Wednesday, April 23, 2025
Running at three hours with two intermissions, “Prayer for the French Republic” is an engaging and thoughtful play that avoids being dragged down by the heaviness of the subject matter.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:00AMTuesday, March 4, 2025
As both a director and a performer, David Cromer has been drawn to awfully cramped spaces.
Though he won his Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical for The Band's Visit—staged in …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:06PMTuesday, December 31, 2024
Measure a year in Broadway shows. Take a look back on the Broadway shows of 2024, including: Prayer for the French Republic, Days of Wine and Roses, Doubt, The Notebook, An Enemy of the Peop…
SOURCE: YouTube at 03:42PMMonday, December 9, 2024
Tickets are now on sale for the world premiere production of We Had A World at Manhattan Theatre Club, written by Tony Award nominee Joshua Harmon (Prayer for the French Republic at MTC), di…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:27PMWednesday, November 20, 2024
Manhattan Theatre Club has announced casting for the two remaining plays in its off-Broadway 2024-25 season, We Had a World and Dakar 2000.
Andrew Barth Feldman (Dear Evan Hansen, Littl…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:12PMFriday, November 8, 2024
Joshua Harmon’s 2024 Tony-nominated, epically expansive script, “Prayer for the French Republic,” investigates the horrors of the Holocaust, albeit as more of a side note than headline…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 03:03PMThursday, October 10, 2024
Tony Award winner Joanna Gleason and Drama Desk Award nominee Jeanine Serralles will star in the Manhattan Theatre Club world premiere of Tony Award nominee Joshua Harmon's We Had a World. …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:42PMWednesday, August 7, 2024
Roundabout Theatre Company's world-premiere production of Meghan Kennedy’s The Counter, directed by David Cromer, has completed casting. The show will begin performances at the Laura Pels …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:00PMThursday, June 20, 2024
Manhattan Theatre Club has announced three more world premieres for the off-Broadway stage in its upcoming 2024-25 season. MTC will produce Dakar 2000 written by Pulitzer finalist Rajiv Jose…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:02PMSunday, June 16, 2024
Paulson beat out fellow nominees Amy Ryan For Doubt: A Parable, Betsy Aidem For Prayer for the French Republic, Jessica Lange for Mother Play, and Rachel McAdams For Mary Jane.
SOURCE: Theatrely at 10:41PMPlaywright David Adjmi’s incredible new play beat out fellow nominees Prayer for the French Republic, Mother Play, Mary Jane, and Jaja's African Hair Braiding.
SOURCE: Theatrely at 10:08PMThis year’s big Broadway winners so far include Jeremy Strong, Daniel Radcliffe and 70s-set play Stereophonic
Best performance by an actress in a leading role in a play
Betsy Aidem, Praye…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:49PMLive theater always reflects the moment in which it’s presented, but this season, Broadway charged head-on into the politics of today with unusual force: A play that directly addressed ant…
SOURCE: Variety at 01:05PMThursday, June 13, 2024
It's Tony time again. Was this an exciting year on Broadway? Yes! Was it a disappointing year on Broadway? Yes! Same as it ever was.
And here we go:
(A complete list of nominees is provide…
SOURCE: Show Showdown at 04:12AMWednesday, June 12, 2024
The Broadway Show is the only nationally syndicated weekly theater television series. The program features Broadway’s biggest stars, exclusive interviews and behind-the-scenes access both …
SOURCE: YouTube at 02:12PMBetsy Aidem reflects on the treasure of being a "late bloomer" and the "complete surprise" of being honored with her first Tony Award nomination at age 66 for her performance in PRAYER FOR T…
SOURCE: YouTube at 12:02PMExactly 40 years ago, Betsy Aidem talked her way into John Malkovich’s now legendary off-Broadway production of Balm in Gilead alongside future stars Laurie Metcalf, Gary Sinise and Terry …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:32AMFriday, May 24, 2024
In 1944, a Jewish couple in Paris desperately awaits news of their missing family. More than 70 years later, the couple’s great-grandchildren find themselves facing the same question as th…
SOURCE: YouTube at 05:18PMTuesday, April 30, 2024
Renée Elise Goldsberry and Jesse Tyler Ferguson have announced nominees for six categories of the 2024 Tony Award nominees this morning live from Sofitel New York. The full announcement …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 08:54AMThursday, April 18, 2024
During a pivotal moment in Joshua Harmon’s “Prayer for the French Republic,” Betsy Aidem desperately asks where she can take her family “to feel safe.” The question reverberates th…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 02:30PMMonday, March 25, 2024
Directed by Tony Award winner David Cromer (The Band’s Visit, Prayer for the French Republic), Dead Outlaw was conceived by Tony Award winner David Yazbek (The Band’s Visit, Dirty Rotten…
SOURCE: YouTube at 03:36PMSunday, March 3, 2024
David Cromer directs the Manhattan Theatre Club production, an Off-Broadway transfer.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:06AMSunday, February 11, 2024
Towards the end of “A Prayer for The French Republic,” the latest play by Josh Harmon, Grandpa Pierre (played by Richard Masur) asks his family “Why do they hate us?” Then follows a …
SOURCE: stagebuddy.com at 11:36AMMonday, February 5, 2024
"I learn more about directing while acting and more about acting while directing," says David Cromer, who directed 'Prayer for the French Republic' on Broadway and is currently appearing in …
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 05:06PMThursday, February 1, 2024
The Samuel J. Friedman Theatre recently welcomed a couple of very special guests! Former President Bill Clinton and Hillary Clinton, who will produce Suffs on Broadway later this season, pos…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:21AMSaturday, January 27, 2024
Today is International Holocaust Memorial Day, which was created to commemorate the six million Jews and others who were systematically slaughtered by the Nazis. But New York theater makers …
SOURCE: Broadway & Me at 12:24PMThursday, January 25, 2024
Theater Review by Samuel L. Leiter . . . . Plays running three hours or longer generally tend to deal with big issues, often spread out over large swathes of time. Think, for example, of Ang…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 09:40PMAnthony Edwards has a couple of seriously iconic screen roles to his name. The actor played “Goose” in the 1986 action film Top Gun and Dr. Mark Greene in the long-running medical drama…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:06PMHost Tamsen Fadal catches up with Anthony Edwards, who continues his love affair with Broadway in the cast of Joshua Harmon's PRAYER FOR THE FRENCH REPUBLIC.
Get tickets to PRAYER FOR THE F…
SOURCE: YouTube at 11:24AMWednesday, January 24, 2024
Before The Broadway Show with Tamsen Fadal airs nationwide this weekend, you can watch the episode's YouTube premiere at 5PM ET on Wednesday, January 24. Hosted by Emmy winner Fadal, this …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:24PMBefore The Broadway Show with Tamsen Fadal airs nationwide this weekend, you can watch the episode's YouTube premiere at 5PM ET on Wednesday, January 24. Hosted by Emmy winner Fadal, this ep…
SOURCE: YouTube at 11:42AM 
