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Scott Rudin and the American Dream.
Scott Rudin and the American Dream.
Mark Harris' biography of Mike Nichols pulses with a narrative energy equal to its subject.
Hermione Lee's exhaustively researched biography takes us inside the works of a literary genius.
Bill Irwin adapts his award-winning meditation on Samuel Beckett's works for the screen.
Richard Nelson's Zoom trilogy explores a family grasping for connection in these unprecedented times.
Theater makers show their ability to adapt to our new reality in these two productions tailored to watching on a screen.
For those who couldn t see Hamilton on Broadway or those who want to see it again, the smash musical is now streaming on Disney+.
If anyone still believed in the idea of American exceptionalism, they might be rethinking that notion now.
Wynn Handman, a revered acting teacher whose Off-Broadway company, The American Place Theatre, defied Broadway commercialism while providing early support to many of the country's most talen…
This tribute to Terrence McNally looks back at one of his less-praised works and the anger that burned within it.
Betty Buckley uses her beautiful voice to create dreamscapes that will send you home on a cloud.
This is a timely new play from a promising writer, with a fine, committed cast.
As the best folk songs often do, this powerful show may make you both sad and elated.
"Crrrritic!" Estragon sneers as the trumping put-down in the battery of insults he trades with Vladimir in "Waiting for Godot." You might say that for theater critics, it's been downhill eve…
Missteps in this production include cutting the show too short and using giant video projections that overwhelm the action onstage.
Jerry Herman's 1974 flop has been reborn and reformed into a splendid show.
It s unclear why this carbon copy of the 1969 film has been transferred to the stage.
"Kid, the show is yours." The words were recalled, not sung at Monday afternoon's tribute to the late Jerry Herman. And while they may lack the urgent iambic promise of "You charm the husk r…
The play's Broadway debut couldn't be fresher, timelier or more satisfying.
Here are some of the highlights from a year full of big shows and stunning performances.
"I live for the next musical. I live in the future. I'm totally mindful that nobody will ever have the life I've had in the theater. That's past. And that's damned sad." Harold Prince once s…
Diablo Cody has framed her first musical around Alanis Morrissette's 1995 album of the same name.
Composer and actress joined together in an impassioned performance.
The London import settles into the Lyceum Theatre through New Year's.
Matthew Lopez's miraculous play tells the story of AIDS in New York in the 80s in an elegiac and expansive way.
Adrienne Warren is exhilarating as Tina Turner in this biomusical.
Stephen Sondheim and Hal Prince top the duo's annual fall fling, while Lainie Kazan remembers flings, flames and fiascos.
David Byrne leads a trio of works including Soft Power and Scotland, PA that reflect on the state of the union.
Playwright Adam Rapp and actress Mary-Louise Parker make an electrifying match.
Despite the comedic brilliance of Marisa Tomei, something in the tone of this revival doesn t hold together.
For a typical producer, the phrase "somewhere that's green" " to quote one of the best-known ballads from "Little Shop of Horrors" " refers to one place, and one place only: Broadway. If a p…
Fine performances and a fleet staging can t counteract the more tedious parts of this work.
Brian Cox takes on the role of LBJ in Robert Schenkkan's follow-up to All The Way.
Jonathan Pryce and Eileen Atkins are perfectly in tune with each another in this excellent London transfer.
A talented cast expertly handles the seething emotions in Harold Pinter's one-act drama.
Daniel Sullivan brings fresh thinking to this production while leaving the play s cynicism and thirst for power intact.
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…
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, …
Director Alex Timbers has given the 2001 film a thumping theatrical heart.
Jacqueline Novak expertly delivers personal, sexually explicit stories in her one-woman show.
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 Broadwa…
The show aims to conjure the joyous energy of rock n roll legends, but it falls short of the real thing.
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 "Â possibly …
This was a very special evening of music with some incredible guests, all to raise money for a non-profit organization.
Michael R. Jackson's musical quickly gathers steam and doesn t let up for any of its 100 minutes.
Though the setting is changed, much of the essence of Shakespeare's comedy shines through in this imaginative production.
Terrence 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 pulled t…
Audra McDonald and Michael Shannon star in this revival that perplexes as much as it delights.
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 …
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…