The play’s deliberate repetitions reveal how its characters rely upon the rituals they share to make meaning of a fractured world. The post <em>On Sugarland</em> Review: A Refl…
SOURCE: Slant Magazine at 12:25PMThis slightly zany production sells the show’s intelligent warmth with a persuasiveness to rival Harold Hill himself. The post <em>The Music Man</em> Review: Till There Was Hug…
SOURCE: Slant Magazine at 08:30PMThe show is massively successful at demonstrating that Jackson was an extraordinary artist putting forth extraordinary art. The post <em>MJ The Musical</em> Review: Broadway’s …
SOURCE: Slant Magazine at 10:00PMEugene O’Neill’s play isn’t about all of us, as much as this production might lean into the allure of universality. The post <em>Long Day’s Journey Into Night</em> Review…
SOURCE: Slant Magazine at 09:00PMThe best theater of 2021 hasn’t just been a treat but a privilege to witness. The post The Best Theater of 2021 appeared first on Slant Magazine.
SOURCE: Slant Magazine at 01:38PMThis production squarely delivers as a potent tribute to the words and music of Stephen Sondheim. The post Review: The Gender-Flipped <em>Company</em> Is an Imperfect but Loving …
SOURCE: Slant Magazine at 09:00PMThe Visitor is ultimately about powerlessness, a fable of despair that illustrates how nothing changes if only one man does. The post Review: <em>The Visitor</em> Doesn’t Recog…
SOURCE: Slant Magazine at 09:00PMThe 2021 Tony Awards, honoring the Broadway season that was cut short by the Covid pandemic, are all about memory. The post 2021 Tony Awards: Predicting the Likely Winners, from <em>Sl…
SOURCE: Slant Magazine at 03:37PMIf the play’s first half shows America as distilled dystopia, that focus only sharpens after an ambitious structural shift. The post Love and DREAMing in America: Martyna Majok’s <em&…
SOURCE: Slant Magazine at 06:00PMMerry Wives distills what legacy we need most from Shakespeare now and what art we need most from each other. The post Jacob Ming-Trent Takes Center Stage in Shakespeare in the Park’s <…
SOURCE: Slant Magazine at 08:43AMFruma-Sarah’s slim premise isn’t quite sturdy enough to allow its more substantial aspirations to take flight. The post Jackie Hoffman Shows Off Her Range in <em>Fruma-Sarah (Waiti…
SOURCE: Slant Magazine at 10:34AMEnemy of the People could do more to challenge the assumption that majority votes work the way they’re supposed to. The post <em>Enemy of the People</em> Is a Choose-Your-Own-A…
SOURCE: Slant Magazine at 02:13PMThe phantoms of 2020 resurface with shivery impact throughout. The post José Saramago’s <em>Blindness</em> Takes on Heightened Meaning in Our Pandemic Age appeared first on Sl…
SOURCE: Slant Magazine at 04:26PMThe festival is now part-streaming and part-live on a variety of platforms. The post Under the Radar 2021: <em>A Thousand Ways (Part One): A Phone Call</em> and <em>Disclai…
SOURCE: Slant Magazine at 03:08PMWith this version of West Side Story, van Hove seems barely interested in the show itself. The post In Ivo van Hove’s Hands, <em>West Side Story</em>’s Actors Are Mice in a C…
SOURCE: Slant Magazine at 08:21PMIt’s hard to think of too many other productions that strive to stretch a Shakespeare play so far beyond its natural course. The post Review: <em>Hamlet</em> at St. Ann’s War…
SOURCE: Slant Magazine at 03:54PMExperiencing the festival replaces the usual sense of familiarity with a sense of wonder. The post Under the Radar 2020: <em>The Shadow Whose Prey the Hunter Becomes</em>, <em…
SOURCE: Slant Magazine at 09:17AMThis was the year of playwrights saying what they mean. The post The Best Theater of 2019 appeared first on Slant Magazine.
SOURCE: Slant Magazine at 11:09AMThe Inheritance’s attempt to speak for everyone muddies its ability to speak clearly to anyone. The post Review: <em>The Inheritance</em> Is a Radical, If Short-Sighted, Take o…
SOURCE: Slant Magazine at 08:31AMIn the wake of Slave Play, immediate answers might sound neither comforting nor honest. The post <em>Slave Play</em> Review: A Searing, Satirical Takedown of White Supremacy appe…
SOURCE: Slant Magazine at 08:38PMTwo twists on the typical range of possibilities for the musical theater writing process are playing out in two recent musicals. The post Review: <em>Broadbend, Arkansas</em> and…
SOURCE: Slant Magazine at 12:28PMIt’s telling that the show gets its biggest laughs only after it’s turned deadly serious. The post Review: <em>Scotland, PA</em> Finds Its Purpose When It Sticks to the Bard …
SOURCE: Slant Magazine at 01:23PMHamnet Shakespeare, played maturely with a mix of grim optimism and snarky despair by Aran Murphy in his professional debut, has been stuck at eleven for a long, long time.
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 11:09AMMayer convincingly sells Little Shop of Horrors as a near-perfect piece of musical theater writing.
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 11:07AMAs an animation of a single document, Is This A Room feels like a refreshingly innovative concept.
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 07:33AMCurtainDirector Leah C. Gardiner has crafted a production nourished by the affection shown and attention paid across this rainbowed community
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 07:34PMLetts trips over the line between objectifying women and satirizing the objectification of women. The post Review: Tracy Letts’s <em>Linda Vista</em> Doesn’t Make Enough Spac…
SOURCE: Slant Magazine at 02:07PMReview: If you had told me at age 12 that my two favorite literary protagonists — Harry Potter and Percy Jackson — would be headlining Broadway shows side-by-side in less than 15 years,…
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 03:35PMUltimately, it’s the wrong man who animates the stage. The post Review: <em>The Wrong Man</em> Suggests a Concept Album Propped Up on Two Legs appeared first on Slant Magazine.
SOURCE: Slant Magazine at 09:30PMThe play is too overstuffed and too easily distracted to say anything profound or potent about its subject matter. The post Review: As Anatomy of a Presidency, <em>The Great Society<…
SOURCE: Slant Magazine at 02:24PMThe production gets out of the way and lets its stars do what they do best. The post Review: <em>Freestyle Love Supreme</em> Pumps You Up with Rhyme and Rhythm appeared first on …
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