Thursday, April 16, 2026
Emmy Winner Ayo Edebiri and Golden Globe Winner Don Cheadle make their long-awaited Broadway debuts in David Auburn’s Pulitzer and Tony Award–winning PROOF. Directed by Tony wi…
SOURCE: Did They Like It? at 10:52PMCheadle and Edebiri are both down-to-earth and unshowy in their clear affection for each other, and they’re warmly believable as parent and child. Cheadle is laid back to the point of…
SOURCE: Did They Like It? at 10:50PMProof is so structurally sound that any production can have an impact, which is both a gift in theory and a potential liability in practice. Both sides of that equation are why Thomas Kailâ…
SOURCE: Did They Like It? at 10:50PMThe cast assembled here is easily one of the best on Broadway right now. Edebiri was, frankly, the wild card, an intriguing bit of casting that nonetheless had folks wondering whether her th…
SOURCE: Did They Like It? at 10:50PMWhile it may take the production a moment to fully kick into gear, Proof’s effective performances from its four-member cast will keep theatergoers engrossed in all of its mathematical…
SOURCE: Did They Like It? at 10:50PM“Proof†remains a scintillating play. Its questions about hereditary mental illness, the truth, and who can be labeled a genius — especially with a Black woman at the cent…
SOURCE: Did They Like It? at 10:50PMThe more seasoned Broadway actors have the run of the stage: Ha’s Hal is layered and endearing, and Kara Young—as Catherine’s bougie and bossy sister, Claire, a currency…
SOURCE: Did They Like It? at 10:50PMOn stage, in her Broadway debut, Edebiri leaves it to the other actors to carry the drama. That’s not a great choice, but it makes for an effective first act, because the other actors…
SOURCE: Did They Like It? at 10:50PMA few technical missteps are nonetheless minor compared with the serious performance troubles at the heart of Kail’s Proof. And yet, the unassuming strength of Auburn’s writing…
SOURCE: Did They Like It? at 10:50PM“Proof†is one of the best American dramas to emerge in the last decade of the 20th century, a script ripe for revival not least for how beautifully it focuses on a little family…
SOURCE: Did They Like It? at 10:50PMNick’s got a story to tell you. About how a routine traffic stop turned into a conviction for murder. About how he spent the next 22 years on death row. About how he finally petitione…
SOURCE: Did They Like It? at 12:16AMFerrentino’s choice to make Nick look like he might be an unreliable narrator thus becomes bizarre; it certainly works against the clearer passions of the documentary. If you don 
SOURCE: Did They Like It? at 12:13AMBrody is expectedly watchable and uber-committed, though the white-boy-swag vibe he loves to affect becomes grating in the wandering play, whose first 80 minutes or so are mostly just Yarris…
SOURCE: Did They Like It? at 12:13AMI had no such ambivalence viewing The Fear of 13, Lindsey Ferrentino’s stage adaptation, now at Broadway’s James Earl Jones Theatre. I knew it was bullshit within minutes of Ad…
SOURCE: Did They Like It? at 12:13AM“The Fear of 13†is deeply moving. Yet it falls short of being remarkable with uneven pacing and its ever-shifting tone. Translating a documentary into a Broadway production is n…
SOURCE: Did They Like It? at 12:13AMEven in the harshest descriptions of the violence and almost unbelievably cruel twists of fate that Yarris endured (the DNA testing keeps getting accidentally mucked up), Brody lends him a v…
SOURCE: Did They Like It? at 12:13AMIn his Broadway debut, Brody brings the same intensity and hangdog vulnerability that underscore his best film performances, and if his hip-hop Yo! MTV Raps street mannerisms seem an actorly…
SOURCE: Did They Like It? at 12:13AMFerrentino struggles to synthesize the true story’s larger themes, so even if Brody has some affecting moments in the closing scenes, the play is flat, emotionally ineffectual. It�
SOURCE: Did They Like It? at 12:13AMOne leaves the Fear of 13 certainly horrified by the injustice done to Yarris, and moved by his journey to freedom, but it’s a fleeting feeling. Ferrentino and Brody have not burrowed…
SOURCE: Did They Like It? at 12:13AMBrody comports himself well enough. He is poised and relaxed, and the delicate, damaged spirit he brings to his heartbreaking films transitions smoothly to the theater. It’s just that…
SOURCE: Did They Like It? at 12:13AMMonday, April 13, 2026
From a basement Off-Broadway to an international phenomenon, TITANÃQUE sails onto Broadway for its grandest voyage yet. Winner of the Olivier Award for Best New Comedy, this global splash…
SOURCE: Did They Like It? at 12:32AMThere’s a lot to digest, and the pace doesn’t help: It is so relentless that it’s as if we’re watching a playback at twice the normal speed. Sometimes “Tita…
SOURCE: Did They Like It? at 12:01AMNow, amped up about as high as it can go with an all-star cast, TitanÃque is guaranteed to deliver the most fun night you will have at the theatre this year.
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SOURCE: Did They Like It? at 12:00AMIn a world chugging toward dark waters, TitanÃque is a guaranteed good night out—one that ends with the whole audience singing.
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SOURCE: Did They Like It? at 12:00AMCampier than the campy Cats: The Jellicle Ball but no less generous in its embrace of queer heritage’s seismic impact on American culture, TitanÃque on Broadway is bigger than a me…
SOURCE: Did They Like It? at 12:00AMAdvertised as a strictly limited run, the show’s established and Millennial-friendly fan base should be coming back for seconds and the Broadway gig will give cachet to future cruises…
SOURCE: Did They Like It? at 12:00AMTitanÃque is the kind of giddy, dippy, fan-friendly spectacle that invites you to arrive a glass-and-a-half deep, literally or spiritually.
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SOURCE: Did They Like It? at 12:00AMI can’t say the humongous St. James Theatre, which suits hardly any show, is my favorite port of call. Nobody can argue that its distancing size is an asset to a musical that thrives …
SOURCE: Did They Like It? at 12:00AMAs intellectual property goes, never count out our endless fascination with the Titanic, which was the origin story of this show, set in a Titanic museum, presumably the real one in Pigeon F…
SOURCE: Did They Like It? at 12:00AMA shining comedy showcase, a bonafide arena concert, and a well-built musical that doesn’t require much Titanic knowledge to enjoy.
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SOURCE: Did They Like It? at 12:00AMThursday, April 9, 2026
One man and his family are caught up in the pressures and delusions of living the American Dream. Miller’s play is the story of a traveling salesman whose illusions of picture-perfect…
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