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Broadway and Off-Broadway News: 69th Annual Theater Awards – Outer Critics Circle Announce 2018-2019 Season Nominees

April 24, 2019 | be more, be more chill, bernhardt, Broadway, house that will, king kong, network, News, Off-Broadway, on beckett > | "Accidently Brave", "Ain’t Too Proud: The Life and Times of the Temptations", "All My Sons", "Apologia", "Be More Chill", "Beetlejuice", "Behind the Sheet", "Bernhardt/Hamlet", "Black Light", "By the Way. Meet Vera Stark", "Carmen Jones", "Choir Boy", "Downstairs", "Fairview", "Fiddler on the Roof", "Girl from the North Country", "Girls & Boys", "Head Over Heels", "Ink", "Juno and the Paycock", "King Kong", "Kiss Me Kate", "Lewiston / Clarkston", "Midnight at the Never Get", "Mother of the Maid", "My Life on a Diet", "Network", "Our Lady of 121st Street", "Slave Play", "Sugar in Our Wounds", "The Beast in the Jungle", "The Cher Show", "The Ferryman", "The Hello Girls", "The House That Will Not Stand", "The Lifespan of a Fact", "The Light", "The New One", "The Prom", "The True", "The Waverly Gallery", "To Kill a Mockingbird", "Tootsie", "Usual Girls", "White Noise", “Smokey Joe’s Café”, “What the Constitution Means to Me”

Outer Critics Circle, the organization of writers and commentators covering New York theater for out-of-town newspapers, national publications and other media beyond Broadway, announced today (April 23, 2019) its nominees for the 2018-19 season. Broadway’s “Tootsie” star Julie Halston along with “Torch Song” sensation Michael Urie presided over the (11AM) announcement ceremony in the Oak Room at New York’s renowned…

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Broadway Review: “Network” at the Belasco Theatre

When Howard Beale (a tortured yet determined Bryan Cranston) first admonishes his listeners to get out of their chairs, go their widows, stick out their heads and yell, “I’m mad as hell and I’m not going to take this anymore,” the audience at the Belasco Theatre erupts with a nostalgia that since the 1976 release of Paddy Chayefsky’s “Network” has…

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Off-Broadway Review: “In the Room, Waiting” at the Broadway Bound Festival at the 14th Street Y Theatre

August 2, 2017 | network, Off-Broadway, the visitor, visitor > | “In the Room, 14th Street Y Theatre, Barry Gibbs, Broadway Bound Theatre Festival, Jarielle Whitney, Jon Degaetano, Justin Jorrell, Parker Pogue, Tangela Wilson, Thaddeus McCants, Tyler Gardella, Waiting, Zahaira Curiel

Several characters appear in “In A Room, Waiting,” particularly because the room in question is a hospital waiting room. These “visitors” have little else to occupy their time other than browsing outdated magazines or entering a conversation that might either ease their apprehension or perhaps escalate their level of anxiety. Malcolm (Thaddeus McCants) and Aisha (Jarielle Whitney), a young unmarried…

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Off-Broadway Review: “Peace, Love, and Cupcakes” at the Acorn Theatre at Theatre Row

“Peace, Love, and Cupcakes: The Musical,” currently running at the New York Musical Festival at the Acorn Theatre at Theatre Row, is a sweet bubble gum musical that, on the surface, addresses the issue of bullying at school and its deleterious effects. Based on the book by the same name (the first in the Cupcake Club series by Sheryl Berk),…

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New from TCG Books: “Here We Go” / “Escaped Alone” by Caryl Churchill

February 17, 2017 | be more chill, network, News, Previews, the field, the lion king > | TCG, Theatre Communications Group

Theatre Communications Group (TCG) has announced the publication of “Here We Go / Escaped Alone” by Caryl Churchill. Both critically acclaimed works in this new volume premiered in London – Here We Go in the fall of 2015 at the Lyttelton Theatre, and Escaped Alone in January of 2016 at the Royal Court Theatre. Escaped Alone will premiere in the…

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Preview: “Vox Lumiere’s Phantom of the Opera” Opens at the Daryl Roth Theatre in Union Square

August 30, 2016 | canada, network, News, Off-Broadway, Previews > | Daryl Roth Theatre

The producers of VOX LUMIERE’S PHANTOM OF THE OPERA are thrilled to announce that the award-winning immersive and interactive stage and screen experience is coming to New York City, beginning performances at the Daryl Roth Theatre in Union Square on Monday, January 16, 2017. Created, composed & directed by Kevin Saunders Hayes, VOX LUMIERE’S PHANTOM OF THE OPERA will celebrate…

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Preview: “The SpongeBob Musical” in Chicago (Performances Begin June 7, 2016)

March 11, 2016 | adam perry broadway, Broadway, how to save a world, network, Previews, spongebob > | Chicago

Performances Begin on Tuesday, June 7, 2016 for a Limited Engagement through Sunday, July 3, 2016 at Broadway in Chicago’s Oriental Theatre. “The SpongeBob Musical” is thrilled to announce Yolanda Adams, Sara Bareilles and Alex Ebert of Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros will contribute original songs to the show. Individual tickets for the Pre-Broadway World Premiere, ‘The SpongeBob Musical,” will…

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“Maurice Hines “Tappin’ Thru Life” at New World Stages (Closed February 21, 2016)

January 14, 2016 | network, Off-Broadway, on the head of a pin > | Dance, Maurice Hines, New World Stages

Maurice Hines has been tapping through his prestigious career since he and his brother Gregory – at three and five years old – were discovered at Harlem’s iconic Apollo Theater while attending a performance of the Count Basie Band with singer Joe Williams. Mr. Hines begins his highly entertaining “Maurice Hines Tappin’ Thru Life,” now playing at New World Stages,…

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“Oprahfication” at the New York Musical Theatre Festival at The Ford Foundation Studio Theatre (Closed on Thursday July 24, 2014)

July 22, 2014 | network, NY Musical Theatre, oprahfication > | NY Musical Theatre

Oprahfication (ˌəʊprəfɪˈkeɪʃən) noun (informal) – the perceived increase in people’s desire to discuss their emotions or personal problems, attributed to the influence of confessional television programmes. Word origin: from Oprah (Winfrey) (born 1954), US actress and pioneer of this genre. – From “Collins English Dictionary” What happens when a powerful actor with an equally powerful voice portrays one of America’s…

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