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1 day ago | 
amny.com | Matt Windman
“Dead Outlaw,” the darkly comic, bourbon-soaked new Broadway musical, was scheduled to ride into Washington, D.C. this week for a celebratory performance and artifact donation at the Library of Congress. But on Friday, the producers abruptly canceled the appearance following news of the termination of Dr. Carla Hayden, the Librarian of Congress.
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3 days ago | 
amny.com | Matt Windman
Hugh Jackman and Ella Beatty in “Sexual Misconduct of the Middle Classes/Creditors” Off-Broadway this spring. Whereas numerous Broadway shows rush to open in April to meet the Tony Awards eligibility deadline, May tends to belong to Off-Broadway. Below are a dozen new Off-Broadway shows, including final offerings of the season from major nonprofit companies and ambitious new ventures by commercial producers.
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3 days ago | 
asianamericans.einnews.com | Matt Windman
12 Off-Broadway shows to see this May By Matt Windman Posted on May 11, 2025 Hugh Jackman and Ella Beatty in “Sexual Misconduct of the Middle Classes/Creditors” Off-Broadway this spring.
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1 week ago | 
amny.com | Matt Windman
On Friday night, the National Endowment for the Arts notified arts organizations across the country that their 2025 grant awards were being terminated because they “fall outside the funding priorities of the President.” In response, countless nonprofit theater companies have been sending out red alert emails to their patrons seeking donations to make up for the sudden loss in funding.
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1 week ago | 
amny.com | Matt Windman
Given that 42 Broadway shows were eligible to receive Tony Award nominations, it is not shocking that no less than 13 shows received no nominations, including starry sold-out hits, flop musicals, and well-received productions that nevertheless got overlooked during a crowded year. Othello: Don’t feel too bad for Denzel Washington and Jake Gyllenhaal.
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2 weeks ago | 
amny.com | Matt Windman
Cole Escola in “On, Mary!”, which was a smash hit play that will likely be nominated for the Tonys. Predicting the nominations for the Tony Awards is a messy business and a fool’s errand – or at least a questionable use of time and space that theater journalists such as myself nevertheless engage in each year, which, of course, is followed by predicting the award winners themselves the following month.
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2 weeks ago | 
amny.com | Matt Windman
What happens when you take a classic Victorian operetta, toss it into the heart of New Orleans, and give it a shot of jazz, drag flair, and full-throttle Broadway pizzazz? You get “Pirates! The Penzance Musical,” a spirited, genre-blending reboot of Gilbert & Sullivan’s beloved “The Pirates of Penzance” that’s as bold as it is bonkers, and might be the most fun you’ll have on Broadway this spring.
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3 weeks ago | 
amny.com | Matt Windman
What’s stranger than “Stranger Things”? Maybe a three-hour stage prequel to a TV show that hasn’t even finished airing. “Stranger Things: The First Shadow,” now playing at the Marquis Theatre on Broadway following a West End run, is an unapologetically commercial, FX-driven fan experience that attempts to stretch the Netflix franchise into new theatrical territory, borrowing the blueprint of “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child” but missing the ingenuity, heart, and narrative magic.
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4 weeks ago | 
danspapers.com | Matt Windman |Shoshanna McCollum
Summer may not be New York’s peak theater season, but this year, it’s making a serious play for attention with the long-awaited reopening of the Delacorte Theatre in Central Park following major renovations, the return of Mamma Mia!, and stage appearances by Hugh Jackman, Liev Schreiber, John Krasinski, and Maya Hawke.
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4 weeks ago | 
asianamericans.einnews.com | Matt Windman |Shoshanna McCollum
By Matt Windman 5 minute 04/16/2025 “Mamma Mia!” returns for a six-month stint at the Winter Garden Theatre. Summer may not be New York’s peak theater season, but this year, it’s making a serious play for attention with the long-awaited reopening of the Delacorte Theatre in Central Park following major renovations, the return of Mamma Mia!, and stage appearances by Hugh Jackman, Liev Schreiber, John Krasinski, and Maya Hawke.
