#Off-Broadway

[glimeres]

Hadestown (2017, Off-Broadway) - Digital Booklet Pics

[terrible-musical-theatre-ideas]

In order to compensate for the fact that someone decided Cats needed to not have cats in it, we will replace the human characters in at least one musical with cats. We are hosting a poll to determine which musical will go full Jellicle in order to restore the balance of the universe, lest we unleash the flesh monster which resides in Patti Lupone's basement.

[fulesthefirst]

Dracula, a Comedy of Terrors || Interview with the Vampire (2022-)

Ancient vampires assimmilating into modern society.

[droughtofapathy]

"Welcome to the Theatre": Diary of a Broadway Baby

DOA's 2024 Year in Review

Another year, another record at DOA Headquarters. With 201 shows, we've surpassed last year by over fifty. At this rate, I go to the theatre more days than not, and let's not even think about how much time I spend in transit. And in a shocking reveal, despite my notorious reputation as a Grade-A Hater, statistically I love the theatre.

Monthly Masterposts: January | February | March | April | May | June | July | August | September | October | November | December

[trebletreblemaker]

this is me

asking the internet

FOR A BOOTLEG

of jon groff’s LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS

i am in shock that there aren’t any online like, this is the first time slime tutorials have failed me

[principiumindividuationis777]

[scholarofgloom]

[broadwaydivastournament]

At last our yearning can be satiated. Not seen on a New York City stage in a full-length production since 2011, Joanna Gleason makes a triumphant return in the Off-Broadway world premiere of Joshua Harmon's We Had a World. Previews begin February 25, 2025, ahead of a March 19 opening night. 

[bikkue]

The Hazbin Hotel Cabaret → Hazbin Hotal's VAs + Musicals

[imnottoonewnow]

Not to brag, but I think I was in the most ungovernable crowd at Twenty Sided Tavern last night: geese teeth, Achoo/Bless You, prescription names, “eat my butt”….

Also not to brag but I got to meet and hug @quiddie so I’m a cool kid now

Also also shoutout the front row of loners who banded together! The real friends were the front row we made along the way

[glimeres]

Here We Are (2023, Off-Broadway) - Digital Booklet Pics

[denimbex1986]

'The list of acting greats who have taken on the role of Uncle Vanya is a long one: Laurence Olivier, Ian McKellen, Peter O’Toole, Simon Russell Beale, Derek Jacobi. Earlier this year, Steve Carrell brought his distinct pathos—and humor—to Anton Chekhov’s classic meditation on money, class, work, the environment, and masculinity in a production at Lincoln Center Theater. Yet none of these actors have, it’s safe to say, attempted to turn it into a one-man play.

Last fall, in London, Andrew Scott did just that, playing all the parts in Uncle Vanya—and somehow, by all accounts, carrying it off. That stripped-down, modernized production offered no distraction from Scott as he nimbly pivoted between the eight characters: the professor returning to his country home with his young wife, the brother-in-law (Vanya) who has been bitterly managing the estate that has funded the professor’s exploits, and everyone in between. The performance was described as virtuosic, the foundation for a captivating show that included a one-man sex scene. Scott (also one of the co-creators) was, unsurprisingly, nominated for best actor at the Olivier Awards, and the play won best revival.

Though widely known (now and probably forever) as the “hot priest” from Fleabag, Scott has moved definitively beyond the role that made millions of viewers question their inclinations toward the clergy. He starred last year in Andrew Haigh’s gently devastating All of Us Strangers, and earlier this year in Ripley, the moody Netflix adaptation of The Talented Mr. Ripley that earned 13 Emmy nominations, in part due to his sinister reinvention of the chameleonic central character.

And now, Scott, along with co-creator and adaptor Simon Stephens, designer Rosanna Vize, and director Sam Yates, is bringing Vanya to New York for its American premiere. (Vanya will arrive just over a century after the vodka-soaked tragicomedy had its Broadway premiere in 1923.) “Performing this play in front of an audience was one of the most magical, exhausting and thrilling experiences of my life," says Scott. "I’m so excited to come back to New York and share that experience with the audiences at the Lortel.”

“The connection between the wondrous Andrew Scott and audiences in London was unlike anything I’ve witnessed before in the theater,” says Yates. “I am honored and excited to share this production and Andrew’s remarkable performance with audiences in New York.”

Previews will begin at the Lucille Lortel Theatre off-Broadway on March 11, with an opening night set for March 18. Tickets are on sale today.'

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[droughtofapathy]

"Welcome to the Theatre": Diary of a Broadway Baby

Three Houses

May 26, 2024 | Off-Broadway | Signature Theatre Company | Matinee | Musical | Original | 1H 40M

Dave Malloy has done it again: another weird, dissonant, non-traditional piece of theatre that delights at every turn. More concept musical than straightforward storytelling, this show centers three bar patrons each telling their story of how they survived the early days of the pandemic and the toll isolation and global crisis exacted. The three stories are all self-contained, each about 25-30 or so minutes of sung-through motifs, each with several constant throughlines (experiencing the pandemic in an unfamiliar location, grandparents haunting the narrative, fabulous puppetry, desecrated mental health).

The set is exactly what you'd expect of a Dave Malloy musical. Not quite literally immersive, but staged thrust-style with incredible detail to evoke the proper mood. Musicians on stage in the four corners, actively present in the story. And the puppetry, oh my goodness. Not since Milky White have I been so enamored by puppets. The dragon is precious, the animal crossing-like creature adorable, and that spider. Wow. I need that spider to hover in a corner of my room. It is beautiful.

This isn't one of his shows that contains songs all his fans will flock to and devour for audition pieces. The score is weird and wild and deeply entrenched in serving the story as a whole, not providing anyone with a big 11 o'clock number.

Verdict: Why I Love the Theatre

A Note on Ratings

[thefandomentals]

Off-Broadway hit The Twenty-Sided Tavern, which turns D&D into a rollicking musical adventure, is set to hit the road for a national tour in May 2025.