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NOT SO LITTLE ANYMORE Once upon a time there was an aviator. One day, the aviator’s plane crash landed in the Sahara Desert. The aviator survived but his plane was damaged. After landing, the aviator soon met a little prince from another planet — a planet so small it only held a rose, some shrubs,…

GLORIOUS LANGUAGE AND A KISS TO REMEMBER Cyrano de Bergerac may be the most romantic, tragic love story to withstand the test of time. (Romeo & Juliet drops in comparison.) Written in 1897, Edmond Rostand’s classic play follows the unrequited love of Cyrano (James McAvoy) for his childhood friend, Roxane (Evelyn Miller). At the end…

PUT YOURSELF IN HARMONY‘S WAY I can’t remember the last time I have been so entranced with a new musical. And while Harmony may be having its New York premiere in the Off-Broadway house that brought us the Yiddish version of Fiddler on the Roof, I’ll eat my kishkes if this winner doesn’t go to…

PLAY BALL! Get your popcorn and peanuts and Cracker Jack. Grab your Empires pennant and Empires cap and maybe your Empires team jacket. Then head on down to the ballpark or, in this case, the Helen Hayes Theater on Broadway. For inside is now housed a locker room, a dugout, a field of dreams and…

TINA IS A HEAD-TURNER Two elements are vital to creating a hit bio-musical: great songs and a powerful life story. Tina, The Tina Turner Musical delivers both. Whereas some biographies required that book writers “punch-up” the drama, the true life story of the woman born Anna-Mae Bullock needs no exaggeration as it recounts how a…

IT’S SUITE TO BE BACK AT THE PLAZA A night at the Plaza? With Hollywood royalty? I’m in, how about you? Thus we find three serio-comic tales of love, loss and betrayal all taking place in Suite 719 of New York City’s famed Plaza Hotel. Set in Manhattan of 1968/1969, Neil Simon’s Plaza Suite is…

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…