Thursday, November 30, 2023

Tony Nominee Katy Sullivan to Star in Chicago’s Richard III in History-Making Performance by Darryn King

Katy Sullivan will play Shakespeare’s "crook-backed" king in what is believed to be the first major U.S. production of Richard III to feature a woman with a disability in the title role. …

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:18PM

Katy Sullivan Will Star in Chicago Shakespeare's Richard III by Logan Culwell-Block

The Tony-nominated Cost of Living star will play the title role, the first woman with a disability to do so in a major U.S. production.

SOURCE: Playbill at 10:54AM
Thursday, October 26, 2023

La Jom Atenda shows the complexities of caregiving by Kerry Reid

Plays about the relationships between caregivers and their clients aren’t new. The late Chicago playwright, actor, and disability rights activist Susan Nussbaumʼs well-received No One as …

SOURCE: chicagoreader.com at 12:29PM
Friday, September 29, 2023

Sanctuary City explores the plight of DREAMers by Kerry Reid

Before Martyna Majok won the Pulitzer Prize in 2018 for her drama Cost of Living (which was planned for this season at Victory Gardens before the board decided to close up shop at the Tony A…

SOURCE: chicagoreader.com at 02:42PM
Monday, August 21, 2023

‘I’ll never be rich’: Edinburgh fringe standups consider the cost of living – and comedy by Rachael Healy

As the expense of performing and watching shows at the fringe is ever rising, three comedians ask their audiences to reassess what they place value on Money is changing hands during a number…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:07AM
Wednesday, July 12, 2023

Tightrope to ensure the show goes on: Circus Extreme – in pictures by Photographs By Jeff Moore

For the UK’s Circus Extreme, balancing increasing costs with show quality and affordability is a high wire act. The cost of living crisis is having a big effect on the UK circus industry, …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:33AM
Wednesday, June 21, 2023

I, Daniel Blake On stage is a Powerful Representation of Real People Struggling in the Cost of Living Crisis by Sarah-Jane Coyle

Ken Loach’s 2016 film I, Daniel Blake is a scathing indictment of the British benefits system. The film follows 59-year-old widower Daniel Blake who suffers a heart attack and becomes unab…

SOURCE: thetheatretimes.com at 09:18PM
Monday, June 19, 2023

A Conversation with Tony Nominee Katy Sullivan by Lauren Van Hemert

Hear what Cost of Living's Tony Nominated Actress Katy Sullivan has to say about disability representation on and off stage, presenting the keynote speech at the National Women's Theatre Fes…

SOURCE: Beltline to Broadway at 12:38PM

A Conversation wtih Tony Nominee Katy Sulivan by Lauren Van Hemert

Hear what COST OF LIVING's Tony Nominated Actress Katy Sullivan has to say about disability representation on and off stage, presenting the keynote speech at the National Women's Theatre Fes…

SOURCE: www.spreaker.com at 12:37PM
Thursday, June 15, 2023

How Sound Theatre Company is making ‘Cost of Living’ more widely accessible by Dusty Somers

Sound Theatre Company's production of Martyna Majok’s critically acclaimed, Pulitzer Prize-winning play includes a host of accessible performances.

SOURCE: www.seattletimes.com at 09:00AM
Monday, June 12, 2023

Tony awards 2023: Leopoldstadt and Kimberly Akimbo win big in historic night for non-binary actors by Benjamin Lee

Jodie Comer and Tom Stoppard led a big night for Brits, while J Harrison Ghee and Alex Newell triumphed in a ceremony affected by the writers’ strike Full list of winners Tony awards 2023…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:18AM
Sunday, June 11, 2023

The Broadway Show with Tamsen Fadal: 2023 Tony Awards Special by Broadway.com

Be on the lookout for The Broadway Show, the only nationally syndicated weekly theater news program, on your local TV station. Featured this week: - Gear up for Broadway’s biggest nigh…

SOURCE: YouTube at 09:25AM

Offscript: Will Martyna Majok & Stephen Adly Guirgis Go to the Tonys? by American Theatre Editors

On this special pre-Tony Awards edition, we talk to the playwrights nominated for 'Cost of Living' and 'Between Riverside and Crazy,' and to Playbill's Diep Tran.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 08:48AM
Wednesday, June 7, 2023

Video: Talking Tonys with the Nominees from COST OF LIVING

Though Cost of Living played its final Broadway performance over seven months ago, the Pulitzer Prize-winning play certainly was not forgotten by the nominating committee of the Tony Awards.…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:04PM

Tony Nominee Betsy Wolfe Shares Her Excitement and Personal Inspiration Before the 2023 Tony Awards by Broadway.com

The Broadway Show with Tamsen Fadal is once again celebrating first-time Tony nominees. Fadal and Paul Wontorek sat down with Ain’t No Mo’s Jordan E. Cooper, Parade’s Micaela Diamond, …

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:37PM

Get Ready for the 2023 Tony Awards on The Broadway Show by Broadway.com

Before The Broadway Show with Tamsen Fadal airs nationwide this weekend, we're offering a first look at the episode. Hosted by Emmy winner Fadal, this episode will air in New York City on…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:25PM

The Broadway Show: COST OF LIVING First-Time Tony Nominee David Zayas by Broadway.com

Prior to donning a Tony nominee pin, actor David Zayas sported a police badge and his shift in careers has taught him that gratitude is valuable currency. “I was very fortunate. You work…

SOURCE: YouTube at 12:49PM

What Pivoting from Police Officer to Performer Taught Cost of Living Tony Nominee David Zayas by Lindsey Sullivan

Broadway’s biggest night is just days away, and The Broadway Show with Tamsen Fadal is once again celebrating first-time Tony nominees. Fadal and Broadway.com Editor-in-Chief Paul Wontorek…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:19AM
Tuesday, June 6, 2023

Tony Nominee Bonnie Milligan Puts Her Whole Self into Her Role in Kimberly Akimbo by Caitlin Moynihan

The Broadway Show with Tamsen Fadal is once again celebrating first-time Tony nominees. Fadal and Paul Wontorek sat down with Ain’t No Mo’s Jordan E. Cooper, Parade’s Micaela Diamond, …

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:49PM

Some Like It Hot Tony Nominee J. Harrison Ghee Is Excited for a Boundless Future by Caitlin Moynihan

The Broadway Show with Tamsen Fadal is once again celebrating first-time Tony nominees. Fadal and Paul Wontorek sat down with Ain’t No Mo’s Jordan E. Cooper, Parade’s Micaela Diamond, …

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:33PM
Monday, June 5, 2023

Parade Tony Nominee Micaela Diamond Is Living a Theater Kid's Dream by Lindsey Sullivan

The Broadway Show with Tamsen Fadal is once again celebrating first-time Tony nominees. Fadal and Paul Wontorek sat down with Ain’t No Mo’s Jordan E. Cooper, Parade’s Micaela Diamond, …

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:02PM

Patti LuPone Wrote Tony Nominee Jordan E. Cooper a Letter About Ain’t No Mo’ by Broadway.com

The Broadway Show with Tamsen Fadal is once again celebrating first-time Tony nominees. Fadal and Paul Wontorek sat down with Ain’t No Mo’s Jordan E. Cooper, Parade’s Micaela Diamond, …

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:54PM

Video: Katy Sullivan Is Living Her Wildest Childhood Dreams

In this video, watch as Tony nominee Katy Sullivan chats more about her long journey with Cost of Living, why being on Broadway was such a big deal to her, and so much more.

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:12AM
Saturday, June 3, 2023

Tony Predictions, Because, Why Not? by Sandra Mardenfeld

Well, it is that time of year again. The 76th Tony Awards will recognize theatrical achievements on Broadway for the 2022-23 season. Who will win? Below are Show Showdown's guesses. Clip fr…

SOURCE: Show Showdown at 12:32AM
Friday, June 2, 2023

Video: Tony Nominee Kara Young Wants to Change Your Mind and Make You Think

The last two years have been something else for Kara Young. Not only did she make her Broadway debut (Clydes, 2021), but she returned to Broadway just months later (Cost of Living, 2022) and…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:24PM
Tuesday, May 30, 2023

Cost of Living | 2023 Tony Award Nominee by The Tony Awards

Martyna Majok‘s Pulitzer Prize-winning play is about the forces that bring people together, the complexity of caring and being cared for, and the ways we all need each other in this world.…

SOURCE: YouTube at 08:16PM
Monday, May 29, 2023

Tony Nominee Katy Sullivan Says It's Time For More Disability Representation on Broadway by Meg Masseron

The Cost of Living star is the first actor who's an amputee to be on Broadway, but she's ready for more accessibility

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:02AM
Sunday, May 28, 2023

No Pay? No Way! review – a bubblegum drama of despair by Clare Brennan

Royal Exchange, ManchesterDario Fo and Franca Rama’s bitterly comic 1974 satire is a timely fit for today’s cost of living crisis, here impeded by a cartoonishly bright set An everyday s…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:06AM
Wednesday, May 17, 2023

Some Like It Hot, Leopoldstadt Among Outer Critics Circle Award Winners by Caitlin Hornik

The winners of the 2023 Outer Critics Circle Awards were announced on May 16. Broadway’s Some Like It Hot took home the most awards of all productions with five wins. In addition to Outsta…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 09:42AM
Tuesday, May 16, 2023

2023 Outer Critics Circle Winners Announced: Some Like it Hot, Leopoldstadt Lead Honors by Lauren Yarger

Joshua Satine in Leopoldstadt. Photo: Joan Marcus The cast of Some Like it Hot. Photo: Marc J. Franklin The Outer Critics Circle (OCC), the official organization of writers on New York…

SOURCE: reflectionsinthelight.blogspot.com at 10:29AM
Saturday, May 6, 2023

Reveling in the 2022-23 Awards Season by Jan Simpson

And so it’s begun. The last show of Broadway’s 2022-23 season—a revival of The Sign in Sidney Brustein’s Window,Lorraine Hansberry’s 1964 meditation on white allyship—opened on …

SOURCE: Broadway & Me at 08:48AM

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2023-2024 BROADWAY SEASON
May 30, 2023: Grey House - Lyceum Theatre
Jun 26, 2023: Just For Us - Hudson Theatre
Jul 24, 2023: The Cottage - Hayes Theater
Nov 16, 2023: Spamalot - St. James Theatre
Dec 18, 2023: Appropriate - Hayes Theater
Apr 14, 2024: Lempicka - Longacre Theatre
Apr 17, 2024: The Wiz - Marquis Theatre
Apr 18, 2024: Suffs - Music Box Theatre
Apr 25, 2024: Mother Play - Hayes Theater