Mark Kennedy News

Let's hear it for New York! The new Broadway musical HELL’S KITCHEN, conceived by 16-time Grammy Award winner Alicia Keys and directed by Tony Award nominee Michael Greif is now playing at the Shubert Theatre. Check out what the critics are saying!

The new rock n' roll-centric play Stereophonic brings the drama of the recording studio to life at Broadway’s Golden Theatre, opening tonight! See what the critics had to say!

Read reviews for the Broadway premiere of the epic love story, The Notebook, opening on Broadway tonight!

The Kennedy Center collaborates with Netflix to stream the Mark Twain Prize, and sets the cast. Get the latest updates on this exciting partnership and the star-studded cast lineup. This year's program will feature a cast of leading performers, including Dave Burd aka “Lil Dicky,” Dave Chappelle, Jimmy Fallon, Tiffany Haddish, and more.

I love this cast. Seriously! They cracked me up. I was, of course, familiar with the story already, so I was able to fully enjoy seeing what the actors brought to their roles, and they really embraced the over-the-top qualities of their characters.

What did our critic think of PETER AND THE STARCATCHER at The Royal Theatre?

Indian Australian visual artist Sid Pattni has been awarded the 2023 Kennedy Prize with a thought-provoking portrait of Kurdish refugee, Mostafa 'Moz' Azimitabar, who fled war and was held in detention at Manus Island for over six years.

The new Broadway musical Once Upon A One More Time, powered by the music of Grammy Award-winning international pop icon Britney Spears, opens tonight at Broadway's Marquis Theatre. Read the reviews!

See photos from the 24th annual Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize for American Humor honoring Adam Sandler.

What did our critic think of TITANIC THE MUSICAL at The Royal Theatre?

Titanic sets sail on The Royal Theatre's stage February 9-19 and is co-sponsored by Terry Cole Trucking and MySaline.com. Titanic The Musical is a story and book written by Peter Stone with Music and Lyrics by Maury Yeston.

Critics are weighing in on SOME LIKE IT HOT, the brand-new Broadway musical comedy featuring a book by Matthew López & Amber Ruffin, music by Marc Shaiman, lyrics by Scott Wittman and Marc Shaiman and direction and choreography by Casey Nicholaw, which opened on Broadway Sunday, December 11th at the Shubert Theatre.

Critics are weighing in on the Neil Diamond musical A BEAUTIFUL NOISE, which opened on Broadway Sunday, December 4, 2022, at the Broadhurst Theater.

The Florida premiere of Heisenberg by acclaimed British playwright Simon Stephens opens October 28 at GableStage.

What did our critic think of ROALD DAHL'S JAMES AND THE GIANT PEACH JR at Red Curtain Theatre?

The illustrious Mark Morris Dance Group returns to the Eisenhower stage with Morris's newest evening-length work, a Kennedy Center co-commission, The Look of Love, October 26–29 in the Eisenhower Theater.

An initially intended painting of fresh flowers that left Australian visual artist Byron Copland dissatisfied has won the 2022 Kennedy Prize for its inherent and thought-provoking take on beauty. 

This performance is Part Four of a series in which Bindler's scars speak candidly about trauma and desire. Imagine Mister Rogers had a scooter accident, a thyroidectomy, a brain injury… and the puppets in his neighborhood were the remnants of these calamities. Welcome to The Case For Invagination!

See what the critics thought of the 2022 Tony Awards now and read all the reviews for what they thought about the broadcast & more, hosted by Oscar-winner Ariana DeBose. 

In celebration of National Streaming Day, Disney+ has released a new trailer for Walt Disney Animation Studios’ “Baymax!” The all-new series of healthcare capers returns to the fantastical city of San Fransokyo where the affable, inflatable, inimitable healthcare companion robot, Baymax, sets out to do what he was programmed to do: help others.