5,913 stories by "JONATHAN MANDELL"
Do theology and theater mix? Is there an unspoken separation between church and stage? A day after the announcement that Amazing Grace will close on Broadway after little more than three…
Do theology and theater mix? Is there an unspoken separation between church and stage? A day after the announcement that Amazing Grace will close on Broadway after little more than three mon…
At times during "Empire Travel Agency," a theatrical adventure that takes place in some dozen different downtown locales, it feels as if you're in a Bourne thriller, sharing escapades with M…
This week starts 20at20. Next week starts Off Broadway Week Both are ways to get tickets to Off-Broadway shows that are even cheaper than usual. And, there's plenty new to see. The Week i…
Twenty-five years from now, according to Max Posner's new play "Judy," there will be no more plays; cancer will be cured; cars will not need drivers; and couples will be able to arrange to d…
I will keep an open mind, I write three times in my notebook before the first scene in the first room of "Eve," which its creators describe as "a dance theatre immersion experience." It's ru…
"I cannot write any sort of story unless there is at least one character in it for whom I have physical desire," Tennessee Williams told Gore Vidal, who recalls this in the introduction to t…
Its title, its playful poster, its sleek chic showroom of a set, and its marketing suggest that "Laugh It Up, Stare It Down" is a shallow romantic comedy, telling the story of Joe and Cleo o…
It would be incorrect to say there's nothing surprising about "The Legend of Georgia McBride," an entertaining but slight and predictable comedy about drag performers, which has now opened a…
An unusually busy summer has now ended, and an exciting Fall slowly chugs into view. Take the New York Theater August 2015 Quiz to reminisce. If you missed the 19th annual New York Int…
At the end of the tuneful, rousing, and spectacular modern musical adaptation of Homer's three thousand year old epic poem about a ten-year journey home, everybody from the cast is on stage …
Has cell phone use in the theater really gotten worse, or are audiences and artists simply complaining more? That was my first question in the #Howlround Twitter chat on theater etiquette (f…
One of China’s most celebrated stars, Zhang Huoding, is making her U.S. debut in two classic Beijing Operas at Lincoln Center, The Legend of the White Snake and The Jewelry Pouch. …
Below are the shows chosen for the 10th anniversary of the Fringe Encore Series, debuting September 10th at the SoHo Playhouse (15 Vandam Street), selected from both the Ne…
The new season’s Off-Broadway offerings are various, intriguing, and sometimes hard to describe — an absurdist kitchen-sink comedy about a dysfunctional family with a transgender…
How well were you paying attention to the New York theater news and reviews in August? Answer these dozen questions to see.
Overall Play: The Broken Record Divine Intervention Little One Maybe Tomorrow Night of the Living Overall Musical: The Crack in the Ceiling Far From Canterbury Popesical Solo Performance: bu…
An informal memorial service will be held in Central Park Monday afternoon for Kyle Jean-Baptiste, 21, the youngest actor and first African-American to portray Jean Valjean in Les Miserables…
Deaf West’s revival of “Spring Awakening” is the only Broadway show opening in September. Other New York theater that looks promising this month: Desire, an evening of play…
On Christmas Eve, Sarah and her new boyfriend Sam are enjoying each other's company, engaging in a philosophical debate about the nature of suffering, when there is a knock on the door; Sara…
Sherie Rene Scott's new play at Second Stage Theater, about an actress teaching a class of murderers at a men's prison, recalls in at least one unfortunate way her Second Stage show of half …
Below are a list of 18 shows scheduled to open on Broadway from September 2015 to January, 2016, organized chronologically by opening date. Â Pick the one that most excites you. For inform…
"Love and Money," A.R. Gurney's latest comedy about WASPs, is as deep as dust, and no more solid, but as dust goes, it’s a fine light powder, ground by a craftsman who's been at it …
#Ham4Ham, the name for the five-minute performances during the lottery drawings for the Broadway musical Hamilton, began last month with Lin-Manuel Miranda rapping, and roping in other cast …
The horrific future conjured in "Mercury Fur" " a world piled high with atrocities ranging from the killing of zoo animals to random decapitations to child torture " is clearly meant to shoc…
