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Friday, December 27, 2024

Broadway Review: “Gypsy” at the Majestic Theatre (Currently On) by David Roberts

The widely anticipated revival of “Gypsy “on Broadway has finally arrived, along with the reopening of the Majestic Theatre after a healthy renovation, requiring the theatre to be closed…

SOURCE: Theatre Reviews Limited at 12:35PM
Thursday, December 26, 2024

Broadway Review: “Cult of Love” at the Helen Hayes (Currently On) by David Roberts

It is important to pay attention to the title of a play, especially in the case of Leslye Headland’s well-crafted “Cult of Love” currently running at the Helen Hayes. The Dahl nuclear …

SOURCE: Theatre Reviews Limited at 02:34PM
Thursday, December 19, 2024

Broadway Review: “Eureka Day” at Manhattan Theatre Club’s Samuel J. Friedman Theatre (Currently On) by David Roberts

What could go wrong at a private school whose five-member board of directors makes all decisions based on consensus and has what benefitted the community at heart as their guiding principle.…

SOURCE: Theatre Reviews Limited at 11:36AM
Wednesday, December 18, 2024

Off-Broadway Review: The New Group’s “Babe” at The Pershing Square Signature Center’s Alice Griffin Jewel Box Theater (Through Sunday, Decembe by David Roberts

Abby (Marisa Tomei) has co-produced records with Gus (Arliss Howard) for thirty-two years. She had been his right hand, but her name never appears on the album as co-producer. She finds tale…

SOURCE: Theatre Reviews Limited at 12:25PM
Sunday, December 15, 2024

Off-Broadway Review: “The Blood Quilt” at Lincoln Center Theater’s Mitze E. Newhouse Theater (Through Sunday, December 29, 2024) by David Roberts

Families of any number, age, or culture often meet for special occasions, some more special than others. Depending on the mix of those above descriptors, these get-togethers result in quite …

SOURCE: Theatre Reviews Limited at 11:35AM
Wednesday, December 11, 2024

Broadway Review: “Maybe Happy Ending” at the Belasco Theatre (Currently On) by David Roberts

The charming new musical, “Maybe Happy Ending,” now playing at the Belasco Theatre, with music composed by Will Aronson and the book and lyrics penned by Mr. Aronson and Hue Park, will c…

SOURCE: Theatre Reviews Limited at 06:42PM

Broadway Review: “Sunset Blvd.” at the St. James Theatre (Currently On) by David Roberts

Gone are the turban, the grand staircase, the jewels, the chandeliers, the drapes, and the viewing of Norma Desmond’s monkey in the reimagining of “Sunset Blvd.” currently running at t…

SOURCE: Theatre Reviews Limited at 02:19PM
Monday, December 9, 2024

Off-Broadway Review: “Shit. Meet. Fan.” at MCC Theater’s New Mills Theater (Through Sunday, September 15, 2024) by David Roberts

As the characters are pressured into having their dirty laundry aired in the new play “Shit. Meet. Fan.” which is now in an extended run at MCC Theater, the list of reasons why the show …

SOURCE: Theatre Reviews Limited at 04:31PM
Tuesday, December 3, 2024

Broadway Review: “Swept Away” at the Longacre Theatre (Currently On) by David Roberts

“Swept Away,” currently on at the Longacre Theatre, was inspired by the 2004 album “Mignonette” by the American folk-rock band The Avett Brothers. Although the album was suggested b…

SOURCE: Theatre Reviews Limited at 03:18PM
Sunday, December 1, 2024

Broadway Review: “Our Town” at the Barrymore Theatre (Currently On) by David Roberts

“Our Town” by Thorton Wilder is recognized as a classic, and the revival now playing at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre on Broadway, directed by Kenny Leon is the perfect example of why it h…

SOURCE: Theatre Reviews Limited at 03:25PM
Wednesday, November 20, 2024

Off-Broadway Review: “The Beacon” at the Irish Repertory Theatre (Through Sunday, November 24, 2024) by David Roberts

In Nancy Harris’s “The Beacon,” currently on at the Irish Repertory Theatre, four characters navigate through life’s rough waters. Three make it. One is still lost at sea. The back w…

SOURCE: Theatre Reviews Limited at 03:15PM
Tuesday, November 19, 2024

Off-Broadway Review: “DRAG: The Musical” at New World Stages (Through Sunday, March 30, 2025) by David Roberts

“DRAG: the Musical” which was originally released as a concept album and had brief runs in Los Angeles in 2022 and 2024 has made its way to an off-Broadway theatre at New World Stages. T…

SOURCE: Theatre Reviews Limited at 03:46PM

Broadway Review: “Tammy Faye” at the Palace Theatre (Currently On) by David Roberts

The main problem with “Tammy Faye,” currently on at the Palace Theatre is not the vapid lyrics by Jake Shears or the bland book by James Graham. Unfortunately, the “New Broadway Musica…

SOURCE: Theatre Reviews Limited at 02:43PM
Friday, October 25, 2024

Off-Broadway Review: “Deep History” at the Public Theater’s Shiva Theater (Through Sunday, November 10. 2024) by David Roberts

The Public Theatre is currently offering the North American Premiere of “Deep History,” written and performed by David Finnigan, which addresses the critical subject of global warming an…

SOURCE: Theatre Reviews Limited at 02:35PM
Thursday, October 24, 2024

Broadway Review: “Romeo + Juliet” at Circle in the Square (Through Sunday, February 16, 2025) by David Roberts

In a recent “New York Times” guest essay, Drew Lichtenberg writes that although “the American theater’s relationship to the Bard might be fraying” with “a long history of theater…

SOURCE: Theatre Reviews Limited at 11:00PM
Tuesday, October 22, 2024

Broadway Review: “Yellow Face” at the Todd Haimes Theatre (Currently On) by David Roberts

Something old becomes new again with the current production of “Yellow Face” by Roundabout Theatre, which has been produced nationally, and internationally since it opened off-Broadway a…

SOURCE: Theatre Reviews Limited at 03:43PM

Broadway Review: “The Roommate” at the Booth Theatre (Currently On) by David Roberts

It has been a long journey for “The Roommate,” the dark comedy by Jen Silverman, to finally arrive on Broadway since its premiere in 2015 at the Actors Theatre of Louisville, Humana Fest…

SOURCE: Theatre Reviews Limited at 12:55PM
Monday, October 21, 2024

Off-Broadway Review: “Vladimir” at New York City Center Stage I (Through Sunday, November 10, 2024) by David Roberts

At first glance, Manhattan Theatre Club’s “Vladimir,” currently at New York City Center Stage I, might receive a “what’s new” reaction from the audience. But the importance Erika…

SOURCE: Theatre Reviews Limited at 10:53AM
Wednesday, October 16, 2024

Off-Broadway Review: “Hold on to Me Darling” at the Lucille Lortel Theatre (Through Sunday, December 22, 2024) by David Roberts

Strings McCrane (a complex, unsettled, and conflicted Adam Driver) did not need to be overly mindful when he was a world-famous country and western singer and a movie star: he had teams deci…

SOURCE: Theatre Reviews Limited at 09:00PM
Sunday, October 13, 2024

Off-Broadway Review: “The Big Gay Jamboree” at the Orpheum Theatre (Through Sunday, January 19, 2025) by David Roberts

The Orpheum Theatre is hosting the newest campy musical “The Big Gay Jamboree,” with a book by Marla Mindelle and Jonathan Parks-Ramage. Ms. Mindelle, who is known for the cult favorite …

SOURCE: Theatre Reviews Limited at 02:52PM
Wednesday, October 9, 2024

Off-Broadway Review: “The Counter” at the Laura Pels Theatre in the Harold and Miriam Steinberg Center for Theatre (Through Sunday, November 17, 2 by David Roberts

Life secrets and surprises are somewhere on the menu at the way-upstate New York diner where Paul (a quiet, thoughtful, and intense Anthony Edwards) has “good coffee made with a bad machin…

SOURCE: Theatre Reviews Limited at 07:00PM
Monday, October 7, 2024

Broadway Review: “McNeal” at the Vivian Beaumont Theater (Through Sunday, November 24, 2024) by David Roberts

“McNeal,” currently on at the Vivan Beaumont Theater, is playwright Ayad Akhtar’s exploration into the unexpected confluence of plagiarism, Artificial Intelligence (AI), and the canon …

SOURCE: Theatre Reviews Limited at 05:06PM
Thursday, October 3, 2024

Off-Broadway Preview: Royal Family Productions Two-Part Adaptation of “Ann of Green Gables” Runs October 17 through November 4, 2024 by David Roberts

New York: Outer Critics’ Circle award-nominated Royal Family Productions, a non-profit theatre company known for its innovative productions and development of new original work, will prese…

SOURCE: Theatre Reviews Limited at 02:40PM
Wednesday, October 2, 2024

Off-Broadway News: “Our Class” at Classic Stage Company” Runs through Sunday, November 3, 2024 by David Roberts

After its sold-out run at Brooklyn Academy of Music in winter 2024, the off-Broadway production “Our Class,” by Polish playwright Tadeusz Slobodzianek, and helmed by Ukrainian-born, Jewi…

SOURCE: Theatre Reviews Limited at 10:36AM
Monday, September 30, 2024

Broadway Review: “The Hills of California” at The Broadhurst Theatre (Extended through Sunday, December 22, 2024) by David Roberts

In Jez Butterworth’s “The Hills of California,” the four Webb sisters gather in the summer of 1976 at Seaview the guesthouse on the outskirts of Blackpool, an English seaside resort on…

SOURCE: Theatre Reviews Limited at 12:52PM
Thursday, September 26, 2024

Off-Broadway Review: “Fatherland” at New York City Center Stage II (Through Saturday, September 23, 2024) by David Roberts

The timing of the opening of Stephen Sachs “Fatherland” at New York City Center Stage II could not be more auspicious. Based on the true story of the 18-year-old high school senior f…

SOURCE: Theatre Reviews Limited at 09:00PM
Wednesday, September 18, 2024

Off-Broadway Review: “Table 17” at The Susan and Roland Frankel Theater at The Robert W. Wilson MCC Theater Space (Through Sunday, September 29, 2 by David Roberts

The latest production to open at MCC Theatre is the world premiere of the new play “Table 17” penned by Douglas Lyons and under the direction of Zhailon Levingston. The title refers to a…

SOURCE: Theatre Reviews Limited at 03:45PM
Wednesday, August 28, 2024

“Around the Sun” Anthology Audio Drama Series Announces its Season Four Cast via “Slice of Life” Profile by David Roberts

Around the Sun, the award-winning, anthology audio drama series created by Brad Forenza and presented via the Broadway Podcast Network, has announced its season four cast. The announcement c…

SOURCE: Theatre Reviews Limited at 02:32PM
Friday, August 23, 2024

Off-Broadway/Dance Review: “Ain’t Done Bad” at The Pershing Square Signature Center’s Irene Diamond Stage (Through Sunday, September 1, 2024) by David Roberts

Jakob Karr’s “Ain’t Done Bad,” currently running at the Irene Diamond Stage, portrays the familiar story of a young LGBTQ man (Jakob Karr) attempting to grapple with his sexual ident…

SOURCE: Theatre Reviews Limited at 11:50AM
Wednesday, August 21, 2024

Broadway Review: “Once Upon a Mattress” at The Hudson Theatre (Through Saturday, November 30, 2024) by David Roberts

The latest revival to open on Broadway is the classic “Once Upon a Mattress” with music by Mary Rogers, her first Broadway show, and an adapted book by Amy Sherman-Palladino, from the or…

SOURCE: Theatre Reviews Limited at 02:02PM
Tuesday, August 20, 2024

Music News: PS Classics Presents the Long-Awaited Original Cast Recording of “Sycamore Trees” by David Roberts

PS CLASSICS, the label dedicated to the heritage of Broadway and American Popular Song, will release the original cast recording of Ricky Ian Gordon’s acclaimed autobiographical musical Sy…

SOURCE: Theatre Reviews Limited at 11:56AM

All that Chat

2024-2025 BROADWAY SEASON
Jun 05, 2024: Home - Todd Haimes Theatre
Jul 11, 2024: Oh, Mary! - Lyceum Theatre
Jul 30, 2024: Job - Hayes Theater
Sep 12, 2024: The Roommate - Booth Theatre
Nov 14, 2024: Tammy Faye - Palace Theatre
Dec 12, 2024: Cult of Love - Hayes Theater
Dec 19, 2024: Gypsy - Majestic Theatre
Mar 17, 2025: Purpose - Hayes Theater
Apr 10, 2025: Smash - Imperial Theatre
TBA: Titanic
TBA: Ragtime