(PHOTO: Erika Kapin) By Karen Stahl The dazzling 50th SubCulture Residency Concert presented by Jason Robert Brown just released a new block of tickets for the special one-night-only performance at Town Hall on June 24. As previously announced, the concert will welcome special guest artist Stephen Sondheim, featuring Katrina Lenk. The intimate night of music will also feature performances from Shoshana Bean, Joshua Henry and Rob McClure. Proceeds from the evening will go to Brady, an organization dedicated to unite Americans against gun violence. Tickets for the event can be purchased at http://www.TheTownHall.org or (800)-982-2787. Continue reading SubCulture concert with Jason Robert Brown and Stephen Sondheim to feature Katrina Lenk, Shoshana Bean and more

(PHOTO: Polk & Co.) By Karen Stahl Joining the artistic team at Roundabout Theatre Company is Cristina Angeles, who was named as a directing fellow for the 2019-20 season. Angeles joins as the fourth directing fellow since the Roundabout Directing Fellowship launched in 2017, joining the ranks of Whitney White, Miranda Haymon and Kathleen Capdesuner. The goal of the program is to provide an artistic home for an early-career director, while creating an environment of diversity and inclusion behind the scenes as the fellow develops a relationship with Roundabout. She will have her hand in assisting a number of Broadway … Continue reading Roundabout Theatre Company names Cristina Angeles as new directing fellow

(PHOTO: Red Carpet Report TV) By Karen Stahl Emmy Award-winning actress Debra Messing will return to Broadway in Roundabout Theatre Company’s production of “Birthday Candles,” marking the New York premiere of the play. Written by Noah Haidle and directed by Vivienne Benesch, “Birthday Candles” is about Ernestine Ashworth as she tries to find her place in the universe. Chronicling five generations of experiences and dreams, the play follows Ernestine all the way from her 17th birthday to her 101st birthday. Perhaps most well-known for her 11 years as Grace Adler on NBC’s “Will & Grace,” Messing made her Broadway debut … Continue reading Debra Messing to star on Broadway in BIRTHDAY CANDLES

(PHOTO: @EmiliaThePlay) By Constance Drugeot  “Listen to us. Listen to every woman who came before you. Listen to every woman with you now. And listen when I say to you to take the fire as your own.” Emilia On the 1st of June, 2019, the Shakespeare’s Globe’s production Emilia played its last performance on the Vaudeville Theatre stage. Although the show ran for a limited period, only 12 weeks, it was able to bring a fire to life. A fire whose flame will continue to burn bright as long as we have a voice to keep it alive. Emilia tells … Continue reading We Are ‘Emilia’

  Photos by Matthew Murphy, Stephen Love, and Nathan Johnson With just one month left until the Tony Awards, all of us at Curtain Call are getting pretty excited…and are making predictions! We wanted to know what you, our readers, think will happen on the night of June 9. Check out your picks, and the biggest snubs, below!! Best Musical Ain’t Too Proud Beetlejuice Hadestown The Prom Tootsie   Best Play Choir Boy The Ferryman Gary Ink What the Constitution Means to Me   Best Revival of a Musical Kiss Me, Kate Oklahoma!   Best Revival of a Play All … Continue reading Tony Awards 2019: Predictions