Sunday, June 29, 2025

THE MOST HAPPY LOESSER by Ron Fassler

Frank Loesser (1910–1969).June 29, 2025: Theatre Yesterday and Today, by Ron Fassler One hundred fifteen years ago today, composer-lyricist Frank Loesser was born on the Upper West Side o…

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Thursday, June 12, 2025

My Variety Review: Jean Smart in Broadway's 'Call Me Izzy' by Frank Rizzo

Sometimes the only refuge from the brutalities of a life pre-destined for loneliness, poverty and violence is a poetic voice. In playwright Jamie Wax’s one-hander “Call Me Izzy,” Jean …

SOURCE: ShowRiz at 11:14PM

Ella Beatty Is Taking In Every Moment In SEXUAL MISCONDUCT OF THE MIDDLE CLASSES

Ella Beatty has had an incredible year in New York theatre. After joining the Tony-winning Appropriate as River when the show transferred theaters, she next joined Jack O’Brien’s much bu…

SOURCE: Theatrely at 02:28PM

The Diary of Anne Frank by Trav S.D.

June 12 was the birthday of Anne Frank (1929-1945). Confronted with the bewildering descent of America into a place where schoolgirls need to hide out in attics and where Jews are being viol…

SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 01:36PM
Monday, June 9, 2025

Cole Escola, Nicole Scherzinger, Darren Criss and More Win Big at the 78th Tony Awards! Read Full List of Winners by Broadway.com

The 78th Tony Awards, hosted by Cynthia Erivo at Radio City Music Hall, are a wrap, and Broadway.com is here to give you the full rundown of Broadway's biggest night. Maybe Happy Ending w…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:32AM
Sunday, June 8, 2025

Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’ Purpose Wins 2025 Tony Award for Best Play by Alexandra Pierson

Purpose has taken home the 2025 Tony Award for Best Play. The Pulitzer Prize-winning drama by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins and directed by Phylicia Rashad marks Jacobs-Jenkins’ second Tony wi…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:32PM

Purpose Wins Best Play at the 2025 Tony Awards by Diep Tran

Playwright Branden Jacobs-Jenkins won a Tony back-to-back with his 2024 win for Appropriate.

SOURCE: Playbill at 10:25PM
Tuesday, June 3, 2025

Tonys: Sarah Paulson on the Truth-Teller Behind the Pulitzer-Winning Play ‘Purpose’ by Scott Feinberg

Paulson, who won a Tony Award in 2024 for her performance in Branden Jacobs-Jenkins' earlier play, 'Appropriate,' writes: "There are few things of which I am certain in this life. We don’t…

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 11:27AM
Thursday, May 29, 2025

Branden Jacobs-Jenkins' Pulitzer-Winning Purpose Extends Eight Weeks on Broadway by Hayley Levitt

Purpose, the epic family drama by Tony Award-winning Appropriate playwright Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, adds eight weeks to its limited Broadway engagement at the Hayes Theater. Performances …

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:24PM
Monday, May 26, 2025

Review: New Adam Guettel Musical "Millions" Premieres in Atlanta by Frank Rizzo

Carla R. Stewart and Keenan Barrett. All production photos are by Greg Mooney The show: “Millions,” a new musical receiv…

SOURCE: ShowRiz at 04:36PM
Friday, May 23, 2025

CALL ME IZZY Announces Johanna Day As Standby; Rush Policy Launched

Two-time Tony Award nominee, Johanna Day has joined the upcoming Broadway production of Call Me Izzy, production as Standby for starring six-time Emmy Award-winning and Tony Award-nominated …

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:24PM

Regional Review: John Wilkes Booth: One Night Only by JK

Review of the Sunday, May 18, 2025 preview performance at Center Stage in Baltimore, Maryland. Starring Ben Ahlers, Jordan Boatman, Sam Huntsman, Ked Merwin, Adrienne C. Moore and Robbie Tan…

SOURCE: www.jkstheatrescene.com at 07:02AM
Friday, May 16, 2025

Friday 5: 5 Favorite Charles Strouse Songs by JK

Last chance!  Nominate your favorites for The 2025 JKTS Readers' Choice Awards! Ballot closes Sunday! HERE   Yesterday brought the sad news that Broadway composer Charles Strouse passed a…

SOURCE: www.jkstheatrescene.com at 06:33AM
Thursday, May 15, 2025

A Finding Aid for Travalanche Posts about “The Wizard of Oz” by Trav S.D.

May 15 being the birthday of author L. Frank Baum, we thought today would be an appropriate time to create a finding aid for our dozens of posts related to my favorite childhood author and t…

SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 12:02PM
Wednesday, May 14, 2025

Is Death Becomes Her for Kids? Megan Hilty Tells Parents What to Expect by TheaterMania

2025 Tony nominee Megan Hilty tells us whether or not Death Becomes Her is...family appropriate.

SOURCE: YouTube at 12:36PM
Sunday, May 11, 2025

Theatre Review: ‘Hairspray’ at Dundalk Community Theatre by Julia Tucker

A top-notch production of “Hairspray” can currently be seen at Dundalk Community Theatre, and one of the show’s most famous songs declares that “You Can’t Stop the Beat.” That st…

SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 07:05PM
Thursday, May 1, 2025

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…

SOURCE: Deadline at 11:08AM

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.

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 09:08AM
Wednesday, April 23, 2025

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…

SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 07:06PM
Tuesday, April 22, 2025

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…

SOURCE: www.jkstheatrescene.com at 06:54AM
Saturday, April 19, 2025

Movement In Space by Jay Reisberg

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

SOURCE: culturecatch.com at 05:03PM
Friday, April 18, 2025

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…

SOURCE: Theatre Reviews Limited at 01:33PM
Thursday, April 17, 2025

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…

SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 11:58AM
Sunday, April 13, 2025

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…

SOURCE: ShowRiz at 01:37PM
Saturday, April 12, 2025

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…

SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 11:41PM

‘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…

SOURCE: Culture Sauce at 12:30PM
Tuesday, April 1, 2025

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…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:32AM

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 …

SOURCE: Did They Like It? at 12:42AM
Friday, March 28, 2025

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…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 05:05PM

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…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:48PM

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 …

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:03AM