Friday, September 20, 2024

Reign Check: A Review of “The Audience” at Drury Lane by Tristan Bruns

A classy production that shines a new light on a woman who with poise and intelligence strove to maintain the trust of the British people.

SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:00AM

The Golden Bachelorette Joan Vassos Makes Her Broadway Debut in ALADDIN. by Disney On Broadway

The audience at Disney’s ALADDIN on Broadway had a 4th wish granted when The Golden Bachelorette Joan Vassos made her Broadway debut on Thursday, September 19, 2024 in a surprise one…

SOURCE: YouTube at 01:17AM
Thursday, September 19, 2024

Our Class **** by Barry Gordin

By: Samuel L. Leiter September 19, 2024: [Note: In January of this year Theater Life posted my ***** review of Our Class, a Polish play by Tadeusz Slobodzniak directed by Igor Golyak at BA…

SOURCE: theaterlife at 11:18AM
Wednesday, September 18, 2024

Our Class by Joseph Pisano

Under Igor Golyak's hyper-inventive direction the production's form is masterfully daring, ignoring the barriers of past, present, and future, as well as performance and life. Golyak's doubl…

SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 09:28PM

The Voices in Your Head by Tony Marinelli

In this return engagement of the site-specific "The Voices in Your Head" we are often asked to give pause in order to consider how differently we all process our grief. Earlier this summer a…

SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 05:18PM

The Overlook Sessions, Monday Nights In September by Andrew Poretz

The Overlook Sessions is a new weekly event on Monday nights in September at The Overlook Bar, featuring live performances by Jesse Gelber, the renowned pianist from Speakeasy Magick, and hi…

SOURCE: theaterpizzazz.com at 02:10PM
Tuesday, September 17, 2024

Father/Parent, Mother/Father: Imaging the Possibility of Both in Kelindah Bee Schuster’s “seapony” by Catherine Sawoski

The audience sits on sand while an artist simulates giving birth. Each one of their limbs dunked in a separate bucket of water, jutted in a prone crabwalk position, they declare that it is n…

SOURCE: Culture Bot at 01:54PM
Monday, September 16, 2024

Marsha Mason Makes Surprise Return to Broadway, Stepping in for Mia Farrow in The Roommate by Hayley Levitt

Four-time Academy Award nominee Marsha Mason stepped in for Mia Farrow at the Sunday matinee performance of The Roommate after Farrow tested positive for Covid. Mason, who serves as one of…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:12AM
Sunday, September 15, 2024

The week in theatre: Why Am I So Single?; The Band Back Together; Our Country’s Good – review by Nancy Durrant

Garrick; Arcola; Lyric Hammersmith, London Dating disasters fuel a joyful new musical from the creators of Six; three old band members reunite in Barney Norris’s low-key elegy to lost yout…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:24AM
Saturday, September 14, 2024

Off Broadway: Douglas Lyon's Charming "Table 17" by Frank Rizzo

The show: “Table 17” at Manhattan Class Company in New York City. What is it?: A new play by Douglas Lyons, who last wrote Broadway’s “Chicken and Biscuits” What makes it special?:…

SOURCE: ShowRiz at 10:04PM
Friday, September 13, 2024

Attorney-Client by Wendy Caster

One is not supposed to focus so much on trees that you miss the forest, right? I get that. But what if they're really big, ugly, focus-grabbing trees? I suspect that Client-Attorney, Alex…

SOURCE: Show Showdown at 02:32AM
Thursday, September 12, 2024

The Roommate **1/2 by Barry Gordin

By: David Sheward September 12, 2024: The Roommate, Jen Silverman’s slight two-character comedy at the Booth, begins in an unusual way. After the house lights have dimmed, the play’s …

SOURCE: theaterlife at 09:30PM
Wednesday, September 11, 2024

Inherit the Wind | Time Lapse | Henry Godinez | September 14 - October 13 | Goodman Theatre by Goodman Theatre

The stage for INHERIT THE WIND is set. All that's missing is you. For the first time ever in our Albert Theatre, we're integrating the audience into the set with a bridge that connects you t…

SOURCE: YouTube at 06:50PM

Rob Koenig Powers Metallica ‘M72 World Tour’ Looks with CHAUVET Professional Color STRIKE M by Michael Eddy

A metal design should at turns be bright and bold, yet subtle and nuanced, pushing and pulling the audience’s emotions to new places, while supporting the music of the artists on stage. Pa…

SOURCE: PLSN at 11:56AM

Royal dialogues by Kerry Reid

Janet Ulrich Brooks is my kind of theatrical royalty: a no-nonsense performer who can play everything from firebrand playwright Lillian Hellman to diva Maria Callas with riveting conviction.…

SOURCE: chicagoreader.com at 10:32AM
Sunday, September 8, 2024

Michael Turinsky: Precarious Moves review – unpredictable, uncategorisable and unexpected by Lyndsey Winship

Queen Elizabeth Hall, LondonThe Austrian artist-philosopher muses on disability and choreography, mobility and mobilisation in this quietly thought-provoking show Michael Turinsky comes out …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:06PM

The week in theatre: G; The Spy Who Came in from the Cold; The Real Thing – review by Susannah Clapp

Royal Court Upstairs, London; Minerva, Chichester; Old Vic, LondonReality is up for debate in Tife Kusoro’s rapid-fire new drama, David Eldridge’s nuanced take on John le Carré, and Tom…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:42AM
Friday, September 6, 2024

Macaulay Culkin to host ‘Home Alone’ screening and Q&A at Oakdale Theatre by Christopher Arnott

Macaulay Culkin is set to attend a screening of his biggest hit film, "Home Alone," at the Oakdale Theatre on Dec. 14 and engage in a Q&A session with the audience.

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 04:47PM
Wednesday, September 4, 2024

Co-Writer and Director Jovanni Sy talks Salesman in China with Thom Allison | Director's Notes by Stratford Festival

Co-writer and director Jovanni Sy 施崇梵, in conversation with Thom Allison, director of La Cage aux Folles, describes his seven-year journey collaborating with co-writer and partner, Lea…

SOURCE: YouTube at 07:48PM

The Real Thing review – Tom Stoppard’s gem still shines by Arifa Akbar

Old Vic, LondonPassion and art are dissected in tricksy style in a production that manages to wrongfoot the audience There are several circularities drawn around what is real and what is par…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:54AM

Broadway: Alicia Keys Show Stops Before Intermission When Tony Winning Actress Is Injured Mid Song! by Roger Friedman

The audience at Alicia Keys’s Broadway show got a surprise Tuesday night. Before the intermission the show suddenly stopped. The lights went up and the stage manager appeared on stage. Ton…

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 05:48AM

“My Mother’s Funeral” by Margaret Rose

Every year at the Edinburgh Fringe, Paines Plough, a UK touring company specialised in commissioning and developing new writing, brings a cluster of contemporary plays to the Roundabout, loc…

SOURCE: thetheatretimes.com at 04:36AM
Tuesday, September 3, 2024

American Theatre Wing's Wing Minute | 2024 Tony Awards by American Theatre Wing

The Tony Awards is one day a year, but the other 364 days, The American Theatre Wing is working tirelessly to connect talent with opportunity, and to build a diverse and dynamic next generat…

SOURCE: YouTube at 10:36PM
Thursday, August 29, 2024

“Let It Go” from FROZEN performed at the D23 Disney Entertainment Showcase by Disney On Broadway

Samantha Barks dazzled the audience at this year’s D23 Disney Entertainment Showcase with a powerful rendition of “Let it Go” after Disney Theatrical Group announced the Hit Broadway M…

SOURCE: YouTube at 09:01AM
Wednesday, August 28, 2024

“L’Addition,” S’il Vous Plait by Margaret Rose

As part of Here and Now, a new Arts Council England showcase, Tim Etchells, artistic director of the celebrated company, Forced Entertainment, has penned L’Addition (The Bill), teaming up …

SOURCE: thetheatretimes.com at 08:21PM

Antoni Cimolino talks London Assurance with Jovanni Sy | Director's Notes by Stratford Festival

In this episode, Artistic Director Antoni Cimolino discusses his experience directing London Assurance—an unusual comedic creation from the 19th century—with host Jovanni Sy, director an…

SOURCE: YouTube at 05:42PM
Saturday, August 24, 2024

Edinburgh comedy awards champ Amy Gledhill is a delightful standup set for breakout success | Brian Logan by Brian Logan

The festival’s top prize has gone to a warmly witty act, previously nominated for best newcomer, with the chops to become a household name So Amy Gledhill has won the Edinburgh comedy awar…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:48AM
Friday, August 23, 2024

REVIEW: Once Upon a Mattress by JK

Review of the Wednesday, August 21, 2024 matinee performance at the Hudson Theatre in New York City. Starring Sutton Foster and Michael Urie with Brooks Ashmanskas, Will Chase, Nikki Renee D…

SOURCE: www.jkstheatrescene.com at 06:18PM
Thursday, August 22, 2024

Wankernomics: As Per My Last Email review – humdrum office hellscape by Chris Wiegand

Pleasance Courtyard, EdinburghThese games lampooning business jargon and CV exaggeration are relatable and initially amusing but soon start to drag A grabby title and a clear concept sell ti…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:42PM
Wednesday, August 21, 2024

Arielle Jacobs Knows That Audiences Need HERE LIES LOVE Now More Than Ever by BroadwayWorld

From BroadwayWorld's Archive: In this video, was as Here Lies Love's Arielle Jacobs chats with BroadwayWorld's Richard Ridge about the challenges of playing such a well known person, how she…

SOURCE: YouTube at 06:18PM

House of Life review – glittering benediction from a joyously funky double act by Chris Wiegand

Underbelly, Cowgate, Edinburgh A sequinned ‘RaveRend’ and his sidekick Trev help the audience banish sadness in this ebullient hour Anointed with glitter paint, taking our seats to a sco…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:48PM

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2024-2025 BROADWAY SEASON
Jun 05, 2024: Home - Todd Haimes Theatre
Jul 11, 2024: Oh, Mary! - Lyceum Theatre
Jul 30, 2024: Job - Hayes Theater
Sep 12, 2024: The Roommate - Booth Theatre
Nov 14, 2024: Tammy Faye - Palace Theatre
Dec 12, 2024: Cult of Love - Hayes Theater
Dec 19, 2024: Gypsy - Majestic Theatre
Mar 15, 2025: Purpose - Hayes Theater
Apr 01, 2025: Glengarry Glen Ross
TBA: Titanic