5,913 stories by "JONATHAN MANDELL"
When she was a child, says Arella, a Native American character in the play "Informed Consent," "I'd hear about, 'the white man did this and the white man did that.' I thought there was one w…
After 19 years of the New York International Fringe Festival, which runs this year until August 30, certain Rules for Fringing have emerged (or are they just habits?) 1. First, see shows you…
Megan McGinnis (Les Miz, Beauty and the Beast, etc.) sings “The Secret of Happiness,” and she and Paul Alexander Nolan (Once, the best thing about Dr. Zhivago) sing “Color …
The fifth Broadway production of The King and I, has a new king — Jose LLana, who returned last month to the musical where he made his Broadway debut 19 years ago, at age 19, as the…
Deaf West Theater’s acclaimed production of “Spring Awakening,” a musical about lost and longing teenagers, is coming to Broadway in September, starring Marlee Matlin, Camr…
Why did Bernadette Peters sing an entire number from “Dames at Sea” to a dog at this year’s Broadway Barks? It was the first musical in which she starred on a New York stag…
Jackie Hoffman sings “Shy” from Once Upon A Mattress” at the final Broadway in Bryant Park concert of 2015. She will play the role of Princess Winnifred the Woebegone in th…
The 19th annual New York International Fringe Festival runs Friday, August 14h through Sunday, August 30th, 2015, with some 75,000 theatergoers expected for about 185 shows. For more a…
A couple visits a dark, possibly haunted bed and breakfast in Gettysburg, Pa. in "John," an exquisitely acted puzzle of a play that features some familiar TV faces — Georgia Engel (Geo…
When Hamilton opened on Broadway, there were fireworks " literal fireworks, courtesy of the musical's producers, but also an over-the-top critical response, including by me. The hoopla over …
“Allegiance” cast members Telly Leung (holding a fan made out of his face, above) and Elena Wang sang two songs from the musical at the Broadway in Bryant Park lunchtime concert.…
When Hamilton opened Off-Broadway in February, I called it groundbreaking and breathtaking " and I was trying not to gush. Lin-Manuel Miranda's hip-hop musical about the life and times o…
When Hamilton opened Off-Broadway in February, I called it groundbreaking and breathtaking " and I was trying not to gush. Lin-Manuel Miranda's hip-hop musical about the life and times of th…
Hamilton opens on Thursday, the only Broadway opening among the new shows of August, Interest in the musical goes beyond the usual theater crowd — having already roped in leading…
What does it say that, on the day that Laura Benanti was born, the number one song was Bad Girls, and the number one movie was Dracula? Probably nothing, but thanks to a #1 song database, an…
With Jennifer Hudson, American Idol season 3 seventh place finisher, about to make her Broadway debut in the revival of The Color Purple this fall – the same season that American Idol …
Noah Tarnow makes a living being quizzical. The creator of The Big Quiz Thing, he is bringing his act to The New-York Historical Society for a night of Broadway trivia August 7th. Bonu…
Hamilton is NOT the only show opening this month. There are new plays at the Signature by both Annie Baker, winner of last year's Pulitzer Prize for The Flick, and the 84-year-old A.R. Gurne…
"Stella!!" the first performer yelled. "Stella!!!" he repeated more dramatically. "STELLAAAAAA!!!!!!," he shouted yet again, desperately, and he crouched down on the makeshift stage on Jacks…
How well were you paying attention to the New York theater news and reviews in July? Take these 10 quiz questions — about Hamilton, “Charge-gate,” new performers in old rol…
Late Night with Seth Meyers featured the six minute scene and song from Fun Home, when Medium Alison (Emily Skeggs), a freshman college student, kisses a classmate, Joan (Roberta Colindrez),…
“Claudio Quest,” about a super-hero on a mission to overcome killer eggplants; “Single Wide,” about a single mother living in a trailer park with her own single mothe…
The Associated Press film and video archives, put up last week on YouTube, means 1.7 million stories to choose from, including these involving Marilyn Monroe; a demonstration by Broadway per…
A 14-year-old boy is reported missing, and eventualy found dead. Chuck DeSantis, who worked the case as a tough-talking detective "in a half-ass town down the Jersey shore," begins to tell u…
Jerry Maguire, hang up your cell phone; Ari Gold, park your Ferrari. Make room for the super sports agent of "King Liz," portrayed vibrantly by Karen Pittman in a new play by Fernanda Coppel…
