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Tuesday, July 4, 2017

BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING by Matt Windman

The Trump administration inspires another production that imagines how grim our future could become.

SOURCE: Theater News Online at 12:32AM
Thursday, June 22, 2017

PIE SHOP OF HORRORS by Matt Windman

Though the performances are superb, this production sacrifices the storytelling and score for the sake of a gimmick.

SOURCE: Theater News Online at 07:18PM
Wednesday, June 14, 2017

MISTAKEN IDENTITY by Matt Windman

Jeffrey Hatcher presents awildly pleasing adaptation of a play that was long overdue for a revival.

SOURCE: Theater News Online at 06:18PM
Tuesday, June 6, 2017

BROTHERLY GRUDGE by Matt Windman

Mint Theater Company takes another forgotten drama out of the drawer.

SOURCE: Theater News Online at 03:54PM
Friday, May 5, 2017

MANGLED MAGIC by Matt Windman

The tender, fanciful story is turned into a complete train wreck.

SOURCE: Theater News Online at 12:06AM
Tuesday, May 2, 2017

CHRONICLE OF OBSENITY by Matt Windman

Paula Vogel s poignant play explores the history of the controversial 1923 melodrama God of Vengeance .

SOURCE: Theater News Online at 01:02AM
Wednesday, April 12, 2017

CLASSIC REINVENTION by Matt Windman

19th-century English literature gets a fresh new spin.

SOURCE: Theater News Online at 11:54PM
Sunday, March 19, 2017

THE AGE OF REPURPOSING by Matt Windman

The film remake of Beauty and the Beast is sure to be a multiplex hit, but it doesn t really improve on the original.

SOURCE: Theater News Online at 07:06PM
Monday, March 13, 2017

QUARTER-LIFE CRISIS by Matt Windman

Joshua Harmon’s play is a sweet and sour comedic drama about millennials in their late 20s trying to grow into adulthood.

SOURCE: Theater News Online at 09:06PM
Sunday, March 5, 2017

THE COMING DOOM by Matt Windman

Thornton Wilder’s wild, meta-theatrical pageant gets the big production it deserves.

SOURCE: Theater News Online at 11:06PM
Friday, February 17, 2017

RETURN TO THE SPOTLIGHT by Matt Windman

After two decades, Glenn Close returns to the role of Norma, bringing a 40-piece orchestra with her.

SOURCE: Theater News Online at 07:32PM
Friday, February 10, 2017

Spotted... by Matt Windman

Brooke Shields at “Jonah and Otto.”

SOURCE: AM New York at 11:56AM
Wednesday, January 25, 2017

BARD BEHIND BARS by Matt Windman

This all-female production completes Phyllida Lloyd’s trilogy of Shakespeare plays set in a women’s prison and performed with a punk aesthetic.

SOURCE: Theater News Online at 09:18PM

KING HAMILTON by Matt Windman

While 2016 featured several notable cast albums, Hamilton continues to hog the musical spotlight.

SOURCE: Theater News Online at 07:06PM
Thursday, December 22, 2016

PRETTY GOOD YEAR by Matt Windman

The current revival has had a good run, and who knows when Fiddler will return to Broadway.

SOURCE: Theater News Online at 05:36PM
Tuesday, December 20, 2016

THE OUTSIDERS by Matt Windman

This extraordinary new musical deals honestly with complex characters going through emotional turmoil.

SOURCE: Theater News Online at 11:06PM
Tuesday, November 29, 2016

OH CAPTAIN, MY CAPTAIN by Matt Windman

Although the performances are good, the stage version doesn t give you anything you can t get from the film.

SOURCE: Theater News Online at 07:48PM
Saturday, November 19, 2016

UNDERWHELMING CHEMISTRY by Matt Windman

This well-written drama is marred by bad casting and design choices.

SOURCE: Theater News Online at 09:12PM
Monday, October 17, 2016

GLORIFIED PODCAST by Matt Windman

This bizarre experience resembles an interactive take on an old-fashioned radio play.

SOURCE: Theater News Online at 08:22PM
Wednesday, October 12, 2016

GUIDING LIGHT by Matt Windman

A confessional hour-long monologue draws you in but leaves you wanting more.

SOURCE: Theater News Online at 12:14AM
Monday, September 5, 2016

SECOND CHANCES by Matt Windman

This production makes a strong case that N.C. Hunter s 1953 drama should have been given a new life long ago.

SOURCE: Theater News Online at 11:32PM
Tuesday, August 23, 2016

A STORIED CAREER by Matt Windman

Singer and actress Barbara Cook looks back at her long and erratic career.

SOURCE: Theater News Online at 12:51AM
Friday, July 29, 2016

DON'T CALL IT A COMEDY by Matt Windman

Jonathan Munby’s especially violent staging goes heavy on the heavy material and light on the light.

SOURCE: Theater News Online at 09:11PM
Tuesday, July 19, 2016

PEACE TALKS by Matt Windman

J.T. Rogers long-winded but smart play dramatizes the negotiations between Israel and Palestine that led to the Oslo Accord.

SOURCE: Theater News Online at 10:24PM
Wednesday, June 15, 2016

GHOST STORY by Matt Windman

This richly textured production benefits from an excellent ensemble and an intimate venue.

SOURCE: Theater News Online at 10:11PM
Monday, May 16, 2016

MOTION SICKNESS by Matt Windman

Aside from the revolving set, this production set in modern day hits the right notes.

SOURCE: Theater News Online at 04:01PM
Tuesday, May 3, 2016

BLOOD SPLATTER by Matt Windman

An eerie sense of unease pervades the slick, unfeeling world of Patrick Bateman.

SOURCE: Theater News Online at 02:31PM
Monday, April 18, 2016

OBSCURED THROUGH THESE EYES by Matt Windman

The audience is thrown for a loop as they glimpse through the perspective of a man suffering from dementia.

SOURCE: Theater News Online at 08:33PM
Saturday, March 19, 2016

STRUGGLE TO SURVIVE by Matt Windman

Lupita Nyong’o leads an excellent cast in a story of young girl caught in the brutality of Liberia’s civil war.

SOURCE: Theater News Online at 10:52PM
Tuesday, March 15, 2016

EMOTIONALLY DAMAGED by Matt Windman

Although Stephen Karam’s family drama drags on without climax, it is not entirely without merit.

SOURCE: Theater News Online at 11:15PM
Thursday, February 25, 2016

DOMESTIC STRIFE by Matt Windman

Sam Shepard’s 1978 drama remains a gritty, mysterious portrait of domestic life gone to hell.

SOURCE: Theater News Online at 11:26PM

All that Chat

2023-2024 BROADWAY SEASON
May 30, 2023: Grey House - Lyceum Theatre
Jun 26, 2023: Just For Us - Hudson Theatre
Jul 24, 2023: The Cottage - Hayes Theater
Nov 16, 2023: Spamalot - St. James Theatre
Dec 18, 2023: Appropriate - Hayes Theater
Mar 07, 2024: Doubt - Todd Haimes Theatre
Apr 14, 2024: Lempicka - Longacre Theatre
Apr 17, 2024: The Wiz - Marquis Theatre
Apr 18, 2024: Suffs - Music Box Theatre
Apr 25, 2024: Mother Play - Hayes Theater
Jun 10, 2024: The Drama Desk Awards