America's obsession with Shakespeare has taken some odd, odd turns over the past two centuries " pre-General Ulysses S. Grant was cast as Desdemona in an Army production of "Othello"; one of…
The cast of the fourth Broadway revival sings the opening number of Stephen Sondheim and George Furth's musical "Company," Â which was supposed to open March 22, 2020 " and must someday, s…
Here are excerpts from Broadway Advocacy Coalition's second day of its three-day forum Broadway for Black Lives Matter Again, a 90-minute live YouTube video attended by nearly 5,000 peop…
Below, 100 minutes of theater talk and theater performance including the opening number of Company, with the New York Times following other publications in becoming online theater producers …
"I couldn't take care of George the day he was killed, but maybe by speaking with you today, I can help make sure that his death isn't in vain. To make sure that he is more than another face…
Below an alphabetical list of theater by and about African Americans that is available online now (and coming soon), much of it directly relevant to the Black Lives Matter movement, all of i…
#Stageworthy News of the Week New York City is set to reopen today " partially " 100 days after the first New Yorker was discovered infected by the coronavirus. But most believe at least ano…
On what would have been the 74th annual Tony Awards, let's celebrate the 41 shows of the Broadway 2019-2020 season, 25 of which actually opened. The shows below are organized chronologically…
Tonight was the night that CBS was going to broadcast the 74th Tony Awards from Radio City Music Hall. But Covid-19 changed all that; now Tony winners Andre De Shields and Bernadette Peters …
An Otello portrayed by a white performer who is not in blackface " a first for the Metropolitan Opera. A dance, set to music composed by inmates at San Quentin, at the Metropolitan Museum of…
"Michael Jackson" is not just "the King of Pop" anymore, but also "the Pulitzer winning playwright." After decades working in obscurity, Michael R. Jackson " or as he puts it, the living Mic…
Below are four "theater openings" today, Â including Lincoln Center's first Broadway Fridays presentation, Â Astoria Performing Arts Center's new entry in its original Musicals from the …
The first memorial service for George Floyd, who died Memorial Day at the hands of Minneapolis police, is happening now in the sanctuary on the downtown Minneapolis campus of North Central U…
Black Broadway veterans and other performers dance in various (emptied-out) New York City landmarks, in a video that director Tavia Riveè (Motown the Musical) has entitled "Dream Like New Y…
Below is a major portion of Barack Obama's comments during the Town Hall on Racial Justice and Police Reform held by My Brother's Keeper Alliance; the transcript is underneath a 90-second ex…
Below is the video and a transcript of the speech by Joe Biden today at Philadelphia's City Hall. "We're a nation in pain," he said in concluding his 20-minute speech. " We must not let our …
#Stageworthy News of the Week. Several days after George Floyd was killed on Memorial Day at the hands of Minnesota police, playwright Jeremy O. Harris called on six theaters that produce hi…
Click here for June 1 openings Below is the calendar of "theater openings"* for June, 2020, with many online shows, series and festivals showcasing LGBTQ Pride Month, and the entire list dem…
How well were you paying attention to the news and reviews of theater in May? Answer these ten questions to find out.
In this last weekend of a busy May, there are five online shows "opening" that remind us what's big about Broadway, all but one of them free (though welcoming your charitable contribution.) …
Hundreds of people attended a virtual town hall Thursday afternoon with city and state public officials to talk about how to save Off-Off Broadway. That was not the explicit topic. H…
"If you look at history of American theater, it has always"more perhaps than any other form in America"been activist at times of national trauma," That's a quote by former New York Times cri…
Larry Kramer, who wrote "The Normal Heart" and founded GMHC (the Gay Mens Health Crisis) and ACT UP (AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power) has died at age 84. Kramer's obituary In 2011, The Norma…
#Stageworthy News of the Week. Ten weeks after the governor shut down all theaters in New York City, signs point to widespread expectation that they won't reopen until Spring 2021. Some …
Memorial Day, which became an official national holiday in 1971, was created to honor Americans who died in military service. But it feels appropriate to use the day this year also to honor …