Lost Broadway Theaters Still Standing... Continued!
by Jennifer Ashley Tepper - Sep 28, 2025
Multiple lost Broadway theaters intersect with the Hammerstein family. This follows since Oscar Hammerstein I was a theater owner and builder. In addition to Hammerstein’s which was named after him and is now the Ed Sullivan, and the New Victory which he originally built, there is also the Hammerstein Ballroom. Read more here!
Lost Broadway Theaters That Are Still Standing
by Jennifer Ashley Tepper - Sep 21, 2025
Broadway currently boasts 41 theaters. This number has always been ever-changing—since even before the first time the word “Broadway” was used to describe professional theater in New York.
A History of Off-Broadway Venues
by Jennifer Ashley Tepper - Jun 22, 2025
Second Stage Theatre’s 43rd Street off-Broadway house, right near 8th Avenue, recently changed hands and is now the home of Studio Seaview . Seaview’s first production in the space is Angry Alan, starring John Krasinski. They have renovated and updated the space since Second Stage switched off-Broadway locations to now present shows at the Signature.
The History of THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE
by Jennifer Ashley Tepper - Jun 7, 2025
A new version of the classic, The Pirates of Penzance, is currently commanding the stage at Roundabout’s Todd Haimes Theatre on 42nd Street—formerly the American Airlines and before that, the Selwyn. This revisal of the beloved show is titled: Pirates! The Penzance Musical.
Istanbul Theatre Festival Reveals Programme For 27th Edition
by Stephi Wild - Sep 5, 2023
Organised by the Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts (İKSV) and supported by Koç Holding Energy Group Companies Aygaz, Entek, Opet, and Tüpraş, the 27th Istanbul Theatre Festival opens its curtains on 25 October with a packed programme.
Ode to Man is no Ode to Joy
by Virag Dombay - Sep 14, 2018
An ode is a lyric poem devoted to the praise of a person, animal or thing, often written in an elevated style and expressing deep feeling. It's no wonder that Emma Mary Hall called her work 'Ode to Man', as she spends 55 minutes on stage conversing about the history, persona and psyche of the modern man and romantic ambition in which women supposedly dare dream to have it all. Whether she hates or adores men is unclear, but her dedication and hours of research spent on this project indicates that it's a topic close to her chest. Over the course of 55 minutes, Hall takes us through fifteen chapters all focusing on a different aspect of men often linked with one of her previous experiences with men. In partnership with director Prue Clark, Hall has created a very innovative work, with each chapter having its own unique style; some chapters are presented as slam poems, stand-up comedy works, as an interior monologue and often, as your traditional university lecture. But no matter what style, Hall commands the stage with her calming, narrator-esque tone and somehow makes you feel like you are having a one on one conversation with her.
Video and projection artist Lindsay Cox heightens Hall's imagery through transforming it into stunning virtual 3D imagery which plays on the screens behind Hall, as well as a picture frame she holds close to her chest. My favourite image was the projection of a horse above her heart in the final chapter and watching it fly away at the closing of the piece. It was both a beautiful and haunting image which left me wondering as to whether the entire performance was about justifying a personal heartbreak.
But alongside investigating the very definitions of men through an array of psychologies, chief theorists and published works, the piece additionally explores the very definition of performance and what the notion of performance has evolved to in our contemporary, post-dramatic world.
This piece is brutally honest and Hall truly bares her soul on stage each night. Whether you love men or hate men, whether you're a male or a female, this is a piece that will you make think. It will make you think not only about the relationship between men and women, but reflect on our post-dramatic world that we live in.
Ode to Man
Presented by Brisbane Festival and QUT
Performed Theatre Republic - The Loft
New Victory Theater Announces 10th Anniversary Season
by BWW News Desk - Aug 5, 2005
The New Victory Theater is turning 10! On December 11, 1995, NYC's premier theater for kids and families forever changed the 42nd street landscape when it became the FIRST historic theater to reopen its doors
The New Victory Theater presents KING A May 13-29
by BWW News Desk - Apr 27, 2005
Lancelot, Merlin, Guinevere and the King of all Knights leap from the pages of British lore onto the stage of The New Victory Theater with the minimalist production, King A. From Friday, May 13th through Sunday, May 29th, Holland-based Het Laagland's five fearless actors tackle the epic saga of King Arthur's rise to power that ends tragically in a destructive romantic triangle.
New Victory Theater to host Town Meeting on January 30
by BWW News Desk - Jan 18, 2005
Teens and their families are invited to discuss bullying and peer violence
at an open forum led by a panel of scholars, lawmakers and peers, including:
NYC Council Member ALAN JAY GERSON,New York Times bestselling author RACHEL SIMMONS, 14 year-old, Paperboy author OMARI JEREMIAH.