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BWW Interview: Aneesa Folds Masters the Full-Contact Wordplay of FREESTYLE LOVE SUPREME
by Naomi Serviss - Sep 27, 2019

Folds joins her free-styling idols in this high wire act of rap and improv that is the original hip-hop musical from back before Lin-Manuel Miranda opened a history book.

Photo Flash: First Look at FOR COLORED GIRLS WHO HAVE CONSIDERED SUICIDE/WHEN THE RAINBOW IS ENUF
by Julie Musbach - Sep 26, 2019

Get a peek at the company in rehearsal for Ntozake Shange's FOR COLORED GIRLS WHO HAVE CONSIDERED SUICIDE/WHEN THE RAINBOW IS ENUF, directed by Obie Award winner Leah C. Gardiner with choreography by Tony Award nominee Camille A. Brown. Performances begin on Tuesday, October 8 and run through Sunday, November 24, with an official press opening on Tuesday, October 22.

Photo Flash: First Look at FREESTYLE LOVE SUPREME on Broadway!
by Nicole Rosky - Sep 26, 2019

FREESTYLE LOVE SUPREME will begin previews on Friday, September 13 at the Booth Theatre, 222 W. 45th Street. For the first time on Broadway, this strictly limited engagement, produced by Thomas Kail, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Jenny Steingart and Jon Steingart, and Jill Furman, will feature special guests at select performances that include Christopher Jackson, James Monroe Iglehart, Wayne Brady, Daveed Diggs, and Miranda.

Photo Flash: First Look at MTC's THE NEW ENGLANDERS
by Julie Musbach - Sep 26, 2019

Get a first look at Manhattan Theatre Club's world premiere of The New Englanders, the new play by Jeff Augustin (Little Children Dream of God) and directed by Saheem Ali (Sugar in Our Wounds)

Mandy Patinkin to Perform at San Francisco's Sydney Goldstein Theater
by Julie Musbach - Sep 25, 2019

Broadway's master songman, Mandy Patinkina?"accompanied by Adam Ben-David on pianoa?"will bring his newest theatre concert, Mandy Patinkin in Concert: DIARIES, to San Francisco's Sydney Goldstein Theater (formerly the Nourse Theater) for one performance only onFriday, November 22, 2019 at 8 p.m.

BWW Review: Playwright Florian Zeller Keeps On Playing Those Mind Games With THE HEIGHT OF THE STORM
by Michael Dale - Sep 25, 2019

Audience members sensing a bit of déjà vu watching Jonathan Pryce and Eileen Atkins superbly applying their craft in Christopher Hampton's English translation of French playwright Florian Zeller's The Height of the Storm at Manhattan Theatre Club's Friedman Theatre might smack their foreheads at the realization that this is where they witnessed Hampton's adaptation of Zeller's THE FATHER three years ago.

BWW Interview: Isobel Waller-Bridge Talks BLOOD WEDDING and FLEABAG
by Bryony Rae Taylor - Sep 25, 2019

Isobel Waller-Bridge discusses her approach to composition ahead of the opening of a new adaptation of Federico García Lorca's tragedy, Blood Wedding, at Young Vic.

Review Roundup: What Did Critics Think of JITNEY at Arena Stage?
by Paul Smith - Sep 23, 2019

Jitney just recently opened at Arena Stage and critics were in attendance! Check out what they had to say.

Nicolas Dromard Rejoins the Cast of JERSEY BOYS
by Julie Musbach - Sep 23, 2019

Tony, Grammy and Olivier Award winning musical Jersey Boys welcomes back Nicolas Dromard as Tommy DeVito tonight, Monday, September 23, at New York City's New World Stages (340 West 50th Street) Stage 1.

BWW Interview: Matt Wood of CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY at Peace Center
by Neil Shurley - Sep 22, 2019

'It's a very fun time'

BWW Review: Arena Stage's JITNEY- A Joyous Celebration of August Wilson's Genius
by Andrew White - Sep 21, 2019

With this production of Jitney you're not just watching a play; you are immersing yourself in Wilson's world. And what a rich world it is, with folks dropping in and out, gossiping, swiping at each other, arguing, plotting, dreaming. You come to know and love every one of them; that love, however, tempered by the realization that Death hovers over these men and women, biding its time and waiting to swoop down and snatch his prey.

Photo Flash: First Look at JITNEY at Arena Stage
by Paul Smith - Sep 20, 2019

Jitney just recently began performances at Arena Stage and we've got a first look for you! Check out the pictures below!

Photo Flash: First Look at THE HEIGHT OF THE STORM
by Julie Musbach - Sep 17, 2019

Get a first look at Manhattan Theatre Club's American premiere of The Height of the Storm, written by Tony Award nominee Florian Zeller

Review Roundup: What Did the Critics Think of Playwrights Horizons' WIVES?
by Stephi Wild - Sep 17, 2019

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

BWW Review: Jaclyn Backhaus' Frantically Funny and Freestyle WIVES Comments on Patriarchal Pigeonholes
by Michael Dale - Sep 17, 2019

The king is dead, and the women who were rivals for his affection suddenly realize he wasn't anything worth fighting over. Okay, then... dance break!

BWW Review: Broadway Comes to Kennedy Center with WHAT THE CONSTITUTION MEANS TO ME
by Jennifer Perry - Sep 15, 2019

It's common for the Kennedy Center to be a stop for national tours of current or recently closed Broadway shows, but it's a bit of a rarity for it to be a stop for a show that's truly a?oedirect from Broadway.a?? There's no misleading advertising here. While Heidi Schreck's highly personal Tony Award-nominated play 'What the Constitution Means to Me' will embark on a national tour in the near future, the Kennedy Center's offering is unique because it stars the original Broadway cast, including Tony Award nominee Ms. Schreck herself. To that end, the timely show, directed by Oliver Butler, is absolutely worth a look.

Photo Flash: New Cast Members Join JERSEY BOYS Off-Broadway
by Julie Musbach - Sep 13, 2019

Check out photos of new cast members Keith Hines as “Nick Massi” and CJ Pawlikowski as “Bob Gaudio” in the Tony, Grammy and Olivier Award winning musical Jersey Boys

Photo Flash: First Look At Renee Rapp In MEAN GIRLS On Broadway
by A.A. Cristi - Sep 11, 2019

Her name is Renee Rapp, and she is a massive deal.

BWW Preview: HAMILTON Set to Play at Fox Cities P.A.C.
by Meredith Kreisa - Sep 9, 2019

HAMILTON will play at the Fox Cities Performing Arts Center in Appleton from October 1 - October 20. Here's what you need to know before you see the history-making musical. 

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