All stories by Peter Marks on BroadwayStars

Sunday, July 10, 2022

With a perfect cast, Broadway has an ‘Into the Woods’ for the ages by Peter Marks

Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine’s urbane musical twist on fairy-tale endings gets a priceless Broadway revival.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 09:37PM
Friday, July 8, 2022

A New York armory from the Gilded Age is a haven for the cutting edge by Peter Marks

Now featuring a surveillance-state “Hamlet,” the Park Avenue Armory is a magnet for the arts on a grand scale.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 07:03AM
Sunday, July 3, 2022

Peter Brook was a dazzling stage explorer of humankind’s complexity by Peter Marks

An appreciation of the life and art of Peter Brook, who died July 2 at 97.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 07:12PM
Sunday, June 26, 2022

At a time of angry uproar, theater can still show us the way forward by Peter Marks

An essay on the impact of the Supreme Court's abortion decision on how we view contemporary drama.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 10:12PM
Thursday, June 23, 2022

A resonant ‘Mockingbird’ recalls American racism then — and now by Peter Marks

Aaron Sorkin’s adaptation of Harper Lee’s “To Kill a Mockingbird” comes to D.C. with Richard Thomas as Atticus Finch.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 11:42PM
Tuesday, June 21, 2022

Hooray for ‘Nollywood’! Jocelyn Bioh’s Nigerian satire is a pleasure. by Peter Marks

A first-rate cast carries “Nollywood Dreams,” at Round House Theatre through July 3.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 03:24PM
Wednesday, June 15, 2022

For ‘1776,’ the casting of Founding Fathers is kind of revolutionary by Peter Marks

History marches energetically onto Boston stages with a reimagining of the 1969 musical and a second play, ‘Common Ground Revisited,’ that examines the city’s past racial strife.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 03:37PM
Sunday, June 12, 2022

Tony Awards 2022: Patti LuPone, Jesse Tyler Ferguson among early winners by Peter Marks

Host Ariana DeBose kicked off the first regularly scheduled Tony Awards since 2019 with an opening number that mashed up musical theater classics and a monologue about inclusivity on Broadwa…

SOURCE: Washington Post at 09:18PM
Friday, June 10, 2022

Molly Smith announces an exit after 25 years leading Arena Stage by Peter Marks

Molly Smith announces that she will retire in July 2023 after 25 years as Arena Stage's artistic director.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 03:18PM
Thursday, June 9, 2022

The stakes could not be higher for Broadway at this year’s Tony Awards by Peter Marks

The 75th anniversary ceremony marks a crucial step back to health for a stricken industry.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 07:24AM
Monday, June 6, 2022

Myles Frost was born to play Michael Jackson. A Tony nod confirms it. by Peter Marks

In his first Broadway role, the Maryland native hits it big, in the title role of the musical “MJ.”

SOURCE: Washington Post at 06:48AM
Thursday, June 2, 2022

Summer theater is cropping up in unexpected places by Peter Marks

Consider a pilgrimage to see "Hamlet" in Canada, Broadway shows in Kansas City and St. Louis, and "Cinderella" in Utah.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 08:06AM
Thursday, May 26, 2022

To revive us, we need plays like the Pulitzer-winning ‘Fat Ham’ by Peter Marks

James Ijames’s comedy and Samuel H. Hunter’s “A Case for the Existence of God” amount to theatrical manna.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 10:54PM
Friday, May 20, 2022

World-premiere plays in D.C. confront trauma in stunning ways by Peter Marks

The very best of these, “John Proctor Is the Villain" at Studio Theatre, is nothing less than revelatory

SOURCE: Washington Post at 03:06PM
Thursday, May 19, 2022

David Strathairn speaks for a Holocaust hero. It’s time to listen. by Peter Marks

Oscar-nominated actor David Strathairn stars in "Remember This: The Lesson of Jan Karski" at Georgetown University.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 04:06PM

For Carol Burnett, the Sondheim award is personal by Peter Marks

Signature Theatre bestows its Stephen Sondheim Award on the legendary performer, who was the last person to be handpicked by Sondheim to receive the honor.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 07:12AM
Tuesday, May 17, 2022

Ralph Fiennes, Jodie Comer and other stars light up London plays by Peter Marks

Great actors remind us why we go to the theater, even when we’re weary.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 10:54AM
Monday, May 9, 2022

Musical ‘A Strange Loop’ leads the 2022 Tony nominations, with 11 nods by Peter Marks

The nominations for the 75th Tony Awards were announced Monday morning.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 10:24AM
Friday, April 29, 2022

A bountiful Broadway season ends with laughs, thanks to ‘POTUS’ by Peter Marks

Selina Fillinger’s White House comedy is a hoot, but “Macbeth” and “The Skin of Our Teeth” disappoint

SOURCE: Washington Post at 05:12PM
Thursday, April 28, 2022

Billy Crystal, bringing the funny in Broadway’s ‘Mr. Saturday Night’ by Peter Marks

A new musical version of his 1992 comedy has its official opening at the Nederlander Theatre.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 07:03AM
Wednesday, April 27, 2022

‘A Strange Loop’ is Broadway’s best new musical by Peter Marks

Michael R. Jackson’s dazzlingly one-of-a-kind Pulitzer winner features the smashing debut of Jaquel Spivey.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 04:37AM
Monday, April 25, 2022

With Neil Simon’s papers, Library of Congress just got a lot funnier by Peter Marks

Some 7,700 manuscripts, letters and other items belonging to the late Broadway playwright Neil Simon have been donated to the Library of Congress by his widow, Elaine Joyce.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 06:37AM

Beanie Feldstein attempts to scale ‘Funny Girl.' She almost makes it. by Peter Marks

The first revival of the vehicle that propelled Barbra Streisand has its official Broadway opening.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 02:07AM
Friday, April 22, 2022

Martin McDonagh, Paula Vogel add to spring bounty on Broadway by Peter Marks

“Hangmen" and “How I Learned to Drive” disturb and delight, while “For Colored Girls...” gets a nostalgic revival.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 12:24AM
Monday, April 18, 2022

Tracy Letts skewers America’s shames in stunning debut of ‘The Minutes’ by Peter Marks

The playwright’s scaldingly funny satire opens on Broadway.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 02:54PM
Sunday, April 17, 2022

A Russian director’s ‘Cherry Orchard’ shakes a theater to its roots by Peter Marks

A Russian director conjures Ukraine in a wildly imaginative version of "The Cherry Orchard."

SOURCE: Washington Post at 02:36PM
Friday, April 15, 2022

Hello, gorgeous: ‘Funny Girl’s’ new Nicky by Peter Marks

Karimloo co-stars with Beanie Feldstein in one of the year’s biggest Broadway revivals.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 07:36AM

James McAvoy is a Cyrano knockout, and Sam Rockwell is a blast in Mamet by Peter Marks

McAvoy stars in a modern beatbox “Cyrano de Bergerac”; Rockwell joins Laurence Fishburne and Darren Criss in a socko “American Buffalo.”

SOURCE: Washington Post at 01:03AM
Thursday, April 7, 2022

Jewish diversity is becoming an ever more vibrant issue onstage by Peter Marks

New efforts — a Black Shylock, commissions for Jewish playwrights of color — are occurring at the intersection of race and Judaism.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 12:33PM
Wednesday, April 6, 2022

Two new musicals dig into America’s past but fail to strike gold by Peter Marks

“Paradise Square” on Broadway, and “Suffs” off-Broadway, musicalize history without locating its heart.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 11:24PM
Monday, April 4, 2022

‘Take Me Out’ loads the Broadway bases with wit and incisive drama by Peter Marks

Richard Greenberg’s outstanding baseball play receives a top-notch revival at the Hayes Theatre.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 11:06PM

All that Chat

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
Dec 12, 2024: Cult of Love - Hayes Theater
Dec 19, 2024: Gypsy - Majestic Theatre
Mar 17, 2025: Purpose - Hayes Theater
Apr 01, 2025: Glengarry Glen Ross
Apr 10, 2025: Smash - Imperial Theatre
TBA: Titanic