Tony Nominations: George Clooney, Bob Odenkirk, Audra McDonald, Mia Farrow, Jennifer Simard, Daniel Dae Kim & More React by Dade Hayes

George Clooney, Bob Odenkirk, Mia Farrow, Audra McDonald, Tom Francis, Daniel Dae Kim, Jamie Lloyd, Louis McCartney are among those saying thank you following news of their nominations for t…

How to Watch the 2025 Tony Awards Nominations Live by Lexi Carson

Sarah Paulson ('Appropriate') and Wendell Pierce ('Death of a Salesman') are announcing the nominees on a livestream Thursday morning.

Art Spiegelman: Disaster is My Muse by Trav S.D.

Today is Yom HaShoah, Israel’s official Holocaust Remembrance Day. It takes place on the 27th day of Nisan (sundown April 23 into April 24). This is distinct from International Holocaust R…

2024 - 2025 Broadway Musical Logos: Pirates! by JK

2024 - 2025 Broadway Musical Logos: Pirates! (The Penzance Musical) In probably the best advertising move concerning a Broadway musical in years, Roundabout changed its show art for Pira…

Movement In Space by Jay Reisberg

Movement In Space Jay Reisberg April 19, 2025 - 17:03 Topics Theater Review Tags dance …

Broadway Review: “Purpose” at the Hayes Theatre (Currently On) by David Roberts

Currently running at the Hayes Theatre, Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’s “Purpose” joins the important pantheon of plays about families, dysfunctional families in particular. These plays, incl…

Top 5 Shows of the Week by Mdtgmarketing

Week of April 6, 2025 1. “Bad Books” at Round House Theatre “…a deeply riveting play…Without hesitation, this is one of my top three for the season.” –  Anne Valentino READ r…

My Own Take: Off Broadway's "We Had a World" with Joanna Gleason by Frank Rizzo

Photos by Jeremy Daniels. The show: The Manhattan Theatre Club production of “We Had a World” by Joshua Harmon and starri…

Purpose by Victor Gluck, Editor-In-Chief

The Steppenwolf Theatre Company production of Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’ "Purpose" follows on the heels of their magnificently staged "August: Osage County," but unlike that dysfunctional fam…

‘Purpose’ grills a boujee Black family to perfection (Broadway review) by Thom Geier

Even before winning the Tony Award last year for his pointed dramedy Appropriate, Branden Jacobs-Jenkins had emerged as one of the brightest lights in the current American theater scene with…

April on the London Stage: The Oliviers Approach, Gatsby Crosses the Atlantic and a Manhunt Ensues by Matt Wolf

There’s a spring in the step of the London theater in April, as seems appropriate, with new musicals based on classic titles jostling alongside the return of a major film star to the Londo…

Kieran Culkin and Bob Odenkirk’s play is bleeping underwhelming by Jacob Malizio

The underpowered revival of the show at the cavernous Palace Theatre could certainly use some caffeine. And heat. That the workplace play, on Broadway for the fourth time, opened last night …

The In-Between: Intimate and Candid Moments of Broadway Stars photographed by Jenny Anderson by Jonathan Mandell

Is that Sarah Paulson in pajamas brushing her teeth? She is in her dressing room at the Belasco, during the run of the play “Appropriate” — one of some one hundred black-and-white phot…

The Picture of Dorian Gray Opening Night Turned Into a Succession Reunion by Darryn King

The Picture of Dorian Gray, the high-tech adaptation of Oscar Wilde’s haunting novel starring Sarah Snook, celebrated opening night at the Music Box Theatre on March 27. The occasion was t…

The Unstoppable Tide of Kara Young: The Tony Winner on Her Latest Broadway Role in the Fiery Family Drama Purpose by Kathy Henderson

Kara Young is blessed with the ability to jumpstart a scene the moment she steps on stage. This small but mighty actress manages to simultaneously disappear into a role while commanding the …

We Had a World by Victor Gluck, Editor-In-Chief

In fact, the play Harmon has written is mainly about the conflict between the grandmother and the mother. While we are never really certain why Ellen and Susan refuse to be in the same room,…

Purpose Broadway Review by Jonathan Mandell

In “Purpose,” an extraordinary play by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins (Tony winner for last season’s “Appropriate”) opening tonight on Broadway in a terrifically acted, crowd-pleasing prod…

‘Purpose’ Review: Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’ Latest Family Drama Is a Brilliant Examination of Legacy, Ambition and Shattered Expectations by Aramide Tinubu

Tony Award-winning playwright Branden Jacobs-Jenkins understands the intricacies of family. In his award-winning “Appropriate,” starring Sarah Paulson, he wrote about siblings ravaged by…

Get a First Look at the Dramatic Family Dinner at the Center of Purpose on Broadway by Broadway.com

Purpose, the latest family drama from Tony Award winner Branden Jacobs-Jenkins (Appropriate), opens March 17 at the Hayes Theater. Directed by two-time Tony Award winner Phylicia Rashad in …

Recalling Robin Duke by Trav S.D.

Oh, the Duke ain’t Dead! Don’t ya fret on that score. It’s just that the 50th anniversary year of Saturday Night Live seemed the appropriate time to remember her peak years, when she w…

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Cultivating a New Musical with 'Redwood' by Carey Purcell

Idina Menzel returns to Broadway in a new musical. Originally published on TDF StagesView this story online Life-altering tr…

Branden Jacobs-Jenkins' Purpose, Directed by Phylicia Rashad, Begins Performances by Broadway.com

Purpose, the epic family drama by Tony Award-winning Appropriate playwright Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, begins performances at Broadway's Hayes Theater on February 25. Its official opening is…

Black History Month Spotlight: Tony Award-Winning Playwright Branden Jacobs-Jenkins by Broadway.com

Throughout the month of February, The Broadway Show is celebrating some of the theater industry’s most influential Black artists. This week, the spotlight is on Branden Jacobs-Jenkins. …

Kara Lindsay Gets Newsie Flash-Mobbed During a Disney on Broadway Concert by Hayley Levitt

Kara Lindsay, the original Katherine Plumber in Broadway's Newsies, got a mid-show surprise during a performance at Walt Disney World. She's one of the Disney on Broadway Concert Series' …

“APPROPRIATE”: A Gripping but Overlong Drama of Family and Racism in the South by Marvin Glassman

Family dynamics in the American South and a decaying once beautiful plantation set the stage for the two act drama “Appropriate”, running now through February 23 at GableStage in Coral G…

Three Sisters review – candlelit stage throws flickering light on a fiery family by Kate Wyver

Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, LondonChekhov’s claustrophobic drama is perfectly suited to this intimate venue, with moments of humour leavening the heartbreak The flowers spelling out Irina’s…

Purpose Playwright Branden Jacobs-Jenkins and Director Phylicia Rashad on Rethinking the American Family Drama by Hayley Levitt

In December 2023, playwright Branden Jacobs-Jenkins made his Broadway debut with Appropriate—a family drama laced with dark comedy about the gruesome secrets rotting away on a neglected Ar…

Appropriate is an LA Times BEST BET and now playing through Feb. 23! 🏚️ by The Old Globe

What is family? 🏚️ Come find out as the Lafayette family uncovers a shocking relic, forcing them to confront long-buried secrets and decades of resentment. Appropriate is now playing th…

Resentments, Perceptions and Racism Swirl in Ultimate Family Dysfunction of Appropriate by Bill Hirschman

Imagine a half-dozen out-of-control freight trains howling and careening toward each other – a rough metaphor for the emotional collision after collision of egos and anger in the epic fami…

Critics are captivated by Appropriate by The Old Globe

The New York Times called Appropriate, “subversively original… remarkable and devious.” The estranged siblings of the Lafayette family gather to settle their late father’s Arkansas e…