A company known for audiobooks is mounting starry live productions — and recording them, too. Source: New York Times
Posts published in “Theater”
Daniel Radcliffe to Star in Off Broadway ‘Merrily’ Revival
By Gotham Rex on March 7, 2022
A new production of Stephen Sondheim’s “Merrily We Roll Along” is to be staged late this year by the nonprofit New York Theater Workshop in the East Village. Source: New York Times
The Flea Theater, Experimenting Again, Walks a New Tightrope
By Gotham Rex on March 7, 2022
Back from the brink of extinction, the Off Off Broadway fixture is testing a new structure that gives artists the autonomy they demanded. Source: New York Times
Miranda Miguel and the Native American Bohemia in Brownstone Brooklyn
By Gotham Rex on March 4, 2022
Indigenous rodeo riders and Wild West actors all gathered at an unassuming townhouse in Boerum Hill. Listening to the grown-ups under the kitchen table, a future experimental theater director. Source: New York Times
James Earl Jones Will Have a Broadway Theater Named After Him
By Gotham Rex on March 2, 2022
The landmark theater will be renamed in honor of the 91-year-old actor who has made 21 Broadway appearances and won two competitive Tony Awards. Source: New York Times
Julianne Hough and Vanessa Williams to Star in Broadway Farce 'POTUS'
By Gotham Rex on March 1, 2022
“POTUS,” by Selina Fillinger, will star Julianne Hough, Vanessa Williams, Rachel Dratch, Lea DeLaria, Lilli Cooper, Suzy Nakamura and Julie White. Source: New York Times
Musical Comedy ‘Kimberly Akimbo’ to Open on Broadway Next Fall
By Gotham Rex on February 25, 2022
The new musical, by David Lindsay-Abaire and Jeanine Tesori, will star Victoria Clark as a teen girl who ages too quickly. Source: New York Times
A Broadway Conductor's Difficult Journey Back from Long Covid
By Gotham Rex on February 24, 2022
A celebrated Broadway conductor caught Covid in the first wave. Two despairing years later, he is finally reclaiming his old life, breath by breath. Source: New York Times
New Haven's Long Wharf Theater to Become Itinerant
By Gotham Rex on February 23, 2022
Long Wharf Theater, a regional nonprofit on New Haven’s waterfront, is ending a long, bumpy chapter there, hoping to expand access and reduce costs. Source: New York Times
Amber Gray on Leaving 'Hadestown' for 'Macbeth'
By Gotham Rex on February 21, 2022
The actress, who has played Persephone in “Hadestown” in three countries and four productions, is leaving to join a new “Macbeth” on Broadway. Source: New York Times
‘Mrs. Doubtfire’ Postpones Broadway Reopening Until April
By Gotham Rex on February 18, 2022
The musical, which closed temporarily last month as the Omicron variant spread, had hoped to reopen in March. Source: New York Times
5 Monologues, Each a Showcase for Asian American Actors Over 60
By Gotham Rex on February 16, 2022
“Out of Time” at the Public Theater is intended to showcase the talents of older actors. “People want to dismiss your stories,” the show’s director says. Not here. Source: New York Times
‘Sleep No More’ Awakens After a Long Hibernation
By Gotham Rex on February 10, 2022
The pandemic has reshaped aspects of the show, which reopens Feb. 14, but its once and future influence on the theatrical life of the city remains undeniable. Source: New York Times
Martin McDonagh’s ‘Hangmen’ Will Open on Broadway This Spring
By Gotham Rex on February 1, 2022
The production, which was canceled at the start of the pandemic, will try again, this time starring Alfie Allen of “Game of Thrones” fame. Source: New York Times
Private Data Shows Broadway’s Hits and Misses After Reopening
By Gotham Rex on January 31, 2022
Big shows did well when they returned in the fall after the long pandemic shutdown but new plays struggled, previously undisclosed industry data shows. Source: New York Times