Perhaps one of the best reasons to attend the present revival of “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street” is to hear the exceptional score by the late Stephen Sondheim, gloriousl…
SOURCE: Theatre Reviews Limited at 12:25PMThe musical “Parade” opened on Broadway in 1998 and was subject to a short run, closing in February of 1999 before eventually winning two TONY awards for Best Book of a musical by Alfred…
SOURCE: Theatre Reviews Limited at 03:49PMCurrently running at the Public’s Newman Theater, “The Harder They Come” is based on the 1972 film by the same name produced and directed by Perry Henzell and co-written with Trevor…
SOURCE: Theatre Reviews Limited at 01:10PMI am an LGBTQ+ able-bodied and hearing person walking into the lobby of one of my favorite venues: The Public Theater. There is a notice on the door to mask up before entering. I am early …
SOURCE: Theatre Reviews Limited at 08:30PMUnlike the typical one-thousand-piece jigsaw puzzle where the completed puzzle matches the image on the cover, “The Collaboration’s” dénouement and resolution are nothing like the pla…
SOURCE: Theatre Reviews Limited at 01:57PMFans of jukebox musicals and Neil Diamond will be thrilled with the current production of “A Beautiful Noise” now playing at the Broadhurst Theatre. This production is packed with plenty…
SOURCE: Theatre Reviews Limited at 02:55PMThe Outer Critics Circle (OCC), the official organization of writers on New York theatre for out-of-town newspapers and national publications, is pleased to announce the dates for the p…
SOURCE: Theatre Reviews Limited at 11:50AMWorld and North American Premieres, Original Commissions, and Works Spanning Theater, Opera, Music, And Dance Comprise Park Avenue Armory’s 2023 Season The North American debut of Briti…
SOURCE: Theatre Reviews Limited at 01:28PMIt is difficult to believe that it has been a year since the death of Stephen Sondheim, one of the most prolific American composer and lyricists in the history of musical theatre. New York h…
SOURCE: Theatre Reviews Limited at 11:43AMYears after August Wilson’s “The Piano Lesson” was first produced on Broadway in 1990, Black playwrights have continued to grapple with this enduring question which defines the struggl…
SOURCE: Theatre Reviews Limited at 02:34PM“Some Like It Hot” a modern day, good old-fashioned musical has arrived on Broadway at The Shubert Theatre, and it delivers on all levels, making for a very enjoyable evening of musical …
SOURCE: Theatre Reviews Limited at 01:33PMThere are two paths to “disappearance” in David Cale’s engaging “Sandra” currently running at the Vineyard Theatre. The audience discovers that Ethan Martin’s path has been well …
SOURCE: Theatre Reviews Limited at 09:44AMBroadway has had quite a roster of juke box musicals grace the stage in the past and it seems that this season will add a few more to the archive. Opening at The Stephen Sondheim Theatre is …
SOURCE: Theatre Reviews Limited at 03:05PMThere is an abundance of medical and anatomical references in “Mike Birbiglia: The Old Man & The Pool” currently running at Lincoln Center Theater’s Vivian Beaumont Theater. Mr. Bi…
SOURCE: Theatre Reviews Limited at 11:46AMIf Will Arbery’s “Evanston Salt Costs Climbing were an absurdist play, its non-sense narrative might make some sense. However, this is not a “Waiting for Godot” for post-pandemic Eva…
SOURCE: Theatre Reviews Limited at 03:24PMThe costume department at Bucks County Playhouse will open its wardrobe room for a holiday sale — offering a wide collection of festive frocks, and everyday ready-to-wear clothing, for sal…
SOURCE: Theatre Reviews Limited at 03:09PMUnder Michael Arden’s meticulous direction, Jefferson Mays navigates through his adaptation (with Susan Lyons and Michael Arden) of the five staves of Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Car…
SOURCE: Theatre Reviews Limited at 08:30PMAudiences are invited to relive one of the most magical nights in rock and roll history — but this time with a decidedly festive twist — when Bucks County Playhouse presents a special ho…
SOURCE: Theatre Reviews Limited at 10:11AMIn heeding the advice mentor Lester Bangs gives young music journalist William Miller, the following comments will be “honest and unmerciful.” Fans of the movie “Almost Famous” relea…
SOURCE: Theatre Reviews Limited at 12:47PMThere is no doubt that “Camp Siegfried” a new play penned by Bess Wohl is extremely relevant given the current social, moral, and political landscape that has evolved in the past few yea…
SOURCE: Theatre Reviews Limited at 10:00PMYou will get sick. It happens. You do not know why. Often you do not want to tell anyone you are sick. Perhaps you might even pay someone to talk to you about your illness. Yet after all tha…
SOURCE: Theatre Reviews Limited at 06:26PMPlaywright Mia Chung intends to raise a rich and enduring question in her play “Catch as Catch Can” currently running at Playwrights Horizons Peter Jay Sharp Theater: “What is inherent…
SOURCE: Theatre Reviews Limited at 03:00PMLorraine Hansberry’s “A Raisin in the Sun” debuted on Broadway in 1959 and appeared in London’s West End five months later. The musical adaptation “Raisin” won the Tony Award for…
SOURCE: Theatre Reviews Limited at 10:05AMMarin Gazzaniga’s “The Unbelieving” is based on select interviews from the 2013 book “Caught in the Pulpit: Leaving Belief Behind” by Daniel C. Dennett and Linda LaScola. The autho…
SOURCE: Theatre Reviews Limited at 11:10AMEvery once in a while, there comes along a little gem of a play that certainly will knock you off your feet, especially if it is a first-rate production and impeccably performed by two remar…
SOURCE: Theatre Reviews Limited at 01:04PMSome may say that Arthur Miller’s play “Death of a Salesman” may be the greatest play of the 20th century and there is evidence that supports that claim. It premiered on Broadway in 19…
SOURCE: Theatre Reviews Limited at 04:14PMSometimes there is no reason to try and improve or change something which would adhere to the adage “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.” Adjusting, tweaking, or trying to improve thing…
SOURCE: Theatre Reviews Limited at 04:51PMCurrently running at Classic Stage Company, “A Man of No Importance” chronicles gay middle-aged bus conductor Alfie Byrnes’s (a gloomy and dispirited Jim Parsons) struggles to claim hi…
SOURCE: Theatre Reviews Limited at 06:00PMIn the current 20th anniversary production of “Topdog/Underdog,” Suzan Lori-Parks reminds the audience that when one does not receive unconditional and nonjudgmental love and chooses to …
SOURCE: Theatre Reviews Limited at 02:00PMThere is too much noise on the set of Victor I. Cazares’s “american (tele)visions” currently running at New York Theatre Workshop (co-produced with Theatre Mitu). Although that noise c…
SOURCE: Theatre Reviews Limited at 12:52PMApplause Books is proud to announce the November 2022 release of Magic to Do (192 pages • 978-1-4930-6435-9• Hardback) by Elysa Gardner. In Magic to Do, which celebrates the 50th anniver…
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