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The Outer Critics Circle (OCC) Announces the Winners of the 72nd Annual Outer Critics Circle Awards Commemorating the 2022-2023 Broadway and Off-Broadway Season

The Outer Critics Circle (OCC), the official organization of writers on New York theatre for out-of-town newspapers and national publications, is pleased to announce the winners of the 72nd Annual Outer Critics Circle Awards, honoring the 2022-2023 Broadway and Off-Broadway season. The awards ceremony honoring the winners will take place on Thursday, May 25 at 3:00PM in the Bruno Walter…

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Theatre News: World and Northern American Premieres, Original Commissions, and Works Spanning Theater, Opera, Music, and Dance Comprise Park Avenue Armory’s 2023 Season

World and North American Premieres, Original Commissions, and Works Spanning Theater, Opera, Music, And Dance Comprise Park Avenue Armory’s 2023 Season The North American debut of British dramatist Alexander Zeldin’s LOVE, an emotionally poignant play depicting the lives of families placed in temporary public housing. Uniquely lived-in performances and design immerse audiences within a story that calls attention to…

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Broadway Review: “The Piano Lesson” at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre (Closed Sunday, January 29, 2023)

Years after August Wilson’s “The Piano Lesson” was first produced on Broadway in 1990, Black playwrights have continued to grapple with this enduring question which defines the struggle between Bernice (an indomitable and passionate Danielle Brooks) and her brother Boy Willie (a broken but resilient John David Washington) in Wilson’s epic drama: “Is it possible to build one’s future without…

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Regional Theatre Review: “Million Dollar Quartet Christmas” at Bucks County Playhouse (Closed Sunday, January 1, 2023)

December 1, 2022 | on that day, Regional (Pennsylvania), the piano > | "Million Dollar Quartet", Bart Shatto as Sam Phillips, Brian Michael Henry, Bucks County Playhouse, Carol Perkins, Casting is by Paul Hardt CSA, Colin Escott, Costume designer is Lauren T. Roark, David Roberts, Elvis Presley, Gregory Fletcher is Assistant Stage Manager, Guiliana Augello, Hunter Foster, James David Larson as Brother Jay Perkins, Jason Cohen as Jerry Lee Lewis, Jerry Lee Lewis, Joe Boover as Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Josh Smith is Scenic Designer, Lighting Designer is Ryan O’Gara, Margaret Dudasik as Dyanne, Pamela Edington is Production Stage Manager, Sam C. Jones, Sam Sherwood as Carl Perkins, Sam Sherwood is Music Director, Theatre Reviews Limited, Tucker Cruz Marshall as Fluke, Tyler Michael Breeding as Johnny Cash

If you are not yet in a Holiday mood, perhaps a trip to Bucks County Playhouse where “Million Dollar Quartet Christmas” is now playing, may ignite your spirit. What can be more inspiring than hearing seasonal favorites sung by Jerry Lee Lewis (an exuberant Jason Cohen), Carl Perkins (a calming Sam Sherwood), Johnny Cash (an engaging Tyler Michael Breeding) and…

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Broadway Review: “The Lehman Trilogy” at the Nederlander Theatre (Closed Sunday January 2, 2022)

November 3, 2021 | a man of, Broadway, lehman, the lehman, the piano > | "The Lehman Trilogy", Adam Godley, Adrian Lester, Candida Caldicot, Dominic Bilkey, Es Devlin, Jon Clark, Julieta Cervantes, Katrina Lindsay, Luke Halls, Nederlander Theatre, Nick Powell, Polly Bennett, Sam Mendes, Simon Russell Beale, Zoé Ford Burnett.

If you were to sit in the dark in the Nederlander Theatre at the appointed hour, with the security screen lowered, you would eventually hear Candida Caldicot begin to play the stage-left piano. Soon after, voices are heard, and what easily could be the most engaging radio play begins. And you immediately become entranced, captured by what you hear: the…

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Rattlestick Playwrights Theater Announces Line-Up for “New Songs Now in Your Living Room”

Rattlestick Playwrights Theater, in partnership with Rosalind Productions, Inc., is proud to announce the line-up for New Songs Now in Your Living Room. This free unplugged concert series gives inventive songwriters the opportunity to test out new material in a low-key, fun environment. Every Thursday in May, two composers will share selections of their work, followed by a conversation with…

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Off-Broadway News: Extension Announced for “Sugar in Our Wounds” at Manhattan Theatre Club at New York City Center – Stage II

Due to popular demand, Manhattan Theatre Club (Lynne Meadow, Artistic Director and Barry Grove, Executive Producer) is pleased to announce one additional week of performances for the world premiere of of Sugar in Our Wounds, a new play by Donja R. Love, directed by Saheem Ali (Twelfth Night for the Public Theater’s Mobile Unit), at The Studio at Stage II –…

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Off-Broadway Review: “Miss Blanche Tells It All” at the New York Musical Festival at the Peter Jay Sharp Theater

“These parting words, she left behind/These parting words she left behind/And I put them in your hands now/These parting words she left behind.” – The Nun Lee (Brian Charles Rooney) is the twenty-something female impersonator who graces the small stage at the Golden Lantern, an old bar – a joint – in the French Quarter of New Orleans. The small…

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Off-Broadway Review: “The View UpStairs” at the Lynn Redgrave Theater at Culture Project

“Forty years ago this place was a fabulously tacky gay bar with a life-sized cardboard cutout of nude Burt Reynolds hanging from the ceiling. It was a church. There was live music and dancing, hustlers, drag queens, even a mother who came with her son. It was a community of people who were funny, and brave, and full of life.”…

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Off-Broadway Review: “Missed Connections: A Craigslist Musical” Connects at the New Ohio Theatre

September 16, 2016 | all i want is one night, canada, LGBTQ+, Off-Broadway, pond theatre company, the piano > | LGBTQ, New Ohio Theater

“Missed Connections: A Craigslist Musical” is being presented at the New Ohio Theatre after successful runs throughout Canada. It is a musical cantata with lyrics taken or derived from actual ads placed on Craigslist. That indeed ensures a variety of interesting and bizarre subject matter that is approached throughout the ninety-minute production. It is sung through as a rapid succession…

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