When we saw “Cats: The Jellicle Ball” at PAC NYC last summer, the production didn’t work. The audience overpowered the performers – whooping, hollering, stomping on wooden risers unt…
SOURCE: Theatre Reviews Limited at 12:44PMSome may say that Arthur Miller’s play “Death of a Salesman” may be the greatest play of the 20th century and there is evidence that supports that claim. It premiered on Broadway in 1…
SOURCE: Theatre Reviews Limited at 10:00PMFor six scenes, “Becky Shaw” unfolds in shadows – David Zinn’s dark grays, Stacey Derosier’s moody shafts of light illuminating secrets and lies. Then, in scene seven, everything f…
SOURCE: Theatre Reviews Limited at 10:00PM“Giant,” the new play penned by Mark Rosenblatt that opened on Broadway refers to the well-known author of children’s books Roald Dahl. The word ‘Giant’ may pertain to Dahl standin…
SOURCE: Theatre Reviews Limited at 02:17PMEleven shows. Eleven days. Welcome to April’s theatrical marathon. What follows are compressed reviews – 300 words each, five shows per roundup – covering everything we’ve seen for O…
SOURCE: Theatre Reviews Limited at 05:39PMThe latest offering at the Vineyard Theatre is “Bughouse,” conceived and directed by Martha Clarke, with a script adapted from the writings of Henry Darger, by Beth Henley. For those who…
SOURCE: Theatre Reviews Limited at 02:50PMAt the center of Julissa Reynoso and Michael J. Chepiga’s “Public Charge,” now at the Public Theater, are two marginalized women who understood something the State Department establish…
SOURCE: Theatre Reviews Limited at 05:58PMThe most devastating moment in Ro Reddick’s “Cold War Choir Practice” is not a Soviet missile strike. It is an American bomb, planted by an American cult, detonating on South Salina St…
SOURCE: Theatre Reviews Limited at 11:23AMIn her program notes for “You Got Older,” playwright Clare Barron shares her “optimistic belief that there is profound comfort in just living privately together. Life and desire can pe…
SOURCE: Theatre Reviews Limited at 11:51AMAnna Ziegler’s “Antigone (This Play I Read in High School),” currently at the Public Theater’s Barbaralee Theater, is not the Sophocles tragedy I taught in high school—but then aga…
SOURCE: Theatre Reviews Limited at 03:44PMIt has taken a very long time, actually 27 years, but Richard Maltby and David Shire have decided that it was “About Time,” their new musical revue, that completes the trilogy which bega…
SOURCE: Theatre Reviews Limited at 03:55PMAbigail and Shaun Bengson welcome the audience to New York Theatre Workshop for “My Joy is Heavy.” They introduce themselves, the band, the crew. They explain this is a relaxed house per…
SOURCE: Theatre Reviews Limited at 06:00PM“Did You Write This Scene or Did I?” THE UNKNOWN at Studio Seaview When critics dismissed David Cale’s “The Unknown” as a solo thriller with a “tired twist,” they revealed more…
SOURCE: Theatre Reviews Limited at 11:44AMIt has been eleven years since the play “Every Brilliant Thing” penned by Duncan Macmillan with Jonny Donahoe, opened Off Broadway at the intimate 199 seat Barrow Street Theatre in New Y…
SOURCE: Theatre Reviews Limited at 07:00PMA Theatrical Rorschach Test: CHINESE REPUBLICANS at Roundabout Alex Lin’s “Chinese Republicans” arrives at Roundabout Theatre Company with considerable ambition: a world premiere exami…
SOURCE: Theatre Reviews Limited at 09:00PM“We’re Here. Right Now: THE RESERVOIR’s Hard-Won Grace” Jake Brasch’s “The Reservoir,” now playing at Atlantic Theater Company, operates through counterpoint: addiction and dem…
SOURCE: Theatre Reviews Limited at 09:00PMMany plays are based on factual events that had a great impact on society during the time they took place and usually make the protagonist the person who was responsible for the course of ac…
SOURCE: Theatre Reviews Limited at 05:00PMLife can be compared to a fighting match, where once you step into the ring you are alone. You become a monster defending themselves and fighting for their life, suffering from cuts and brui…
SOURCE: Theatre Reviews Limited at 01:29PM“Parsing Joyce: ERS’s ULYSSES Demonstrates Without Embodying” Good readers create images as they navigate dense text, constructing a personal vision of the world on the page. Elevator …
SOURCE: Theatre Reviews Limited at 11:41AMDon’t Look at Me: “The Other Place” and the Tragedy Critics Missed When Alexander Zeldin’s “The Other Place” premiered at London’s National Theatre in 2024, critics hailed it a…
SOURCE: Theatre Reviews Limited at 01:51PMCalling all playwrights! We are excited to announce an open call for submissions for the 2026 Broadway Bound Theatre Festival . Showcase your new play in the heart of NYC Get support from p…
SOURCE: Theatre Reviews Limited at 09:53AMTwenty-nine years after its London premiere, Tracy Letts’ “Bug” has finally crawled onto Broadway at Manhattan Theatre Club’s Samuel J. Friedman Theatre, and the question that matter…
SOURCE: Theatre Reviews Limited at 09:39AMThe recent revival of “Chess “on Broadway comes nearly forty years after its first opening on London’s West End in 1986, with a subsequent move to Broadway after major revisions, in 19…
SOURCE: Theatre Reviews Limited at 02:45PMWhere do our memories go when we die? Jordan Harrison’s “Marjorie Prime,” now receiving its Broadway premiere at the Helen Hayes Theatre, asks this question with stunning simplicity an…
SOURCE: Theatre Reviews Limited at 03:37PMIn late 2025, as wealth inequality reaches historic levels and millions struggle with housing costs, “The Queen of Versailles” arrives on Broadway at the St. James Theatre to ask: wouldn…
SOURCE: Theatre Reviews Limited at 12:50PMThe recently opened new Broadway musical “Two Strangers Carry A Cake Across New York” leans towards the formula of a savvy rom com that is unassuming and charming, thanks to Christiani P…
SOURCE: Theatre Reviews Limited at 04:02PMMost coming-of-age plays invite us to relate to individual characters as they navigate adolescent turmoil. We watch from outside, recognizing ourselves in their struggles. Else Went’s “I…
SOURCE: Theatre Reviews Limited at 10:52AMThornton Wilder wrote “The Skin of Our Teeth” in 1942 as the world burned. Ethan Lipton’s musical adaptation “The Seat of Our Pants,” now at the Public Theater, arrives as history …
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