Exclusive Interview: “Tempress” Chasity Moore on starring in Cats The Jellicle Ball on Broadway “it’s a love letter to Ballroom”

Following the hit Off-Broadway run of Cats: The Jellicle Ball at the Perelman Performing Arts Center (PAC NYC) in the summer of 2024, Tony-winning co-directors Zhailon Levingston and Bill Rauch’s imaginative reinterpretation of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s 1981 musical theatre classic, set it in the pulsating world of New York’s Ballroom scene, is now taking Broadway... Continue Reading →

Society of LGBTQ Critics unveils 2025 Dorian Theater Awards – André De Shields  honored as Trailblazer

GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics has announced the full list of winners for its third annual Dorian Theater Awards, celebrating the best of Broadway and Off-Broadway during the 2024–2025 season. Kimberly Bellflower’s new Broadway play John Proctor is the Villain and Off-Broadway's Perelman Performing Arts Center's radical reinvention of the Andrew Lloyd Webber... Continue Reading →

Theatre Review: Oh, Mary! (Lyceum Theatre, Broadway) ★★★★★

The skill required to craft and perform truly great comedy is often underrated, so its refreshing to see the slew of much-deserved plaudits for Cole Escola's Oh, Mary! that currently adorn the marquee of Broadway's Lyceum Theatre. Included among the attention-grabbing endorsements is the show's own mock-boastful tagline—which channels the titular character's tendency for self-aggrandizement—"The... Continue Reading →

Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics announces key dates & new categories for its 2nd Dorian Theater Awards

GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics has announced key dates, new categories, and criteria for its 2nd annual Dorian Theater Awards, which will honor Broadway and Off-Broadway productions of the 2023-2024 season. While the inaugural honors only named winners, GALECA’s theater wing members are moving to a traditional nominations and winners timeline this year.... Continue Reading →

Exclusive Interview: National Black Theatre’s artistic director Jonathan McCrory “we all have the ability to cultivate a renaissance for our own community”

For over a decade, Harlem-based artist Jonathan McCrory has served as Executive Artistic Director of the groundbreaking National Black Theatre (NBT), though he prefers the term "creative doula". The two-time Obie-winner describes his role as enabling "unseen ideas to be birthed between the parents, which are the playwright and the director, or sometimes the playwright... Continue Reading →

Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics launches Dorian Theater Awards to honor Broadway & Off-Broadway

GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics announced this week that it is expanding its mission to honor Broadway and Off-Broadway productions, across a variety of inaugural categories, beginning with the 2022-2023 theater season. Following GALECA’s established Dorian film and TV honors, its Dorian Theater Awards will celebrate both mainstream and LGBTQ+ themed productions. While... Continue Reading →

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