New York

THIS MEAL WILL RETURN Following the recent announcement of a temporary suspension of performances due to COVID-19 cases within the company, producers of the Broadway  play  Chicken & Biscuits  announce that the production will resume performances on  Friday, November 19, 2021, before playing a final performance of its limited engagement at  Circle in the Square Theatre  (235 West 50th Street) on  Sunday,…

THANKFULLY, WE’RE STILL SEARCHING Is there life after Lily Tomlin? The Shed, the cool new space for theater and art in Hudson Yards, is about to prove that question with a resounding “yes”. Beginning December 21, 2021, a newly commissioned production of The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe, freshly revisited by…

CHANGE  IS NOW We hear that that the only thing constant is change, yet we struggle against change, we fight against change, and some are even willing to succumb to the unyielding stress of determined apathy rather than change. We live in a world that must change the way it consumes and change the way it…

MCC Theater (511 W 52nd St) opens its 2021-22 season with Nollywood  Dreams, which reunites the entire cast from the 2020 MCC production that was postponed due to the theater shutdown. Written by Jocelyn Bioh  (School Girls; or, The African Mean Girls Play), Nollywood  Dream  will begin previews in-person at  MCC Theater’s   Newman Mills Theater  on  October 21, 2021. Directed by  Saheem Ali  (Fires…

TWO NOBODIES WITH A DREAM. ONE POP STAR WITH A PHONE. THIS IS THEIR CALLING. A Commercial Jingle for Regina Comet, the first new musical to premiere in New York City since the shutdown began, began performancesSeptember 17 at the DR2 Theatre (103 E. 15th Street), and now has been extended to November 21, 2021….

THE PUBLIC THEATER ANNOUNCES CASTING FOR WORLD PREMIERE PLAY CULLUD WATTAH Written by Erika Dickerson-Despenza Directed by Candis C. Jones Above is the cast for the world premiere of CULLUD WATTAH (think: “colored water”). Developed by Dickerson-Despenza as the 2019-2020 Tow Playwright-in-Residence at The Public, the play — originally scheduled to premiere in July 2020…

MAGIC IN THE MUSIC Sometimes jukebox bio-musicals get so caught up in the fame and fortune of the journey that they miss the creative passion that is the true force driving most artists forward. Happily,  Ain’t Too Proud: The Life and Times of The Temptations — which returns to Broadway tomorrow, October 16, 2021 — puts…

THEY’RE FRIGGIN’ BACK By now, the world knows about the musical Jersey Boys, the story of pop sensation Frankie Valli & the Four Seasons. It’s a triumph, and the NY production leaves all others at the shore. It returns to New York City’s New World Stages (340 West 50th Street) on November 15, 2021. Tickets…

United Solo Theatre Festival 2021 The 12th  Annual  United Solo Theatre Festival, based  at  Theatre Row in New York City,  is the world’s largest solo theatre  festival.  After a decade of presenting over one thousand solo  shows, the  Festival  returns to its stage  at Theatre Row. There, it will feature  productions from around the  globe. United Solo features a vast array of shows ranging from drama, storytelling, and…

SETH’S BROADWAY BREAKDOWN OPENS AT ASYLUM NYC Seth Rudetsky, SiriusXM’s afternoon Broadway host, musician, actor and award-winning comic, has opened his hilarious one-man homage to Broadway at Asylum NYC. Celebrating Broadway’s return, Seth’s Broadway Breakdown continues its run Sat & Sun at 4 thru December, 2021. The 90-minute comedic tour-de-force breaks down musical theatre with…

In Los Angeles, we have L.A. Theatre Works, which has been recording live theater for decades in front of a live audience. These shows are then available for radio broadcast. Even without sets and lights, just Foley, the live performances have been remarkable events, often more satisfying than live theater itself. Now in New York,…

OH, YOU CAN SWALLOW THIS The re-opening cast of LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS starts performances tonight, “on the twenty-first day of the month of September” at the Westside Theatre (407 West 43rd Street). For tickets — on sale for performances through January 9, 2022 — visit Telecharge.com/212-239-6200. Jeremy Jordan as Seymour Under the direction of…

NOW IN PREVIEWS PERFORMANCES BEGIN TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 2021 LIMITED 7-WEEK ENGAGEMENT The amazing theater company BEDLAM is coming back to New York with  PERSUASION,  a new play by  Sarah Rose Kearns  adapted from the novel by  Jane Austen, and directed by  Eric Tucker. In the aftermath of the Napoleonic wars, a shy English spinster seeks to win back the love…

WP THEATER WELCOMES AUDIENCES BACK TO PHYSICAL SPACE WITH AN IMMERSIVE AUDIO TOUR WP Theater invites you back to the theater to consider what makes physical spaces feel like home with Welcome Home, or Ten Tiny Snapshots of WP, conceived and created by Rebecca Martí­nez and with Sound Design & Editing by Christopher Darbassie. Multiple…

Festival includes performances & appearances from 18 Returning Broadway Musicals, 5 Broadway Plays and Special Guests All Live and Free in Times Square Sept 17-19, 2021 Throughout the celebratory weekend, Broadway fans will have the unique opportunity to join with a wide variety of interactive experiences and intimate concerts peppered throughout the festival, including Broadway…

Trevor, the new musical that was in rehearsals ahead of its New York premiere when theaters shut down last spring, will begin performances Monday, October 25, 2021  at  Stage 42  (442 West 42nd  Street, near 9th Avenue). Opening night is Wednesday, November 10. 13-year-old  Holden William  Hagelberger from Sugarland, Texas has been cast in the role of “Trevor” following a process…

YOU THINK BIGGER IS BETTER ON BROADWAY? THINK AGAIN. This is a fascinating year for Broadway. Not only are big-ticket plays and musicals coming back to life post-COVID, but we are also seeing proven experimental, smaller productions making the move to bigger houses. Case in point: Matt Ross and other like-minded producers are bringing Is…