There are singers and there are songwriters….then there is Melissa Manchester — one of the increasingly rare artists who fully inhabits both worlds with elegance, intelligence, emotional…
DAZZLING DOG DAY — I went this week to see Dog Day Afternoon and just adored it. John Bernthal was simply stunning; yes, he was doing a bit of Pacino, but clearly making the play his ow…
Seven years ago, I saw The Hello Girls at 59E59 Theaters and immediately fell in love with it. Today, at the star-studded concert presentation at Baryshnikov Arts Center’s Jerome Robbins T…
It’s the most compelling question of the evening, when someone asks whether you would love a family member differently after discovering an unbearable truth about them. The idea unwinds ou…
The 2026 honorees for the prestigious Theatre World Awards were announced May 7, celebrating standout debut performances on Broadway and Off-Broadway. The ceremony, one of the theatre commun…
The You Gotta Believe Gala celebrated 30 years of magic in the lives of those who need it the most on May 8. Host Ta’Nika Gibson, honorees Seth Rudetsky and James Wesley Jackson, performe…
There are great musicals. There are important musicals. Then there are the rare works that become part of the moral and emotional bloodstream of America itself. Ragtime belongs to that final…
Broadway’s second-biggest morning arrived with the usual mix of anticipation and surprise, as nominations for the 79th Annual Tony Awards began rolling out on CBS Mornings, with the indust…
At Bond 45, the nominees for the Chita Rivera Awards gathered with a sense of ease that felt both celebratory and intentional. This was not simply a press preview—it was a statement of pur…
There is satire, and then there is chaos masquerading as commentary. Movies TV Mayhem, written by Dean Taucher and directed by Richard Caliban, now playing Off-Broadway at Theatre Row, aims …
The 2026 Pulitzer Prize arrives at a moment when clarity carries uncommon weight. Long regarded as the highest honor in American journalism and letters, the Pulitzers continue to recognize w…
The first theater awards show of the season were held on Sunday night May 3rd at the NYU Skirball Hall and it showed that the creative process is alive and well. As the evening began a film …
THE APPRENTICE RETURNS? —(Via Wall Street Journal) First it bought the “Melania” documentary. Now Amazon is discussing a potential reboot of “The Apprentice,” the reality TV show t…
There are caricatures, and then there is what Ken Fallin does. With a few decisive lines, Fallin doesn’t just render a likeness—he captures the emotional architecture of a production. Hi…
Nearly 40 years after its Broadway debut at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre, Joe Turner’s Come and Gone returns to the same stage in its second Broadway revival—and it lands with quiet force…
Live From The Hotel Edison Times Square Chronicles Presents, is normally filmed from the Hotel Edison, but today we went zoom style. Live From The Edison Times Square Chronicles Presents: ow…
The Tony Awards are, quite suddenly, anyone’s game. At its 90th annual meeting held April 30, 2026, at the New York offices of Time Out Media, the New York Drama Critics’ Circle delivere…
Raúl Esparza and Helen J Shen announced the 70th Annual Drama Desk Awards nominations this morning, Here are the nominees. Surprisingly missing are The Lost Boys from Outstanding Musical, …
When you don’t feel the urge to jump out of your seat and do “The Time Warp,” there’s a problem. Richard O’Brien’s The Rocky Horror Show, now at Studio 54, should be chaos, seduc…
Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty composer’s of Ragtime and Outstanding Featured Performer in an Off-Broadway Play Andrea Martin, Meet the Cartozians There are industry events—and then th…
Finally—a musical on Broadway worth raving about. The Lost Boys arrives with bite, swagger, and something the season has been missing: pure, unapologetic thrill. Director Michael Arden doe…
KENREX, now playing at the Lucille Lortel Theatre, arrives not as spectacle, but as something far more unsettling…At a moment when almost unbelievable stories are making their way to the s…
“You can’t eat the orange and throw the peel away—a man is not a piece of fruit!” In the seventh Broadway revival of Death of a Salesman at the Winter Garden Theatre, that line no lo…
Photo by Aditya Chinchure via Unsplash May settles into the city with a sense of ease—warmer air, longer days, and that unmistakable shift where New York moves outside. Parks fill, streets…
If ever there were a musical built on loving parody, it’s Schmigadoon!—now delightfully reimagined on stage at the Nederlander Theatre. What began as a cult-favorite Apple TV+ series arr…