The final three Broadway shows of 2024 opened last week " a play, a musical and…something else, for a total of 33 shows running on Broadway as we head into Christmukkah (both Christmas and…
"All In: Comedy about Love," opening on Broadway tonight, is not based on Simon Rich's humorous stories; it is a selection of those stories, read aloud from hand-held binders by a rota…
Below is the Broadway schedule between Monday December 23, 2024 and Sunday, December 29, 2024, with links to my reviews of the shows. Eight shows will be performed Christmas Eve (Tuesday), a…
My guide to the underground immersive hit "Life and Trust" was the best-read post on my NewYorkTheater.me blog in 2024, followed by my comparison of Wicked the movie with the Broadway mus…
Cole Escola and Nicole Scherzinger made spectacular Broadway debuts this year, justly acclaimed, but less attention-grabbing performances in less conspicuous productions also impressed, a…
The marquee says it all: "AudraGypsy." With less brass and more heart, Audra McDonald's distinctive portrayal of Madam Rose, the mother of all stage mothers, is the reason to see this six…
On this day in 2019, in news reported on front pages around the world the next day,  the House of Representatives  impeached Donald J Trump for abuse of power and obstruction of Congre…
The landscape has changed for theater. The loss of the Connelly Theater, while under unusual circumstances (see Joey Sims' interview below with its departing director) feels emblematic of th…
"Eureka Day" begins as a stock satire of the painstakingly earnest progressives at a small private elementary school in Berkeley, California, leading to one of the most hilarious scenes of t…
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson makes her one-night-only Broadway debut in "& Juliet" (see videos below) What's most intriguing about the end-of-year assessments, by both professional thea…
"Maybe Happy Ending"  is the most acclaimed show among theater critics whose lists of top 10 New York theater for 2024 are featured below; it is also the number one choice by far in a …
My thirteenth annual theater gift guide below features links and information on shopping for theater tickets,theater subscriptions/memberships,cast recordings,play scripts and books about…
What did you think was the best of the forty-four shows that opened on Broadway in 2024? Which was the worst? Take the two polls below. Judge the quality of the show as you see it, not how i…
The title makes us wary of all the Christmas cheer at the Dahl family gathering when Leslye Headland's play begins: Everybody is singing Christmas carols in a home awash in Christmas decorat…
The announcement gave me pause. The Makeup Artists and Hairstylists Guild announced five nominees in the new category of "Broadway and International" for its 12th Annual MUAHS (Makeup Art…
Watch the ten videos below that were the most viewed in 2024 of those that I've posted on my YouTube channel, arranged in order of popularity. Only two were created in 2024 " Sutton Foste…
Denzel Washington as Othello, Jonathan Groff as singer Bobby Darin, George Clooney as journalist Edward R. Murrow: The Spring Broadway season promises a starry and vibrant mix: original show…
Ketanji Brown Jackson will make her Broadway debut, with a one-night-only walk-on role in the Broadway musical "& Juliet" on December 14, after which she will participate in a talkback. …
As Benji, Kieran Culkin has no sense of boundaries. On a Jewish heritage tour that he takes with his cousin David to Poland, the country where their grandmother survived the Holocaust, Benji…
"The Books of Jacob" is a work of theater unlike any I've ever attended, a production more ambitious than any I can remember, one that is almost too complicated to explain. The performances,…
"Sleep No More" is closing after almost 14 years, "Blue Man Group" after almost 34 years and more than 17,000 performances. The longevity of these shows strikes me as reason enough to catch …
Choose your favorite Broadway cast recording of 2024* from among the 16 in the poll below, listed alphabetically. More on each album in links at bottom. Loading… *Two of the albums are not…
Annie Baker is making her feature film debut as a writer and director some fifteen years after making her New York stage debut as a playwright, and I almost laughed at the déjà vu of it.…
On this thirteenth annual #GivingTuesday (created in 2012 by the 92nd Street Y), consider donating to a theater company or theater organization in New York City. Below, a sample, li…
"Wicked," a mission for marketers, has become a darling of pundits as well. During the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade on NBC, after interviews with Cynthia Erivo (No, she doesn't mind theate…