Every year theater critics and pundits offer no shortage of opinions about who should and who shouldn’t win the Tony Awards in the weeks leading up to the big show—followed by both celebrations and rueful groans over the actual results. Naturally, this year was no different, but a keen eye...

It seems like the 2024-25 New York theater season just started, but believe it or not it’s already the end, and time for the Tony Awards, which kick off tonight at 8pm, live from Radio City Music Hall. The main event will be broadcast on CBS and Paramount+ with a special pre-show...

Now that the 2024-25 theater season has begun to wind down and awards are being handed out weekly, let’s take a look at a few of the most nominated Broadway shows to see if they’re worth checking out. The Tonys are on June 8, so you have a chance to...

Tony Award Nominations for the 2024-25 New York Theater season were announced yesterday, May 1. And while many nominations were predicted and expected, there were not only some notable omissions, but also some surprising differences from the Drama Desk nominations announced the day before. But, where they were most alike...

Yesterday, April 30, the official end of 2024-25 New York theater season, the Drama Desk announced its nominations for the 69th Drama Desk Awards, which will be held on June 1 at NYU’s Skirball Center for the Performing Arts. The Drama Desk considers productions from both Broadway and Off-Broadway. While...

**½ /***** (two and a half stars out of five) There’s a point late in Kimberly Belflower’s John Proctor is the Villain—now in its Broadway debut at the Booth Theatre—when four high school girls engage in a sort of primal scream, their proverbial cups having runneth over. Never before have...

Most critics considered it far too esoteric for mainstream audiences, and unlikely to move to Broadway, but it has now transferred gloriously

A modern, somewhat interactive, minimalist interpretation come to New York from London’s Donmar Warehouse

April in New York in the theater world is the busiest time of all, with new shows opening at a rate of several per week, as producers try to launch their shows before the end-of-month deadlines for Tony Award nominations eligibility (which happens this year on May 1). Here are...

Like a good television show, it's deftly edited and produced, taking advantage of George Clooney's star power to make a statement about the power of visual media