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Broadway Bares  ’Sizzling 30th Anniversary Showto Reveal Strips that Tease Bare Beginnings Broadway Bares  will celebrate 30 years of baring it all with  Broadway Bares: XXX,  a one-night-only extravaganza of provocative new production numbers inspired by the show’s sexy and sensual three-decade run. The in-person edition returns Sunday, June 26, 2022. Tickets available at  broadwaycares.org. NYC’s Hammerstein Ballroom  (311 West 34th…

AWARD WINNERS THAT STAGE AND CINEMA AGREES WITH ACROSS THE BOARD Well, well, well. Bless the 2021-2022 Drama Desk Nominating Committee. Not only were their nominations truly for achievement (versus all the awards for so-called “woke” theater from other organizations), but winners were fairly chosen, even in some very very VERY tight categories. The design…

Director Jenn Thompson Creates a Rare Behind the Scenes Look at Mint Theater’s American Premiere of CHAINS by Elizabeth Baker. Performances on now at Theatre Row.   Without a doubt one of the classiest theater companies in New York, the Mint returns with an all-new live production. To miss it would be folly. I can’t…

DON’T GET HUNG OUT BY MISSING THIS MASTERPIECE Blimey, friends, you only have two more weeks to see my favorite play on Broadway. And not only my favorite, but the best. Martin McDonough’s thrilling comedy Hangmen contains incredibly well-drawn characters played by jaw-dropping performers, many of whom came from the West End. Additionally, it is…

EXCEPTIONAL EXCEPTION High school is a time of many rules, sometimes excessively so. How to dress, who to hang with, what’s in, what’s out, where to go, what to listen to — do you identify with the group or be true to yourself? And that’s just from one’s peers. Run afoul of authority figures and…

A WIND BLOWS THROUGH IT In 1949, after the Moscow State Jewish Theater was closed, members of Stalin’s secret police were busy burning down stage sets, props, costumes and books. The head of the theater, Solomon Mikhoels, did not live to see that day. His life was extinguished a year earlier. He didn’t witness the…

QUE SERí,  SERí Those of us of a certain age may remember the now classic opening credits of the popular, seventies, television sitcom The Odd Couple.   Right before the catchy theme music would commence, a deep voiced announcer would state the show’s simple premise, “Can two divorced men share an apartment – without driving each other…

SARA BAREILLES, BRIAN D’ARCY JAMES, PATINA MILLER, PHILLIPA SOO, GAVIN CREEL, JOSHUA HENRY TO STAR The critically acclaimed New York City Center Encores! production of Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine’s  Into the Woods will transfer to Broadway this summer, for a strictly limited eight-week engagement at the St. James Theatre beginning Tuesday, June 28. Tickets now…

WHAT A PIECE OF WORK IS FAT HAM The Father/Son relationship can often be difficult. It can be hard even when the father and son like, let alone love, each other. In Shakespeare’s Hamlet, the young prince is so enamored of his recently deceased father, King Hamlet, he refers to him as a “Hyperion.” In…

HOW I LEARNED TO LOVE THEATER Some plays take time to come into their own but they’re well worth a wait. Twenty-five years after its Off-Broadway debut, Paula Vogel’s seminal wonder How I Learned to Drive is only now reaching full impact. That’s thanks, of course, to the consciousness-raising of #MeToo, among other seismic changes…

DOES GOD MAKE A CASE? I liked Samuel D. Hunter‘s A Case for the Existence of God. I didn’t love it, just liked it. Admittedly, I’m in the minority opinion on this one, as many people unabashedly love this well-executed production, currently performing at Signature Theater. Of course, what I like or love is immaterial…

SHOW-SCORE & TODAYTIX TO PARTNER WITH THE ENTERTAINMENT COMMUNITY FUND ON ‘PREDICT THE TONYS’ The Entertainment Community Fund  (formerly  The Actors Fund), alongside  Show-Score  and  TodayTix, announced today that they have partnered to celebrate theater’s biggest night and benefit the programs and services of the Fund. TodayTix and Show-Score’s newly launched  “Predict the Tonys”  experience invites theater lovers to cast votes for…

Follow the Drama Desk Awards at Drama Desk and @DramaDeskAwards on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook for updates 2022 DRAMA DESK NOMINATIONS: (click links for Stage and Cinema reviews) Outstanding Play Cullud Wattah, by Erika Dickerson-Despenza, The Public Theater English, by Sanaz Toossi, Atlantic Theater Company Prayer for the French Republic, by Joshua Harmon, Manhattan Theatre…

LIKE A ROLLING STONE I imagine that some time back, the Theater Gods were sitting around talking. They had the idea to collaborate on a stupendous theatrical event. They thought to combine the best of film, stage and television production techniques with flawless acting, inspired direction, artful lighting and brilliant sound — all in support…