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Off-Broadway Review: “Nothing Can Take You from the Hand of God” at Playwrights Horizons’ Peter Jay Sharp Theater (Closed Sunday, November 16, 2025)

October 22, 2025 | LGBTQ+, Off-Broadway, Queer > | “Nothing Can Take You from the Hand of God”, Amith Chandrashaker (Lighting Designer), David Roberts, Emmie Finckel (Scenic Designer), Evdoxia Ragkou (Sound Designer), Frank Winters, Jared Mezzocchi, Jen Tullock, Jenny Kennedy, Maria Baranova, New York Theatre Reviews, Stefania Bulbarella (Projection and Video Designer), Theatre Reviews, Theatre Reviews Limited

Jen Tullock’s “Nothing Can Take You from the Hand of God” has been hailed as a searing examination of how evangelical Christianity wounds its queer children. Critics have called it “the best solo show in years,” praising Tullock’s tour-de-force performance as she embodies multiple characters to tell the story of Frances Reinhardt, a writer whose memoir about growing up gay…

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Off-Broadway Review: “Oh Happy Day!” at the Public’s Martinson Hall (Closed Sunday, November 2, 2025)

October 21, 2025 | LGBTQ+, Off-Broadway, Queer > | "Oh Happy Day", Brian D. Coats (Lewis), choreography by Eboni Nichols, Cole Taylor (Understudy), Costume Design by Qween Jean, David Roberts, Donovan Louis Bazemore (Kevin), dramaturgy by Jack Phillips Moore, hair and wig design by Mia Neal, Jakob W. Plummer, Jayna Elise (Understudy), Joan Marcus, Jordan E. Cooper, Jordan E. Cooper (Keyshawn), Latrice Pace (Glory Divine), lighting design by Adam Honoré, makeup design by Kirk Cambridge Del-Pesche, Martinson Hall, Monét Thibou, music contracting by Sara Jacovino and Kristy Norter, music direction/supervision/orchestration/additional music by Daniel Rudin, New York Theatre Reviews, prop management by Samantha Llanes Gordon, Public Theater, scenic design by Luciana Stecconi, Sheléa Melody McDonald (Mighty Divine), sound design by Taylor J. Williams, Stevie Walker-Webb, Tamika Lawrence (Niecy), Theatre Reviews, Theatre Reviews Limited, Tiffany Mann (Holy Divine)

Jordan E. Cooper’s “Oh Happy Day!” at The Public Theater promises to explore whether a queer man rejected and abused by the church can choose his own happiness on his own terms. It’s a radical question that deserves a radical answer. But Cooper delivers a morality tale about earning God’s love through forgiveness and obedience instead. His protagonist Keyshawn (played…

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Broadway Review: “Punch” at Manhattan Theatre Club’s Samuel J. Friedman Theatre (Closed on Sunday, November 2, 2025))

“You always step in,” Jacob Dunne (Will Harrison) tells us from the stage of the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre, explaining the code of the Meadows housing estate where loyalty means throwing fists without thinking. “Always. With a mate. No matter where, no matter what.” This philosophy—this toxic, tribal, inevitable logic—will cost James Hodgkinson his life in a single, unprovoked punch…

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Off-Broadway Review: “The Honey Trap” at Irish Repertory Theatre (Closed Sunday, November 23, 2025)

“You could be dead tomorrow,” young Dave (Daniel Marconi) tells his army buddy Bobby (Harrison Tipping) during a night out in 1979 Belfast, justifying their reckless behavior. “Live in the moment.” Thirty-five years later, after Bobby’s murder, that moment has become the only moment that matters—an endless present tense of guilt, rage, and impossible choices. Leo McGann’s “The Honey Trap,”…

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Off-Broadway Review: “The Brothers Size” at The Shed (Closed Sunday, September 28, 2025)

They are just three men in modern-day Louisiana – Ogun Size (André Holland), a mechanic; his ex-con brother Oshoosi Size (Alani iLongwe); and a charismatic drifter, Elegba (Malcolm Mays). But in playwright Tarrell Alvin McCraney’s hands, they are also gods wrestling with eternal questions about duty versus freedom, protection versus possession, and the price of keeping those we love safely…

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Broadway Review: “ART” at the Music Box Theatre (Through Sunday, December 21, 2025)

September 21, 2025 | Broadway > | "ART", Bobby Cannavale, David Roberts, David Rockwell (Set Design), James Corden, Jen Schriever (lighting design), Kid Harpoon (Original Music), Linda Cho (Costume Design), Matthew Murphy, Mikaal Sulaiman (sound design), Music Box Theatre, Neil Patrick Harris, New York Theatre Reviews, Theatre Reviews, Theatre Reviews Limited

Everyone has been there: that moment when a close friend reveals something about their taste, their values, their inner life that makes you wonder if you ever really knew them at all. “ART” turns that uncomfortable recognition into ninety minutes of brilliant theatrical warfare. Under Scott Ellis’s direction, Bobby Cannavale (Marc), James Corden (Yvan), and Neil Patrick Harris (Serge) bring…

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Theatre News: Bucks County Playhouse Remembers Robert Redford

September 16, 2025 | News, pennsylvania > | “Barefoot in the Park”, “Nobody Loves Me”, “Tall Story”, “Tiger at the Gate”, Bucks County Playhouse, David Roberts, Michael Traupman, Mike Nichols, Neil Simon, New York Theatre Reviews, Robert Redford, Sundance Institute, Theatre Reviews, Theatre Reviews Limited

Bucks County Playhouse mourns the passing of Robert Redford, the Oscar-winning actor, director and founder of the Sundance Institute and Film Festival. He was 89. Redford made his professional stage debut at Bucks County Playhouse in 1959 in “Tiger at the Gate.” Later that year, he made his first Broadway appearance in “Tall Story.” He returned to the Playhouse in…

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Off-Broadway Preview: Bedlam Presents the World Premiere of Emily Breeze’s “Are the Bennet Girls OK?” at West End Theatre (Previews Begin Monday, September 14, 2025)

August 8, 2025 | Uncategorized > | "Pride and Prejudice", “Are the Bennet Girls Ok?”, “Sense & Sensibility”, Bedlam, Ben Brantley, David Roberts, Emily Breeze, Eric Tucker, erry Teachout, Jane Austin, Kate Hamill, New York Theatre Previews, New York Times, Theatre Previews, Theatre Reviews Limited, Wall Street Journal, West End Theatre

Bedlam, the company creating works of theater that reinvigorate traditional forms, presents the world premiere of Emily Breeze’s “Are the Bennet Girls Ok?,” adapted from “Pride and Prejudice” by Jane Austen, staged by Bedlam Artistic Director Eric Tucker (previews begin September 14 at West End Theatre, 263 W. 86th Street). With “Are the Bennet Girls Ok?”, Bedlam returns to the…

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Pennsylvania Theatre News: Philadelphia Theatre Company Announces Its 2025/2026 Season with Three Mainstage Productions

Philadelphia Theatre Company announces its 2025/26 season featuring three mainstage productions, special programming, and single tickets now on sale. The season features three mainstage productions: “Primary Trust,” “Caesar,” and “Wilderness Generation.” Single tickets priced from $25 to $55 are now available, and the season includes additional programming such as concerts and youth productions. The season opens with “Primary Trust,” the…

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Off-Broadway Review: “Gene & Gilda” at 59E59 Theaters (Closed Sunday, September 7, 2025)

Loving Gene Wilder and Gilda Radner is easy. Making an audience care about them theatrically? That is the challenge “Gene & Gilda” never manages to meet. Any play about such strong and well-known characters must earn that emotional investment through good writing, strong performances, and compelling staging, regardless of how much audiences might adore Gene and Gilda in real life….

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