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Sunday, December 13, 2015

'Once Upon a Mattress': Theater Review by Frank Scheck

Jackie Hoffman and John Epperson, better known as "Lypsinka," star in this off-Broadway revival of Mary Rodgers' venerable musical based on 'The Princess and the Pea.' read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 09:30PM
Monday, November 30, 2015

'New York Animals': Theater Review by Frank Scheck

Legendary composer Burt Bacharach contributes new songs to this world-premiere play by Steven Sater of 'Spring Awakening' fame. read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 11:36AM
Friday, November 27, 2015

A Playwright Hits the Big Time: Stephen Karam on His White-Hot Career by Frank Scheck

The author of 'The Humans' discusses the acclaimed play's upcoming Broadway transfer and his two film projects premiering next year: "I'm not exaggerating when I say this feels like a bit of…

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 09:00AM
Monday, November 23, 2015

'Important Hats of the Twentieth Century': Theater Review by Frank Scheck

A dastardly '30s-era fashion designer uses a stolen time machine to get his ideas from the future in 'Orange Is the New Black' writer Nick Jones' wacky farce. read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 09:00PM
Sunday, November 22, 2015

'The Illusionists — Live on Broadway': Theater Review by Frank Scheck

The Vegas-style touring revue featuring an assemblage of seven flamboyant magicians is back for another New York holiday engagement. read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 05:19PM
Friday, November 20, 2015

‘ROCK’ DOESN’T ROLL by Frank Scheck

ONE of the fortunate if trivial side effects of the end of the “troubles” in Northern Ireland was that, once it subsided, so would the flood of imported plays about it. “Ro…

SOURCE: The New York Post at 07:26AM

Brit accent on cabaret by Frank Scheck

We get more than our share of British theater imported to these shores, but British cabaret is in woefully short supply. That situation has been temporarily rectified with the arrival of Fas…

SOURCE: The New York Post at 07:26AM
Thursday, November 19, 2015

‘ROAD’ WORK IS UNDER ‘WAY by Frank Scheck

Plenty of activity afoot this season on off-Broadway – and there’s no doubt about its most eagerly anticipated production: “Road Show,” the first new musical by Steph…

SOURCE: The New York Post at 08:45PM

‘TIS THE MOST SNAPPY ‘FELA!’ by Frank Scheck

DON’T expect to sit on your butt or your hands at “Fela!” This rousing new bio-musical – full of the pulsating, rhythmic Afrobeat music for which its subject was famo…

SOURCE: The New York Post at 08:45PM
Monday, November 16, 2015

'Neighborhood 3: Requisition of Doom': Theater Review by Frank Scheck

Veteran Hollywood director Joel Schumacher stages this darkly comic chiller about suburban teenagers obsessed with a zombie-hunting, virtual-reality videogame. read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 09:00PM
Sunday, November 15, 2015

'Incident at Vichy': Theater Review by Frank Scheck

Off-Broadway's Signature Theatre presents a revival of Arthur Miller's rarely performed 1964 one-act play, set in a Nazi detention center. read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 09:00PM
Thursday, November 12, 2015

'Henry IV': Theater Review by Frank Scheck

Harriet Walter plays the title role in the Donmar Warehouse's all-female production of Shakespeare's classic, set in a women's prison. read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 01:26PM
Wednesday, November 11, 2015

'Shear Madness': Theater Review by Frank Scheck

The interactive comic whodunnit set in a hair salon finally arrives in NYC after running for decades in such cities as Boston and Washington, D.C.read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 09:00PM
Monday, November 9, 2015

'Lost Girls': Theater Review by Frank Scheck

A teenage girl goes missing during a fierce blizzard in John Pollono's New England-set drama starring Piper Perabo.read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 08:30PM
Sunday, November 8, 2015

'Hir': Theater Review by Frank Scheck

Kristine Nielsen stars in this dark dysfunctional family comedy by playwright and performance artist Taylor Mac, written in a style he describes as "absurd realism."read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 08:00PM
Friday, October 30, 2015

'Dear Elizabeth': Theater Review by Frank Scheck

A rotating cast of stars appears in Sarah Ruhl's theatrical adaptation of the correspondence between famed poets Elizabeth Bishop and Robert Lowell. read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 12:48PM
Friday, October 23, 2015

'Hasan Minhaj: Homecoming King': Theater Review by Frank Scheck

The 'Daily Show' correspondent performs a one-man show in which he recounts his experiences as a first-generation Indian-American. read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 10:00PM
Wednesday, October 21, 2015

'First Daughter Suite': Theater Review by Frank Scheck

This filial sequel to Michael John LaChuiusa's 1993 chamber musical, 'First Lady Suite,' concentrates on presidential offspring. read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 09:00PM
Monday, October 19, 2015

'Kill Floor': Theater Review by Frank Scheck

Marin Ireland stars in Abe Koogler's new play about a woman struggling to remake her life after being released from prison. read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 09:00PM
Sunday, October 18, 2015

'Trip of Love': Theater Review by Frank Scheck

Creator-director-choreographer James Walski's dance-heavy musical revue features over 25 classic pop songs of the 1960s. read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 04:00PM
Tuesday, October 13, 2015

'Ugly Lies the Bone': Theater Review by Frank Scheck

Mamie Gummer stars in the world premiere of Lindsey Ferrentino's play about a war veteran who comes bearing physical and emotional scars. read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 09:00PM
Sunday, September 27, 2015

'Antigone': Theater Review by Frank Scheck

Oscar-winner Juliette Binoche plays the title role in Ivo van Hove's production of the classic Greek tragedy. read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 09:00PM
Thursday, September 17, 2015

'The Christians': Theater Review by Frank Scheck

Lucas Hnath's play about the internal conflicts within an evangelical megachurch opens off-Broadway prior to its December run at the Mark Taper Forum. read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 09:15PM

'Hamlet in Bed': Theater Review by Frank Scheck

Annette O'Toole stars opposite playwright Michael Laurence in this new work about an actor who casts the woman he thinks is his birth mother as Gertrude to his Hamlet.read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 09:00PM
Wednesday, September 9, 2015

'The Legend of Georgia McBride': Theater Review by Frank Scheck

A Florida straight man becomes a local drag star in this comedy by emerging playwright Matthew Lopez, author of 'The Whipping Man.'read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 08:30PM
Thursday, August 27, 2015

'Whorl Inside a Loop': Theater Review by Frank Scheck

Broadway actress Sherie Rene Scott stars in her play co-written with Dick Scanlan, based on her experience working with prison inmates on a theatrical project.read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 08:00PM
Wednesday, August 26, 2015

'On the Town': Theater Review by Frank Scheck

Misty Copeland makes her Broadway debut in the Tony-nominated revival of the classic Leonard Bernstein, Betty Comden and Adolph Green musical. read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 01:47PM
Wednesday, August 19, 2015

'Mercury Fur': Theater Review by Frank Scheck

Philip Ridley's controversial dystopian drama about a party in which a young boy is offered as a sacrifice is given its off-Broadway premiere by The New Group.read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 09:00PM
Monday, August 10, 2015

'Cymbeline': Theater Review by Frank Scheck

Lily Rabe, Hamish Linklater, Raul Esparza and Kate Burton star in this free Central Park production of Shakespeare's dizzyingly convoluted late romance play.read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 09:00PM
Thursday, August 6, 2015

'Hamilton': Theater Review by Frank Scheck

Lin-Manuel Miranda's landmark musical about the Founding Father transfers to Broadway with all its virtues intact and major hit status already assured. read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 09:00PM
Sunday, July 26, 2015

'The Absolute Brightness of Leonard Pelkey': Theater Review by Frank Scheck

This solo play written and performed by the co-founder of The Trevor Project relates the tale of a flamboyant teenager who goes missing.read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 09:02AM

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Jun 05, 2024: Home - Todd Haimes Theatre
Jul 11, 2024: Oh, Mary! - Lyceum Theatre
Jul 30, 2024: Job - Hayes Theater
Sep 12, 2024: The Roommate - Booth Theatre
Nov 14, 2024: Tammy Faye - Palace Theatre
Dec 12, 2024: Cult of Love - Hayes Theater
Dec 19, 2024: Gypsy - Majestic Theatre
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Apr 01, 2025: Glengarry Glen Ross
Apr 10, 2025: Smash - Imperial Theatre
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