If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it, the old saying goes. But what do you do if it is? In the case of musical theater, “revising” the show doesn’t always end up being the solution.
SOURCE: cititour.com at 10:30PMWatching the New Group’s bracing, brilliantly acted revival of David Rabe’s 1971 drama “Sticks and Bones,” now at the Pershing Square Signature Center, what we might expect to shock …
SOURCE: cititour.com at 11:48PMEwan McGregor and Maggie Gyllenhaal are irresistible in ''The Real Thing''
SOURCE: cititour.com at 11:06PMEven those theatergoers who saw the piece previously at its New York premiere at LCT3 two years ago should strongly consider a return visit.
SOURCE: cititour.com at 09:45PM"Mad Men" star Vincent Kartheiser steals the show in Billy & Ray at the Vineyard Theatre
SOURCE: cititour.com at 11:01PM"...touching, frequently hilarious and sometimes upsetting..."
SOURCE: cititour.com at 10:18PMI don’t think the Guinness Book of World Records has a category for “Most Inside Jokes About Broadway in a Broadway Play”, but they need to add one now, thanks to Terrence McNally’s …
SOURCE: cititour.com at 10:54PMNo one goes to a Neil LaBute play expecting to see civilized conversation or polite people, but the vitriolic, narcissistic, and generally quarrelsome quartet in the provocative playwright�…
SOURCE: cititour.com at 10:08PMWelcome to Fanmail, our tributes to theatre artists we admire — Arrogance. Overconfidence. Ego. These may not be things one looks for in a friend or lover (though there’s no acco…
SOURCE: TDF at 11:15AMIt’s sadly appropriate that Scott Organ’s play, “Phoenix,” now getting a new production at the Cherry Lane Theatre, is named after the dull city in Arizona rather than the mythical b…
SOURCE: cititour.com at 10:35PMWelcome to Fanmail, our tributes to theatre artists we admire — I ran into actress Jessica Hecht on the street unexpectedly a few months ago. As a longtime fan and acquaintance, I eage…
SOURCE: TDF at 10:00AMThe oohs, the aahs, the screams begin for Kyle Dean Massey the second he takes center stage as the title character of the long-running Broadway revival of the musical "Pippin" at the Music B…
SOURCE: www.edgeonthenet.com at 03:45AMThe presence of the remarkable actor Michael Shannon has convinced me over the past decade to check out many plays that didn’t initially appeal to my sensibilities...
SOURCE: cititour.com at 10:43PMRussia’s Vakhtganov State Academic Theatre’s 3 ½-hour stage adaptation of Eugene Pushkin’s legendary novel “Eugene Onegin,” being presented at New York City Center as part of the …
SOURCE: cititour.com at 02:58PMMegan Hilty's new cabaret act is the "total package."
SOURCE: cititour.com at 02:00PMThe Kit Kat Club is back open for business after 10 long years...
SOURCE: cititour.com at 10:39PMThose of us who first saw Neil Patrick Harris as TV’s precocious young medic, Doogie Howser, could hardly have imagined his greatest artistic triumph might come from portraying an embitter…
SOURCE: cititour.com at 10:04PMThe amazing Sutton Foster in yet another Tony-worthy performance...
SOURCE: cititour.com at 12:28AMMovie star casting proves to be a double-edged sword in Anna D. Shapiro’s production of John Steinbeck’s 1937 drama “Of Mice and Men.”
SOURCE: cititour.com at 10:33PM"Spring Is Here" with Lucie Arnaz at Cafe Carlyle
SOURCE: cititour.com at 10:16PMTony Award winner Audra McDonald magically disappears into the heart, soul – and yes, voice – of the troubled jazz singer Billie Holiday in Lanie Robertson’s “Lady Day at Emerson’s…
SOURCE: cititour.com at 10:21PMThis “Raisin” still has plenty of juice. Indeed, it’s one of the season’s few must-see shows.
SOURCE: cititour.com at 11:15PMIf there’s any question how much Broadway audiences have missed the presence of Idina Menzel, the once-and-forever Elphaba (and currently animated Elsa), just listen to the deafening entra…
SOURCE: cititour.com at 10:23PM"...highly enjoyable, often hilarious, and decidedly campy musical that not only provides plenty of laughs, but will bring back all those unpleasant memories of those not-so-wonderful teenag…
SOURCE: cititour.com at 10:22PMWhile Scott Alan Evans' production could use a bit more zip in some scenes, there's plenty of laughs to be had in this 100-minute romp.
SOURCE: cititour.com at 03:38PMThis skillful adaptation of Victor Hugo’s massive novel still stirs the heart and minds of theatergoers and provides nearly three solid hours of entertainment.
SOURCE: cititour.com at 09:59PMDavid Grimm pulls a rather shocking plot twist out of his hat in “Tales From Red Vienna" ...
SOURCE: cititour.com at 05:02PMDirector Casey Nicholaw proves to be at the height of his game with Disney’s new musical “Aladdin” at the New Amsterdam Theatre.
SOURCE: cititour.com at 09:57PMI imagine “Appropriate” will generate a lot of discussion among audiences, but perhaps not the type the playwright was hoping for.
SOURCE: cititour.com at 10:13PM
