All stories by David Cote on BroadwayStars

Wednesday, April 29, 2026

Wag the Doggerel: Late by David Cote

Nonce verse from a poetaster

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Sunday, April 26, 2026

How The Lost Boys Breaks the Vampire Musical Curse by David Cote

Surprisingly, these children of the night don’t suck

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Thursday, April 23, 2026

The Rocky Horror Show: Our Lust Is So Sincere by David Cote

Richard O’Brien’s pansexual sci-fi freakout is the party we desperately needed

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Tuesday, April 21, 2026
Sunday, April 19, 2026

"Fallen Angels" on Broadway: Real Housewives of London Get Lit, Spill Tea by David Cote

Noël Coward's wafer-thin marital comedy returns to Broadway after 70 years

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Saturday, April 18, 2026

Artgoing: Caravaggio and Bellini at the Morgan by David Cote

Catching two schmactacular works from the Italian Renaissance (and more) on view at the Morgan

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Thursday, April 16, 2026

Thoughts on Broadway's Exoneration Drama The Fear of 13 by David Cote

Adrien Brody suffers (and endures) movingly

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Tuesday, April 14, 2026

Help Us Celebrate "I've Got the Shakes: Performing Richard Foreman" by David Cote

Hear from actors who spent time in Richard Foreman's head

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Monday, April 13, 2026

All the Stupid Names for This Place by David Cote

Sticks and stones will break my bones…so don't throw sticks and stones

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Friday, April 10, 2026

Friday Critic's Picks by David Cote

I noticed you're wondering what to see on Broadway, Off and Off-Off

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Thursday, April 9, 2026

Death of a Salesman on Broadway: Attention Paid to the American Dream by David Cote

Nathan Lane and Laurie Metcalf lead a brutally lucid revival custom built for the Ponzi Casino Shitstorm of disaster capitalism.

SOURCE: David Cote at 10:05PM[SHARE]
Wednesday, April 8, 2026

Research Notes: Death of a Salesman (2012) by David Cote

Checking out what I had to say about Philip Seymour Hoffman's Willy Loman on Broadway fourteen years ago, directed by Mike Nichols.

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Tuesday, April 7, 2026

Five Things I Love About Becky Shaw on Broadway by David Cote

A splendid comedy of bad manners returns to Second Stage Theatre.

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Thursday, January 15, 2026

Bug by David Cote

Tracy Letts's '90s roadside psychodrama makes its Broadway debut. Carrie Coon as Agnes White in Bug. © Matthew Murphy. Bug, written by Tracy Letts, directed by David Cromer, Samuel J. F…

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Friday, December 19, 2025

Old French Bores: Molière Is Blasphemed in This Tin-Eared 'Tartuffe' by David Cote

What a misguided affair from such an accomplished team.

SOURCE: The New York Observer at 12:39PM[SHARE]
Monday, December 15, 2025

Review: Michelle Williams Navigates Choppy Waters in 'Anna Christie' by David Cote

This production leans heavily on Williams to humanize a century-old script whose language can feel insistently blunt.

SOURCE: The New York Observer at 01:42PM[SHARE]
Wednesday, December 10, 2025

Review: 'Marjorie Prime' Tracks the Ghost in the Machine of Artificial Intelligence by David Cote

As humans are periodically replaced by eager and curious Primes, the audience tumbles headlong into the uncanny valley.

SOURCE: The New York Observer at 11:47AM[SHARE]
Tuesday, September 30, 2025

Review: 'Masquerade' Tries to Revive 'Phantom of the Opera' But Embalms It Instead by David Cote

Diane Paulus is an old pro at taking theatrical IP and infusing wild, contemporary life into it. If only she'd done so here.

SOURCE: The New York Observer at 11:05AM[SHARE]
Monday, September 29, 2025

Review: Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter's 'Waiting for Godot' Is Excellent by David Cote

Fans of Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure registered delight throughout the Hudson Theatre. Bogus? Not a jot.

SOURCE: The New York Observer at 09:54AM[SHARE]
Tuesday, September 16, 2025

Brilliant or Blank? 'Art' Frames Love-Hate Bromances on Broadway by David Cote

Yasmina Reza's 1998 comedy abounds in witty chuckles and elegant structure, but it remains a slight boulevard comedy: three self-obsessed Frenchmen bickering over a pricey painting.

SOURCE: The New York Observer at 10:01PM[SHARE]
Monday, September 15, 2025

Review: 'The Brothers Size' Sings a Powerful Song of Family and Freedom by David Cote

Right off, Tarell Alvin McCraney draws the ancient distinction between the vita activa and the vita contemplativa: the active versus contemplative life.

SOURCE: The New York Observer at 09:09AM[SHARE]
Thursday, September 4, 2025

From Broadway Classics to European Avant-Garde, New York's Fall Programming Runs the Gamut by David Cote

We're not just short-listing major Broadway shows, daring plays and musicals Off but also work by women artists we're excited to see. 

SOURCE: The New York Observer at 02:38PM[SHARE]
Thursday, August 21, 2025

Shakespeare in the Park Is Back With a Sexy, Song-Filled 'Twelfth Night' by David Cote

There's not a dud in the ensemble, from Sandra Oh's flushed and impulsive Olivia to a scene-stealing turn by initialized performer "b" as Antonio, the sailor who rescues Sebastian from drown…

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Monday, August 18, 2025

There It Goes Again: Jukebox Musical 'Mamma Mia!' Returns to Broadway by David Cote

Twenty-four years later, this show still has the emotional depth of a sugared-up fourteen-year-old.

SOURCE: The New York Observer at 09:46AM[SHARE]
Thursday, July 10, 2025

Review: The Deliciously Dark 'Heathers' Is Back Off-Broadway by David Cote

Beyond its sociological themes, the show is a ton of stylish, well-crafted fun with top-notch acting and top-to-bottom earworms.

SOURCE: The New York Observer at 09:15PM[SHARE]
Monday, June 30, 2025

Review: Trust the Darkness, But Follow the Light in Spooky 'Viola's Room' by David Cote

Conceived and directed by Punchdrunk's chief wizard Felix Barrett, Viola's Room is an audio-guided indoor son et lumière.

SOURCE: The New York Observer at 11:00AM[SHARE]
Thursday, June 26, 2025

Review: A Hot Mess and a Sex Pest Go on a Date in 'Lowcountry' by David Cote

If you arrived late and left five minutes early, you might say it crackles along in a noirish vein, but taken as a whole, the drama leaves you hanging.

SOURCE: The New York Observer at 09:34AM[SHARE]
Friday, May 23, 2025

Review: Hugh Jackman Tells Tales Out of School in 'Sexual Misconduct of the Middle Classes'  by David Cote

A rare chance to see the movie star's relaxed natural charm up close in the Minetta Lane Theatre as he plays a professor entangled with a young woman in Hannah Moscovitch's engaging two-hand…

SOURCE: The New York Observer at 09:00AM[SHARE]
Tuesday, May 20, 2025

Review: A Steady, Not-Too Bumpy Ride to William Inge's Bus Stop by David Cote

A respectful revival brings this play about the agonies of love and sex vibrantly to life.

SOURCE: The New York Observer at 02:33PM[SHARE]
Sunday, April 27, 2025

Review: 'Dead Outlaw' Is An Exquisite Corpse and Killer Close to the Broadway Season by David Cote

This darkly exhilarating musical has what is easily the best new score on Broadway, written by by David Yazbek and Erik Della Penna, and an irreverent yet wistful book by Itamar Moses.

SOURCE: The New York Observer at 05:37PM[SHARE]
Wednesday, April 23, 2025

Review: Not-Such-Happy Campers Vacation with Bereavement in 'Grief Camp' by David Cote

A group of teenagers retreat to the woods to process their feelings in playwright Eliya Smith's thoughtful and elliptical dramedy.

SOURCE: The New York Observer at 09:23AM[SHARE]

All that Chat

2025-2026 BROADWAY SEASON
Jun 12, 2025: Call Me Izzy - Studio 54
Sep 16, 2025: Art - Music Box Theatre
Oct 08, 2025: Beetlejuice - Palace Theatre
Nov 13, 2025: Oedipus - Studio 54
Nov 16, 2025: Chess - Imperial Theatre
Mar 23, 2026: Giant - Music Box Theatre
Apr 06, 2026: Becky Shaw - Hayes Theater
Apr 16, 2026: Proof - Booth Theatre
Apr 26, 2026: Drama Desk Cut-Off