Theatrely's Off-Broadway review of Prosperous Fools from Taylor Mac and directed by Darko Tresnjak at Theatre for a New Audience in New York City.

Tony nominee Quincy Tyler Bernstine and Michael Chernus (of Severance) will star in Well, I’ll Let You Go at The Space at Irondale. The play will run from July 29 to Aug. 29, 2025. 

Ella Beatty has had an incredible year in New York theatre. After joining the Tony-winning Appropriate as River when the show transferred theaters, she next joined Jack O’Brien’s much buzzed about production of Ghosts at Lincoln Center Theatre. Now, she is downtown starring opposite Hugh Jackman in Sexual Misconduct of the Middle Classes, a new work that is part of Together, a new theatrical initiative by Jackman and producer Sonia Friedman. I recently sat down with Beatty to discuss summers in the Village, Shakespeare, and Cole Escola. 

Rob Madge is bringing their original solo show My Son’s a Queer (But What Can You Do?) to New York City Center, making the show’s New York premiere after an almost-Broadway run last season. It runs June 12 to 15.

Theatrely's Off-Broadway review of Angry Alan by John Krasinski and written by Penelope Skinner and directed by Sam Gold at Studio Seaview

Kara Young and Kerry Washington will take the stage in a series of monologues written by Whoopi Goldberg as part of Lincoln Center Theater’s 2025-2026 season. The season marks the first full for new artistic director Lear deBessonet, who directed this season’s Once Upon a Mattress and the hit Into the Woods revival at New York City Center.

It was an incredible night celebrating the best of the New York theatre season at NYU Skirball at the 2025 Drama Desk Awards. Maybe Happy Ending won big with six awards including Outstanding Musical. Boop!, Stranger Things: The First Shadow, and The Picture of Dorian Gray each went home with three awards. Debra Messing and Tituss Burgess hosted the ceremony which celebrates the best of the 2024/2025 theatre season here in New York. 

You gotta catch a potential audience’s attention in any way possible these days. From massive social campaigns to wild in-person activations, folks are trying everything. But one performance is trying a different route. Not telling you anything about it! For the past few weeks, some mysterious Instagram account has popped up with the username @_____comingsoon______ and has been posting mysterious photos including balloons and an upside down wheelbarrow. The account follows only two individuals: actor and playwright Bubba Weiler and Theatrely31 alum Jack Serio. Serio recently helmed Ken Urban’s intimate Danger and Opportunity at the East Village Basement which won two special Drama Desk Awards in the past few weeks. 

Taylor Trensch dropped out of college after his second year to join the Spring Awakening national tour as Moritz, launching a richly varied stage career of 16 years that has seen Trensch rack up credits regionally, off-Broadway and across eight Broadway shows–-Matilda, Hello, Dolly! and To Kill A Mockingbird among them. A beloved theater fixture—and also a kind, witty little fellow—Trensch has now earned his first ever Tony Award nomination for Lincoln Center Theater’s sumptuous revival of Floyd Collins, running at the Vivian Beaumont through June 22. Theatrely sat down with Trensch to journey through a selection of his many credits, reflecting on gay plays, his dear friend Gavin Creel, and oh so many wigs.

How very! Just before Heathers returns to the New York stage later this month, Yellow Sound Label has announced the release of Heathers The Musical: World Premiere Cast Recording (Deluxe Edition) in streaming and digital formats tomorrow, Friday, June 6. The Deluxe Edition contains the entire original 2014 world premiere cast album and has been completely remastered for 2025.Theatrely has an exclusive first listen to a bonus track: “Kindergarten Boyfriend (Bluegrass Lullaby)” performed by Will Chase. 

Second Stage Theater's 2025 season will include two Pulitzer Prize finalist plays on Broadway at the Hayes Theater.

Theatrely's Off-Broadway review of Goddess by Saheem Ali and James Ijames starring Amber Iman at the Public Theater in New York City.

The Chita Rivera Awards celebrate the stage and screen’s often-overlooked dancers and choreographers. Performers and presenters took the stage to honor her close friend and legendary dancer Ben Vereen with the Lifetime Achievement award.

Broadway veteran and Tony nominee Kerry Butler, known for her roles in Mean Girls, Hairspray, Beetlejuice the Musical, and Xanadu, will take the stage as Ms. Fleming/Veronica’s Mom in this summer’s upcoming production of Heathers the Musical.

Theatrely's Off-Broadway review of Bowl EP by Nazareth Hassan at the Vineyard Theatre (co-producing with National Black Theater, in association with The New Group) in New York City.

Elizabeth Gillies has extended her sold-out run as Audrey in the Off-Broadway production of Little Shop of Horrors — and will reunite with her former 13: The Musical co-star Graham Phillips when he joins the production as Seymour.

Tom Hanks is headed Off-Broadway this fall in the world premier of his original play This World of Tomorrow.

André Holland, who starred in the 2016 Best Picture winning film Moonlight, will take the stage in The Brothers Size at The Shed this summer.

Nicole Scherzinger took home the prestigious Distinguished Performance Award for her work on the 2025 revival of Sunset Boulevard at the 2025 Drama League Awards Friday afternoon. The Distinguished Performance Award can only be won once during an actor’s career. 

Julio Torres, an Emmy-nominated former Saturday Night Live writer, will make his Off-Broadway debut in Color Theories this September.

Theatrely's Off-Broadway review of A(U)NTS! by Zoë Geltman at the Brick Theater in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.

Senior critic Joey Sims caught the following Off-Broadway and here are his thoughts: IRISHTOWN, I’M ASSUMING YOU KNOW DAVID GREENSPAN, HOLD ME IN THE WATER, FIVE MODELS IN RUINS, 1981, and LOBSTER

The scrunchies have been claimed for this summer’s off-broadway Heathers the Musical. Broadway stars McKenzie Kurtz, Olivia Hardy, and Elizabeth Teeter will take the stage as Heathers Chandler, Duke, and MacNamara, respectively. 

Producers Mike Lavoie and Carlee Briglia recently announced that they are bringing Josh Sharp’s ta-da! Off-Broadway this summer directed by 2025 Tony Award nominee Sam Pinkleton. The new show will begin previews July 7, 2025 at the Greenwich House Theater, with an official opening night set for July 21. The limited engagement runs through August 23, 2025. 

Theatrely's Off-Broadway review of Sexual Misconduct of the Middle Classes by Hannah Moscovitch starring Hugh Jackman and Ella Beatty at the Minetta Lane Theatre in New York City

Get your flashcards ready! Most Unwanted Productions is set to present the New York premiere of the interactive parlor game, Out of Order, written and performed by Carl Holder at the East Village Basement June 27-July 23, 2025. Theatrely31 alum Skylar Fox (Trisha Paytas’ Big Broadway Dream) who developed the piece with Holder will also direct. 

Just in time for Pride Month, New York is about to be hit with a ton of… glitter. Earlier this week Rodeo, Sheep Soup, Tilted, and P3 Productions announced they will present the Edinburgh and London hit House Of Life, a travelling cult collective performed by glitter-clad Ben Welch and Lawrence Cole, with one singular goal: happiness for all, at any cost. The 65-minute, cabaret theater show is one part sermon, one part rebirth, three parts party--a space to let it all out. Inspired by the places where people come together to heal through music, joy and noise, the audience is taken on an eight-step musical journey to complete enlightenment.

Theatrely's Off-Broadway review of The Last Bimbo of the Apocalypse from The New Group, by Michael Breslin and Patrick Foley in New York City.

Julia Lester just doesn’t stop. Since making her Broadway debut as Little Red in the recent Into The Woods revival (a role that landed her a Tony Nomination, btw) Lester then went on to impress us as Miss Marmelstein in CSC’s I Can Get It For You Wholesale. Today, putting aside her run on the new Netflix hit The Four Seasons, Lester can be seen eight times a week stealing the show over at All Nighter. Her character Wilma, an artist, brings the laughs and brought Lester a nomination for both a Drama Desk and a Lucille Lortel Award. 

Theatrely's Off-Broadway review of Wonderful Town at New York City Center as part of their Encores! series directed by Zhailon Levingston and starring Anika Noni Rose and Aisha Jackson

Another day, another list of nominations! Earlier this afternoon, nominations were announced for the 69th Annual Drama Desk Awards that celebrates the best of Broadway, Off-Broadway, and Off-Off Broadway during the 24/25 New York Season. This year, the awards will be hosted by Debra Messing and Tituss Burgess on Sunday, June 1st at 6:15pm at NYU Skirball. Stay tuned to Theatrely for all the latest information on winners.

We are about to have a lot of joy this summer! As previously announced, a musicalized new work based on the true story of inventor and entrepreneur is headed Off-Broadway this summer in Joy The Musical. Broadway favorite Betsy Wolfe stars as Joy and Mauricio Martinez is set to star as Tony in the new production. We here at Theatrely have your first look at a new music video of “You Are A Melody To Me” from the show.

Theatrely's Off-Broadway review of Grief Camp by Eliya Smith at the Atlantic Theatre in New York City.

It's the best season… awards! Today, Sarah Hyland (currently starring in The Great Gatsby) and Orville Peck (currently starring in Cabaret) announced the nominations for the 91st Annual Drama League Awards from the Lincoln Center’s New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. The Awards will be held at the Ziegfeld Ballroom on Friday, May 16, 2025 at 12:00pm here in New York City. 

One of America’s most beloved films is coming to New York…kinda. Today, producers announced that Ginger Twinsies, a hilarious send-up of the beloved 1998 film The Parent Trap, will play a limited engagement at the downtown Orpheum Theatre beginning July 10, 2025. Directed and written by Kevin Zak, an official opening is set for July 10 for a 16-week run through October 26.

Theatrely's Off-Broadway reviews of The Swamp Dwellers at Theatre for a New Audience and Threepenny Opera at BAM

Theatrely's Off-Broadway review of Bailey Williams and Emma Horwitz's Two Sisters Find a Box of Lesbian Erotica in the Woods from Rattlestick Theater and New Georges.

Theatrely's Off-Broadway review of minor.ity by francisca da silveira at the WP Theater, co-produced with Colt Ceoeur in New York City.

Theatrely's Off-Broadway review of Danger and Opportunity by Ken Urban and directed by Theatrely31 alum Jack Serio.

Today it was announced that Audible and Together, the new theatrical partnership led by Sonia Friedman and Huge Jackman, have a new collaboration including two fully-produced plays, readings, panels, workshops, and more this spring. Headlined by two plays directed by Ian Rickson and presented in repertory – the New York premiere of Hannah Moscovitch’s Sexual Misconduct of the Middle Classes, with Ella Beatty and Hugh Jackman (April 28 – June 18), and Jen Silverman’s new adaptation of August Strindberg’s Creditors, with Liev Schreiber, Maggie Siff, and Justice Smith (May 10 – June 18) – the collaboration rounds out Audible Theater’s sixth off-Broadway season at the Minetta Lane Theatre, where the company has produced numerous live shows since 2018, and marks the debut stage productions for Friedman and Jackman’s recently announced company, TOGETHER. Sexual Misconduct of the Middle Classes and Creditors will also be recorded and released on Audible at a later date, extending their reach to millions of listeners around the world.

Theatrely caught up with Jessica Hecht to chat about her conceiving and reworking Bertolt Brecht’s The Mother

Theatrely's Off-Broadway review of Love Life at New York City Center starring Brian Stoke Mitchell and Kate Baldwin, written by Kurt Weill and Alan Kay Lerner.

Theatrely's Off-Broadway review of We Had A World by Joshua Harmon and directed by Director Trip Cullman. The play features Andrew Barth Feldman, Joanna Gleason and Jeanine Serrales

For their inaugural production at Studio Seaview, Seaview has announced that John Krasinski will return to the New York stage in Penelope Skinner’s dark comedy Angry Alan, directed by Sam Gold. The limited 10-week engagement will begin May 23, 2025 with an official opening night set for Wednesday June 11. 

Theatrely's Off-Broadway review of Wine in the Wilderness by Alice Childress and directed by LaChanze at Classic Stage Company.

Theatrely's Off-Broadway review of Anton Checkhov's Vanya starring Andrew Scott at the Lucille Lortel.

Theatrely's Off-Broadway review of A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams starring Paul Mescal at BAM's Harvey Theater in New York City.

From Trisha Paytas to Céline Dion! Today it was announced that Broadway star Amber Ardolino will board the ship of dreams over at Titanique at the Daryl Roth Theatre in Union Square. Ardolino will begin as Dion on March 21, 2025; the current star Dee Roscioli will play her final performance on March 16. 

Theatrely's Off Broadway reviews of Ghosts at Lincoln Center Theatre and The Great Privation from Soho Rep at Playwrights Horizons in New York City.

Today, Roundabout Theatre Company announced their plans for the 2025-2026 Broadway and Off-Broadway season. While the Todd Haimes undergoes a renovation, this fall Robert Icke’s Oedipus will head to Studio 54. In the spring, Sam Pinkleton will direct Richard O’Brien’s The Rocky Horror Show at Studio 54. In addition, Scott Ellis will direct Kelli O’Hara and Rose Byrne in Noël Coward’s Fallen Angels at the Haimes next spring. 

Theatrely's Off-Broadway review of The Jonathan Larson Project at the Orpheum Theatre in New York City.

Theatrely's Off Broadway review of All Nighter by Natalie Margolin and directed by Jaki Bradley.

Theatrely's Off-Broadway review of Dakar 2000 by Rajiv Joseph which is currently playing at New York City Center Stage I.

Joey Sims sits down with Abubakr Ali to chat all things Dakar 2000 by Rajiv Joseph.

Theatrely's Off-Broadway reviews of Mary Said What She Said and Sumo by critic Juan A. Ramirez.

Theatrely's Off-Broadway review of Curse of the Starving Class by Sam Shepard at The New Group in New York City starring Christian Slater, Calista Flockhart, and more.

Theatrely's Off Broadway reviews of The Antiquities at Playwrights Horizons and Liberation at the Laura Pels Theatre in New York City.

Theatrely's Off-Broadway review of Samuel D. Hunter's Grangeville directed by Jack Serio.

PBS, in partnership with No Guarantees and Nouveau Productions has announced the lineup of their one-night only special event, Broadway’s Leading Ladies on March 10, 2025 at the Town Hall in New York City. The lineup so far includes LaChanze, Kate Baldwin, Jennifer Holliday, Judy Kuhn, Lindsay Mendez, Jessie Mueller, and Jennifer Simard. Additional all-star casting will be announced soon. 

Heathers The Musical will make its triumphant return back to New York City this summer. Kevin Murphy and Laurence O’Keefe’s cult musical will play a limited engagement at New World Stages, Stage 1 beginning June 22, 2025 until September 28, 2025. The production is directed by Andy Fickman who recently directed the hit UK production of the musical. 

Theatrely's Off Broadway and Off-Off Broadway reviews of SLAMDANCE garage, 300 Paintings, Where We're Born, Nina, and The Barbarians.

Director (and Theatrely31 alum) Jack Serio has found his company for Ken Urban’s Danger and Opportunity. The new play is set to premiere at the East Village Basement beginning March 27 and run through April 17, 2025. An official opening night is set for Thursday, April 3. 

Suddenly Milo! This morning it was announced that Elizabeth Gilles and Milo Manheim are set to join the Off-Broadway production of Little Shop of Horrors next month. Gillies who has previously been on Broadway in 13 and most well known for her turn on Victorious stars as Audrey opposite Milo Manheim, most well known for Disney’s Zombies franchise. The duo plus Broadway vet Jeremy Kushnier will join the company Tuesday, February 25, 2025 at the Westside Theatre. 

Theatrely senior critic and cultural writer Joey Sims dives into works at various festivals around New York City focusing on tech

Theatrely's Joey Sims chats with Daniel and Patrick Lazour about Night Side Songs and Under the Radar.

It appears the current Atlantic Theater productions of Grief Camp and I’m Assuming You Know David Greenspan are postponed due to the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE) calling for a strike against the Atlantic Theater Company. 

It seems The Jonathan Larson Project has found its cast. The new musical celebrates the dozens of unheard songs, unfinished and unproduced musicals, and pop songs found in files and boxes when Larson died suddenly at the age of 35 in 1996. The company is set to include Adam Chanler-Berat, Taylor Iman Jones, Lauren Marcus, Andy Mientus, and Jason Tam.

Theatrely's Best Of Picks for 2024 from Editor-in-Chief Kobi Kassal and Chief Critic Juan A. Ramirez

Theatrely's review of Eureka Day, Annie starring Whoopi Goldberg, and Racecar Racecar Racecar

Theatrely's Off-Broadway review of KIN by Bathsheba Doran and directed by Spencer Whale.

Theatrely31 alum Jack Serio will direct Danger and Opportunity, a new play by Ken Urban this March. The new production will premiere at the East Village Basement, located at 321 East 9th Street in Manhattan. 

Theatrely's Off-Broadway reviews of Burnout Paradise, We Are Your Robots, and Strategic Love Play playing here in New York City.

Theatrely's Off-Broadway review of The Blood Quilt by Katori Hall at Lincoln Center's Newhouse Theatre in New York City.

Theatrely's Off-Broadway review of Shit. Meet. Fan. at MCC Theater in New York City by Robert O'Hara. The play stars Debra Messing, Neil Patrick Harris, Jane Krakowsi, and more!

Theatrely's Off-Broadway review of King Lear by William Shakespeare at The Shed. The production stars Kenneth Branagah.

Theatrely's Off-Broadway review of Gatz at The Public Theatre from Elevator Repair Service in New York City.

Theatrely's Off-Broadway review of ‍In the Amazon Warehouse Parking Lot by Sarah Mantell and directed by Sivan Battat at Playwrights Horizons in New York City.

Theatrely's Off-Broadway review of Drag: The Musical at New World Stages in New York City.

Theatrely's Off-Broadway review of Give Me Carmelita Tropicana! at Soho Rep in New York City.

Theatrely's Off-Broadway review of Walden from Amy Berryman and directed by Whitney White. It stars Emmy Rossum, Motell Foster, and Zoë Winters at the Tony Kiser Theatre from 2nd Stage.

The new musical comedy Fowl Play is releasing their newest single and Theatrely has your first listen. Featuring Broadway favorites Jayke Workman (Chicago) and Daniel Quadrino (Wicked, Newsies), Bad People’s Money is a sharp, satirical anthem that dives into the story of two queer friends commissioned to write an "apology musical" for a homophobic fried chicken chain.

Theatrely's Off-Broadway review of Hold On To Me Darling by Kenneth Lonergan and directed by Neil Pepe. Adam Driver leads the company at the Lucille Lortel Theatre in New York City.

James Harvey’s madcap musical theater fever dream is now back for a fully-staged run at Theatre 154, where it continues through November 10. Theatrely spoke with Harvey about cockroaches, despair, and hosting his new musical himself as “Franz Kafka.”

Theatrely's Off-Broadway review of Vladimir by Erika Sheffer at New York City Center, from Manhattan Theatre Club

Theatrely's Off-Broadway review of Meghan Kennedy's The Counter directed by David Cromer at Roundabout Theatre Company in New York City.

Theatrely's Off-Broadway review of The Big Gay Jamboree from Marla Mindelle at the Orpheum Theatre in New York City.

Theatrely's Off-Broadway review of Woof! from Hannah Gadsby at the Abrons Arts Center in New York City

Theatrely's Off-Broadway review of Safety Not Guaranteed starring Taylor Trensch and Nkeki Obi-Melekwe at BAM in New York City.

Theatrely's Off-Broadway review of James Ijames' Good Bones now at the Public Theatre in New York City, directed by Saheem Ali

Theatrely's Fall Preview 2024 featuring Nkeki Obi-Melekwe and Taylor Trensch from Safety Not Guaranteed at the Brooklyn Academy of Music

Theatrely's Fall Preview 2024 featuring Will Connolly from Teeth The Musical coming Off-Broadway to New World Stages

Theatrely's Fall Preview 2024 featuring Brandon Uranowitz as he prepares for Ragtime at New York City Center.

Theatrely's Off-Broadway and Regional reviews of Empire Records, The Beacon and The Ghost of John McCain

Theatrely's Off-Broadway review of See What I Wanna See from Michael John LaChiusa

Theatrely's Off-Broadway review of Matthew Freeman's new play The Ask starring Betsy Aidem and Colleen Litchfield at the wild project in New York City.

Theatrely headed to Lea DeLaria's Big Gay Brunch at 54 Below and reports back on one wild meal you won't soon forget!

Theatrely's Off-Broadway review of Table 17 at MCC Theater written by Douglas Lyons and directed by Zhailon Levingston.

Sister, sister! Today it was announced that Emmy Rossum and Zoë Winters are set to star in Amy Berryman’s Walden at the Tony Kiser Theater this fall. Directed by Whitney White, Walden beings previews on October 16, and officially opens November 7th. 

Part Goosebumps part E.T. - sign us up! Last week it was announced that the new musical Watcher In The Woods will have a fully staged showcase production as part of their development process starring the hilarious Jackie Hoffman. Directed by Chase Kniffen, the new musical based on the 1976 novel by Florence Engel Randall features music & orchestrations by Johanna Telander, book & lyrics by Douglas Thompson, and music direction by Brian Walters. The production showcase will perform Wednesday, September 11 - Sunday, September 15 at UrbanStages on West 30th Street. 

Today it was announced that Savannah Hankinson’s The 2 Queers a Lesbian Meets at The Home Depot will make its New York premiere at the Jeffrey and Paula Gural Theatre at A.R.T./New York Theatres from September 20, 2024 through October 6, 2024.