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Theatre News: Abingdon Theatre Company Announces Two-Time Tony Award Winner Christine Ebersole As Their 33rd Anniversary Gala Honeree

July 23, 2025 | News > | Abingdon Theatre Company, Abingdon Virtual, Around the Table Series, Chad Austin, Christine Ebersole, David Roberts, Drama Desk Award, Eastern European Film Festival, Estelle Parsons, Mainstage Productions, New York Theatre Reviews, NYT Critics’ Pick, One Night Only Series, Outer Critics Circle Award, Prague International Short Film Awards, Theatre Reviews, Theatre Reviews Limited, Vivian Robinson Audelco Recognition Awards for Excellence in Black Theatre

Abingdon Theatre Company (Chad Austin, Producing Artistic Director) is thrilled to announce two-time Tony Award Winner Christine Ebersole as their 33rd Anniversary Gala Honoree. Kicking off their 33rd season, Stronger Still, Abingdon will honor Ebersole on Monday, October 27, 2025, at the Edison Ballroom (240 West 47th Street). The evening will include cocktails, dinner, and a live performance of timeless…

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Playwright Rishi Varma Unveils New Play “Sulfur Bottom” at The Theater Center on Sunday, August 13, 2025

July 21, 2025 | Off-Broadway > | "Sulfur Bottom", David Roberts, Manhattan Theatre Club, Megumi Nakamura, New York Theatre Reviews, Northwestern University, Rishi Varma, The Jerry Orbach Theater, The Theatre Center, Theaterlab, Theatre Reviews, Theatre Reviews Limited, Urban Stages

Playwright Rishi Varma announces the debut of his new play “Sulfur Bottom,” set to take the stage at The Jerry Orbach Theater at The Theater Center located at 210 West 50th Street. The play will have previews on Wednesday, August 13th and Sunday, August 16th with an opening date of August 20th, The schedule will play Wednesdays at 7:30 PM…

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Off-Broadway Review: “The Weir” at Irish Repertory Theatre (Closed Sunday, August 31, 2025)

The characters in Conor McPherson’s “The Weir,” currently running at the Irish Repertory Theatre, tell ghost stories and stories of the supernatural to newcomer Valerie (Sarah Street) at the local bar in Northern Ireland owned by Brendan (Johnny Hopkins). Before Valerie’s arrival with Finbar, Jack (Dan Butler), Jim (John Keating), and Brendan chat about the weather, selling Brendan’s bar, and…

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Off-Broadway Review: “Prince Faggot” at Playwrights Horizons (Closed Sunday, August 3, 2025)

Currently running at Playwrights Horizons and co-produced with Soho Rep, “Prince Faggot” is a story within a story within a story about a fictional British Prince George/Pips (a hapless John McCrea) who is queer and meets and falls in love with Dev (a riveting Mihir Kumar) a South Asian Brit from a colonized nation George meets at Oxford. Performers 1…

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A Post-Run Look and Interview Questions: “Giovanni’s Room” at Quintessence Theatre in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Closed Sunday, July 6, 2025)

After a successful run, including two extensions, “Geovanni’s Room” at Quintessence Theatre, the show closed on Sunday, July 6, 2026. Although the adaptation could have had a third extension, contractual considerations made that impossible. On May 28, Quintessence Theatre Group in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania brought a literary classic to life in the world premiere of James Baldwin’s “Giovanni’s Room,” adapted by…

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Off-Broadway Review: “Lowcountry” at the Atlantic Theater Company (Closed Sunday, July 13, 2025)

Abby Rosebrock’s “Lowcountry” at the Atlantic Theater Company follows two TikTok-matched strangers on their first date in David’s studio apartment in Moncks Corner, South Carolina. David (Babak Tafti) is a registered sex offender attending Sexaholics Anonymous, trying to regain custody of his son. Tally (Jodi Balfour) arrives early as he prepares dinner. Their casual conversation tailspins into unexpected tragedy. Both…

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Broadway Review: “John Proctor is the Villain” at the Booth Theatre (Closed Sunday, July 6, 2025)

May 4, 2025 | liberation, Off-Broadway > | "John Proctor is the Villain", Amalia Yoo, Booth Theatre, costume design by Sarah Laux, Danya Taymor, David Roberts, dramaturgy by Lauren Halvorsen, Fina Strazza, Fiona Robberson, Gabriel Ebert, Garrett Young, Hagan Oliveras, hair & makeup design by J. Jared Janas, intimacy coordination by Ann James, Julieta Cervantes, Kimberly Belflower, lighting design by Natasha Katz, Maggie Kuntz, Molly Griggs, Morgan Scott, movement direction by Tilly Evans-Krueger, New York Theatre Reviews, Nihar Duvvuri, Noah Pacht, production stage management by Kamra A. Jacobs, projection design by Hannah Wasileski, Sadie Sink, scenography by AMP featuring Teresa L. Williams, Shian Tomlinson, sound design and original composition by Palmer Hefferan, Taylor Williams, Theatre Reviews, Theatre Reviews Limited, Victoria Yoo, voice text and dialect coaching by Gigi Buffington

The “Match” in Kimberly Belflower’s thoughtful new play “John Proctor is the Villain,” currently playing at the Booth Theatre, is between the heavyweight team “Toxic Masculinity” and the underdogs “The Feminist Club.” The match takes place in Mr. Carter Smith’s (a far-too-transparent Gabriel Ebert) classroom “during spring semester, junior year, 2018 at Helen County High, the only high school in…

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Outer Critics Circle Announces Nominees for 2025 Outer Critics Circle Awards

April 25, 2025 | & juliet, Broadway, glengarry, hills of, LGBTQ+, maybe happy, NY Musical Theatre, Off-Broadway, purpose, sunset > | "Oh Mary", Cole Escola, Conrad Ricamora, David Roberts, John Gassner Award, Museum of Broadway, New York Theatre Reviews, Theatre Reviews, Theatre Reviews Limited, West Bank Cafe

The Outer Critics Circle (OCC), the official organization of writers on New York theatre for out-of-town, national, and digital news publications, has announced the nominees for the 2025 Outer Critics Circle Awards, honoring the 2024-2025 Broadway and Off-Broadway season. Leading the pack with the most honors of the season is the Broadway musical Death Becomes Her, with twelve nominations, followed…

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Broadway Bound Theatre Festival 2025 Season Lineup Announced

Broadway Bound Theatre Festival is proud to announce its 2025 Season, showcasing the brand-new works of playwrights from across the country at AMT Theater on 45th Street. “We’re so excited to announce this season with some very strong staged work,” said Lenore Skomal, Festival Director. “We commit to our participants whole-heartedly, as our goal is to ease the anxiety of…

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Broadway Review: “Purpose” at the Hayes Theatre (Currently On)

Currently running at the Hayes Theatre, Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’s “Purpose” joins the important pantheon of plays about families, dysfunctional families in particular. These plays, including Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’s recent “Appropriate,” focus on the behavior patterns and the social practices that undermine and often destroy the integrity of family systems. Sometimes there is confession, forgiveness, and redemption in these narratives. Far too often…

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