Broadway Stars
Today is Wednesday, May 6, 2026     Broadway Baby Birthdays:     Brad Bass     Ann Marie Morelli     Roma Downey     Douglas Bernstein     Lynn Whitfield     Michael O'Hare     Richard Cox     Frank Bouley     Sidney Chatton     Frederic Downs     Orson Welles     Kevin O'Shea     Stewart Granger     Lew Christensen     Raymond Bailey     Oliver H. P. Garrett     Carolyn Green     Edward Clark     Gabrielle McClinton     Ben Masters     Molly McKasson     Avis McCarther     Neil Jones     The New York Herald     Man Parrish     Ariel Dorfman     Marty Brill     Kal Mann     Walter Bullock     Gaston Leroux

All stories by Dennis Harvey on BroadwayStars

Go To Date:
OLDER >>
Tony Awards News Drama Desk News Outer Critics Circle News
Friday, May 17, 2024

'Galileo: A Rock Musical' Review: Grafting 80s-Style Power Ballads Onto The Story of a Renaissance Visionary Yields Assertive But Awkward Results by Dennis Harvey

With science denialism and theocratic politics both on the rise, it's an opportune moment to revisit the life of Galileo Galilei, whose discoveries about the cosmos four centuries ago were c…

SOURCE: Variety at 06:08PM[SHARE]
Tuesday, June 20, 2017

Seattle Theater Review: 'Romy and Michele's High School Reunion,' The Musical by Dennis Harvey

While the potential is still there for a musicalized "R&M" to improve upon its source, as "Legally Blonde" did, at present this loud, effortful stab at a crowdpleaser goes in the opposit…

SOURCE: Variety at 11:47AM[SHARE]
Sunday, May 21, 2017

Berkeley Theater Review: 'Monsoon Wedding,' the Musical by Dennis Harvey

An evening that feels like a brash but cloddish welding of ill-matched parts beside the original film's smooth, mosaic-like assembly.

SOURCE: Variety at 10:00AM[SHARE]
Thursday, January 26, 2017

Sundance Film Review: 'Take Every Wave: The Life of Laird Hamilton' by Dennis Harvey

This slick, entertaining portrait won't provide many surprises for those who've followed the subject's high-profile career, but should fascinate the less familiar.

SOURCE: Variety at 02:53AM[SHARE]
Friday, October 17, 2014

Film Review: 'Lucky Stiff' by Dennis Harvey

With sets and costumes aiming for a vaguely '60s/'70s feel, "Lucky Stiff" onscreen is a very light black comedy in a broad, campy tenor.

SOURCE: Variety at 08:41PM[SHARE]
Thursday, September 18, 2014

Berkeley Theater Review: 'An Audience with Meow Meow' by Dennis Harvey

A little charm goes but a little way in "An Audience with Meow Meow," a show with a title character whose program bio description as a "post-post-modern diva" likewise overestimates her…

SOURCE: Variety at 10:00AM[SHARE]
OLDER >>

// Recommended  |  viewed  |  Tags

AUTHORS  |  SITES  

LISTEN & SUBSCRIBE
Class Notes: Cassia Thompson in “Thornton Wilder’s The Emporium”
Today on Broadway: Nominations announced for 2026 Tony Awards
Last Week on Broadway: Monday, May 4, 2026
This Week on Broadway for May 3, 2026: The Lost Boys
Stagecraft: James Clements playwright of “BEAUTY FREAK”
Broadway Grosses Report: April 29, 2026
Last Week on Broadway: Monday, April 27, 2026
This Week on Broadway for April 26, 2026: Schmigadoon!
Review Recap: ‘The Rocky Horror Show’ Broadway revival
Review Recap: ‘Beaches’ original Broadway production
MORE...
All that Chat

2025-2026 BROADWAY SEASON
Jun 12, 2025: Call Me Izzy - Studio 54
Aug 14, 2025: Mamma Mia - Winter Garden Theatre
Aug 18, 2025: Jeff Ross: Take A Banana For The Ride - Nederlander Theatre
Sep 16, 2025: Art - Music Box Theatre
Sep 28, 2025: Waiting For Godot - Hudson Theatre
Sep 29, 2025: Punch - Samuel J. Friedman Theatre
Oct 08, 2025: Beetlejuice - Palace Theatre
Oct 16, 2025: Ragtime - Vivian Beaumont Theater
Oct 28, 2025: Liberation - James Earl Jones Theatre
Oct 30, 2025: Little Bear Ridge Road - Booth Theatre
Nov 09, 2025: The Queen of Versailles - St. James Theatre
Nov 13, 2025: Oedipus - Studio 54
Nov 16, 2025: Chess - Imperial Theatre
Nov 20, 2025: Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York) - Longacre Theatre
Dec 08, 2025: Marjorie Prime - Hayes Theater
Jan 08, 2026: Bug - Samuel J. Friedman Theatre
Mar 12, 2026: Every Brilliant Thing - Hudson Theatre
Mar 23, 2026: Giant - Music Box Theatre
Mar 30, 2026: Dog Day Afternoon - August Wilson Theatre
Apr 06, 2026: Becky Shaw - Hayes Theater
Apr 07, 2026: Cats: The Jellicle Ball - Broadhurst Theatre
Apr 09, 2026: Death of a Salesman - Winter Garden Theatre
Apr 12, 2026: Titanique - St. James Theatre
Apr 15, 2026: The Fear of 13 - James Earl Jones Theatre
Apr 16, 2026: Proof - Booth Theatre
Apr 19, 2026: Fallen Angels - Todd Haimes Theatre
Apr 20, 2026: Schmigadoon! - Nederlander Theatre
Apr 21, 2026: The Balusters - Samuel J. Friedman Theatre
Apr 22, 2026: Beaches A New Musical - Majestic Theatre
Apr 23, 2026: The Rocky Horror Show - Studio 54
Apr 25, 2026: Joe Turner's Come and Gone - Ethel Barrymore Theatre
Apr 26, 2026: The Lost Boys - Palace Theatre
Apr 26, 2026: 2025-2026 Tony Awards Eligibility Cut-Off
Apr 26, 2026: Drama Desk Cut-Off
Apr 29, 2026: Drama Desk Nominations
May 05, 2026: 2025-2026 Tony Awards Nominations Announced
May 17, 2026: The 70th Drama Desk Awards - The Town Hall
Jun 02, 2026: The Theatre World Awards
Jun 07, 2026: 79th Annual Tony Awards - Radio City Music Hall

What's Playing On Broadway