Sunday, October 6, 2019
Fine performances and a fleet staging can t counteract the more tedious parts of this work.
SOURCE: Theater News Online at 12:18AMWednesday, October 2, 2019
Brian Cox takes on the role of LBJ in Robert Schenkkan’s follow-up to All The Way.
SOURCE: Theater News Online at 04:06PMTuesday, September 24, 2019
Jonathan Pryce and Eileen Atkins are perfectly in tune with each another in this excellent London transfer.
SOURCE: Theater News Online at 10:12PMThursday, September 5, 2019
A talented cast expertly handles the seething emotions in Harold Pinter’s one-act drama.
SOURCE: Theater News Online at 10:18PMMonday, August 5, 2019
Daniel Sullivan brings fresh thinking to this production while leaving the play s cynicism and thirst for power intact.
SOURCE: Theater News Online at 06:24PMWednesday, July 31, 2019
The Prince is dead, long live the King. Is that too glib? Perhaps, yet it is no overstatement. Hal Prince is gone, and with him passes not just an era but several eras in the crazy, complica…
SOURCE: Broadway News Subscription at 03:51PMMonday, July 29, 2019
Some shows pose a greater challenge to a press agent than your run-of-the-mill Broadway musical or boulevard comedy. One might feature copulating puppets with an irrepressible urge to sing, …
SOURCE: Broadway News Subscription at 12:40PMFriday, July 26, 2019
Director Alex Timbers has given the 2001 film a thumping theatrical heart.
SOURCE: Theater News Online at 01:24AMTuesday, July 23, 2019
Jacqueline Novak expertly delivers personal, sexually explicit stories in her one-woman show.
SOURCE: Theater News Online at 09:12PMThursday, July 11, 2019
The official report from the Broadway League at the end of the 2018-2019 season couldn’t have been more upbeat. “For the 2018-2019 season, total attendance reached 14,768,254 and Broad…
SOURCE: Broadway News Subscription at 04:12PMTuesday, July 9, 2019
The show aims to conjure the joyous energy of rock n roll legends, but it falls short of the real thing.
SOURCE: Theater News Online at 12:54AMWednesday, June 26, 2019
An oversized, disembodied gold hand greets me as I enter Cora Cahan’s office. Its fingers, which dangle over Madame Tussauds across the street, appear to be stirring something — possibl…
SOURCE: Broadway News Subscription at 06:30AMTuesday, June 25, 2019
This was a very special evening of music with some incredible guests, all to raise money for a non-profit organization.
SOURCE: Theater News Online at 10:36PMFriday, June 21, 2019
Michael R. Jackson’s musical quickly gathers steam and doesn t let up for any of its 100 minutes.
SOURCE: Theater News Online at 07:42PMTuesday, June 11, 2019
Though the setting is changed, much of the essence of Shakespeare’s comedy shines through in this imaginative production.
SOURCE: Theater News Online at 09:42PMTerrence McNally has a history of getting cut off by the Tonys telecast. The first time was in 1995, when his drama “Love! Valour! Compassion!” won the Tony Award for Best Play. CBS pull…
SOURCE: Broadway.News Subscription at 06:30AMThursday, May 23, 2019
Audra McDonald and Michael Shannon star in this revival that perplexes as much as it delights.
SOURCE: Theater News Online at 11:06PMTuesday, May 21, 2019
Social media is such an important factor in the marketing of Broadway shows that Facebook, Twitter and Instagram have become not only ticket sellers, but plot points in shows. The trend may …
SOURCE: Broadway.News Subscription at 06:00AMTuesday, April 30, 2019
Take a close look at the Tony Awards nominations announced Tuesday morning and a couple of things come into focus. Foremost is that a revolution has taken place in recent years. The nominati…
SOURCE: Broadway.News Subscription at 03:55PMMonday, April 29, 2019
This production has several original touches that make it like no Fiddler you ve seen before.
SOURCE: Theater News Online at 08:48PMDespite some miscasting, this is a solid production of one of the great musicals.
SOURCE: Theater News Online at 08:48PMThis superb jukebox musical about The Temptations churns out one hit after the next.
SOURCE: Theater News Online at 08:48PMThe creative team has transformed Massini’s family biodrama about the House of Lehman into a tragedy.
SOURCE: Theater News Online at 08:48PMWith Glenda Jackson starring and Sam Gold directing, here is a rewarding production that breaks the mold.
SOURCE: Theater News Online at 08:48PMMonday, April 15, 2019
At its penultimate meeting of the Broadway season, the Tony Administration Committee handed down a couple of eminently reasonable rulings, along with two mild surprises.The committee affirme…
SOURCE: Broadway.News Subscription at 08:57AMTuesday, February 19, 2019
Finally we have a production that does this musical justice.
SOURCE: Theater News Online at 10:24PMFriday, February 15, 2019
The only thing missing from the money reviews was the money. Critics greeted “The Prom” with cheers when it opened in November at the Longacre Theatre. In the Times, Jesse Green called i…
SOURCE: Broadway.News Subscription at 06:30AMThursday, January 24, 2019
Despite the accomplished actors playing the brothers, this production fails to achieve the chemistry to bring Shepard s play to life.
SOURCE: Theater News Online at 08:32PMFriday, January 18, 2019
Should actors be paid for their contribution to shows that go on to be hits? I’ve been going to the theater regularly since I turned 10 (1962, the Martin Beck, Jerry Herman’s “Milk and…
SOURCE: Broadway.News Subscription at 07:00AMWednesday, January 16, 2019
This is an opera so beautifully played, sung and designed that one can forgive any hollowness in the story.
SOURCE: Theater News Online at 04:42PMFriday, January 11, 2019
While the orchestra performance and set design are amazing, Bartlett Sher’s staging has a few kinks to work out.
SOURCE: Theater News Online at 02:54PM 
