Holiday Gifts for Theater Lovers: My recommendations for shows, theater subscriptions, theater books, cast recordings posters, and show-related doo-dads to get as gifts for the theater lovers in your life, are available online and often at a discount.
Broadway at the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade
Broadway Gives Thanks
Funny or lovely messages from theater artists and shows.
🎶Jesus loves me this I know Cause my mom made fierce gumbo 🎶 #Givingthanks
— Audra McDonald (@AudraEqualityMc) November 26, 2015
Broadway at the White House
The Week in New York Theater News
The 70th annual TonyAwards will be presented at the Beacon Theatre on June 12th (a week later than what was originally scheduled.)
Following up on its successful production of An American In Paris, Théâtre du Châtelet will send its stage version of “Singin’ in the Rain” to Broadway in Fall 2016
Annaleigh Ashford and Matthew Broderick
“Sylvia” will close January 3, after 79 performances and 27 previews
“The Humans” by Stephen Karam transfers to Broadway’s Helen Hayes January 23, opening February 18
Arthur Miller Centennial benefit reading w/ Tony Kushner, Sam Shepard, @AlecBaldwin @EllenBarkin etc pic.twitter.com/HJWig1UIm1
— Jonathan Mandell (@NewYorkTheater) November 25, 2015
A newly discovered play by William Faulkner is being published — a one-act comedy (!) entitled ‘Twixt Cup and Lip”
Did you see this audition notice on the @HamiltonMusical website? https://t.co/1R2HVS9ses pic.twitter.com/F9LWFRMqA4
— Jonathan Mandell (@NewYorkTheater) November 29, 2015
Week in New York Theater Reviews
“A Doll’s House” has 11 characters and, as presented in a production at BAM last year for example, ran nearly three hours (including intermission.) “Nora,” Ingmar Bergman’s adaptation, has just five characters and, in the Cherry Lane production, lasts about half as long (without an intermission.) This seems better suited to the casual contemporary theatergoer …Of course, streamlining the cast puts more pressure on the remaining performers. All are fine in this production; none are consistently thrilling.
Thanksgiving Theater Puns
Six Degrees of Preparation #ThanksgivingPlays
— Jonathan Mandell (@NewYorkTheater) November 25, 2015
#ThanksgivingPlays M. Butterball
— Jonathan Mandell (@NewYorkTheater) November 26, 2015
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Fed #ThanksgivingPlays
— Jonathan Mandell (@NewYorkTheater) November 25, 2015
