Tuesday, December 16, 2025

The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee: Tis The Season When Understudies Abound by Suzanna Bowling

Two decades after its original Broadway run, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee is back — and still spelling out heart, hilarity, and humanity. Originally conceived by Rebecca Feld…

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Monday, December 15, 2025

Joe Iconis and Family’s Twisted Holiday Extravaganza Returns to 54 Below by Genevieve Rafter Keddy

Joe Iconis and his delightfully unhinged gang of musical theater punks are back at 54 Below, decking the halls (and every square inch of the venue) with their riotous holiday tradition. Now …

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Sunday, December 14, 2025

Marjorie Prime: Memory, AI, and the Echoes We Leave Behind by Suzanna Bowling

In the quietly futuristic revival of Marjorie Prime, playwright Jordan Harrison asks a haunting question: What if memory itself could be edited—and preserved—through artificial intellige…

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The Art of Leaving Should Consider a Rewrite by Suzanna Bowling

The Art of Leaving, a new play by Anne Marilyn Lucas now playing at the Pershing Square Signature Center, may be fresh to the stage, but it arrives feeling strangely fossilized—as though u…

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Friday, December 12, 2025

Has the Walnut Street Theatre Gone to the Dogs?  A Christmas Story – The Musical by Claudia Perry

You can understand that in Vaudeville days, nobody wanted to follow the dog act.  Why?  Because dogs are cute and furry and audiences love them. Hence, the two talented dogs, Gus and Jethr…

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Monday, December 8, 2025

Impossible Choices: The Brutal Beauty of MTC’s Queens by Ross

Cracking the world wide open, Martyna Majok’s Queens, the superb off-Broadway production from Manhattan Theatre Club at New York City Center, unfolds like a memory broken apart under press…

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Two For One at Theatre Horizon by Claudia Perry

A World Premiere for Wishing to Grow Up Brightly is now playing at Theatre Horizon.  With a Book by Amanda Morton, Matthew Decker & Brenson Thomas and Music by Josh Totoro, it is an exp…

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Sunday, December 7, 2025

Archduke Misses the Mark with Absurdist Undertones and Historical Inaccuracy by Suzanna Bowling

Rajiv Joseph’s Archduke, now playing Off-Broadway at the Laura Pels Theater as part of Roundabout Theatre Company’s season, aspires to be a dark, absurdist comedy in the vein of Tom Stop…

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Lots of Ha Ha’s in Bum Bum (or this farce that has Autism) by Craig J Horsley

It is human nature for people to prejudge individuals; but, it is the miracle of humanity that those prejudgments are so often proven wrong. The world premiere of Bum Bum (or this farce that…

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Friday, December 5, 2025

Gotta Dance! Offers Standout Moments Amid Surprising Omissions by Suzanna Bowling

Afra Hines and Jesse LeProtto As someone who clears their head by rewatching iconic choreography—“Let’s Have a Glass Together” from Grand Hotel, “American Son” from Will Rogers F…

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The American Soldier: A One-Man Odyssey Through the Heart of War by Suzanna Bowling

There are performances that entertain, and then there are performances that bear witness. In The American Soldier, Douglas Taurel offers the latter—a sacred holding space for the voices of…

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Wednesday, December 3, 2025

Meet the Cartozians — A Conversation Starter That Stops Too Soon by Suzanna Bowling

Meet the Cartozians, now premiering by Second Stage Theater at The Signature Theatre, is a smart, provocative new play by Talene Monahon that dares to wade into one of the most complicated c…

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Sunday, November 30, 2025

Ken Fallin’s Broadway: Off Broadway’s The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee by Ken Fallin

Caricature king Ken Fallin works his artistic magic once again — this time turning his sharp pen toward the hilariously heartfelt cast of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, now pl…

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In Memoriam: Sir Tom Stoppard (1937‑2025) by Suzanna Bowling

Sir Tom Stoppard — the dazzling, erudite playwright and screenwriter whose wit, intellect, and love of language shaped modern theatre and film — died peacefully on November 29, 2025, a…

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Saturday, November 29, 2025

Theatre News: The Queen of Versailles, Jamie Allan’s Amaze, Richard II, Gypsy, Scott Ellis and Meet The Cartozians by Suzanna Bowling

Not shocking ‘The Queen of Versailles,’ starring Kristin Chenoweth, set its final performance date on Broadway forJanuary 4, 2026. By closing, the musical will have played 32 previews an…

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Don’t Put This Elf on the Shelf – Elf: The Musical at Bucks County Playhouse by Claudia Perry

You’ve seen the movie, maybe even see the musical before but you probably have never seen this hilariously funny, non-stop laugh-fest version of ELF: The Musical. I laughed from the beginn…

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Friday, November 28, 2025

Art: A Comedic Canvas of Friendship, Ego, and One Very Expensive Paint Chip by Suzanna Bowling

What does friendship really cost? Apparently, around $300,000—plus one massive ego bruise and a bowl of olives. In the sharp, briskly timed revival of Yasmina Reza’s Art on Broadway, Bob…

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Thursday, November 27, 2025

Live From The Hotel Edison Times Square Chronicles Presents: Chip Zien by Suzanna Bowling

ive From The Hotel Edison Times Square Chronicles Presents”, is normally filmed from the Hotel Edison, but due to several conflicts we did the show zoom style. I am so grateful to my guest…

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Tuesday, November 25, 2025

Suite 524’s Pop-Up Dinner Theater at Barlume Downstairs: A Nourishing Night for Body and Soul by Suzanna Bowling

At 900 Broadway, nestled just below the street-level buzz of 20th Street, lies a hidden gem that recently served up one of the most memorable and soul-stirring evenings in recent Off-Broadwa…

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Kara Young and Nicholas Braun Bleed and Bind in Rajiv Joseph’s Riveting Revival by Suzanna Bowling

Rajiv Joseph’s 2009 two-hander, Gruesome Playground Injuries, returns Off-Broadway in a searing, nonlinear revival that showcases two towering performances and the strange, tender terrain …

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Audible Theater to Present 25th Anniversary Reading of Laramie Project by Ross

There are plays that you see, and there are plays that change you. And then, there’s The Laramie Project, a work of theatre so human, so painfully true, it becomes part of your bloodstream…

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Monday, November 24, 2025

Ariana DeBose and Scott Bakula Break—and Mend—Hearts in Schwartz’s Lush Revival Of The Baker’s Wife by Suzanna Bowling

Classic Stage Company delivers a gently heart-wrenching, beautifully sung revival of The Baker’s Wife, Stephen Schwartz’s long-revered cult musical with a score as warm and aching as fre…

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Sunday, November 23, 2025

The Art Tour Paints a Sweet Portrait of Love and Dreams on the Road by Suzanna Bowling

The New York premiere of The Art Tour, a new musical by Kyle Fackrell and directed by Lindsey Hope Pearlman, quietly landed at Theatre Row this fall—and now, with little fanfare, it closes…

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Saturday, November 22, 2025

Performance Art Is 300 Paintings by Claudia Perry

Sydney stand-up comedian and artist, Sam Kissajukian, has created and performs in his one man show, 300 Paintings in the Matthews Theatre at McCarter Theatre Center now through Sunday, Novem…

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Friday, November 21, 2025

Checkmate with a Side of Spectacle: Chess on Broadway Returns with Fire, Flaws, and a Star-Making Turn by Nicholas Christopher by Suzanna Bowling

In the ever-morphing game of Chess, the Broadway revival at the Imperial Theatre plays out like a Cold War fever dream—part rock opera, part romantic melodrama, part political satire, and …

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The Title May Be a Mess, But the Musical is Magic: Sam Tutty Charms NYC in Two Strangers (Carry A Cake Across New York) by Suzanna Bowling

Let’s get one thing straight: the worst part of Two Strangers (Carry A Cake Across New York) is its clunky title — a head-scratcher almost as puzzling as the show’s poster. But don’t…

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Interviews With The Cast and Creative of Vape! The Grease Parody by Suzanna Bowling

We were at the opening of Vape! The Grease Parody, the laugh-out-loud parody that drags Rydell high kicking and singing into the 21st century. Now playing at Theatre 555, At the after party …

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Thursday, November 20, 2025

The New York Pops: Mandy Gonzalez, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Megan Hilty and Now Stephen Schwartz by Suzanna Bowling

Drawing by Ken Fallin The New York Pops at Carnegie Hall on Friday brings Everything I Know: Mandy Gonzalez Sings Lin-Manuel Miranda  at 8:00 p.m. and on Friday, December 19 and Saturday, D…

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Wednesday, November 19, 2025

Live From The Hotel Edison Times Square Chronicles Presents: Composer, Lyricist and So Much More Louis Rosen Zoom Style by Suzanna Bowling

Live From The Hotel Edison Times Square Chronicles Presents”, is normally filmed from the Hotel Edison, but due to several conflicts we did the show zoom style. This week on Live From the …

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The Glorious Corner by G. H. Harding

A VEGAS KISS — (Via Ultimate Classic Rock) Kiss turned back the clock Saturday night in Las Vegas with a powerful 16-song set that marked their first electric show in nearly two years. Th…

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Tuesday, November 18, 2025

Ken Fallin’s Broadway: Off Broadway For Michel Urie as Richard II by Ken Fallin

Michael Urie reigns supreme in Ken Fallin’s latest royal rendering. Urie dons the crown — and the complexity — of Shakespeare’s troubled monarch in Richard II. Currently headlining …

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