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New York Drama Critics' Circle Unearths Long-Lost Award Plaque
by A.A. Cristi - Feb 25, 2025

The New York Drama Critics' Circle has unearthed the plaque that originally accompanied its annual award for Best American Play, and will return to awarding the plaque this year.

Review Roundup: LIBERATION Opens at Laura Pels Theatre
by A.A. Cristi - Feb 21, 2025

From Tony Award nominees Bess Wohl (Grand Horizons) and Whitney White (Jaja's African Hair Braiding) comes Liberation, a provocative and revealing new work about what really goes on when women meet behind closed doors.

HERE THERE ARE BLUEBERRIES Comes to the Wallis
by Stephi Wild - Feb 19, 2025

 In Here There Are Blueberries, performing for at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts, a mysterious album featuring Nazi-era photographs arrives at the desk of United States Holocaust Memorial Museum archivist Rebecca Erbelding.

Review Roundup: REDWOOD Starring Idina Menzel Opens On Broadway
by A.A. Cristi - Feb 14, 2025

Idina Menzel is climbing to new heights as she returns to Broadway in the new musical Redwood. The new musical features De’Adre Aziza, Michael Park, Zachary Noah Piser, and Khaila Wilcox. Read the reviews!

Review Roundup: Pulitzer Prize-Winning ENGLISH Opens On Broadway
by A.A. Cristi - Jan 24, 2025

Roundabout Theatre Company's brings its production of Sanaz Toossi's Pulitzer Prize-winning play, English, directed by Knud Adams, to Broadway! The show officially opens tonight at the Todd Haimes Theatre. Read the reviews!

Maya Hawke To Make Off Broadway Debut In Sarah Ruhl's EURYDICE At Signature Theatre
by A.A. Cristi - Jan 14, 2025

Maya Hawke (“Stranger Things”, Asteroid City, Inside Out 2)  has joined Signature Theatre's production of Spotlight Resident Sarah Ruhl's Eurydice, directed by Les Waters, May 13–June 22, in the title role.

OYL Theater Company Reveals 2025 International Performance Residency
by Stephi Wild - Jan 12, 2025

OYL Theater Company has announced its 2025 International Performance Residency in India, Japan, and Greece June 9-August 10, 2025. Applications are open.

THE MASTER AND MARGARITA, OR, THE DEVIL COMES TO MOSCOW Returns To NYC This Month
by A.A. Cristi - Jan 9, 2025

After a sold-out run in 2024, Theater 86's production of The Master and Margarita, Or, The Devil Comes to Moscow is back in New York City for a strictly limited engagement!

The Best Reviewed Broadway Shows of 2024
by Sidney Paterra - Jan 4, 2025

44 Broadway shows opened in 2024, and while not all of them were loved by the critics, there were plenty of standouts all year long. We're breaking down the best Broadway shows of 2024 by month.

The Best Theater of 2024: Shows that Ruled the Year
by Sidney Paterra - Dec 28, 2024

As 2024 comes to a close, New York City's top theatre critics have been taking stock of this theatre season- deciding on their personal choices for their favorite productions of the year. The season has been full of so many stellar plays, musicals, revivals and new works, both on Broadway and off.

Review Roundup: GYPSY On Broadway Starring Audra McDonald
by A.A. Cristi - Dec 20, 2024

Curtain up! Light the lights! Six-time Tony Award-winner Audra McDonald takes on the role of a lifetime, playing 'Mama' Rose Hovick in the classic musical, Gypsy, is now running on Broadway at the newly renovated Majestic Theatre. Read the reviews!

Review Roundup: DEATH BECOMES HER Opens On Broadway
by A.A. Cristi - Nov 22, 2024

DEATH BECOMES HER comes to life on Broadway tonight as it celebrates its opening at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre in a production starring Tony Award nominees Megan Hilty, Jennifer Simard, Christopher Sieber, and Grammy Award winner Michelle Williams. Did the critics fall under the spell of Broadway's most glamourous new musical? Find out below!

Review Roundup: WALDEN Opens At Second Stage Theater
by A.A. Cristi - Nov 8, 2024

Emmy Rossum, Zoe Winters, and Motell Foster star in Amy Berryman’s play, WALDEN, directed by Whitney White, now playing at Second Stage Theater. Read the reviews!

Review Roundup: ROMEO + JULIET Starring Rachel Zegler and Kit Connor
by A.A. Cristi - Oct 25, 2024

Shakespeare's classic tragedy, Romeo + Juliet is now open on Broadway in a modern new production from Tony Award-winner Sam Gold! Did critics fall in love with the new staging of the world's most famous love story? Read the reviews below!

Review Roundup: OUR TOWN On Broadway Starring Jim Parsons & More
by A.A. Cristi - Oct 11, 2024

Kenny Leon's production of Thornton Wilder’s Our Town is now officially open on Broadway and the critics have had their say and we've rounded them up. Read all the reviews for the production, which marks the first major Broadway revival of the classic play in nearly 25 years.

Review Roundup: MCNEAL on Broadway - Robert Downey Jr. & More Star
by A.A. Cristi - Oct 1, 2024

Read the reviews for McNeal on Broadway which stars academy Award-winner and Marvel icon, Robert Downey Jr., as an acclaimed author obsessed by AI as he makes his Broadway debut alongside Brittany Bellizeare, Rafi Gavron, Melora Hardin, Andrea Martin, Ruthie Ann Miles, and Saisha Talwar. See what the critics had to say about Lincoln Center Theater’s McNEAL, from Pulitzer Prize-winner Ayad Akhtar.

Review Roundup: FORBIDDEN BROADWAY: MERRILY WE STOLE A SONG Opens Off-Broadway
by A.A. Cristi - Sep 20, 2024

FORBIDDEN BROADWAY: MERRILY WE STOLE A SONG is making its triumphant Off-Broadway return tonight! Read reviews for the award-winning musical parody of Broadway shows and stars.

Review Roundup: THE ROOMMATE On Broadway Starring Patti LuPone and Mia Farrow
by A.A. Cristi - Sep 13, 2024

Mia Farrow and Patti LuPone star in Jen Silverman’s The Roommate, opening this evening at the Booth Theatre. Read the reviews!

Review Roundup: OH, MARY! Opens On Broadway
by A.A. Cristi - Jul 12, 2024

Cole Escola’s Oh, Mary! opens tonight at the Lyceum Theatre, following a sold out, twice extended world premiere run at the Lucille Lortel Theatre.

THE VILLAGE! A DISCO DAYDREAM and DAVID'S FRIEND Begin Performances Tonight at SoHo Playhouse
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jul 10, 2024

SoHo Playhouse will present a special double bill this summer of The Village! A Disco Daydream and David’s Friend. Learn how to purchase tickets.