"God's Fool," the 70-minute theater piece about St. Francis of Assisi conceived and directed by Martha Clarke that's at LaMaMa through July 2, would probably be best appreciated by those who…
"Lessons in Survival 1971,"Â running at the Vineyard Theater through June 30, is based on then-28-year-old poet Nikki Giovanni's interview-turned-conversation with the famous writer James …
On the 100th anniversary of the publication of James Joyce's monumental modernist novel "Ulysses," Symphony Space gave over its annual Bloomsday celebration to a new theater piece, also call…
The moments in "The Orchard" that suggest the current Russian invasion of Ukraine would surely get the most attention in a more conventionally focused adaptation of "The Cherry Orchard":Â …
In the prologue of "Circle Jerk" " a funny, campy, discombobulating hybrid theater piece that's a spoof of both gay and digital culture (and also an example of each) "Â the Troll, in a bri…
There were delightful surprises and predictable disappointments during the 75th Tony Awards, honoring the first full season since the COVID-19 pandemic shut down theaters in March 2020…
Below the winners of the 75th annual Tony Awards (Here's a guide to the full 2021-2022 Broadway season, including those not nominated, and those that reopened.)(Here is the list of the nomin…
Years before the end of her long illustrious life, Lena Horne, singer, actor, dancer,  elegant beauty, fierce civil rights activist, pioneering movie star " the first Black performer t…
In this most trying of seasons, the theater community has been attempting to redefine what Broadway means, and that includes producing work that surely would not have made it to Broadway bef…
(Full list of nominees here) (Don't know the difference between the Drama Desk and the Drama League and the Drama Critics Circle and the Outer Critics Circle awards? Check out my New York…
A dozen luminous first-time New York stage performers, plus Harvey Fierstein, and 21 members of the ensemble of The Music Man, were honored at the 76th annual Theatre World Awards " the firs…
The 75th Annual Tony Awards will be presented next Sunday at Radio City Music Hall and live on your TV or (more likely) computer, celebrating the strangest of Broadway seasons, which officia…
Below are two short videos from the two new Broadway musicals that were most nominated for 2022 Tony Awards: "A Strange Loop" by Michael R. Jackson received 11 Tony nominations, "MJ the Musi…
When Alexandria Wailes was growing up, people would stop her mother, incredulous, and ask her: " Your deaf daughter is dancing!? How is that possible?" She reminded Wailes of this over br…
In Mansa Ra's new play, three generations of Black gay men live under the same roof "Â Â grandfather, father and son. If it's hardly unusual of late to see Black queer male characters on…
Below is a selection of theater opening in June, presented in a day-by-day calendar and featuring several festivals, mostly outdoors and mostly free, as well as an usual number of hybrid …
While we await the remaining theater awards to top off the triumphant and traumatic 2020/21-2022 season, the next Broadway season is starting to take shape. The latest announcement: The New …
Memorial Day became an official national holiday in 1971 to honor Americans who died in military service, some 1.1. million people since the nation's founding. But it feels appropriate t…
Take this quiz about the nominations for the 2022 Tony Awards, and some of the other theater awards announced in May. Loading…
'Fat Ham," this year's Pulitzer Prize winning play, which opened tonight at the Public Theater,  is inspired by "Hamlet," but it parts ways with the Bard, and not just because of all t…
An 18-year-old yesterday shot and killed at least 19 children and two teachers at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, a mass shooting that occurred just ten days after another 18-year-o…
Harmony was designated new new musical and Sanctuary City best new play in the 11th annual Off Broadway Awards. (Check out my New York Theater Awards 2022 Guide and Calendar) BEST NEW MUS…
Theater awards season is heating up, with four of the major annual theater awards announcing their winners or nominations this past week; favorite shows are coming into focus. I won't call t…
There is no question which side playwright Margaret Vandenburg favors in her play "Roe v. Wade 2.0,"Â which is inspired by the Supreme Court's oral arguments in the case Dobbs v. Jackson W…
The story that seems to be struggling to emerge from "The Karpovsky Variations" concerns Julia Karpovsky, an American Jew who spent her childhood abroad and is trying to connect with her fam…