Smart deserves roles that deserve her. Izzy is not one of them.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 01:06PMPenelope Skinner’s provocative script explores the emotional weight of identity and the shifting terrain of gendered expectations.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 07:00AMJonathan Groff delivers a whirlwind, show-stopping performance that redefines what a Broadway star can be. Though the musical's biographical details are thin, Groff’s magnetic presence, at…
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 07:36PMNational treasure and Broadway's last great hope Adam Guettel is back onstage—but not with something new. Rex Reed reviews the revival with a wince and a wish for Guettel to move on—to s…
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 11:56AMLeaden direction and limp gags almost derail 'Sondheim’s Old Friends,' a tribute show that feels as uneven as it is ambitious. But with Bernadette Peters, Lea Salonga and a late-breaking j…
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 01:14PMTwo decades after the film first flattered Oscar voters, 'Good Night, and Good Luck' returns—this time as a Broadway spectacle, complete with chain-smoking nostalgia, McCarthy-era paranoia…
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 10:15AMAn endearing but inconsistent exploration of love, loss and motherly meddling.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 03:51PMFour shipwreck survivors sing their way through despair, but 'Swept Away' capsizes under its uninspired score.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 05:26PMThis Broadway show about robots in love has rapturous music and lyrics, innovative staging and a superb cast. In short, an extraordinary work of theatre artistry.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 11:11AMJulianna Margulies and Peter Gallagher have sensational charm and chemistry, and this exquisitely directed stage adaption of Delia Ephron's best-selling memoir with put a catch in your throa…
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 04:27PMCall 'The Roommate' glamorous summer stock. Sometimes, that’s enough, even on Broadway.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 11:15AMAll of the characters are halfway to madness, but I had a ball going bonkers with them.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 11:01AMHow do you write about a play you cannot hear?
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 10:23AMI don’t like Eddie Redmayne; I love Eddie Redmayne. I have admired his work in all of his films and plays and consider him one of the few genuine icons in the world of acting. But not in …
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 04:11PMEverything is so exaggerated and phony that it’s hard to believe the director is the same Jessica Stone responsible for the charming, imaginative Tony Award winner 'Kimberly Akimbo'
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 08:00PMMaryann Plunkett and Dorian Harewood deserve a better showcase.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 02:29PMAn cast of six actors yell, shriek and swallow two hours of uniformly overwrought line readings in this noisy, witless farce. When everything else fails, one whole scene is devoted to fartin…
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 01:28PMRun don't walk to see Juliet Stevenson in a production that marks her first trip across the pond in 20 years. As for the play, you're on your own.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 03:07PMThe classic tale remains grim, graphic, and demanding, and Brian d’Arcy James and Kelli O’Hara give it all they've got. But burdened with bluntly conversational songs, this musical fails…
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 09:00PMThis show—questionably claiming to be inspired by Martin Scorsese's 1977 movie—piles up a tidal wave of old John Kander and Fred Ebb songs worthy of applause. But the rest of the evening…
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 06:20PMSean Hayes is entertaining without pause in his sensational portrayal of Oscar Levant in one of the few Broadway shows that unimpeachably deserves its tumultuous standing ovation.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 10:51AMJosh Groban is excellent as the Demon Barber of Fleet Street, but the production is ugly and chaotic.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 08:00AMDusted off, polished and revitalized to reflect contemporary values, 'Some Like It Hot' remains close to perfect.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 02:30PMIn this Broadway revival of Adrienne Kennedy's 1992 play, Audra McDonald is more interesting than the show itself.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 11:31AMSet to the music of Max Martin, this moronic new Broadway show asks the question, "What if Romeo died but Juliet didn't kill herself and lived on to bore everybody else to death?"
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 03:54PMThe ovations (many of them standing) greeting Lea Michelle as Fanny Brice are contagious.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 01:20PMWhatever charm exists in 'Mr. Saturday Night' is due to Mr. Crystal, but even he needs proper material.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 10:00PMThe new production of 'Funny Girl' knocks your socks off before the intermission. By that time, the star's hidden magic has hit you squarely in the heart in ways you didn't see coming.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 10:37PMYou will probably leave Tracy Letts' 'The Minutes' with very mixed feelings, but you will talk about it, think about it, and go away with the knowledge that you have never seen anything like…
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 11:17AMReal life has changed since 2003, but baseball has not. It's still the right time for a brave, powerful, poignant play about a gay professional baseball player who comes out of the closet at…
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 08:03PMThis is the kind of corn that never grows stale.
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