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…
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…
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…
The only effort Betsy Wolfe has to put forth to sell a new musical is to use those incredible vocal cords to mesmerize an audience, but in the “new true musical”, “Joy”, with a book by Ken Davenport and music and lyrics by Annmarie Milazzo, she has her work cut out for her. The show is based on the life…
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….
Unless your bucket list includes testing the limits of your eardrums before they tear beyond repair, after exposure to unbearable decibels, it would be prudent to avoid the new jukebox musical “Rolling Thunder” which is currently playing at New World Stages – Stage 3. With book by Bruce Hallett and directed by Kenneth Ferrone, “Rolling Thunder” describes itself as “raw…
“Exorcistic: The Rock Musical” is set to make its triumphant return Off Broadway at The Asylum NYC for a limited engagement beginning August 25th, 2025. This bold, high-octane horror-comedy has already garnered accolades, including the LA Drama Critics Circle Award for Best Music and Lyrics in 2023 and the Broadway World NYC Award for Best New Musical Off-Off Broadway in…
The producers of “Duke & Roya” have announced the unexpected closure of Charles Randolph-Wright’s engaging dramatic examination of how the ravages of war affect the lives of two disparate characters caught in making choices that profoundly affect their futures and the futures of those close to them. Sandwiched between thirty-something hip hop star Duke’s 2025 interview “on an unplugged type of…
The inaugural production of Seaview Studio, the newly renovated Off-Broadway theater (formerly known as the Tony Kiser), is titled “Angry Alan,” penned by playwright Penelope Skinner and starring John Krasinski. Mr. Krasinski is not Alan, he is Roger, an insecure, confused, gullible “everyman” who quickly falls down a rabbit hole on the internet, where he learns how to place blame…
Under the Radar returns for its 21st edition January 7–25, 2026, serving as a singular catalyst for the city’s performing arts organizations to introduce the best of U.S. and international experimental performance—what festival organizers refer to as the “global downtown”—to New York City. Since its reemergence in 2024, Under the Radar has gathered artists, audiences, and theater industry experts around…