5,284 stories from New York Theater
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…
Below is a selection of theater opening* in New York in December, including four shows on Broadway, one starring Audra McDonald (Gypsy), two more with love in the title (The Cult of Love;…
Holiday shows take center stage between Thanksgiving and New Year's Eve each year. Some of the plays, ballets, operas, concerts, musicals, burlesques, and hybrid entertainments have reappear…
Theater seems of little interest to the Times staff who put together the 100 Notable Books of 2024. Published plays are ignored (although books of poetry are included), and their annual l…
How well were you paying attention to theater news, views and reviews in November, a month of Wicked and politics, and six Broadway openings? Take the quiz below and find out. Loading…
Below are videos from the Broadway casts who performed at the 2024 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade; Hell's Kitchen, The Outsiders and Death Becomes Her, and a bonus: Billy Porter leads the pa…
The surreal and now shocking election year is arguably responsible for much of my favorite theater in 2024, for which I give thanks, as I've done every Thanksgiving for more than a decade. T…
With "Wicked" and "Death Becomes Her" topping  theatergoers' attention in a busy and starry week, Paul Tazewell " the costume designer for both "  is offering lessons in the a…
