Tuesday, April 4, 2023
Nederlander Theatre, New York
An original new musical about corn offers plenty of dad jokes served with some likable big numbers
The marketing campaign for Shucked, a new and, rare these day…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:00PMThursday, March 16, 2023
Bernard B Jacobs Theatre, New York
The Broadway transfer of the first major New York revival for the 1998 musical features luminous turns from Ben Platt and Micaela Diamond
Parade, the 1998 …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:00PMMonday, January 23, 2023
Sundance film festival: mockumentary set at an upstate musical theater camp feels like an extended inside joke
For all the grand gestures of musical theater, there’s an odd flatness to The…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:39AMMonday, January 9, 2023
The year ahead on the Great White Way promises several high-profile revivals, an adaptation of Life of Pi and a Britney jukebox musical, among others
It took years and a few false starts, bu…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:11AMTuesday, November 8, 2022
Bernard B Jacobs Theatre, New York
Solid performances and rock’n’roll nostalgia can’t overcome lackluster lyrics and source material flaws in the musical adaptation of the 2000 film
Al…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:48AMTuesday, October 18, 2022
After months of rumors and gossip, the controversial star takes the reins from Beanie Feldstein and stars in the role hallowed by Barbra Streisand
Unless you truly believe all press is good …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:33PMMonday, May 9, 2022
The 90s star finds a way around the limits of the feminist redemption plot: having a good time in her Broadway debut as Chicago’s Roxie Hart
If you polled the audience at New York’s Amba…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:51PMMonday, April 25, 2022
August Wilson Theatre, New York
The actor brings pathos (and celebrity) as the vaudeville legend Fanny Brice in the much-hyped musical revival – but not the singing chops
It must be diffic…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:25PMFriday, February 4, 2022
Neil Simon Theatre, New York
The new Broadway jukebox musical on the life and pop catalog of Michael Jackson is a romp that only glances at the elephant in the room
MJ, a megawatt new jukebo…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:48PMTuesday, June 15, 2021
The comedy special reflects the messy, diffuse, barely processable collective experience of the past year, by digging deep into the online condition
Last week, the comedian Bo Burnham releas…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:12PMMonday, March 8, 2021
The rights to the novel which inspired Netflix’s most watched limited series were acquired by a New York production company
It’s not quite checkmate on The Queen’s Gambit. The wildly p…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:05PMFriday, January 22, 2021
The director and choreographer, whose credits include A Chorus Line and Dreamgirls, has died after a cardiac arrest in Florida
Bob Avian, the Tony award-winning Broadway mainstay both on sta…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:12PMFriday, November 13, 2020
Late-night hosts investigate Trump’s corrosive intransigence to reality, and his latest grift: using donations to pay his debts
Donald Trump still refused to acknowledge his electoral defe…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:36PMThursday, October 1, 2020
Asian American Performers Action Coalition reveals nearly 80% of Broadway and off-Broadway shows from white playwrights
A new report has found stark disparities in racial representation and …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:18AMFriday, February 21, 2020
Broadway Theatre, New York
Ivo van Hove’s striking new take on the much-loved romantic musical brings sharpness and show-stopping choreography to the table
It is nearly impossible to take …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:36AMTuesday, October 1, 2019
Vivian Beaumont Theater, New York
A Tony-worthy performance from the acclaimed actor dominates a sequel to All the Way, telling the story of the president’s ambitious mid-60s agenda
Early …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:24PM 
