The 71st Annual Tony Awards will be shown on four continents, though not all will get to see it Sunday evening, June 11th.

Will this put extra pressure on Tony voters, whose ballots are due Friday at 5 p.m.?

The nominees don’t look pressured

Meanwhile, life, or at least theater, goes on:

Awards

Theatre World Awards

Broadway newcomers sum up the season

Drama Desk Awards

Thanks for this picture @newyorktheater you have a skilled photographer. Such an eye. 😛 https://t.co/FR07OMqI8O — Andy Karl (@Andy_Karl) June 5, 2017

Tony Awards

Congratulations to Rachel Harry, who’s been teaching theater to students at @HRVHS in Oregon for 30 years!#ApplaudMyTeacher pic.twitter.com/VM7aYzfgaL — New York Theater (@NewYorkTheater) June 5, 2017

Week in NY Theater Reviews

The End of Longing

“I would rather drink alcohol than do just about anything there is to do on the face of the planet,” Matthew Perry as Jack says to a woman he’s just met in “The End of Longing,” Perry’s debut play. “I drink for every occasion, both bad or good. I like it more than sports, more than family, and — present company excluded — I like it more than women. “

That line is the most intriguing in Perry’s play, preparing us for what in retrospect seems inevitable — Jack’s struggle to overcome his alcoholism… MCC’s production of “The End of Longing” comes off as better than the script deserves.

Ernest Shackleton Loves Me

“Ernest Shackleton Loves Me” may not be the only musical ever set in Antarctica or the only one that tells the story of a real-life polar explorer; it’s surely not the only musical about a struggling musician and single mother in Brooklyn. But it has to be the only musical that combines the two, when the early 20th century Arctic explorer Ernest Shackleton enters the studio of early 21st century composer Kat through her refrigerator. This charming, kooky, playful, tuneful, toe-tapping, original musical probably shouldn’t work as well as it does.

Week in NY Theater News

Playing at the Palace starting in November: SpongeBob SquarePants the musical

Cyndi Lauper soon to pen songs for a Broadway-aiming musical based on Working Girl, 1988 Melanie Griffith film

.@OnYourFeetBway will close August 20, 2017, after 780 performances. National tour starts in Septhttps://t.co/2aViI96D5u — New York Theater (@NewYorkTheater) May 30, 2017

/

Behold @PublicTheaterNY’s 50th season! new work by @Lynnbrooklyn @ERSTheater takes on the Bard much more

https://publictheater.org/en/Public-Theater-Season/2017-2018-Season/

Thanks to everyone who’s coming to @KinkyBootsBway but just a reminder: Please don’t leave while we’re taking our bows. It just sucks. — Brendon Urie (@brendonurie) June 4, 2017

Ah, theater etiquette 101. Here’s a Twitter chat we had about it five years ago! https://t.co/zqEGpuuIjZ https://t.co/fg7kvlsfUG — New York Theater (@NewYorkTheater) June 4, 2017

To the asshole making it all too clear how annoyed he is that his girlfriend dragged him to a musical: I hope she dumps you. — Matt Doyle (@MattfDoyle) June 3, 2017

Theater Etiquette 102. You’re in @sweeneytoddnyc! Why not just slit his throat? https://t.co/trghvKVj4N — New York Theater (@NewYorkTheater) June 4, 2017

Thank you so much!! And don’t worry, I’m not going anywhere 😘 — Ana Villafañe (@aanavee) June 2, 2017

>

Share this: Twitter

Facebook

LinkedIn

Reddit

Email

Print



Like this: Like Loading...