Jonathan Mandell (he/him) has written about the theatre as a critic and journalist for a range of publications, including Playbill, American Theatre magazine, the New York Times, Newsday, Backstage, npr.com and cnn.com. He currently blogs at New York Theater and tweets as @newyorktheater.
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Digital Theatre Is Here To Stay: Paula Vogel’s Bard at the Gate
Essay
Digital Theatre Is Here To Stay: Paula Vogel’s Bard at the Gate
13 March 2023
Puppets Are Immigrants Too
Essay
Puppets Are Immigrants Too
How New York City Turned Ancient Traditions into Cutting-Edge Art
24 August 2021
Island Hopping in New York City for Theatre: How Live, In-Person Theatre Is Being Reimagined as it Reemerges
Essay
Island Hopping in New York City for Theatre: How Live, In-Person Theatre Is Being Reimagined as it Reemerges
2 August 2021
Ashes and the Serious, Eerie Art of Puppetry
Essay
Ashes and the Serious, Eerie Art of Puppetry
3 April 2019
The Boys in the Band and the Limitations of Gay History on Stage
Essay
The Boys in the Band and the Limitations of Gay History on Stage
7 June 2018
Symphonie Fantastique and the Triumph and Trap of Puppetry
Essay
Symphonie Fantastique and the Triumph and Trap of Puppetry
5 April 2018
Hastened by Technology, Hindered by Public Attitudes
Essay
Hastened by Technology, Hindered by Public Attitudes
7 February 2018
A Room in India
Essay
A Room in India
If All Theatres were Demolished, Would Anybody Care?
4 January 2018
Tennessee Williams, Mary Shelley, Lord Byron, and Cockroaches Glass Guignol
Essay
Tennessee Williams, Mary Shelley, Lord Byron, and Cockroaches Glass Guignol
The Brother and Sister Play
7 December 2017
Will Future Storytelling Include Live Theatre?
Essay
Will Future Storytelling Include Live Theatre?
15 November 2017
Caregivers on Stage
Essay
Caregivers on Stage
Mary Jane, The Treasurer, The Cost of Living
5 October 2017
Antigone in Ferguson
Essay
Antigone in Ferguson
Dramatizing the Divide Between Law Enforcement and Community
3 August 2017
Politics, Propaganda, and Aesthetics
Essay
Politics, Propaganda, and Aesthetics
Sorting through Building the Wall
4 June 2017
Power Struggle on Broadway
Essay
Power Struggle on Broadway
Escapist vs. Socially Conscious Shows in the 2016–17 Season
4 May 2017
In Defense of Late Career Playwrights
Essay
In Defense of Late Career Playwrights
Mamet's The Penitent and McNally's Penitent
2 March 2017