Category: Theatre Tips

  • What Have We Inherited

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    Melissa Jarmel While the fate of many Broadway shows remains to be determined, some have already announced closures. One show, The Inheritance by Matthew Lopez, was set to close on March 15th anyway, but the cast unwittingly took their last bow just a few days before, as the entirety of Broadway closed their doors on…

  • Freestyle Love Supreme

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    Melissa Jarmel Freestyle Love Supreme (-preme, -preme,  -preme, -preme, -preme, as they say in the show) is the most joyful performance on Broadway right now. This show features the hip-hop improv troupe dubbed Freestyle Love Supreme founded by director Thomas Kail and performer Anthony Veneziale in 2003 with future Tony-award nominated and winning cast members…

  • The 73rd Annual Tony Awards

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    Melissa Jarmel The 73rd annual Tony Awards will broadcast live on June 9th at 8 p.m. ET on CBS. James Corden is returning to host the show, so I expect the opening number this year will be as smart and delightful as his last. The full list of Tony nominations can be found here, but…

  • A New Year, A New Musical: The Prom

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    Melissa Jarmel There are many new musicals that will be vying for a Tony nomination this year. Some are movies turned musicals: King Kong (currently playing), Pretty Woman (currently playing), and Tootsie (starting March 29). Some are jukebox musicals: The Cher Show (currently playing) and Ain’t Too Proud: The Temptations Musical (starting February 28). One…

  • Time is of the Essence: Limited Engagements Closing Soon

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    Melissa Jarmel As the new year approaches, I wanted to draw your attention to three limited engagement plays that hit Broadway this fall and are set to close in January: The Lifespan of a Fact, Waverly Gallery, and American Son. The most lighthearted among the three is The Lifespan of a Fact. This play features…

  • Come for Pie, Leave with Joy

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    Melissa Jarmel If you can’t wait for Thanksgiving to have a slice of pie, you can go down to the diner at the Brooks Atkinson theatre to get yourself a piece of pie in a jar. Waitress has been dishing up jars of pie and slices of musical joy since the spring of 2016. Before…

  • Keep the Secrets, But Share the Magic

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    Melissa Jarmel With another academic year underway and Halloween at our heels, what better time to see Harry Potter and the Cursed Child? In this two-part play, the Hogwarts students that we came to know so well through J.K. Rowling’s seven book series now have kids who are attending the same school of witchcraft and…

  • Theatre Tips

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    Melissa Jarmel One of the best ways that I know how to take myself out of lab life is to see live theatre, and I’m lucky that New York City offers an overwhelming number of options to do this affordably (though Hamilton ticket prices may have you fooled about this). One of the aspects I…