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Thursday, April 16, 2026

Proof review – Ayo Edebiri struggles but Kara Young soars in Broadway revival by Richard Lawson

Booth Theatre, New York The Bear star and Don Cheadle are lost in a new take on David Auburn’s family drama but a standout performance from the two-time Tony winner does some heavy lifting…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:00PM
Wednesday, April 15, 2026

The Fear of 13 review – Adrien Brody and Tessa Thompson lead sturdy, safe Broadway transfer by Richard Lawson

James Earl Jones theatre, New York There’s a strong emotional pull to this fact-based story of injustice, but on stage it’s all a little too polite to truly soar If the meat and potatoes…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:00PM
Tuesday, April 7, 2026

Cats: The Jellicle Ball review – ingenious musical revival goes full queer ball by Richard Lawson

Broadhurst Theatre, New York After a disastrous 2019 movie, Andrew Lloyd Webber’s easily ridiculed 80s smash hit has now been transformed into something thrillingly new One criticism lobbi…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:00PM
Tuesday, March 31, 2026

‘Dog Day Afternoon’ Theater Review: Jon Bernthal and Ebon Moss-Bachrach Lead a Disastrous Adaptation of a Cinema Classic by Richard Lawson

Jon Ortiz and Jessica Hecht also star in director Rupert Goold’s misguided Broadway production based on the 1975 Sidney Lumet film.

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 12:00AM
Sunday, December 14, 2025

Anna Christie review – Michelle Williams is miscast in Eugene O’Neill misfire by Richard Lawson

St Ann’s Warehouse, New York Oscar-nominated actor struggles to convince in an emotionally inert attempt to resurrect one of the playwright’s lesser-known works Though it won a Pulitzer …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:42PM
Monday, December 8, 2025

Marjorie Prime review – Cynthia Nixon steals sad, and spotty, sci-fi revival by Richard Lawson

Hayes Theater, New York The return of the 2014 play, now starring June Squibb as an octogenarian using a tech program to speak to her dead husband, veers between poetry and cliche When Jorda…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:30PM
Sunday, November 16, 2025

‘Chess’ Theater Review: Lea Michele, Aaron Tveit and Nicholas Christopher Headline Conflicted Broadway Revival of Cold War Concept Musical by Richard Lawson

With music by ABBA’s Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus, the 1988 show revolves around rival American and Soviet chess wizards and the woman caught between them.

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 11:00PM
Monday, June 13, 2016

Don’t Call Andrew Lloyd Webber “Sir,” and Other Tonys After-Party Obse | Vanity Fair by Richard Lawson

Rubbing elbows with the theater elite after Broadway’s big night—minus the cast of Hamilton.

SOURCE: Vanity Fair at 09:03PM
Monday, May 25, 2015

The Spider-Man Musical Needs to Call It Quits by Richard Lawson

Dammit, I hate it when Riedel is right.

SOURCE: gawker.com at 05:58PM
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