New Dramatists held its star-studded spring gala yesterday at the New York Marriott Marquis, where the organization honored two powerhouse women of the American stage—Tina Landau and Idina…

SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 02:55AM
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