Shouldn't that be "frozen"?

“Since the coronavirus pandemic, 46 new musicals have opened on Broadway, costing about $800 million to bring to the stage. Only three have become profitable so far. Strong reviews, word of mouth and in some cases Tonys have not been enough.” www.nytimes.com/2025/09/22/t...

A remarkable compendium of actors who have climbed the cliff of Mt. Godot talking about their experience of the play.

Tonight's show

Ayckbourniac alert, from the self-appointed president of the Ayckbourn fan club's US chapter: revival of “Woman in Mind" starring Sheridan Smith to play limited West End engagement starting December 9.

Relieved to learn that "Giant" with John Lithgow will open on Broadway in the spring. I missed it on my last London trip and have been kicking myself for doing so ever since.

Rest in peace, Sundance Kid.

Tonight's show

Photos from Jamie Lloyd's "Waiting for Godot" with Keanu reeves and Alex Winter are out. You know you've been curious. Discuss.

Today's matinee: Saturday in the dark with Henrik.

Tonight's show at New York Theatre Workshop

Subway dog

ICYMI: my report on a new play shut down at University of Central Oklahoma, that will confound the censors and play off-campus instead.

Marketing pop-up at 23rd and Fifth.

“Nowhere else in Japan today is the ancient drama form so widely embraced as it is on Sado. The fishing and farming communities here have made the medieval art form a central part of their local culture, which children learn while still in school.”

“It’s not clear whether the reaction of higher-ups at the University of Central Oklahoma rose to the level of freaked out or afraid, but something got their hackles up.” My report on censorship of a new play.

"Cabaret" closing a month earlier than previously announced.

Arrived in today's mail...

Tonight's show

Subway dog

News from Vineyard Theatre

My new column for @broadwayworld.com: “The greatest challenge in the pursuit of idealized criticism is one of scarcity – we have too few critics and too few outlets of scale. This forces ever more pressure on the voices and media that remain.”

Men in Black, Washington Square Park

This is a brilliant headline and it's giving vintage Variety.

I was just interviewed for 90 minutes for a podcast about the musical "1776" and managed to mention, among others, William Daniels, Lin-Manuel, Shaina Taub, Helen Hunt, "Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson," "Ben Franklin in Paris," and my parents, not necessarily in that order.

Tom's Restaurant, Morningside Heights

Tonight's show, from the Public Theater

Will Broadway's third-largest theatre owner be changing ownership itself?

From yesterday's Pee Wee Herman lookalike contest at @coneyislandusa.bsky.social

Today's jaunt

“We are still in the earliest stages of this process, which will be rooted in listening, research, and community input. The path forward will ultimately be shaped by the voices of our artists, our patrons, and our staff, not by consultants.”

So the first event he announces at the Kennedy Center, a famed performing arts center now under his thumb, is...soccer?

ABRACADABRA! I make my debut at @broadwayworld.com with a column on magic on US stages, prompted by visits to Jamie Allan's "Amaze," Lord Nil's "Seven Deadly Sins," and @crystalskillman.bsky.social's "Open," all Off-Broadway. New for my column work: no paywall! www.broadwayworld.com/article/Down...

Too soon... 🎃

Tonight's show: here I go again.

I am staggered by the speed with which Spike Lee's "Highest 2 Lowest" is already departing theatres, with screens that were showing it over the weekend having already jettisoned the film. An important work by a major filmmaker, soon to be streaming, denied a true theatrical rollout.

Tonight's (delayed) show

”The Republican-dominated state, which has already had the highest rate of book bans nationwide this year, is continuing to censor reading materials in schools, bowing to external pressures in an effort to avoid conflict and government retaliation.“

Hey look: @petermarksdrama.bsky.social is writing again! www.washingtonpost.com/entertainmen...

Today's matinee

Could it ever return to its origins as a legit house? www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-featur...

Is Alaska still a US state?

Tonight's headliners, Toad the Wet Sprocket, with my cousin Matt on organ, mandolin, and pedal steel.

Second act of tonight's entertainment: KT Tunstall in New Haven

First act of tonight's entertainment: Sixpence None The Richer in New Haven

Kid Rock and Jon Voight must be devastated. But there's always next year.

Kiss. Gloria Gaynor. Stallone. George Strait. Michael Crawford. Oh, the chairman is hosting. Discuss.

Broadway lights up to oppose a Times Square casino.

Will the summit take place at Sarah Palin's house?

Staring me down on the 1 train this morning.