Performing Arts

18 alumni take home Tony Awards
NYU alumni scored 22 awards in seven categories at this year’s ceremony, including best play and best new musical.
Ethan Li, Staff Writer
• June 10, 2025

Review: ‘Othello’s’ star-studded cast outshines its meaning
The Shakespearean play's brief return to Broadway is supported by A-list stars and a Tony-winning director, but lacks vision.
Nghi Nguyen, Contributing Writer
• April 30, 2025

Review: ‘Stranger Things: The First Shadow’ exists as just a live television episode
The spectacle-filled prequel to the series, better fit for a theme park than Broadway, arrives with enough fog to fill the entire Marquis Theatre.
Ethan Li, Deputy Copy Chief
• April 28, 2025

Review: ‘All Nighter’ takes on the college student’s psyche
This one-act show captures all of the saccharine sincerity inherent to college friendships and campus politics — for better or for worse.
Eleanor Jacobs, Music Editor
• April 28, 2025

Review: ‘John Proctor is the Villain’ wages war on the male abuser
Open up your SparkNotes: Kimberly Belflower’s new play stages a reexamination of Arthur Miller’s “The Crucible.”
Ethan Li, Deputy Copy Chief
• April 23, 2025

Remembering William Finn: Finding joy in pain, at NYU and on Broadway
The composer-lyricist and Tisch professor was widely known for the award-winning Broadway musical “Falsettos” and nurturing young writers.
Ethan Li and Ella Sabrina Malabanan
• April 22, 2025

Review: Sarah Snook redefines live theater in ‘The Picture of Dorian Gray’
The literary classic goes digital in Broadway’s newest masterpiece.
Amelia Knust, Staff Writer
• April 18, 2025

Review: ‘Smash’ makes a messy TV show even worse
The new Broadway adaptation of the 2012 NBC series struggles with the transition from screen to stage.
Ella Sabrina Malabanan, Deputy Copy Chief
• April 18, 2025

Review: Cursing, cutthroat comedians duke it out in ‘Glengarry Glen Ross’
Despite its cast of award-winning actors led by Kieran Culkin and Bob Odenkirk, this revival of David Mamet’s tragicomedy about real-estate agents lands unevenly on Broadway.
Ethan Li, Deputy Copy Chief
• April 11, 2025

Review: ‘Purpose’ stages a contemplative family reunion
Two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist and playwright Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’ new dramedy explores the tensions within a politically powerful Black family.
Ethan Li, Deputy Copy Chief
• April 10, 2025

Review: ‘Operation Mincemeat’ fails its mission
The WWII historical comedy is crossing the pond after its Olivier win for best new musical.
Ethan Li, Deputy Copy Chief
• April 4, 2025

At the Fresh Fruit Festival, NYU students bring gay to the stage
Presented by All Out Arts, the festival’s 2025 10-Minute Play Contest featured student directors and actors.
Dylan Henschen, Staff Writer
• April 2, 2025



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