On Sunday, Broadway’s biggest night took center stage as the 77th annual Tony Awards celebrated another year of Broadway excellence.
In the most recent years, theater has been filled with revivals and Jukebox Musicals with a few Original scores and stories sprinkled in here and there.
We got to see Home this past weekend, a much anticipated play written by the late Samm-Art Williams and directed by Kenny Leon.
Last week, The Knockturnal enjoyed a reading of Our Hood, an adaptation of the Thornton Wilder play Our Town, at The Center at West Park, a not-for-profit community arts center based at the historic West Park Presbyterian Church on Manhattan’s Upper West Side.
In 2017, “Syncing Ink” debuted at The Flea in Tribeca.
Hell’s Kitchen is a brand new musical born from the music and mind of Alicia Keys, as she shifts her songs to be experienced in a whole new theatrical way.
Anton Chekhov’s Uncle Vanya has seen numerous adaptations in theaters worldwide. This year, it graces the Vivian Beaumont Theater in Lincoln Center, bearing a fresh adaptation by Heidi Schreck and a star-studded cast. Though the original material was first published in 1897, this new rendition breathes modern life into the dialogue and direction, while retaining its social and cultural relevance.
On Wednesday, March 6, the Roundabout Theatre Company presented the first revival of John Patrick Shanley’s play, Doubt: A Parable. Directed by Scott Ellis, the production asks questions about what’s fact versus fiction and who should be believed.
On March 3, A.R.T./New York Theatres presented The Maid and the Mesmerizer, a new play inspired by the Brontë sisters. Written by Patricia Lynn and directed by Jenn Susi, the two-hander details a high-energy love affair between a hypnotist and his assistant.
The improv troupe, 901 Innovation brought a new twist to the season with their 1st holiday show, “Taking On The Holidays” at The Producer’s Club in Manhattan’s Theatre District.