{"id":189804,"date":"2026-04-08T17:39:47","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T17:39:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/189804\/"},"modified":"2026-04-08T17:39:47","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T17:39:47","slug":"news-12-the-bronx-626","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/189804\/","title":{"rendered":"News 12 | The Bronx"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A darkly comedic look at love, chaos, and moral conflict is now captivating audiences as the Broadway production of Becky Shaw officially opened this week.<\/p>\n<p>The play, now running at the Hayes Theatre, centers on a disastrous blind date that spirals into a chain reaction of sharp humor, rising tension, and jaw\u2011dropping moments that keep audiences laughing while holding their breath.<\/p>\n<p>The fast\u2011paced story explores complicated relationships and uncomfortable social dynamics through pointed dialogue and tightly drawn characters.<\/p>\n<p>News 12\u2019s Joel Crump spoke with members of the cast about bringing the intensity of the play to life on stage.<\/p>\n<p>The performers said the mix of comedy and emotional volatility makes the production both entertaining and impossible to look away from.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A darkly comedic look at love, chaos, and moral conflict is now captivating audiences as the Broadway production&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":189795,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[207,128,69543,9,24,63,129,131,130],"class_list":{"0":"post-189804","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-the-bronx","8":"tag-broadway","9":"tag-bronx","10":"tag-joel-crump","11":"tag-new-york","12":"tag-new-york-city","13":"tag-nyc","14":"tag-the-bronx","15":"tag-the-bronx-headlines","16":"tag-the-bronx-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/189804","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=189804"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/189804\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/189795"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=189804"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=189804"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=189804"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}