The Only Son 1911

Opened: October 16, 1911

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Gaiety Theatre
1547 Broadway at W. 46th St. New York, NY

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Tennessee Williams St. Louis Expands to Year-Round Programming with 8th Annual Festival Returning September 7-17 
by A.A. Cristi - Apr 7, 2023


Tennessee Williams St. Louis expands to year-round programming with 8th annual festival returning September 7-17.

Tennessee Williams St. Louis Expands to Year-Round Programming with 8th Annual Festival
by A.A. Cristi - Apr 6, 2023


Tennessee Williams St. Louis has expanded to year-round programming with 8th annual festival returning September 7-17.

Word for Word's Off the Page Staged Reading Series Continues Next Week
by Stephi Wild - Mar 24, 2023


Word for Word's Off the Page staged reading series is back for 2023. The next performance is on March 27, 7 pm at the American Bookbinders Museum and will feature two stories by Kevin Barry, “Who’s Dead McCarthy” and 'The Wintersongs,' both directed by Word for Word Core Company Member Paul Finocchiaro. 

Boston Symphony Orchestra to Present VOICES OF LOSS, RECKONING, AND HOPE Festival in March
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Feb 9, 2023


Boston Symphony Orchestra will present VOICES OF LOSS, RECKONING, AND HOPE Festival March 3-18. 

Frederick Weller Joins the Cast of CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF Off-Broadway
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jan 12, 2023


Obie and Drama Desk Award winner Frederick Weller (To Kill a Mockingbird, “In Plain Sight”) will join Ruth Stage's provocative and controversial modern staging of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof as ‘Big Daddy.’

Mint Theater's THE NEW MORALITY With Christian Campbell, Clemmie Evans, Brenda Meaney & More Now Streaming
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Nov 7, 2022


Beginning Monday November 7th, from 7pm, Mint Theater will be streaming the three-camera archival recording (filmed in HD!) of The New Morality by Harold Chapin, directed by Mr. Bank.

Mint Theater to Stream THE NEW MORALITY Starring Christian Campbell & More in November
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Oct 27, 2022


Mint Theater Company will continue its hybrid season of live performances at NY City Center along with the on-demand streaming of acclaimed previous productions. Beginning Monday November 7th (from 7pm) will be streaming of the three-camera archival recording (filmed in HD!) of The New Morality by Harold Chapin, directed by Mr. Bank.

What Is August Wilson's Pittsburgh Cycle and How to Read It
by Team BWW - Oct 16, 2022


August Wilson's Pittsburgh Cycle, also known as the American Century Cycle, is made up of ten plays, written between 1982 and 2005. Each set in a different decade in Pittsburgh's Hill District (with the exception of Ma Rainey's Black Bottom), the plays are meant to depict the Black experience throughout the 20th century.

A Contemporary Theatre of Connecticut Announces 2022-2023 Season
by Stephi Wild - May 10, 2022


ACT (A Contemporary Theatre) of Connecticut has announced their 2022-2023 line up of shows. The season will mark the theater's fifth season and will include the Golden-Age classic comedy GUYS AND DOLLS, the smash hit jukebox musical ROCK OF AGES, and the breathtaking Tony Award winning THE SECRET GARDEN!

Mark Feehily, Hadley Fraser, and More Will Lead THE SECRET GARDEN in Concert This Summer!
by Stephi Wild - May 9, 2022


Tony award-winning musical, The Secret Garden, based on the 1911 novel of the same name, returns to the West End for a one-night-only concert celebration. Find out when, where and how to get tickets.

ECM New Series Releases Leoš Janáček's ON AN OVERGROWN PATH
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Oct 13, 2021


On An Overgrown Path, Leoš Janáček’s 15 pieces-spanning piano cycle, is here presented in a reshaped guise, arranged for string orchestra and played by the Camerata Zürich under lead violinist Igor Karsko’s direction.

Third Horizon Film Festival Puts A Spotlight On Caribbean Creatives
by A.A. Cristi - Jun 1, 2021


Deemed one of the '25 Coolest Film Festivals in the World' by MovieMaker Magazine in 2019, the Third Horizon Film Festival returns for its fifth edition. This year the festival will be hosted hybrid style with a thoughtfully curated mix of in-person and virtual screenings beginning June 24, 2021, through July 1, 2021, in Miami, Florida.

Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center Announces Spring 2021 Digital Season
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Mar 2, 2021


The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center has announced their Spring season of digital offerings from April 1 to July 1, which is dedicated to the late Gustave M. Hauser.  CMS presents 28 digital programs, with concerts premiering on Thursday evenings at 7:30 and educational and hybrid talk-and-performance programs premiering on Monday evenings.

BWW Exclusive: The 101 GREATEST PLAYS of the Past 100 Years (1920-2020)
by Peter Nason - Apr 7, 2020


BWW Reviewer Peter Nason chooses the greatest theatrical works (non-musical) from 1920-2020; see if your favorites made the list!

EAST PASSYUNK RESTAURANT WEEK Returns with 25 Award-Winning and New Restaurants 2/24 to 3/6
by Marina Kennedy - Feb 19, 2020


East Passyunk Avenue Business Improvement District (EPABID) presents the 8th Annual East Passyunk Restaurant Week, with two dozen award-winning restaurants offering three course prix fixe lunch and/or dinner menus starting Monday February 24th through Friday March 6th.

Lyric Opera of Chicago's RING Cycle Will Begin in April
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Feb 17, 2020


 A four-opera saga that unfolds over the course of a single week. Three weeklong cycles to be presented at Lyric in a thrilling new production that has earned rave reviews and attracted audience members from every corner of the planet. One magical lump of gold that leads to the end of one world and the beginning of another. In opera's most monumental undertaking, characters inspired by Norse mythology battle over power and love, violate sacred oaths, and make unimaginable sacrifices a?" all set to Richard Wagner's brilliant, glorious music. The word 'epic' is often overused, but it truly applies to the Olympian achievement that is The Ring of the Nibelung.

BWW Review: THE SECRET GARDEN at The Encore Musical Theatre Company is a Powerful, Sophisticated Production
by Julie Yolles - Nov 22, 2019


Marsha Norman, who won a Pulitzer Prize for Drama for 'Night Mother, took home Tony and Drama Desk Awards in 1991 for a?oeBest Book of a Musicala?? for The Secret Garden. With music by Lucy Simon, The Secret Garden is based on the 1911 classic children's literature novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett. And while it's tagged as a?oechildren'sa?? literature, The Secret Garden is not your typical light-hearted, happy-go-lucky matinee outing for the kids.

Fun Facts About All 41 Broadway Theatres
by Nicole Rosky - May 11, 2019


What makes a Broadway theatre? Technically any venue with 500 seats or more, located along Broadway in New York City's Theatre District is a Broadway theatre, and the art that is produced in these special places is widely considered the highest form of theatrical entertainment in the world. Today, forty-one theatres are technically Broadway houses, each with their own rich history. Below, we're giving you the scoop on the life of every one of them!

BWW Review: Two Stars and a Scintillating Score Make This SECRET GARDEN Glow
by Ellen Dostal - May 8, 2019


When 3-D Theatricals artistic director T.J. Dawson tells you during the curtain speech to read his program note before THE SECRET GARDEN begins, take him at his word. It will go a long way toward helping you understand the feverish dream sequence that lays the foundation for Lucy Simon and Marsha Norman's dark, but ultimately uplifting, musical based on Frances Hodgson Burnett's 1911 classic novel.

MACHITO & THE IMPACT OF THE AFRO-CUBANS Announced At 80 HOSTOS Center For The Arts & Culture
by A.A. Cristi - Apr 30, 2019


Modeled after the highly acclaimed retrospective of Tito Puente in 2017, the Hostos Center for the Arts & Culture will honor the late iconic singer and bandleader Francisco Machito Grillo (1908-1984) and his Orchestra (the Afro-Cubans) in a 3-day celebration May 2-4 on the campus of Hostos Community College, 450 Grand Concourse (at 149th Street), in the Bronx. Machito & the Impact of the Afro-Cubans at 80 examines the Orchestra's influence on a variety of Latin musical styles, including Latin jazz that affected the music of Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, Stan Kenton and others.

Complete Schedule, Artistic Personnel And Activities Announced For Machito & The Impact Of The Afro-Cubans At 80
by Stephi Wild - Apr 26, 2019


Modeled after the highly acclaimed retrospective of Tito Puente in 2017, the Hostos Center for the Arts & Culture will honor the late iconic singer and bandleader Francisco Machito Grillo (1908-1984) and his Orchestra (the Afro-Cubans) in a 3-day celebration May 2-4 on the campus of Hostos Community College, 450 Grand Concourse (at 149th Street), in the Bronx. Machito & the Impact of the Afro-Cubans at 80 examines the Orchestra's influence on a variety of Latin musical styles, including Latin jazz that affected the music of Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, Stan Kenton and others.

Theater J Announces Yiddish Theater Lab Readings
by A.A. Cristi - Apr 15, 2019


Theater J, the nation's largest and most prominent Jewish theater, continues its signature Yiddish Theater Lab with readings of two plays in May. The plays are The Rented Bridegroom by Rinne Groff (adapted from a play by Osip Dymov) on May 6 at Foundry Church and Yankl the Blacksmith by David Pinski on May 20 at the Goethe-Institut. These readings follow the first full production of the Yiddish Theater Lab,

Machito & The Impact Of The Afro-Cubans At 80 Comes to HOSTOS Center For The Arts & Culture
by Stephi Wild - Apr 11, 2019


Modeled after the highly acclaimed retrospective of Tito Puente in 2017, the Hostos Center for the Arts & Culture will honor the late iconic singer and bandleader Francisco Machito Grillo (1908-1984) and his Orchestra (the Afro-Cubans) in a 3-day celebration May 2-4 on the campus of Hostos Community College, 450 Grand Concourse (at 149th Street), in the Bronx. Machito & the Impact of the Afro-Cubans at 80 examines the Orchestra's influence on a variety of Latin musical styles, including Latin jazz that affected the music of Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, Stan Kenton and others.

BWW Review: MINNIE'S BOYS at Musical Theatre Guild
by Cary Ginell - Feb 12, 2019


Musical Theatre Guild revived an oldie but not so goodie last Sunday at the Alex Theatre. 'Minnie's Boys' purported to be modeled on 'Gypsy,' using a meddlesome, domineering mother to get her progeny, the four Marx Brothers, into show business. Unfortunately, a tepid book and uneven score made this a flop in 1970 and it doesn't fare much better today, despite the valiant efforts of the MTG cast.

The Only Son FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

What productions of The Only Son have there been?
The Only Son has had 1 productions including Broadway which opened in 1911.

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