I am not “wedded to calamity,” nor am I a purist by any means, especially when it comes to Shakespeare and the classics. Not to get...
The concept for an important new book, Why Are We Like This: The Transformative Power of Heartstopper about fans’ transformative experiences as a result of the Netflix...
20 Shows to open in the 2024/2025 season before the Tony’s. 6 in the next two months. Here is what is coming and going. Opening 1/23:...
There is a fair bit of truth to the underlying framing delivered here, that Mercutio, Romeo’s best friend, truly loves Romeo just a little more than...
Two of Hollywood’s youngest and most sought-after actors are on Broadway selling out tickets and waiting at the stage door at Circle in the Square Theatre....
The heat inside the circle picks up, and the actors, milling about and horsing around with shopping carts and teddy bears, come alive with the beat....
Yellow Face: Todd Haimes Theatre. The Broadway premiere of David Henry Hwang’s comedy about the complexities of race. Starring: Daniel Dae Kim, Kevin Del Aguila, Ryan...
There are 8 shows either opening or previewing on Broadway in September. Here is what is coming: The Roomate: Booth Theatre. Mia Farrow and Patti LuPone...
Behind a large industrial gate, Verona stands hard and dominant in the stark white light. It’s 1597, as projected, but the energy is utterly contemporary and...
Drumming up a goddess in white, she sings from the opening monologue that lays the groundwork for Stratford Festival‘s Romeo and Juliet. It’s a sparkling starry...
It’s going to be some Shakespeare-heavy months ahead, especially around those famously doomed lovers named Romeo and Juliet, as I fly into the Stratford Festival (formally...
New York City Opera will present La Bohème on Thursday, June 1, 2023 at 7pm as part of their Park Series in Bryant Park Picnic Performances presented...
I am late on this news, but better late than never. The world premiere of You Will Get Sick, a new play by Noah Diaz directed...
Next to Normal is the first Broadway title to be presented in a disruptive 100% immersive format. The musical that revolutionized musical theater a decade ago,...
Whether you’re looking for a beautifully romantic getaway for you and your partner or a unique classical concert, this Valentine’s Day February 14th at 6:30 p.m. and...
I tried to wipe away the annoyance of a fellow theatre goer who was complaining to the very patient box office person about how terrible her...
7:30pm: Strauss’s Der Rosenkavalier After scandalizing the opera world with Salome and Elektra, Strauss composed this modern drawing-room comedy to great popular acclaim. The work, which follows the sexual indiscretions and...
I was quite thrilled but nervous last Friday night. Being in Canada, I wasn’t quite sure I would have access to the broadcast of the recently...
From New York City to Los Angeles artists are living out what feels like a Shakespearean play about the plaque. So many references came from the...
It’s William Shakespeare’s birthday today, and we are celebrating in self-isolation style in Toronto last night and tonight. The Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre on the South Bank of London...
There really is something to be said for the classics done extraordinarily well. Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet reinterpreted with a Latin beat, set in the Upper West Side...
Al Parinello and Catherine Russell, producers of the Off Broadway musical, The Fantasticks have announced that the production will reach a record breaking 21,000 performances on Monday, February...
