Tuesday, November 19, 2024
★★★☆☆ Talent, taste, and Avett Brothers sea-chanties serve a grim morality tale that doesn't quite stay afloat
The post Swept Away: Adrift on a Dark, Dark Sea appeared first on New…
SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 10:55PMSunday, November 17, 2024
★★★★☆ Splashy stage version of the holiday movie perennial offers visual delight for the moppets, and wit for the grownups
The post Elf: Ho-Ho-Hokum Done With Flair appeared first …
SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 07:55PMMonday, October 7, 2024
★★★☆☆ Musicalizing a hit ’90s rom-com gains luster from the hit ’60s playlist of Bacharach and David
The post From Maine: My Best Friend’s Wedding Deserves a Grateful RSVP ap…
SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 08:41AMMonday, August 12, 2024
★★★★☆ Sutton Foster unleashes her inner clown in a torrent of hilarity, bringing new luster to a familiar property
The post Once Upon a Mattress: Medieval Hellzapoppin With Laughs …
SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 09:55PMFriday, July 26, 2024
★★★★☆ Julia Murney, Kathleen Turner and an excellent ensemble collaborate on an atypically sensual take on a Wheeler/Sondheim masterpiece
The post From Maine: A Little Night Music,…
SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 12:43PMThursday, July 11, 2024
★★★★☆ Cole Escola writes and stars in a Bizarro World version of Honest Abe's spouse as cabaret diva
The post Oh, Mary!: Lincoln, Drinkin’ and Todd appeared first on New York Sta…
SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 08:56PMSaturday, April 20, 2024
★★★☆☆ A tender coming-of-age extravaganza, with characters to root for and music to die for
The post Hell’s Kitchen: Alicia Keys’ Life Inspires a Swell Musical appeared first o…
SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 11:56PMFriday, April 19, 2024
★★★★★ David Adjmi takes us behind the music to reveal how the magic gets made
The post Stereophonic: Birthing a Rock Album With Playfulness and Passion appeared first on New York S…
SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 11:54PMWednesday, April 17, 2024
★★☆☆☆ A revival's choices elicit more head-scratching than cheering
The post The Wiz: Not an Oz-Picious Revival appeared first on New York Stage Review.
SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 10:55PMTuesday, April 16, 2024
★★★★☆ Suzan-Lori Parks melds the Thomas Jefferson/Sally Hemings mystery with the struggle for freedom in our own day
The post Sally & Tom: Follies of a Founding Father appeared…
SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 09:28PMThursday, March 28, 2024
★★★★★ Des McAnuff revisits his staging of a rock'n'roll milestone, and finds new meaning and depth
The post The Who’s Tommy: A Rock Classic Is Triumphantly Reborn appeared first …
SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 08:55PMSunday, March 3, 2024
★★★★☆ Long Wharf goes on the waterfront to play Arthur Miller's melodrama for all it's worth
The post From New Haven: A Compassionate View From an Actual Bridge appeared first on N…
SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 08:46PMSunday, January 28, 2024
★★★★☆ A familiar tale of alcoholism is revitalized by authors Guettel and Lucas, focusing on the addiction rather than the cure
The post Days of Wine and Roses: Demon Rum Is a Suav…
SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 08:54PMMonday, October 9, 2023
★★★★★ A Druid Theater of Dublin marathon infuses three famous naturalistic Sean O'Casey dramas with Shakespearean sweep
The post DruidO’Casey: A Thrilling Experiment in Epic Thea…
SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 01:46PMThursday, August 10, 2023
★★★★☆ Behind the scenes of Steven Spielberg's legendary blockbuster, co-authored by (and starring) the son of its most explosive player
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SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 09:54PMWednesday, July 19, 2023
Two history-based dramas from The National Theatre: One zings, the other doesn't
The post From London: Football, The National Psyche, and Mark Rylance Too appeared first on New York Stage Re…
SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 10:53AMSunday, July 9, 2023
The Stratford Festival does Canada proud with a range of offerings, including wildly innovative approaches to Shakespeare
The post From Stratford, Ontario: The Plays – and the People – A…
SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 11:00AMWednesday, May 10, 2023
★★★★☆ Taylor Mac surprises with an Ibsenesque take on a long-ago plague parallel to our own
The post From Boston: Taylor Mac Displays a Soulful Change-of-Pace with Joy and Pandemic…
SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 11:20AMSunday, March 26, 2023
★★★★★ Josh Groban, Annaleigh Ashford, and "Hamilton" creatives elevate a musical classic to unprecedented heights
The post Sweeney Todd: God, That’s Great appeared first on New Y…
SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 08:54PMThursday, March 16, 2023
★★★★★ Alfred Uhry and Jason Robert Brown examine the historical roots of our national malaise, in this bold, character-driven staging starring Ben Platt
The post Parade: An America…
SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 09:55PMThursday, December 15, 2022
★★★☆☆ Musicalization of the 1945 holiday classic is easy to swallow, like a good eggnog
The post From Connecticut: Christmas in Connecticut, With Tidings of Comfort appeared first…
SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 07:42AMSunday, December 11, 2022
★★★★★ A high-octane, audience-pleasing vaudeville, spun out of a cinematic classic, creates a bunch of glittering new stars
The post Some Like It Hot: Nobody’s Perfect, But This…
SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 09:53PMThursday, December 8, 2022
★★★★★ Audra McDonald brilliantly brings to life a masterful examination of bigotry and violence by a 91-year-old Broadway novice
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SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 10:23PMThursday, November 10, 2022
★★★★★ David Lindsay-Abaire and Jeanine Tesori transform a quirky black comedy into a tuneful affirmation of life and difference
The post Kimberly Akimbo: The Sweet Musical Treat W…
SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 09:53PMSunday, November 6, 2022
★★★☆☆ Ukrainian artist Igor Golyak plays fast and loose with a classic text, to intriguing if mixed results (with Baryshnikov)
The post From Boston: Chekhov’s Cherry Orchard in …
SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 06:00AMFriday, November 4, 2022
★★★★☆ The renovated Huntington reopens with a full-blooded, full-voiced revival of an August Wilson classic
The post From Boston: Joe Turner’s Back, Powerful As Ever appeared fi…
SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 01:26PMWednesday, September 14, 2022
★★★★★ The power of music to empower, powers a rousing theatrical experience
The post From Boston: Sing Street Soars appeared first on New York Stage Review.
SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 12:35PMSunday, September 4, 2022
★★☆☆☆ A cinematic salute to an inspiring teacher is musicalized into something less than inspiring
The post From Maine: Mr. Holland’s Opus Hits Some Clinkers appeared first on N…
SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 09:59AMSunday, August 21, 2022
★★★★★ Broadway veterans demonstrate stardom's power to make a Sondheim gem glitter ever more brightly
The post From Massachusetts: Celebrate Everything Passing By, With Sondheim ap…
SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 08:53PMFriday, July 29, 2022
★★★☆☆ Jerry Lewis's classic 1963 farce, pleasantly musicalized, has its (buck) teeth pulled
The post From Maine: The Nutty Professor, Transformed From Wild To Mild appeared first o…
SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 07:57AMMonday, July 25, 2022
★☆☆☆☆ A glum expressionistic concert does a classic Frank Loesser score, and the audience, no favors
The post From Massachusetts: Most Happy In Concert, Most Dispiriting In Executi…
SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 09:44AM 
