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WITH SIX YOU GET POWDER-KEG SOUL What if the six wives of one of history’s bad boys, King Henry VIII,   formed a pop girl group and held a concert where they belted out tales of their superstar lives, secret loves and tragic ends? You’d have Six, the hit British import from London’s West End now…

THE KING OF POP IS NOW THE KING OF BROADWAY MJ (The Michael Jackson Musical) raises the bar for the bio-musical. Set in the rehearsal hall for Jackson’s 1992 Dangerous World Tour, the story follows two documentarians, one is “Alejandro” played exactingly by GABRIEL RUIZ, who are allowed entre into press-weary Michael’s inner sanctum to…

EVERYBODY RISE! Since its multi Tony Award-winning 1970 debut, COMPANY, the musical comedy exploring contemporary dating, marriage and divorce has been a favorite of singer-actors who relished performing George Furth’s witty cutting vignettes accompanied by Stephen Sondheim’s sophisticated and emotionally complex songs. However, it is directors who really relish delving into COMPANY’s non-linear structure because…

CAN YOU BE A CONFEDERATE TO CONFEDERATES? Elijah Jones and Kristolyn Lloyd I’ve noticed “Permission for Engagement” becoming a recent trend in new productions by Black female playwrights. There is a notice in the Playbill inviting the audience to let go and respond when inspired, as “theatre can be church for some of us” (“Us”…

After the acclaimed, record-setting run at Arizona’s Phoenix Theater Company,  ¡Americano!, a new American musical, is now playing a 12-week limited engagement through June 19, 2022 at New World Stages. Official opening night is April 21 at 7PM. The original score is by acclaimed singer-songwriter Carrie Rodriguez, the book by Jonathan Rosenberg, Fernanda Santos, and…

SUITE IS SWEET AND SOUR Upon entering the Hudson Theater, glance to your left to see a notable collection of theater posters — not former productions at this lovely, classy venue, but rather the extensive, impressive contributions of master playwright Neil Simon. Has any single American playwright penned so many successful plays and musicals? With…

THE MINUTES FINALLY GETS ITS TIME Steppenwolf’s production of The Minutes  by  Tracy Letts, directed by  Anna D. Shapiro, will resume performances at Studio 54 on Broadway two years after its originally scheduled opening, previewing tomorrow April 2, 2022, and officially opening on Sunday, April 27, 2022. Check The Minutes on Broadway. This record-breaking hit production from Steppenwolf…

GONG WITH THE WIND In Charles L. White’s new play Gong Lum’s Legacy, currently running at Theatre @ St. Clements in New York City, things happen very quickly. A young Chinese man, a recent immigrant from China, falls in love with a young African American woman within a few minutes of meeting her. However, the…

The  WP Theater announces  the creative teams for the 2022 Pipeline Festival, the fourth biennial showcase of the artists in its celebrated WP Lab residency for playwrights, directors, and producers, as well as the cast for the first project,  They Came in The Night. Returning live and in-person from  March 24 – May 14, 2022  at  WP Theater (2162 Broadway, at…

Announces Schedule Change for the 2022 BROADWAY BY THE YEAR   Concerts New dates have been announced for the 21st Season which will breaking new ground for its signature series THE TOWN HALL (123 W. 43rd Street) www.TheTownHall.org The Town Hall has announced new dates for Broadway By The Year, created, written, hosted and directed by…

CreateTheater in association with The Prism Stage Company are jointly presenting CreateTheater’s New Works Festival – the first new theater festival to emerge post-shutdown. The new festival will run from Thursday, April 14 to Sunday, May 15 at Theater Row’s Theater Four, (410 West 42nd  Street) and provides a new model for developing theater online and…

A NOT SO PLAIN JANE Did you know that William Shakespeare was a narcissistic, whiny, pansexual, selfish, misogynistic, plagiarizing, womanizing fop? Scholars may debate the accuracy of this description but in playwright Talene Monahon’s riotous new comedic farce, The Lamentable Comedie of JANE ANGER, that Cunning Woman, and also of Willy Shakefpeare and his Peasant…

DECORATIVE CHINA Immediately upon entering The Shiva Theater within The Public Theater building, the audience for The Chinese Lady is greeted with an onstage shipping container that fills the playing space. It is a bit off-putting but mostly curious. And, as it turns out, a perfect image to start playwright Lloyd Suh’s exploration of the…

THE 75th ANNUAL TONY AWARDS TO AIR LIVE COAST TO COAST ON CBS, SUNDAY, JUNE 12 AND STREAMING ON PARAMOUNT+ Celebrating 75 Years of the Best of Broadway, the Tony Awards Will Return Live from Radio City Music Hall to Honor the 2021-2022 Broadway Season   Broadcast Marks the First Time the Tony Awards Will Be…

BROADWAY’S HIT MUSICAL CHICAGO WELCOMES PAMELA ANDERSON The Tony Award-winning, record-breaking hit musical  Chicago returned to the Broadway stage at the Ambassador Theatre (219 W. 49th St.; New York, NY). The Broadway company will welcome actress and activist  Pamela Anderson  making her Broadway debut in the role of Roxie Hart beginning Tuesday, April 12, 2022. She will play…