5,913 stories by "JONATHAN MANDELL"
In the midst of this week of momentous change, the New-York Historical Society has opened an exhibition, Art As Activism, of graphic art from the 1930s to the 1970s that promoted various cau…
The Supreme Court ruled today, by a 5 to 4 vote, that the Constitution guarantees a right to same-sex marriage. The decision mentions the word “dignity” 30 times. The decis…
The mass shooting in a Charleston, S.C. church occurred on the same day that a play opened Off-Broadway featuring a mass shooting. This provoked a number of questions, which I attempt to add…
For the 15th year in a row, Bryant Park will be the site of free lunchtime concerts of current Broadway shows, on Thursdays in July and August between 12:30 – 1:30 p.m Thursday, July 9…
"The purpose of art is to wake us up," playwright Paula Vogel said over the weekend, and that's true even during the summer. Week in New York Theater Reviews My review of The Qualms Chris's …
In Rajiv Joseph's new two-character play, which a hyperbolic Hollywood agent might describe as Abbott and Costello Meets Game of Thrones, we learn that the emperor who had commissioned the T…
Is it the deadening office atmosphere, or is it their own ambition, that have warped most of the cubicle workers who have artistic aspirations in "Gloria," Branden Jacobs-Jenkins' shocking d…
If The Tempest that has now opened in Central Park feels too earth-bound, one can lay much of the blame on forces beyond its control. The production at the Delacorte of Shakespeare's mystica…
"I'm not that kind of person," Chris (Jeremy Shamos) says right before the orgy is set to begin, in "The Qualms," the latest comedy by Bruce Norris. What Chris means is he is not the kind of…
Here is the list of winners of the 2015 Tony Awards. Here is a seven-minute video of highlights of the three hour broadcast. Entire 3 1/2 minutes on Tonys to Best Play nominees — less …
At "10 out of 12," Anne Washburn's new ambitious and exasperating backstage play set during a technical rehearsal for a new play, the audience was full of theatrical royalty, including playw…
The Fall season on Broadway has begun unusually early this year – – so early it's hard to call the new season "Fall 2015." with the opening in May of An Act of God, and planned J…
2015 Tony winning best actor Michael Cerveris, Beth Malone and Sydney Lucas do “Ring of Keys’ from Fun Home at the 2015 Tony Awards. In the song, Alison, a lesbian cartoonist (Be…
There’s a kid in the middle of nowhere sitting there, living for Tony performances singin’ and flippin’ along with the Pippins and Wickeds and Kinkys, Matildas and Mormo…
Winners in the 24 competitive categories and five special awards of the 69th annual Tony Awards for achievement on Broadway in red with an asterisk*. (Click on names of nominees and winn…
I predict people will party, parry and Tweet during the 69th annual Tony Awards Sunday night, and that there will be no more viewers than last year's average of 7.02 million, but those who w…
Basic questions such as the origin of the universe " Big Bang Theory vs. Divine Creation " may fiercely divide the world, but on stage at Studio 54, they are a source  of jokes by …
Basic questions such as the origin of the universe – Big Bang Theory vs. Divine Creation " may fiercely divide the world, but on stage at Studio 54, they are a source  of jok…
All the excitement leading up to the 69th annual Tony Awards on June 7th can seem like so much hype, even to professional theater artists, several of whom have told me they never watch the a…
As a movie actor, Jesse Eisenberg is going from playing a jerk (Mark Zuckerberg in The Social Network) to a supervillain (Lex Luthor in next year's Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice.) But i…
The 2015 Fred and Adele Astaire Awards  solved the dilemma of a dance-heavy Broadway season with a tie for An American in Paris and On The Town in two different categories –Â…
Theater in New York doesn’t end when the Broadway season does. There are five shows opening on June 11th alone, which must be a record. There’s even a play opening on the …
Below are my picks, and yours, for the 2015 Tony Awards " by which I mean, whom I would choose among the nominees. These are not my predictions of who will actually win; I’m willing to…
– Kristin Chenoweth and Alan Cumming host the 2015 Tony Awards Sunday, June 7 from Radio City Music Hall. If, we asked our New York critic Jonathan Mandell, choosing the winners was…
Winners of the 60th annual Drama Desk Awards, which honors achievement by professional theater artists on Broadway, Off-Broadway and Off-Off Broadway. (Winners marked in red and with an a…
