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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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Broadway Review: “Call Me Izzy” at Studio 54 (Closed Sunday, August 17, 2025)

July 7, 2025 | Uncategorized > | "Call Me Izzy", Costumes by Tom Broecker, Emilio Madrid, Howard Tilkin serves as Production Stage Manager, Jamie Wax, Jean Smart, Johanna Day, Joseph Verlezza, lighting by Donald Holder, New York Theatre Reviews, Original Music by T Bone Burnett and David Mansfield, Sarna Lapine, Settings by Mikiko Suzuki MacAdams, Sound by Beth Lake, Studio 54, Theatre Reviews, Theatre Reviews Limited

Isabelle Scutley is the main character in a new Broadway play that stars a riveting Jean Smart. She prefers to be called “Izzy” even though her husband Ferd disapproves. Fred is also psychologically and physically abusive, hindering Izzy’s artistic and academic endeavors. To avoid confrontation and harm she is often found in the bathroom, scribbling her poetry on sheets of…

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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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Off-Broadway Review: “Beau the Musical” at 154 Christopher Street (Through Sunday, July 27, 2025.

Flowing in the same vein as the triumphant off-Broadway show “Dead Outlaw,” which made a move to Broadway last season, is the wonderful “Beau the Musical,” now playing at Theatre 154. Produced by Out of the Box Theatrics, the musical follows somewhat the same structure where an onstage band provides the musical force but also serve double duty by taking…

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Broadway Review: “Real Women Have Curves: The Musical” at the James Earl Jones Theatre (Closed on Sunday, June 29, 2025)

May 4, 2025 | Broadway, LGBTQ+, Music, Queer > | "Real Women Have Curves: The Musical", Alecia Parker, Aline Mayagoitia, and make-up design by Krystal Balleza and Will Vicari, Ariana Burks, B.J. Holt, Benjamin Velez, Carla Jimenez, Casting/Victor Vazquez CSA and ARC/Duncan Stewart CSA, Christopher M. Ramirez, Claudia Mulet, costume design by Wilberth Gonzalez and Paloma Young, Elisa Galindez, Florencia Cuenca, Hair, James Earl Jones Theatre, Jennifer Sánchez, Joseph Verlezza, Joy Huerta, Julieta Cervantes, Justina Machado, lighting design by Natasha Katz, Lisa Loomer, Mason Reeves, Mauricio Mendoza, Monica Tulia Ramirez, Nell Benjamin, New York Theatre Reviews, Omar Madden, orchestrations by Nadia DiGiallonardo Joy Huerta Rich Mercurio and Benjamin Velez, Quincy Hampton, Roberto Sinha, Sandra Valls, scenic design by Arnulfo Maldonado, Shadia Fairuz, Shelby Acosta, sound design by John Shivers, Tatianna Córdoba, Theatre Reviews, Theatre Reviews Limited, Tripp Phillips serves as Production Stage Manager, video design by Hana S. Kim, Wig, Zeus Mendoza

The somewhat recognizable journey from play, to film, and finally to musical delivers the new “Real Women have Curves” to the James Earl Jones Theatre on Broadway. It has morphed into a small musical with a big heart. The book by Lisa Loomer and Nell Benjamin is based on the play by Josefina Lopez and the screenplay by Ms. Lopez…

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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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