Hilarious star turns from Megan Hilty and Jennifer Simard make the mostly unfunny 1992 film into an intermittently memorable Broadway musical.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 09:42PMA dark musical about a shipwreck and its aftermath, with songs by the Avett Brothers, anchors on Broadway.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 11:06PMA supersmart musical about making a connection arrives on Broadway in a joyful, heartbreaking, cutting-edge production.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 02:24PMThe great jazz trumpeter and sandpaper vocalist gets the old jukebox treatment in a new Broadway musical starring James Monroe Iglehart.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 09:31PMEmmy Rossum and Zoë Winters star in a new Off Broadway play that’s a climate disaster drama cohabiting with a domestic soap opera.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 09:54PMJoshua Henry stars in an exhilarating gala revival of the 1998 musical about nothing less than the harmony and discord of America.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 03:24PMAnd is the culture telling the right stories about them, at a time when it’s never felt more urgent?
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:31AMThe Broadway revival of “Romeo + Juliet” plays to the TikTok crowd. But maybe that’s a good thing.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:06AMJulia May Jonas’s compelling play, opening the Bushwick Starr’s new theater, explores how a story written about men looks from the other side.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 06:54AMA fascinating Broadway revival of the bombastic 1994 musical blows it up even further.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:24PMA country music star embodies the clichés of celebrity in an Off Broadway revival of Kenneth Lonergan’s 2016 comedy.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:12PMThe Thornton Wilder classic returns to Broadway, still brutal and avant-garde after 86 years.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:06AMA diner patron asks a waitress for an extraordinary side dish in Meghan Kennedy’s sweet but shaggy new play.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 09:24PMDavid Henry Hwang’s 2007 play, now in a fine Broadway revival, is a pointed critique of identity, masquerading as a mockumentary.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:42PMThe “Oppenheimer” star makes his Broadway debut in Ayad Akhtar’s timely new play about a literary lion who gets assistance from A.I.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 09:06PMIn Jez Butterworth’s compelling new play, four girls trained to sing close harmony wind up as acrimonious adults.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 11:24PMThe former senator haunts the former president, or vice versa, in this sophomoric musical satire.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:06PMFrom its perch way Off Broadway, the long-running satire slings its affectionate arrows at Patti, Audra and the rest.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:48PMA Bronx grifter and an Iowa homebody share a house and eventually learn from each other in this Broadway star vehicle.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 09:02PMRevivals of “Romeo and Juliet,” “Our Town,” “Gypsy” and “Sunset Boulevard” aim to show that rethinking for the present is what makes classics classic.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:24AMAt the Stratford Festival, a remix of genders and genres tells a brand-new, age-old tale of personal freedom.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:02AMDavid Ives’s new play at the Williamstown Theater Festival is less a whodunit than a who done what.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 01:12PMA patient, a shrink and a gun are the raw ingredients of a chic, sadistic Broadway thriller.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 09:54PMHow a Black lieutenant, a gay kiss and a catless ballroom are helping reclaim Broadway classics.
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SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 09:06PMEasygoing days of drama and comedy are just a few hours away (or even closer) in New York, Connecticut and Massachusetts.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 11:42AMIs moral leadership possible without parliamentary power? Two very familiar congresswomen battle it out onstage.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:12PMElevator Repair Service’s staged reading of the huge James Joyce novel retains much of its humor, pathos and bawdiness.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 01:36PMResetting the “Memory” musical in the world of ballroom competitions makes for a joyful reincarnation.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 09:18PMA play from Denmark, with a South African cast, turns the heroic tropes of horse operas into the tools of tragedy at St. Ann’s Warehouse in Brooklyn.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:12AM“Hell’s Kitchen,” “Stereophonic” and others are up for top prizes at Sunday’s ceremony. Our critic takes stock of their cast albums, all available now.
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