Gregory Bernard

STARRING GEORGE CLOONEY IN HIS BROADWAY PREMIERE Good Night, and Good Luck, a new play by  George Clooney  and  Grant Heslov, and directed by Tony Award winner  David Cromer, will premiere on Broadway at the historic Winter Garden Theatre (1634 Broadway). Performances will begin on Wednesday, March 12, with an opening night set for Thursday, April 3, 2025. Clooney…

Love In Idleness, a new musical comedy about a pharmaceutical scientist who invents the title drug to reignite passion in his long-term relationship with a drag performer is set for a limited Off-Broadway engagement this fall at Actors Temple Theatre, opening November 21, 2024. Liam Searcy in the new musical comedy Love In Idleness (Photo…

Manhattan Theatre Club has announced initial casting and the venue for the world premiere of  We Had A World, written by the amazing Joshua Harmon  (Prayer for the French Republic,  Bad  Jews, Significant Other) and directed by Tony Award nominee  Trip Cullman  (Cult of Love). This is  MTC’s first production at NY City Center Stage II (131 West 55th Street) since the…

SMASH TO OPEN ON BROADWAY THURSDAY, APRIL 10, 2025 PREVIEWS BEGIN   MARCH 11 AT IMPERIAL THEATRE Starring Robyn Hurder  as “Ivy” Brooks Ashmanskas  as “Nigel” Krysta Rodriguez  as “Tracy” John Behlmann  as “Jerry” Kristine Nielsen  as “Susan” Caroline Bowman  as “Karen” Jacqueline B. Arnold  as “Anita” Bella Coppola  as “Chloe” Casey Garvin  as “Charlie” The company will include  Wendi Bergamini, Sarah Bowden, Jacob Burns, Deanna…

BRILLIANT. COMPLICATED. DARIN. Priority Access Pre-Sale begins Monday, October 21, 2024 at Just in Time Broadway General on-sale begins Wednesday, October 23, 2024 Exclusive Night Club Floor Seating Available Jonathan Groff  will return to Broadway in the new musical  Just in Time  this spring. Performances begin at the  Circle in the Square Theatre on March 28, 2025, ahead of…

LET THE GAYS BEGIN! Sunday morning. Hell’s Kitchen. Brecken and Caden have just murdered their throuple-mate and stuffed him into a Jonathan Adler credenza. Unfortunately, they’ve invited friends over for brunch. Feel bad for them! They’re Messy White Gays! This new play written by  Drew Droege  and directed by  Mike Donahue, will receive a workshop and presentation as…

AUDRA’S TURN AS ROSE Six-time Tony Award Winner Audra McDonald returns to Broadway this fall, 2024, taking on what is widely regarded as the greatest role in musical theatre, “Rose” in Gypsy. This upcoming revival will be  directed by the legendary five-time Tony Award-winning Director  George C. Wolfe with choreography by four-time Tony Award nominated Camille A….

SHE’S THE ONLY ONE. HERE SHE COMES AGAIN. THIS TIME ON BROADWAY. Beloved icon Dolly Parton is partnering with ATG Productions  to bring a new musical inspired by her life and trailblazing career titled  Hello, I’m Dolly to Broadway in 2026. The great  Bartlett Sher has been signed to direct. Produced by Parton,  Adam Speers  for ATG Productions, and  Danny Nozell  for…

DOWNTOWN URBAN ARTS FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES 22nd  SEASON  OF PRESENTING NEW WORKS BY EMERGING PLAYWRIGHTS JUNE 12 – JUNE 29 AT THEATRE ROW (DUAFnyc) Savion Glover   – Photo Courtesy: Savion Glover Productions The DOWNTOWN URBAN ARTS FESTIVAL (DUAF) announced its 22nd Anniversary season, featuring new works by Tony Award Winner Savion Glover and Tony Award Nominee Reg E….

Written and performed by  Pamela L Paek  and directed by  Shinshin Yuder Tsai, No fucks given. None taken. All done. is (1) A life mantra. (2) A way of cutting through the BS of toxic positivity and social norms too many of us hide behind. (3) An interactive TED talk laced with dark comedy. (4) A show originally…

THE VINEYARD: WHERE NEW PLAYS GROW INTO HITS Vineyard Theatre has transferred 11 shows to Broadway, seven directly after their acclaimed Vineyard premieres [highlights are links to Stage and Cinema‘s reviews] Lucas Hnath’s Dana H.  and Tina Satter’s  Is This A Room  (both NYT Best Theatre of 2021); Paula Vogel’s  Indecent; Nicky Silver’s  The Lyons; Kander, Ebb and Thompson’s  The Scottsboro…

IMMIGRANT WOMEN IRON OUT DIFFERENCES In Lost Sock Laundry  by Ivan Faute, presented by Northern Manhattan’s UP Theater Company April 10-27, 2024, there are rules and expectations about how you use the Maytag, how long you can use the dryer before you get looks, and who gets to save a machine for a friend. Irene, a…

Now in its fourth year, Bedlam’s DO MORE: NEW PLAYS readings series returns with five thrilling new pieces of theater. All performances for the series will take place at the  West End Theatre (263 W 86th St). All five readings are free with RSVP, and as always there is great stuff here. Curated by Associate Artistic…

Directed by Obie-winner Chay Yew, the world-premiere of BATHHOUSE.PPTX by  Jesús I. Valles  is coming to The Flea March 19-April 22, 2024. BATHHOUSE.PPTX is an epic new play that follows Presenter, a gay Latino student, whose PowerPoint presentation on the history of cleanliness and bathing quickly starts to burst at the seams with appearances from the ghosts…

A SWEEPING MUSICAL PORTRAIT OF A WOMAN WHO CHANGED ART AND CULTURE FOREVER Lempicka, the musical about the Polish artist Tamara de Lempicka, will begin performances at Broadway‘s Longacre Theatre on Tuesday, March 19, 2024, ahead of an official opening night on Sunday, April 14 (info here, tickets here). Amber Iman, Beth Leavel, Andrew Samonsky…

DEAD OUTLAW A NEW MUSICAL FROM THE TONY AWARD ®-WINNING TEAM BEHIND  THE BAND’S VISIT Elmer McCurdy was an ambitious, turn-of-the-20th-century outlaw whose death at the hands of a Western posse ended a life of failed crime and alcoholism and began a brilliant career as a mummified side-show attraction that travelled the USA for decades. By the…