The opening Sunday-evening performance of The Crippling Thoughts of Victor Bonesteel, Chico Cabaret’s new comedy night, was relaxed and informal. Without a program or a stage set, the actors (and writers) presented the collection of skits, parodies, commentaries and songs using nothing more than a few costume changes and a handful of props (fishing pole, […]
Dance is an awfully limiting word when applied to a performance by Milwaukee Dance Theatre.
The company’s Thursday evening premiere of “The Initial Urge to Suck,” a piece by Isabelle Kralj and Mark Anderson, is a captivating, entertaining and sometimes moving tapestry of spoken word, music, video, automatics and dance with its roots in an early-1990s […]
For the third year in a row, the League of American Theatres and Producers’ Touring Broadway Awards — formerly known as the National Broadway Theatre Awards — have declined to present any honors for performance. The awards, given annually to road shows, were to be distributed May 10 at the Hilton Hotel in New York […]
The two shows – one silly, one serious – each won four trophies Sunday from the Outer Critics Circle, a group of writers and critics covering the New York theatre scene for out-of-town publications and media.
The 55th annual Outer Critics Circle Awards will be presented at a ceremony in New York on May 26.
Spamalot, based […]
The Broadway revival of “La Cage aux Folles” is in an open-ended run at the Marquis Theatre, 1535 Broadway. Ticket and performance information: (212) 307-4100 or ticketmaster.com.
If any singer can wrap his voice around a glorious Jerry Herman melody, it’s Robert Goulet, one of the last booming baritones of Broadway’s Golden Age.
Goulet gets a chance […]
Gabriel Byrne will star in a revival of Eugene O’Neill’s A Touch of the Poet at Studio 54 in the fall. The production, directed by Doug Hughes, is scheduled to begin performances on November 11 and open on December 8.
Byrne began his acting career with the Focus Theatre in Dublin and subsequently became a […]
The Starliners at The Paris Cabaret are back, bringing with them selections from Broadway and beyond-even comedy-right at your dinner table. A once very popular dinner theatre in the 80’s with a waitlist of close to two years- the Starline Room has been revived with a brand new talented and dynamic cast, delicious menu and […]
Women’s movement pioneer — and the co-founder of the Ms. Foundation — Gloria Steinem will host a special sneak preview of the new musical A Woman of Will May 5 in Manhattan.
The musical, written by Amanda McBroom and Joel Silberman, is scheduled to open at an Off-Broadway theatre-to-be-announced some time in fall 2005. Originally titled […]
As Michael Ritchie shared his thoughts on what lies ahead for downtown’s 38-year-old Center Theatre Group, he appeared to be driven by a sense of childlike wonderment, tempered by mature wisdom gained in more than two decades of acclaimed professional accomplishments. He accepted the new post Jan. 1, following nine years as producer at the […]
New Broadway theatre web site: I love NY Theater.com.
Fifty years of theatrical innovation will be celebrated during the New York Public Library’s upcoming exhibit A Community of Artists: 50 Years of The Public Theater.
The exhibition, which will be on view June 21 through Oct. 15, traces the history of the Public Theater, which is currently celebrating its 50th anniversary. A Community of Artists […]