Apart from mostly welcoming reviews for the return of “Forever Tango” this summer, the Broadway season has gotten off to a tepid start, with disappointing box office grosses and middling reviews for “Soul Doctor”, “First Date” and the Bloom-Rashad “R …Read more

She’s played Lady Barbara, Mrs. Warren, Josie Hogan, a Mormon in “Angels in America”, a naïve “Heiress” and a “Doubt”ful nun. Now it’s time for Cherry Jones to take on one of the pillar roles in the American theater: Amanda Wingfield in “The Glass Me …Read more

How many times does 1 go into 120? The answer may be found at this year’s United Solo Theater Festival, where more than 120 one-person shows from 23 countries will be performed on Theater Row, Oct. 3-Nov. 24. Already, 25 shows are sold out, and this …Read more

Yes, Virginia, there are awards for off-off-Broadway. Not only that, unlike so many other award ceremonies smooshed together at the end of the Broadway season, the New York Innovative Theater Awards happen in late September – the 30th, to be precise. …Read more

Marjorie Gunner, a veteran theater critic who headed the Outer Critics Circle for a quarter of a century, died on Saturday at the age of 91. A writer for the Italian Tribune and the New Voice of New York newspaper who then devoted her later professio …Read more

– Editors Update: Jan 2014 – 80’s Prom will have several special showings throughout 2014, see the show link for dates. Arguably the most commercially successful improvo-tainment since “Tony n’ Tina’s Wedding”, “The Awesome 80s Prom” will be turning …Read more

Twenty-five years have passed since Lee Blessing made his mark on Broadway with “A Walk in the Woods”. A two-handed drama about an American and Russian arms negotiator taking some off-the-clock time to talk less formally about the most pressing issue …Read more

In two of his recent columns for the New York Post, Michael Riedel editorialized a bit about the inadequate way Broadway theaters dim their lights in tribute to luminaries who have passed on. It is traditional for outdoor marquees to be dimmed for on …Read more

On Wednesday at 7:45pm, Broadway theaters will dim their marquee lights in honor of one of the great legends of modern theater, actress Julie Harris, who passed away at age 87. A five-time Tony Award winner (plus a sixth for lifetime achievement), Ha …Read more

“Soul Doctor,” the new musical about the life and music of Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach, had a bumpy ride to Broadway, including poor pre-Broadway reviews on the road and promising but not quite “money” notices when the show played off-Broadway. But the pr …Read more