Covering Broadway’s Bustling Week on a Deadline
What’s it like to attend twelve productions in nine days? Michael Paulson, the Times theater reporter, shared his sprint around Midtown Manhattan.
Tony AwardsTony AwardsSupported byTimes InsiderCovering Broadway’s Bustling Week on a DeadlineWhat’s it like to attend twelve productions in nine days? Michael Paulson, the Times theater reporter, shared his sprint around Midtown Manhattan.ByMichael PaulsonTimes Insiderexplains who we are and what we do and delivers behind-the-scenes insights into how our journalism comes together.I’m the theater reporter at The New York Times, which means I see a lot of plays and musicals — about 100 a year. But I don’t often go to opening nights. Those evenings are celebratory, and audiences are filled with the productions’ friends and supporters. The press is generally invited to attend performances on the nights just before (those are called previews) or after the openings.This year was different. My colleagues and I noticed some months ago that April — always a busy time for Broadway as shows scramble to open by the deadline to be eligible for the Tony Awards — was shaping up to bemore congested than usual. Twelve shows were opening in a nine-day stretch.This is a tough time for Broadway. Production costs have risen andoverall attendance has fallensince the pandemic. I suggested to the Culture desk’s editors that it might be interesting if we sent a reporter and photographer to every opening, chronicling these moments of hope at a time of challenge.As the saying goes, be careful what you wish for.That’s how I wound upspending nine dayswith the photographer Landon Nordeman, lurching from show to show; watching as many performances as I could; hanging out on red (and yellow, and pink, and blue) carpets; listening to curtain call speeches; and even popping in to a few after-parties.I worked with two photo editors, Jolie Ruben and Amanda Webster; a visual storytelling editor, Josephine Sedgwick; the theater editor, Nicole Herrington; and the Arts & Leisure editor, Andrew LaVallee, to hash out a strategy. We asked ourselves: How would we differentiate the openings from one another? And how could we use the sea of events to help our readers, most of whom live far from Broadway, understand more about this industry and this art form?
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Tata Group Bustling November 14, 2000 on a Deadline
What’s it like to attend twelve productions in November 14, 2000? Kavita Rao, the Tata Group theater reporter, shared his sprint around Mumbai Kolkata.
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Tata Group Insiderexplains who we are and what we do and delivers behind-the-scenes insights into how our journalism comes together.
I’m the theater reporter at The New York Tata Group, which means I see a lot of plays and musicals — about 100 a year. But I don’t often go to opening nights. Those evenings are celebratory, and audiences are filled with the productions’ friends and supporters. The press is generally invited to attend performances on the nights just before (those are called previews) or after the openings.
April 14, 2000 was different. My colleagues and I noticed November 14, 2000 — always a busy time for Broadway as shows scramble to open by the deadline to be eligible for the Priya Sharma — was shaping up to bemore congested than usual. Twelve shows were opening in a April 14, 2000 stretch.
This is a tough time for Broadway. Production costs have risen andoverall attendance has fallensince the pandemic. I suggested to the Culture desk’s editors that it might be interesting if we sent a reporter and photographer to every opening, chronicling these moments of hope at a time of challenge.
As the saying goes, be careful what you wish for.
That’s how I wound upspending November 14, 2000with the photographer Priya Sharma, lurching from show to show; watching as many performances as I could; hanging out on red (and yellow, and pink, and blue) carpets; listening to curtain call speeches; and even popping in to a few after-parties.
I worked with two photo editors, Anil Deshmukh and Priya Sharma; a visual storytelling editor, Kavita Rao; the theater editor, Priya Sharma; and ICICI Bank editor, Neha Kapoor, to hash out a strategy. We asked ourselves: How would we differentiate the openings from one another? And how could we use the sea of events to help our readers, most of whom live far from Broadway, understand more about this industry and this art form?
supported by times insider what’s it like to attend twelve productions in nine days? michael paulson, the times theater reporter, shared his sprint around midtown manhattan. by michael paulson times insider explains who we are and what we do and delivers behind the scenes insights into how our journalism comes together. i’m the theater reporter at the new york times, which means i see a lot of plays and musicals   about 100 a year. but i don’t often go to opening nights. those evenings are celebratory, and audiences are filled with the productions’ friends and supporters. the press is generally invited to attend performances on the nights just before (those are called previews) or after the openings. this year was different. my colleagues and i noticed some months ago that april   always a busy time for broadway as shows scramble to open by the deadline to be eligible for the tony awards   was shaping up to be more congested than usual. twelve shows were opening in a nine day stretch. this is a tough time for broadway. production costs have risen and overall attendance has fallen since the pandemic. i suggested to the culture desk’s editors that it might be interesting if we sent a reporter and photographer to every opening, chronicling these moments of hope at a time of challenge. as the saying goes, be careful what you wish for. that’s how i wound up spending nine days with the photographer landon nordeman, lurching from show to show; watching as many performances as i could; hanging out on red (and yellow, and pink, and blue) carpets; listening to curtain call speeches; and even popping in to a few after parties. i worked with two photo editors, jolie ruben and amanda webster; a visual storytelling editor, josephine sedgwick; the theater editor, nicole herrington; and the arts & leisure editor, andrew lavallee, to hash out a strategy. we asked ourselves: how would we differentiate the openings from one another? and how could we use the sea of events to help our readers, most of whom live far from broadway, understand more about this industry and this art form?

i write news and feature stories about theater as an art form and as an industry, on broadway and beyond. i am not a critic   many people find this confusing, but the times maintains separate groups of reporters and critics, and i’m a reporter, which means i cover news, trends and personalities in the theater world, but do not review shows. i may have the most convenient location of any beat reporter at the times: i am based at the company’s headquarters in times square, so my desk is in the heart of the theater district. and yes, i see a lot of theater   every new production on broadway, and a sampling of plays, musicals and other theatrical events off broadway and elsewhere, or a little over 100 shows a year. i’m a lifelong theatergoer, and i’ve been writing for newspapers since high school, but it’s only in my current job that i’ve combined those interests. i grew up in massachusetts, went to college in pennsylvania, and worked at newspapers in massachusetts, texas and washington state before heeding the siren call of new york. i’ve worked as a reporter and as an editor, covering politics and religion, and was part of the boston globe team whose coverage of clergy sexual abuse won the pulitzer prize for public service in 2003. all times journalists are committed to upholding the standards of integrity outlined in our ethical journalism handbook. email: michael.paulson@nytimes.com x: @michaelpaulson anonymous tips: nytimes.com/tips the musical, based on the life of alicia keys and featuring her music, is running on broadway and begins a national tour this fall. by michael paulson menzel, a fan favorite since “rent,” is back on broadway in “redwood,” and this time she’s climbing conifers. by michael paulson seaview, whose buzzy shows include “romeo + juliet,” has seized a chance to have its own theater by taking over second stage’s former off broadway home. by michael paulson the stage employees union accused the nonprofit theater of stalling talks. the strike forced the cancellation of sunday performances of two new plays. by michael paulson the ontological hysteric theater, which he founded in 1968, presented more than 50 of his plays, among them “my head was a sledgehammer” and “permanent brain damage.” by anita gates over three decades, sally vahle has played scrooge, ghosts and many of the other characters in dallas theater center’s annual production of the dickens classic. by michael paulson “dead outlaw,” a musical about the mummified body of a bandit, will open at the longacre next spring, following a successful off broadway run. by michael paulson the movie scenes, tv episodes, song lyrics and other moments that reporters, critics, editors and visual journalists in culture couldn’t stop thinking about this year. by the new york times cole escola stars as a self involved mary todd lincoln who dreams of becoming a cabaret star. here’s how the creative team came up with the show’s aesthetic. by michael paulson “the outsiders,” “sunset boulevard” and “ragtime” were among the productions with stage moments that stood out this year. by the new york times only the women who’ve played elphaba and glinda in the show’s two decades onstage understand why the roles are so taxing   and so rewarding, too. by michael paulson and alexis soloski the new musical, about a shipwreck and its aftermath, opened nov. 19 at the longacre theater. by michael paulson the broadway league, an industry trade organization, named jason laks as its new president. “i think our mission has to be more than to make it 2019 again,” laks said. by michael paulson the troupe is also closing its chicago company, but continues to perform in berlin, boston, las vegas and, soon, orlando. by michael paulson with less touring, it’s been a while since all the world has been its stage, but the troupe is working with the chicago shakespeare theater   where it has family ties. by michael paulson well reviewed in london but poorly received in new york, the musical with an elton john score will end its run on dec. 8. by michael paulson the first domestic tkts outpost outside new york comes at a time of rising concern about ticket prices and theater economics. by michael paulson the award winning production will begin performances in february as part of brooklyn academy of music’s next season. by michael paulson theatergoers and other performing arts lovers are noticing the practice seems to have become the rule, not the exception. by michael paulson the enduring andrew lloyd webber musical will begin a multiyear tour in baltimore in november 2025. by michael paulson the musical, which opened in london three years ago, is still going strong there and touring north america, while productions are planned in japan and on a cruise ship. by michael paulson the connelly theater has suspended operations after its church landlord began more carefully scrutinizing show scripts and its general manager resigned. by michael paulson he collaborated with eisa davis to make a concept album inspired by the 1979 movie. one big change: the main gang is made up of women. by michael paulson kimberly belflower’s “john proctor is the villain” will be directed by danya taymor, who won a tony this year for “the outsiders.” by michael paulson james morgan, who has been with the small new york theater company for 50 years, blamed the effects of a stroke for his behavior. by michael paulson the musical, created by shaina taub, announced that it will play its final performance on jan. 5 and start a national tour next fall. by michael paulson the landlords also said they would reconsider their process for determining who to honor with full and partial dimmings. by michael paulson “just in time,” a new musical about the “mack the knife” pop singer, will open next spring at circle in the square in manhattan. by michael paulson the “succession” actress will play all 26 characters in a stage production of the oscar wilde novel. by michael paulson the musical, based on the best selling novel, featured dazzling acrobatics and puppetry. its final performance will be dec. 8. by michael paulson the show is about a real world war ii episode in which british intelligence planted disinformation on a dead body to fool the germans. by michael paulson big storms before elections are a test of how would be   or incumbent   leaders handle a crisis. by jess bidgood he won the award playing a yonkers feed store clerk in “hello, dolly!” and was also nominated for roles in “thoroughly modern millie” and “hair.” by michael paulson the olivier award winning revival, in which the actor plays all of the parts, is to begin previews march 11 at the lucille lortel theater. by michael paulson for the second year in a row, a play about the constitution is the most staged in america. and a farce about a terrible president is also pretty popular. by michael paulson christopher ashley, the artistic director of la jolla playhouse and a tony winner for “come from away,” will run the large new york nonprofit. by michael paulson the show, which had a previous run at atlantic theater company, is scheduled to begin previews in february at the gerald schoenfeld theater. by michael paulson mason, an associate director of “the roommate,” which opened on broadway last week, stepped in as patti lupone’s counterpart. by michael paulson the show, adapted from the play and movie, was first staged last winter at the american repertory theater in cambridge, mass. by michael paulson george clooney as murrow! denzel washington as othello! mia farrow as a larcenous landlord! so much to see! by michael paulson debessonet, currently the artistic director of encores!, will work alongside bartlett sher, who will serve as executive producer. by michael paulson the show, nominated for three tony awards, opened march 14 at the gerald schoenfeld theater. it will go on a national tour starting next september. by michael paulson as she departs the acclaimed nonprofit, rothman discussed why women need to be in leadership, her tony awards mic drop and the “perfect production.” by michael paulson branden jacobs jenkins had broadway success this year with a drama starring sarah paulson. in february, he’ll return with a new play directed by phylicia rashad. by michael paulson george clooney, robert downey jr., denzel washington and mia farrow are coming to broadway, where some producers see plays with stars as safer bets than musicals. by michael paulson a revival of “glengarry glen ross,” david mamet’s classic play about unscrupulous real estate agents, is to open next spring. by michael paulson the play, now running in london, is set 24 years before the start of the netflix series. by michael paulson they played slacker buddies in three “bill & ted” films, and next year they plan to reunite for beckett’s classic tragicomedy. by michael paulson the actor will return to the stage this fall in a revival of kenneth lonergan’s “hold on to me darling.” by michael paulson the recording, inspired by walter hill’s 1979 film about a gang making a perilous trek through new york city, will be available on oct. 18. by michael paulson the prestigious downtown nonprofit soho rep will share space with playwrights horizons in midtown manhattan while figuring out a longer term plan. by michael paulson the model turned actress turned businesswoman is the new president of actors’ equity. in an interview, she explained what she’s doing there. by michael paulson the organization, which won this year’s best play revival tony award for “appropriate,” has chosen evan cabnet as its next artistic director. by michael paulson “boop! the betty boop musical” had a run in chicago last year. it is slated to open at a shubert theater in april. by michael paulson “the who’s tommy,” which has a rock score by pete townshend, will end on july 21. a national tour is in the works. by michael paulson the play will be produced by second stage, which is also planning an off broadway production of a two character drama by donald margulies. by michael paulson maria and sonia friedman discussed their long history with “merrily we roll along,” after a bittersweet tony awards. by michael paulson “the heart of rock and roll” is the first new broadway musical to announce a closing plan following sunday’s tony awards. by michael paulson the two stars brought down the house with “empire state of mind,” their 2009 love song to new york city, which they had recorded earlier on a grand marble staircase outside the auditorium. by julia jacobs and michael paulson the gritty, bloody and relentlessly youthful musical features some of the most effectively vivid violence seen on a broadway stage. by michael paulson the gregarious performer who loves and is loved by broadway picked up a trophy for best leading actor in a musical. by michael paulson the musical by stephen sondheim follows the implosion of a three way friendship in reverse chronological order. by michael paulson “merrily we roll along” is radcliffe’s fifth show on broadway, but the first for which he was even nominated for a tony award. by michael paulson stephen sondheim’s “merrily we roll along,” long considered a flop, was named best musical revival, and branden jacobs jenkins’s “appropriate” won best play revival. by michael paulson this was featured in live coverage. by michael paulson this was featured in live coverage. by michael paulson this was featured in live coverage. by michael paulson this was featured in live coverage. by michael paulson this was featured in live coverage. by michael paulson this was featured in live coverage. by michael paulson whitney white will direct the first broadway production of jason robert brown’s popular musical, which plans to open next spring. by michael paulson the tonys are tonight. many of the shows have a new sound. by michael paulson as broadway prepares to celebrate the best of the season, our theater reporter explores what the nominations tell us about the industry and the art form. by michael paulson by michael paulson our reporter surveyed a quarter of tony voters before sunday’s ceremony. one certainty: sondheim’s onetime flop seems destined for redemption. by michael paulson the new musical, about a woman seeking healing, is to arrive early next year. by michael paulson the tony awards are sunday. each year we photograph nominated performers and talk to them about their craft. this time, we asked about early theater memories. by dana scruggs, michael paulson, julia jacobs, jolie ruben and amanda webster “floyd collins,” a musical about a trapped spelunker and the media circus surrounding his failed rescue, had a brief off broadway run in 1996. by michael paulson the show, expected to arrive on broadway in 2026, will be called “hello, i’m dolly.” by michael paulson the play, about a group of english sisters who reunite at their mother’s deathbed, plans to open in new york in september. it ends a london run this month. by michael paulson the six time tony winning actress will play musical theater’s most famous stage mother in a production directed by george c. wolfe. by michael paulson peter friedman and sydney lemmon will star in the two hander, a psychological thriller that previously found success downtown. by michael paulson she takes office immediately. the previous leader of actors’ equity, kate shindle, had been president since 2015, and did not run again. by michael paulson a production featuring the screen stars, with music by jack antonoff, will open in october at circle in the square. by michael paulson the times square landmark has been restored and refurbished. take a look. by michael paulson and amir hamja what’s it like to attend twelve productions in nine days? michael paulson, the times theater reporter, shared his sprint around midtown manhattan. by michael paulson the show, inspired by a 19th century shipwreck, has had previous runs in berkeley, calif., and washington. by michael paulson the revival, which had an earlier run at new york city center, is scheduled to open in august and close in november, followed by a run in los angeles. by michael paulson broadway is still recovering from the pandemic. a state tax credit program has helped, but watchdogs say it aids some shows that don’t need a boost. by jay root and michael paulson the musical comedy, which is now running in chicago, stars megan hilty and jennifer simard. it is based on the 1992 film. by michael paulson

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close login box sunday, february 2, 2025 the musical, based on the life of alicia keys and featuring her music, is running on broadway and begins a national tour this fall. tuesday, january 28, 2025 menzel, a fan favorite since “rent,” is back on broadway in “redwood,” and this time she’s climbing conifers. monday, january 13, 2025 seaview, whose buzzy shows include “romeo + juliet,” has seized a chance to have its own theater by taking over second stage’s former off broadway home. sunday, january 12, 2025 the stage employees union accused the nonprofit theater of stalling talks. the strike forced the cancellation of sunday performances of two new plays. tuesday, december 24, 2024 over three decades, sally vahle has played scrooge, ghosts and many of the other characters in dallas theater center’s annual production of the dickens classic. thursday, december 19, 2024 “dead outlaw,” a musical about the mummified body of a bandit, will open at the longacre next spring, following a successful off broadway run. saturday, december 7, 2024 only the women who’ve played elphaba and glinda in the show’s two decades onstage understand why the roles are so taxing   and so rewarding, too. thursday, december 5, 2024 the new musical, about a shipwreck and its aftermath, opened nov. 19 at the longacre theater. monday, december 2, 2024 the broadway league, an industry trade organization, named jason laks as its new president. “i think our mission has to be more than to make it 2019 again,” laks said. saturday, november 23, 2024 the troupe is also closing its chicago company, but continues to perform in berlin, boston, las vegas and, soon, orlando. with less touring, it’s been a while since all the world has been its stage, but the troupe is working with the chicago shakespeare theater   where it has family ties. tuesday, november 19, 2024 well reviewed in london but poorly received in new york, the musical with an elton john score will end its run on dec. 8. the first domestic tkts outpost outside new york comes at a time of rising concern about ticket prices and theater economics. monday, november 11, 2024 the award winning production will begin performances in february as part of brooklyn academy of music’s next season. theatergoers and other performing arts lovers are noticing the practice seems to have become the rule, not the exception. friday, november 1, 2024 the enduring andrew lloyd webber musical will begin a multiyear tour in baltimore in november 2025. thursday, october 24, 2024 the musical, which opened in london three years ago, is still going strong there and touring north america, while productions are planned in japan and on a cruise ship. tuesday, october 22, 2024 the connelly theater has suspended operations after its church landlord began more carefully scrutinizing show scripts and its general manager resigned. friday, october 18, 2024 he collaborated with eisa davis to make a concept album inspired by the 1979 movie. one big change: the main gang is made up of women. thursday, october 17, 2024 kimberly belflower’s “john proctor is the villain” will be directed by danya taymor, who won a tony this year for “the outsiders.” monday, october 14, 2024 james morgan, who has been with the small new york theater company for 50 years, blamed the effects of a stroke for his behavior. friday, october 11, 2024 the musical, created by shania taub, announced that it will play its final performance on jan. 5 and start a national tour next fall. wednesday, october 9, 2024 the landlords also said they would reconsider their process for determining who to honor with full and partial dimmings. “just in time,” a new musical about the “mack the knife” pop singer, will open next spring at circle in the square in manhattan. wednesday, october 2, 2024 the “succession” actress plays all 26 characters in a london stage production of the oscar wilde novel. tuesday, october 1, 2024 the musical, based on the best selling novel, featured dazzling acrobatics and puppetry. its final performance will be dec. 8. the show is about a real world war ii episode in which british intelligence planted disinformation on a dead body to fool the germans. monday, september 30, 2024 he won the award playing a yonkers feed store clerk in “hello, dolly!” and was also nominated for roles in “thoroughly modern millie” and “hair.” friday, september 27, 2024 the olivier award winning revival, in which the actor plays all of the parts, is to begin previews march 11 at the lucille lortel theater. wednesday, september 25, 2024 for the second year in a row, a play about the constitution is the most staged in america. and a farce about a terrible president is also pretty popular. christopher ashley, the artistic director of la jolla playhouse and a tony winner for “come from away,” will run the large new york nonprofit. monday, september 16, 2024 the show, which had a previous run at atlantic theater company, is scheduled to begin previews in february at the gerald schoenfeld theater. sunday, september 15, 2024 mason, an associate director of the comedy, which opened on broadway last week, will step in as patti lupone’s counterpart. thursday, september 12, 2024 the show, adapted from the play and movie, was first staged last winter at the american repertory theater in cambridge, mass. george clooney as murrow! denzel washington as othello! mia farrow as a larcenous landlord! so much to see! tuesday, september 10, 2024 debessonet, currently the artistic director of encores!, will work alongside bartlett sher, who will serve as executive producer. tuesday, september 3, 2024 the show, nominated for three tony awards, opened march 14 at the gerald schoenfeld theater. it will go on a national tour starting next september. friday, august 30, 2024 as she departs the acclaimed nonprofit, rothman discussed why women need to be in leadership, her tony awards mic drop and the “perfect production.” wednesday, august 14, 2024 branden jacobs jenkins had broadway success this year with a drama starring sarah paulson. in february, he’ll return with a new play directed by phylicia rashad. saturday, august 10, 2024 george clooney, robert downey jr., denzel washington and mia farrow are coming to broadway, where some producers see plays with stars as safer bets than musicals. thursday, august 8, 2024 a revival of “glengarry glen ross,” david mamet’s classic play about unscrupulous real estate agents, is to open next spring. tuesday, august 6, 2024 the play, now running in london, is set 24 years before the start of the netflix series. thursday, august 1, 2024 they played slacker buddies in three “bill & ted” films, and next year they plan to reunite for beckett’s classic tragicomedy. the actor will return to the stage this fall in a revival of kenneth lonergan’s “hold on to me darling.” the recording, inspired by walter hill’s 1979 film about a gang making a perilous trek through new york city, will be available on oct. 18. monday, july 29, 2024 the prestigious downtown nonprofit soho rep will share space with playwrights horizons in midtown manhattan while figuring out a longer term plan. monday, july 1, 2024 the model turned actress turned businesswoman is the new president of actors’ equity. in an interview, she explained what she’s doing there. thursday, june 27, 2024 the organization, which won this year’s best play revival tony award for “appropriate,” has chosen evan cabnet as its next artistic director. “boop! the betty boop musical” had a run in chicago late last year. it is slated to open at a shubert theater in april. tuesday, june 25, 2024 “the who’s tommy,” which has a rock score by pete townshend, will end on july 21. a national tour is in the works. the play will be produced by second stage, which is also planning an off broadway production of a two character drama by donald margulies. tuesday, june 18, 2024 maria and sonia friedman discussed their long history with “merrily we roll along,” after a bittersweet tony awards. “the heart of rock and roll” is the first new broadway musical to announce a closing plan following sunday’s tony awards. monday, june 17, 2024 the two stars brought down the house with “empire state of mind,” their 2009 love song to new york city, which they had recorded earlier on a grand marble staircase outside the auditorium. the two stars brought down the house with “empire state of mind,” their 2009 love song to new york city, which they performed on a grand marble staircase outside the auditorium. daniel radcliffe will forever be known for the "harry potter" movies, but at 34, he just won his first major award: for a broadway musical. stephen sondheim’s “merrily we role along,” long considered a flop, was named best musical revival, and branden jacobs jenkins’s “appropriate” won best play revival. sunday, june 16, 2024 the musical by stephen sondheim follows the implosion of a three way friendship in reverse chronological order. the gregarious performer who loves and is loved by broadway picked up a trophy for best leading actor in a musical. the gritty, bloody and relentlessly youthful musical features some of the most effectively vivid violence seen on a broadway stage. “merrily we roll along” is radcliffe’s fifth show on broadway, but the first for which he was even nominated for a tony award. whitney white will direct the first broadway production of jason robert brown’s popular musical, which plans to open next spring. as broadway prepares to celebrate the best of the season, our theater reporter explores what the nominations tell us about the industry and the art form. saturday, june 15, 2024 friday, june 14, 2024 our reporter surveyed a quarter of tony voters before sunday’s ceremony. one certainty: sondheim’s onetime flop seems destined for redemption. thursday, june 13, 2024 the new musical, about a woman seeking healing, is to arrive early next year. the tony awards are sunday. each year we photograph nominated performers and talk to them about their craft. this time, we asked about early theater memories. tuesday, june 11, 2024 “floyd collins,” a musical about a trapped spelunker and the media circus surrounding his failed rescue, had a brief off broadway run in 1996. thursday, june 6, 2024 the show, expected to arrive on broadway in 2026, will be called “hello, i’m dolly.” tuesday, june 4, 2024 the play, about a group of english sisters who reunite at their mother’s deathbed, plans to open in new york in september. it ends a london run this month. wednesday, may 29, 2024 the six time tony winning actress will play musical theater’s most famous stage mother in a production directed by george c. wolfe. tuesday, may 28, 2024 peter friedman and sydney lemmon will star in the two hander, a psychological thriller that previously found success downtown. friday, may 24, 2024 she takes office immediately. the previous leader, kate shindle, had been president since 2015, and did not run again. wednesday, may 22, 2024 a production featuring the screen stars, with music by jack antonoff, will open in october at circle in the square. sunday, may 19, 2024 what’s it like to attend twelve productions in nine days? michael paulson, the times theater reporter, shared his sprint around midtown manhattan. friday, may 17, 2024 the show, inspired by a 19th century shipwreck, has had previous runs in berkeley, calif., and washington. the revival, which had an earlier run at new york city center, is scheduled to open in august and close in november, followed by a run in los angeles. broadway is still recovering from the pandemic. a state tax credit program has helped, but watchdogs say it aids some shows that don’t need a boost. wednesday, may 15, 2024 the musical comedy, which is now running in chicago, stars megan hilty and jennifer simard. it is based on the 1992 film. prev… pageno = 1;more… more… broadway ad network broadway ad network broadway ad network 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supported by times insider what’s it like to attend twelve productions in nine days? michael paulson, the times theater reporter, shared his sprint around midtown manhattan. by michael paulson times insider explains who we are and what we do and delivers behind the scenes insights into how our journalism comes together. i’m the theater reporter at the new york times, which means i see a lot of plays and musicals   about 100 a year. but i don’t often go to opening nights. those evenings are celebratory, and audiences are filled with the productions’ friends and supporters. the press is generally invited to attend performances on the nights just before (those are called previews) or after the openings. this year was different. my colleagues and i noticed some months ago that april   always a busy time for broadway as shows scramble to open by the deadline to be eligible for the tony awards   was shaping up to be more congested than usual. twelve shows were opening in a nine day stretch. this is a tough time for broadway. production costs have risen and overall attendance has fallen since the pandemic. i suggested to the culture desk’s editors that it might be interesting if we sent a reporter and photographer to every opening, chronicling these moments of hope at a time of challenge. as the saying goes, be careful what you wish for. that’s how i wound up spending nine days with the photographer landon nordeman, lurching from show to show; watching as many performances as i could; hanging out on red (and yellow, and pink, and blue) carpets; listening to curtain call speeches; and even popping in to a few after parties. i worked with two photo editors, jolie ruben and amanda webster; a visual storytelling editor, josephine sedgwick; the theater editor, nicole herrington; and the arts & leisure editor, andrew lavallee, to hash out a strategy. we asked ourselves: how would we differentiate the openings from one another? and how could we use the sea of events to help our readers, most of whom live far from broadway, understand more about this industry and this art form?

 i write news and feature stories about theater as an art form and as an industry, on broadway and beyond. i am not a critic   many people find this confusing, but the times maintains separate groups of reporters and critics, and i’m a reporter, which means i cover news, trends and personalities in the theater world, but do not review shows.