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Gay City News

Stars and neighbors come out for Terrence McNally Way

American Ballet Theatre Celebrates 85th Anniversary At 2025 Spring Gala – Arrivals

Arts & Entertainment

American Ballet Theatre’s 85th anniversary gala was a love letter to New York’s glamorous soul

Posted on June 5, 2025

Nicole Scherzinger in Sunset Boulevard, a Tony Awards contender

Broadway

Predicting the Tony Awards – and trying to fill out a ballot

Posted on June 1, 2025

Mackenzie Godfrey and Justin Turner as Mike and Mindy in "Mike & Mindy's Wild Weekend Jam."

Theater

‘Mike & Mindy’s Wild Weekend Jam’ coming to NYC for limited run this summer

Posted on May 31, 2025

A rendering of Caesars Palace Times Square.

Midtown Manhattan

Wyndham CEO, major nearby venues back Times Square casino pitch amid concerns for traffic, noise

Posted on May 29, 2025

Great white shark similar to that from Jaws

Movies

You’re gonna need a bigger boat: NYC celebrates 50 years of ‘Jaws’

Posted on May 28, 2025

The Public Theater's production of Shakespeare's "A Comedy of Errors."

Theater

Borough to borough, bard to bard: Free Shakespeare returns to NYC parks this summer

Posted on May 26, 2025

Hugh Jackman and Ella Beatty in

Broadway

Broadway | Hugh Jackman scores with ‘Sexual Misconduct’ play; live broadcast of ‘Good Night, and Good Luck’

Posted on May 18, 2025

Off-Broadway show Hugh Jackman and Ella Beatty man and woman sitting on stage looking adoringly at one another

Broadway

12 Off-Broadway shows to see this May

Posted on May 11, 2025

The cast of "Wonderful Town" at Encores!

Broadway

amBroadway | NEA terminates grants to theater companies, ‘Wonderful Town’ lacking in spirit and more

Posted on May 6, 2025

Denzel Washington as Othello and Jake Gyllenhaal as Iago in "Othello" on Broadway.

Broadway

Snubbed! These 13 Broadway shows left out of the Tony Award nominations

Posted on May 4, 2025

Louis McCartney (Henry Creel) in "STRANGER THINGS: THE FIRST SHADOW"

Broadway

Review | ‘Stranger Things: The First Shadow’: Now streaming live on Broadway

Posted on April 22, 2025

The cast of "John Proctor is the Villain"

Theater

Review | John Proctor is the Villain: Salem’s hero gets #MeToo’d

Posted on April 14, 2025

The cast of "Smash"

Broadway

Review | Smash: From bombshell to bomb

Posted on April 11, 2025

Jeremy Secomb and Company perform “The Ballad of Sweeney Todd” in Stephen Sondheim’s "Old Friends."

Theater

Review | Old Friends: You could drive a person crazy (with another Sondheim revue)

Posted on April 8, 2025

the cast of Boop! The Musical

Broadway

Review | ‘Boop! The Musical’: Boop-Oop-a-Don’t

Posted on April 7, 2025

Adrienne Warren and Nick Jonas in "The Last Five Years" revival on Broadway.

Broadway

Review | ‘The Last Five Years’ is a relationship told in reverse — and a production that’s just regressive

Posted on April 6, 2025

George Clooney (r) and Glenn Fleshler (l) in "Good Night, and Good Luck."

Broadway

Review | ‘Good Night, and Good Luck’: George Clooney’s broadcast from the past and warning for today

Posted on April 3, 2025

Kieran Culkin and Bob Odenkirk in Glengarry Glen Ross revival

Broadway

Review | Starry ‘Glengarry Glen Ross’ revival seals the bleepin’ deal

Posted on March 31, 2025

Andrew Scott seen in "Vanya."

Theater

Review | ‘Vanya’ and ‘The Picture of Dorian Gray’ push the boundaries—and limits—of solo theater

Posted on March 28, 2025

The cast of "Love Life" at Encores!

Theater

Review | ‘Love Life’ finds new life at City Center

Posted on March 27, 2025

new york city fringe festival performance

Brooklyn Paper

New York City Fringe Festival expands to Brooklyn as four new shows debut in Dumbo

Denzel Washington as Othello and Jake Gyllenhaal as Iago in "Othello" on Broadway.

Theater

Review | ‘Othello’ with Denzel Washington and Jake Gyllenhaal leaves phones locked but emotions unplugged

Posted on March 23, 2025

The Broadway company of "Buena Vista Social Club"

Broadway

Review | ‘Buena Vista Social’ clunk

Posted on March 19, 2025

Tennessee Williams' classic drama "A Streetcar Named Desire" is back on the stage in New York — with a new London production that opened at the Brooklyn Academy of Music starring Paul Mescal, recently of "Gladiator II."

Broadway

Broadway | ‘Streetcar’ opens at Brooklyn Academy of Music, ‘Othello’ with Denzel Washington smashes box office record and more

Posted on March 16, 2025

Cast of Jonathan Larson Project off-Broadway

Theater

Rediscovering Jonathan Larson with Jennifer Ashley Tepper and new off-Broadway show

Posted on March 10, 2025

secret's out at brooklyn comedy collective

Brooklyn Paper

‘Secret’s Out’: Brooklyn Comedy Collective’s improvised musical reveals hidden truths

Off-Broadway 2025: people acting in A Streetcar Named Desire

Broadway

Check out these 12 off-Broadway shows to see this March

Posted on March 2, 2025

Kevin Clay (Elder Price), Derrick Williams (The General) in The Book of Mormon ©Julieta Cervantes

Broadway

Broadway | ‘Book of Mormon’ makes history, Cynthia Erivo named Tony Awards host, and more

Posted on February 23, 2025

Idina Menzel in Redwood on Broadway

Broadway

Review | ‘Redwood’ leaves Idina Menzel dangling

Posted on February 16, 2025

bay ridge musical couple

Brooklyn Paper

‘Hopelessly Devoted’ Brooklyn couple brought together by musicals chase their dreams together

"B*tchcraft: A Musical Play" runs through March 1 at The Wild Project.

Gay City News

‘B*tchcraft’ recounts the birth of a queer feminist indie rockstar

Latino dating app, Chispa, hosted a one night only play that reimagined classic Shakespeare plays.

Theater

Latino dating app Chispa debuts ‘AMOR WITH NO B.S.’ campaign with off-Broadway production reimagining Shakespeare

Posted on February 13, 2025

Urinetown production at City Center off-Broadway

Theater

Review | ‘Urinetown’ revival at City Center springs a leak

Posted on February 9, 2025

F. Murray Abraham in "Beckett Briefs"

Theater

Review | ‘Beckett Briefs’ offers Samuel Beckett in bite-size doses

Posted on February 2, 2025

(l to r) Tala Ashe (Elham), Hadi Tabbal (Omid), Ava Lalezarzadeh (Goli), Marjan Neshat (Marjan), Pooya Mohseni (Roya) in Roundabout Theatre Company’s Broadway premiere production of “English.”

Broadway

Review | Lost and found in learning ‘English’

Posted on January 26, 2025

Andrew Garman, Amelia Workman, Julius Rinzel in The Antiquities

Theater

Here’s what’s coming to Off-Broadway stages this winter

Posted on January 21, 2025

39th Annual Brooklyn Tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Brooklyn Paper

Honoring a dream: BAM’s annual MLK tribute brings inspiration and reflection

Noah Weisberg and Eric William Morris in Cellino V Barnes

Theater

Broadway | ‘Cellino v. Barnes’ extended again, Maya Hawke to lead ‘Eurydice’ and more

Posted on January 19, 2025

Lorna Courtney and the cast of "& Juliet"

‘& Juliet’ shatters Shakespeare with pop anthems, glitter and a fearless heroine

Posted on January 16, 2025

David Greenspan

Theater

Crew strike halts Atlantic Theater Productions amid contract dispute

Posted on January 14, 2025

Brendan Fraser on red carpet

Broadway

Broadway | Brendan Fraser leaves show amid financial woes at Signature Theatre; Lin-Manuel Miranda back at ‘BroadwayCon’ and more

Posted on January 12, 2025

Blind Runner

Arts & Entertainment

Going ‘Under the Radar’ with international experimental theater

Posted on January 5, 2025

Patsy Ferran and The Cast of "A Streetcar Named Desire"

Theater

2025 Preview | Ten shows to look forward to in 2025

Posted on January 1, 2025

Audra McDonald in "Gypsy."

Theater

Broadway | ‘Gypsy’ cancels performances due to illnesses; Sarah Hyland joining ‘Gatsby’

Posted on December 29, 2024

Richard Kind, Renée Elise Goldsberry, John Mulaney, Fred Armisen as seen in "All In: Comedy About Love."

Theater

Review | ‘All In: Comedy About Love’ is surprising enjoyable but not worth the price

Posted on December 23, 2024

Sutton Foster in "Once Upon A Mattress"

Theater

2024 Year in Review: The best of New York theater

Posted on December 22, 2024

Zachary Quinto, Mare Winningham, Shailene Woodley and David Rasche in "Cult of Love" on Broadway.

Arts & Entertainment

Review | ‘Cult of Love’ reconceives the family holiday show

Posted on December 15, 2024

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