Ben Brantley News

All New York's A Stage: Spotlight on Local Theater Coming Up at La MaMa!

by Nicole Rosky — October 8, 2019

The Mayor's Office of Media and Entertainment, in partnership with SHOW- SCORE.

Bid To Meet Lin-Manuel Miranda With 2 Center Orchestra Tickets To FREESTYLE LOVE SUPREME On Broadway

by A.A. Cristi — October 4, 2019

You and a guest will have an incredible opportunity to meet Lin-Manuel Miranda with two Center Orchestra tickets to Freestyle Love Supreme on Broadway!

Review Roundup: FREESTYLE LOVE SUPREME Opens On Broadway - See What The Critics Are Saying!

by A.A. Cristi — October 2, 2019

FREESTYLE LOVE SUPREME, a blend of hip-hop, improvisational theater, music, and vocal stylings, opens on Broadway tonight!

BWW Feature: Tony Nominee Jeff McCarthy to Re-Create Acclaimed Portrayal of SWEENEY TODD In 40th Anniversary Production At Noorda Center

by Blair Howell — October 1, 2019

Tony Award nominee Jeff McCarthy will step in to replace previously announced Will Swenson in the title role in Stephen Sondheim's masterpiece musical thriller SWEENEY TODD: THE DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET in a co-production by The Noorda Center for the Performing Arts and Utah Repertory Theater Co

THEN SHE FELL Celebrates 7th Anniversary on Oct. 6

by Julie Musbach — October 1, 2019

Third Rail Projects' award-winning THEN SHE FELL will celebrate its 7th Anniversary on Sunday, October 6, 2019.

Quotidian Theatre Company Presents Conor McPherson's PORT AUTHORITY

by Stephi Wild — September 26, 2019

Quotidian Theatre Company launches its dynamic 2019-20 season with a powerful re-staging of Conor McPherson's quotidian masterpiece Port Authority.

Review Roundup: What Did Critics Think of OUR DEAR DEAD DRUG LORD

by Julie Musbach — September 25, 2019

WP Theater and Second Stage Theater just celebrated opening night for the world premiere of Alexis Scheer's Our Dear Dead Drug Lord.

Review Roundup: What Did Critics Think of Jack Thorne's SUNDAY?

by Julie Musbach — September 24, 2019

Atlantic Theater Company presents the world premiere production of Sunday by Tony Award winner Jack Thorne(Harry Potter and the Cursed Child) and directed by Obie Award winner Lee Sunday Evans (Dance Nation).

VIDEO: On This Day, September 18- Happy Birthday, Anna Deavere Smith!

by A.A. Cristi — September 18, 2019

On this day, we celebrate the birthday of playwright, activist, actor, and educator, Anna Deavere Smith.

TV: Eden Espinosa, Karen Olivo, Ramona Keller Will Star in BKLYN 15th Anniversary Concert

by Nicole Rosky — September 17, 2019

Today, producers Eden Espinosa, Bridget Elise Yingling, Scott Prisand, Doug Feurring and Jana Shea announced a one-night-only 15th Anniversary reunion concert of BKLYN: The Musical featuring Original Broadway stars Drama League nominee Eden Espinosa (RENT, Wicked) as Brooklyn, Tony Awar

Breaking: Sam Rockwell & Laurence Fishburne Will Lead AMERICAN BUFFALO on Broadway in 2020

by Nicole Rosky — September 17, 2019

Emmy & Tony Award® winner Laurence Fishburne and Academy Award® & Golden Globe winner Sam Rockwell will star in the Broadway revival of David Mamet's AMERICAN BUFFALO.

Review Roundup: What Did the Critics Think of Playwrights Horizons' WIVES?

by Stephi Wild — September 17, 2019

Playwrights Horizons begins its 2019/20 season with Wives, written by Jaclyn Backhaus and directed by Margot Bordelon.

Review Roundup: Were the Critics Mystified By DERREN BROWN: SECRET?

by Stephi Wild — September 16, 2019

Derren Brown: Secret opened this Sunday, September 15 at the Cort Theatre! Let's see what the critics are saying.

Kings Theatre Presents: John Leguizamo's LATIN HISTORY FOR MORONS

by A.A. Cristi — September 9, 2019

Following its Tony-nominated hit Broadway run seen by tens of thousands, Jam Theatricals presents Tony Award winner John Leguizamo's one-man play LATIN HISTORY FOR MORONS at the KINGS THEATRE in Brooklyn, NY on NOVEMBER 9, 2019.

The Playwrights Realm Announces 2019-2020 Writing Fellows And 2019-2020 Scratchpad Series Playwrights

by A.A. Cristi — September 6, 2019

The Playwrights Realm today announces recipients of two career-propelling development programs the organizationa?"led by Founding Artistic Director Katherine Kovner and Producing Director Roberta Pereiraa?"offers to gifted, incisive, and diverse playwrights.

New Date Announced For Reading Of THE MEMORY SHOW Benefitting The Alzheimer's Association

by A.A. Cristi — September 6, 2019

Directed by Johanna McKenzie Miller, Cindy Gold and Cassie Slater star in The Memory Show - A tale of mother and daughter and their struggle to make sense of their relationship when faced with disease and hardship.

Review Roundup: Harold Pinter's BETRAYAL Returns To Broadway - What Did The Critics Think?

by A.A. Cristi — September 5, 2019

Jamie Lloyd's smash-hit production of Harold Pinter's Betrayal will open officially tonight, September 5, at the Bernard B.

SPAMILTON: An American Parody Comes To The Peace Center This December

by A.A. Cristi — September 4, 2019

The SPAMILTON: An American Parody tour launched on Dec.

Review Roundup: What Did Critics Think of EUREKA DAY?

by Julie Musbach — August 30, 2019

Colt Coeur presents the east coast premiere of Jonathan Spector's lauded play, EUREKA DAY.

John Leguizamo's LATIN HISTORY FOR MORONS Comes To The Ahmanson Theatre, September 5 –October 20

by A.A. Cristi — August 29, 2019

Following its Tony-nominated hit Broadway run seen by tens of thousands, Tony Award winner John Leguizamo's one-man play a?oeLatin History for Moronsa?? will be presented by Center Theatre Group at the Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles from September 5 through October 20, 2019.