Gregory Bernard

The world premiere of THE SHYLOCK AND THE SHAKESPEAREANS, a darkly humorous retelling of The Merchant of Venice, written and directed by Edward Einhorn, begins tonight June 1 and runs through June 17, 2023 in a limited engagement at New Ohio Theatre (154 Christopher St.) in New York City. Presented by Untitled Theater Company No….

The Drama Desk Awards are the only major New York City theater awards for which productions on Broadway, Off-Broadway, and Off-Off Broadway compete against each other in the same categories. What sets the Drama Desk Awards apart in New York awards is that they are voted on and bestowed by critics, journalists, editors, and publishers…

The Off Broadway Alliance, an organization of Off-Broadway producers, theaters, general managers, press agents, and marketing professionals, today announced the winners of the  12th  Annual Off-Broadway Alliance Awards, honoring commercial and not-for-profit productions that opened Off Broadway during the 2022-2023 season. In each of the six categories, the winners are:  Titanique,  Best New Musical;  Fat Ham,  Best New Play;  Endgame,  Best Play Revival;  Merrily…

GREAT (F.) SCOTT! If you love literature, have fond memories of being read to or of reading to others, and feel, as so many do, that F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby is in the Pantheon of Great American Novels, and you also have an appetite for ambitious or unusual theater projects and, in particular,…

Audible Theater Announces Four Performance Extension of Drinking In America Now Playing Through Thursday, April 13 Only At Audible’s Minetta Lane Theatre Audible Theater  has announced four additional performances of  Drinking in America, written by three-time Obie Award winner  Eric Bogosian, starring  Andre Royo (The Wire), and directed by Mark Armstrong. The edgy, entertaining, thought-provoking show opened last night…

A NEW SONDHEIM MUSICAL ANNOUNCED; LET THE PRAYERS TO THE THEATER GODS COMMENCE. A few months before he passed, Stephen Sondheim told Stephen Colbert during an interview that he was working on a show. And here I thought that the musical he was writing with David Ives known as Square One  had been scrapped. Not so,…

HAVE A PIECE OF PI Based on one of the best-loved works of fiction – winner of the Man Booker Prize, selling over fifteen million copies worldwide – Yann Martel’s best-selling novel Life of Pi is now Lolita Chakrabarti’s dazzling, breath-taking new theatrical adaptation of an epic journey of endurance and hope: After a cargo…

The Broadway revival of  Funny Girl  will end its run at the August Wilson Theatre on Sunday, September 3, 2023 after 30 previews and 599 performances. Current stars Lea Michele, Ramin Karimloo, Jared Grimes, and Tovah Feldshuh have all extended their contracts to be with the show until the very end. A national tour will launch in…

HIT PLAYS IN THE MAKING Now in its 25th  year, this rehearsed reading series is dedicated to the support and development of innovative new work, offering each playwright a week-long rehearsal period with directors and actors. This year, the series will feature four new plays, including one MTC commission, by an exceptional group of writers. MTC…

The Outer Critics Circle (OCC), the official organization of writers on New York theatre for out-of-town newspapers and national publications,  is  pleased to announce the dates for the  prestigious annual Outer Critics Circle Awards,  honoring the 2022-2023 Broadway and Off-Broadway season, as well as the reconstruction of the acting categories. The  eligibility  cut-off date for nominators  to attend a show in  the 2022-2023…

PRIMARY STAGES  is saddened to announce the passing of Artistic Director Andrew Leynse. Leynse passed on January 20, 2023, following a sudden illness. Statement from Primary Stages: “It is with endless sadness that we announce the passing of our beloved Artistic Director, Andrew Leynse. We have lost one of the dearest, kindest, most devoted people we…

GIMME MO, MO, MO Ain’t No Mo began previews last night on Broadway (the official opening is Dec 1, 2022), having transferred from The Public Theater, where I caught it. It’s a must-see. Ain’t No Mo’ dares to ask the incendiary question, “What if the U.S. government offered Black Americans one-way plane tickets to Africa?”…

TITLE SONG RELEASED TODAY With music by Andrew Lloyd Webber, book by Emerald Fennell and lyrics by David Zippel, Bad Cinderella is a modern retelling of the classic fairytale is set in the exceptionally beautiful kingdom of Belleville. This Cinderella (played by newcomer Linedy Genao) is no longer the damsel in distress who needs saving….

ACE YOUNG TO HEADLINE CONTROVERSIAL NEW PLAY ABOUT SEXUAL ABUSE WITHIN THE CATHOLIC CHURCH Vatican Falls, the controversial play written by Frank J. Avella that closely examines the Catholic sex abuse scandal while telling real survivor stories and exploring the fictional journey of one particular survivor will make its world premiere this Fall in a…

Ensemble Studio Theatre  (EST) has the  the lineup for the  38th Marathon of One-Act Plays, works from artists who identify as Black, Indigenous & People of Color (BIPOC). This year’s selection of eleven plays was curated by Co-Artistic Directors Mike Lew  (Teenage Dick) and  Colette Robert  (Behind the Sheet).  Ten plays will be presented across two different series from Sunday October 16,…

GET HAPPY LIFE The World Premiere of Happy Life by Kathy Ng opens July 22, 2022 at Walkerspace. Stage and Cinema recommends this outing. A woman leaving behind a lying life tries to move into her new apartment, but the two ghosts living underneath the floorboards will not allow it. A real estate agent discusses…