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Monday, March 31, 2025

Glengarry Glen Ross review – David Mamet’s masterpiece still dazzles on Broadway by Jesse Hassenger

Palace Theatre, New YorkKieran Culkin, Bob Odenkirk and Bill Burr lead an impressive new staging of the bleak yet darkly funny drama The new revival of David Mamet’s seminal play Glengarry…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:30PM
Monday, March 24, 2025

$921 to see Denzel Washington’s Othello? How Broadway tickets got so expensive by Jesse Hassenger

A blockbuster production of the Shakespeare tragedy might boast Denzel Washington and Jake Gyllenhaal but it’s sparked a debate over excessive pricing How much would you pay to be in the s…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:10AM
Wednesday, March 19, 2025

Buena Vista Social Club review – exuberant yet dramatically thin Broadway musical by Jesse Hassenger

Schoenfeld Theatre, New York The 1997 album that later became a hit documentary now reaches the stage in a play with thrilling music performances but a lacking script Was it restraint or ove…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:00PM
Tuesday, March 18, 2025

Purpose review – dysfunctional family drama hits highs and lows by Jesse Hassenger

Helen Hayes Theater, New York Tony-award winning playwright Branden Jacobs-Jenkins has crafted an ambitious and bold new play but not all of his big swings hit their mark Technically speakin…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:03AM
Tuesday, February 4, 2025

Sing Sing on stage: the Oscar-nominated drama hits New York by Jesse Hassenger

The play within the acclaimed prison-set movie made its way to an off-Broadway stage this week with original cast members involved Recently, a few hundred people gathered in Manhattan at the…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:48PM
Monday, January 27, 2025

Hugh Jackman: From New York, With Love review – the showman hits Broadway again by Jesse Hassenger

Radio City Music Hall, New York The actor and performer’s charmingly old fashioned one-man show saw him rattle through surprising list of showtunes and fan favorites When Hugh Jackman retu…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:32PM
Thursday, December 12, 2024

Cult of Love review – Christmas descends into chaos in smart Broadway play by Jesse Hassenger

Hayes Theatre, New York City Leslye Headland’s 2018 play makes for a tense and timely pre-holiday watch with a starry cast, including Shailene Woodley and Zachary Quinto, giving it their a…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:00PM
Wednesday, October 16, 2024

Hold on to Me Darling review – Adam Driver powers electric Kenneth Lonergan play by Jesse Hassenger

Lucille Lortel Theatre, New York The actor makes a compelling lead in the return of the playwright’s textured 2016 play about a celebrity returning home for his mother’s funeral In 2016,…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:00PM
Tuesday, August 6, 2024

Joe Rogan’s Netflix special is another tired, and unfunny, tirade | Jesse Hassenger by Jesse Hassenger

The streamer’s latest remarkably laugh-free comedy special is another procession of eye-rolling jokes about cancel culture and LGBTQ+ people He’s the guy from Fear Factor, right? That wo…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:26AM
Tuesday, February 27, 2024

The Ally review – intense but unwieldy play tackles big issues by Jesse Hassenger

The Public Theater, New York Josh Radnor is a liberal college professor falling down a slippery slope in a thorny drama that starts with a punch and ends with a heavy hand In The Ally, a new…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:00PM
Monday, November 13, 2023

Harmony review – Barry Manilow’s Broadway musical lacks magic by Jesse Hassenger

Ethel Barrymore Theatre, New York The period musical about a German singing group stumbles to the big stage after a troubled decades-long journey, arriving a little worse for wear Harmony, a…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:02PM
Wednesday, September 27, 2023

Purlie Victorious review – Ossie Davis play makes triumphant Broadway return by Jesse Hassenger

The Music Box Theatre, New York Leslie Odom Jr leads a note-perfect cast in a revival of Ossie Davis’s thoughtful comedy about a preacher scheming to save his church in the Jim Crow South …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:30PM
Friday, February 11, 2022

The Music Man review: Hugh Jackman dazzles in uneven Broadway show by Jesse Hassenger

Winter Garden Theatre, New York The actor enthusiastically sings and dances through a big-budget version of the much-loved musical but the show around him isn’t always on his level The new…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:24PM

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2024-2025 BROADWAY SEASON
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
Nov 17, 2024: Elf - Marquis Theatre
Dec 12, 2024: Cult of Love - Hayes Theater
Dec 19, 2024: Gypsy - Majestic Theatre
Mar 17, 2025: Purpose - Hayes Theater
Apr 10, 2025: Smash - Imperial Theatre