Darren Criss and Helen J. Shen turn the slightest of touches into electric connection. The post ‘Maybe Happy Ending’ Review: Robot Love appeared first on Slant Magazine.
SOURCE: Slant Magazine at 02:00PMRachel Zegler and Kit Connor’s casting will persuade their fans that this story is dope AF. The post ‘Romeo + Juliet’ Review: In New Broadway Revival, Partying Is Such Sweet Sorrow app…
SOURCE: Slant Magazine at 11:00PMSunset Boulevard’s heavy bones drag behind Jamie Lloyd’s austere vision like a body bag. The post ‘Sunset Boulevard’ Review: Nicole Scherzinger Is Ready for Her Close-up in Bloated R…
SOURCE: Slant Magazine at 05:38PMThe unendurable passage of time haunts both plays. The post The Past Is Always Present: ‘The Hills of California’ and ‘Our Town’ on Broadway appeared first on Slant Magazine.
SOURCE: Slant Magazine at 11:00PMNot knowing what’s real and what’s not is less compelling than McNeal contends. The post ‘McNeal’ Review: Ayad Akhtar New Play Artificially Grapples with the Realities of AI appeared…
SOURCE: Slant Magazine at 09:00PMAt its funniest, The Roommate is a comedy of manners, an unapologetic throwback. The post ‘The Roommate’ Review: Mia Farrow and Patti LuPone in an Uneven Comedy of Manners appeared first…
SOURCE: Slant Magazine at 09:00PMIf the show isn’t just riotously funny but whipsmart and lovely, too, so are its new stars. The post ‘Once Upon a Mattress’ Review: A Quick-Witted, Big-Hearted Gem Returns to Broadway …
SOURCE: Slant Magazine at 10:00PMWith Life and Trust, Emursive has opted wisely for mood over minutiae. The post ‘Life and Trust’ Review: Faustian Bargains appeared first on Slant Magazine.
SOURCE: Slant Magazine at 10:00PMJob preserves an unsettling undercurrent, despite its ridiculous premise. The post ‘Job’ Review: The Twist’s the Thing appeared first on Slant Magazine.
SOURCE: Slant Magazine at 09:30PMDespite the 12 Angry Men-like setup, there’s nothing anonymous about the women here. The post <em>The Welkin</em> Review: Twelve Women Anatomize a Murder in 18th-Century Englan…
SOURCE: Slant Magazine at 11:29AMThere are at least four celebrated contenders vying, all equally convincingly, for the top prize. The post 2024 Tony Awards: Predicting the Likely Winners, from <em>Sterophonic</em&…
SOURCE: Slant Magazine at 02:43PMEach play poeticizes the cradle-to-near-grave journey of so-called ordinary American lives. The post Life’s Language: <em>Home</em> and <em>What Becomes of Us</em> …
SOURCE: Slant Magazine at 09:30PMThe show ultimately overlooks its own message: that a little isolation goes a long way. The post <em>Three Houses</em> Review: Dave Malloy’s Post-Pandemic Musical Is Lonely to …
SOURCE: Slant Magazine at 09:00PMThis Great Gatsby is an engaging, tautly rendered, and visually dazzling ride. The post <em>The Great Gatsby</em> Review: A Musical Take on a Classic Gets a Miraculous Broadway M…
SOURCE: Slant Magazine at 10:00PMA smarter, warmer, bolder revival of The Wiz remains tantalizingly out of reach. The post <em>The Wiz</em> Review: Despite Stunning Performances, New Revival Eases Aimlessly Down…
SOURCE: Slant Magazine at 11:00PMIt never stands a chance of being so bad it’s good because it wants to be good so badly. The post <em>Lempicka</em> Review: A Tonally Jumbled Celebration of the Undervalued “…
SOURCE: Slant Magazine at 11:00PMIn Zinnie Harris’s play, Lady Macbeth gets tangled in her own unraveling. The post <em>Macbeth (An Undoing)</em> Review: When Undoing Is an Understatement appeared first on Sla…
SOURCE: Slant Magazine at 09:04PMUnder Danya Taymor’s direction, this is a remarkable, emotionally arresting piece of theater. The post <em>The Outsiders</em> Review: Greasers and Socs Will Get a Hold on You i…
SOURCE: Slant Magazine at 09:00PMSam Gold’s sharply accelerating production reveals the horror of hypocrisy. The post Review: A Strong <em>Enemy of the People</em> Gets an Unexpected Real-World Jolt appeared f…
SOURCE: Slant Magazine at 10:08PMThis show never transcends the clichés that it conflictingly both seeks to challenge and embrace. The post <em>The Notebook</em> Review: On Stage, a Nicholas Sparks Adaptation H…
SOURCE: Slant Magazine at 09:00PMIllinoise functions like a particularly classy jukebox musical. The post <em>Illinoise</em> Review: Sufjan Stevens’s <em>Illinois</em> Comes Movingly Alive in Josh …
SOURCE: Slant Magazine at 08:00PMFiasco Theater’s production of Pericles is an electrifying act of double-resurrection itself. The post <em>Pericles</em> Review: The Bawdy and the Beautiful appeared first on S…
SOURCE: Slant Magazine at 09:00PMThe Connector’s characters reach beyond their time and place to point, Cassandra-like, toward the litany of offenses against the truth that would stack up over 25 years. The post <em>…
SOURCE: Slant Magazine at 07:00PMIn its new iteration, Under the Radar, which runs through January 21, hasn’t missed a step. The post Under the Radar 2024 appeared first on Slant Magazine.
SOURCE: Slant Magazine at 12:09PMIn 2023, there was a happy diversity in the tapestry of the theater that resonated most deeply. The post The Best Theater of 2023 appeared first on Slant Magazine.
SOURCE: Slant Magazine at 09:02AMThere are few dramatic moments that justify the music that stems from the songs. The post <em>Hell’s Kitchen</em> Review: Fallin’ In and Out of Love with Alicia Keys’s Juke…
SOURCE: Slant Magazine at 09:30PMIt’s surprising how much of Spamalot’s humor now feels rooted in an earlier time. The post <em>Spamalot</em> Review: A Musical Revival That Pitches Itself to the TikTok Gener…
SOURCE: Slant Magazine at 08:00PMI Need That is a vehicle built for two that mostly just spins its wheels. The post <em>I Need That</em> Review: Buried by His Past appeared first on Slant Magazine.
SOURCE: Slant Magazine at 09:00PMHere We Are is one last invitation to let Sondheim’s music guide us through the woods. The post <em>Here We Are</em> Review: Stephen Sondheim’s Final Master Class Is Small an…
SOURCE: Slant Magazine at 12:00AMO’Casey’s depiction of the incursion of war on the lives of the innocent shudders with timeliness. The post <em>DruidO’Casey</em> Review: Sean O’Casey’s Trilogy Is a Tr…
SOURCE: Slant Magazine at 12:35PMAcross this revival of Purlie Victorious, it’s rare that the silliness and sobriety intermix. The post <em>Purlie Victorious</em> Review: Ossie Davis’s Outsized Jim Crow Sati…
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