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Tuesday, May 5, 2026

Brutal Tony Award 2026 nominations kick Adrien Brody and Lea Michele to the curb by Johnny Oleksinski

Tuesday’s nominations for the best of the Broadway season made it plainly clear what the group of 55 voting theater professionals absolutely loathed.

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Sunday, April 26, 2026
Saturday, April 25, 2026

‘Joe Turner’s Come and Gone’ review: Cedric the Entertainer and Taraji P. Henson star in uneven revival by Johnny Oleksinski

Almost without fail, the brilliance of August Wilson emerges even in mediocre stagings of his plays.

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Thursday, April 23, 2026

‘The Rocky Horror Show’ review: Broadway show’s got killer performances, but, dammit Janet, make it more fun by Johnny Oleksinski

It’s just a jump to the left. And then a step to the right. Put your hands…over your mouths!

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Wednesday, April 22, 2026

‘Beaches, A New Musical’ review: Schlocky friendship show docks during Broadway’s low tide by Johnny Oleksinski

As it stands, the characters who inhabit “Beaches” are about as alive as the sandy shells boring Bertie so loves to collect.

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Monday, April 20, 2026

‘Schmigadoon!’ review: Tired parody of Broadway’s Golden Age is been there, ‘doon that by Johnny Oleksinski

If the new Broadway musical is an ode to Golden Age classics, why does it make them seem so cloying and stupid?

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Saturday, April 18, 2026
Thursday, April 16, 2026

'Proof' review: Ayo Edebiri and Don Cheadle star in underpowered Broadway revival by Johnny Oleksinski

Just one piece of the first Broadway revival of David Auburn's most famous play answers the question "What exactly is 'Proof' + 26 years?" Ayo Edebiri.

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Wednesday, April 15, 2026

'The Fear of 13' review: Adrien Brody goes to prison in a predictable criminal justice schlep on Broadway by Johnny Oleksinski

Our Sufferer Laureate plays Pennsylvania inmate Nick Yarris in "The Fear of 13," Lindsey Ferrentino's curiously unmoving and talky, talky, talky play that opened Wednesday night at the James…

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Sunday, April 12, 2026

'Titanique' review: Silly spoof of 'Titanic' and Celine Dion finally sets sail on Broadway by Johnny Oleksinski

The strange and scrappy voyage of "Titanique," the feel-great musical-comedy sendup of the movie "Titanic" and singer Celine Dion, has been a wonder to behold. And pretty hard to believe.

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Thursday, April 9, 2026

'Death of a Salesman' review: Nathan Lane and Laurie Metcalf star in a triumphant Broadway revival by Johnny Oleksinski

At the end of the superb and unforgettable revival that hauntingly unfolds there among its shadows, arrives a thrilling takeaway: That was the best "Death of a Salesman" I have ever seen.

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Tuesday, April 7, 2026

'Cats: The Jellicle Ball' review: A euphoric NYC reinvention of a Broadway classic by Johnny Oleksinski

Andrew Lloyd Webber's "Cats," that old jellicle juggernaut, is back on Broadway with a fabulous new glow-up.

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Monday, April 6, 2026

'Becky Shaw' review: Alden Ehrenreich is incredible in viciously funny first-date Broadway comedy by Johnny Oleksinski

The knock-out funny and audaciously awkward revival of the play "Becky Shaw," which opened Monday night at the Hayes, triggers an uncommon response " involuntary outbursts.

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Tuesday, March 31, 2026

'Dog Day Afternoon' review: Jon Bernthal's Broadway play turns classic NY movie into a silly sitcom by Johnny Oleksinski

The weird show that opened Monday night has contorted "Dog Day Afternoon" into something altogether unfamiliar: a stress-free series of drama-deflating punch lines that add up to little…

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Sunday, March 29, 2026

These celebs have been the biggest hits " and flops " in 'Chicago' on Broadway by Johnny Oleksinski

After Whitney Levitt set a new record for the show, The Post look at who given the box office the old razzle dazzle " and who's given it the fizzle fizzle.

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Monday, March 23, 2026

'Giant' review: John Lithgow is superb as Roald Dahl in show about his revolting anti-Semitism by Johnny Oleksinski

Mark Rosenblatt's meaty debate-drama, which opened Monday night at the Music Box Theatre, shows a much uglier side of the clever mind behind "Matilda," "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory," "…

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Thursday, March 12, 2026

'Every Brilliant Thing' review: Daniel Radcliffe schmoozes with the audience in sweet one-man show by Johnny Oleksinski

The natural qualities that made Daniel Radcliffe a perfect Harry Potter echo in the main character in Duncan Macmillan's Broadway play

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Thursday, February 12, 2026

'The Unknown' review: Sean Hayes stars in a lazy off-Broadway thriller by Johnny Oleksinski

The "Will & Grace" star finally has a solo effort in real life. However, the play could be titled "Just OK."

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Saturday, February 7, 2026

Broadway is already looking ahead to next season's possible musicals: 'Evita,' 'Paddington,' 'Dolly' by Johnny Oleksinski

"After this current season of subpar new musicals, the industry has already moved on to thinking about next year," a source working on a new musical said.

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Friday, January 9, 2026

'Bug' review: Carrie Coon is terrifying in tense conspiracy-theory play on Broadway by Johnny Oleksinski

Carrie Coon stars in the hair-raising revival of Tracy Letts' freaky and potent 1996 drama that opened Thursday night on Broadway.

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Saturday, January 3, 2026

Celeb favorite Times Square restaurant Un Deux Trois closes after 48 years: 'It's an institution' by Johnny Oleksinski

Star fans included Sarah Jessica Parker, Robert Downey Jr., Jonathan Groff, Nathan Lane, Cynthia Nixon, Marsha Mason, Christine Baranski, Alan Cumming and many, many more.

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Friday, December 12, 2025

'Paddington: The Musical' in London is the best family show in years by Johnny Oleksinski

Broadway must be eyeing this big-hearted little bear with envy, because New York's got nothing close that hasn't already been chugging along for over a decade.

SOURCE: The New York Post at 12:56PM[SHARE]
Monday, December 8, 2025

'Marjorie Prime' review: June Squibb is a marvel in an early highlight of the Broadway season by Johnny Oleksinski

The stage and screen legend is back home on Broadway, where she got her start in "Gypsy" opposite Ethel Merman in 1960, for the first time in eight years. 

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Saturday, November 22, 2025

'Wicked' on Broadway was ripped by critics " and then became a global hit worth billions by Johnny Oleksinski

As "Wicked: For Good" is about to hit theaters, what many forget is that "Wicked" the musical didn't start off as a surefire juggernaut that was destined to gross $6 billion.

SOURCE: The New York Post at 01:15PM[SHARE]
Thursday, November 20, 2025

'Two Strangers (Carry A Cake Across New York)' review: A hilarious new star bursts onto Broadway by Johnny Oleksinski

British actor Sam Tutty is funny, Shirley Temple endearing and effortlessly magnetic as in the new meet-cute musical.

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Saturday, November 15, 2025

Can 'Stranger Things' Season 5 reverse the Broadway show's godawful ticket sales?: 'Holding onto hope' by Johnny Oleksinski

Last week, "First Shadow," which only landed on Broadway in late March, played to just 75% capacity. The seven days before that? 65%. 

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Thursday, November 13, 2025

'Oedipus' review: Mark Strong and Lesley Manville are ferocious in a pulse-pounding Broadway tragedy by Johnny Oleksinski

British writer-director Robert Icke has wrestled Sophocles into 2025, breathtakingly so, with his starkly intense revival from London starring Lesley Manville and Mark Strong that opened Thu…

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Sunday, November 9, 2025

'Queen of Versailles' review: Kristin Chenoweth returns to Broadway in a dire musical that needs a wrecking ball by Johnny Oleksinski

At the center of the Broadway musical "The Queen of Versailles" is an unfinished, 90,000-square-foot house in Florida " one of the biggest private homes in America.

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Wednesday, November 5, 2025

Tom Felton says he's gotten 'tips' from Daniel Radcliffe for his Broadway 'Cursed Child' debut by Johnny Oleksinski

Felton, who will soon star in the play "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child," says his former movie co-star with more stage experience has lent him a hand.

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Thursday, October 30, 2025

'Little Bear Ridge Road' review: Laurie Metcalf bares her soul in moving Broadway play by Johnny Oleksinski

It's a hard-hitting, hard-laughing show that combines topics that you arrive at the theater not itching to confront " the COVID pandemic, meth addiction, health insurance, shift pay " into a…

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2025-2026 BROADWAY SEASON
Jun 12, 2025: Call Me Izzy - Studio 54
Sep 16, 2025: Art - Music Box Theatre
Oct 08, 2025: Beetlejuice - Palace Theatre
Nov 13, 2025: Oedipus - Studio 54
Nov 16, 2025: Chess - Imperial Theatre
Mar 23, 2026: Giant - Music Box Theatre
Apr 06, 2026: Becky Shaw - Hayes Theater
Apr 16, 2026: Proof - Booth Theatre
Apr 26, 2026: Drama Desk Cut-Off