Wednesday, May 21, 2025

Creditors: Strindberg Updated, For Better and Worse by Frank Scheck

★★★★☆ Liev Schreiber, Maggie Siff, and Justice Smith star in Jen Silverman's adaptation of Strindberg's classic drama. The post Creditors: Strindberg Updated, For Better and Worse…

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 07:04PM

Creditors: Love, Marriage, and Maddening Mind Games by Melissa Rose Bernardo

★★★☆☆ Ian Rickson directs the rarely performed Strindberg work, with a refresh from playwright Jen Silverman The post Creditors: Love, Marriage, and Maddening Mind Games appeared f…

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 07:03PM
Tuesday, May 20, 2025

Goddess: A Myth-Making, Magical New Musical by Melissa Rose Bernardo

★★★★☆ A luminous Amber Iman casts a spell in an ambitious Kenya-set show at the Public Theater The post Goddess: A Myth-Making, Magical New Musical appeared first on New York Stage…

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 09:30PM

Lights Out, Nat King Cole: Smile When Your Heart Is Breaking by Frank Scheck

★★★☆☆ Dule Hill plays the title role in Colman Domingo and Patricia McGregor's play with music, exploring Nat King Cole's troubled psyche. The post Lights Out, Nat King Cole: Smil…

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 07:22PM

Lights Out, Nat King Cole: Keep this Musical’s Lights Shut Off by David Finkle

★★☆☆☆ Colman Domingo and Patricia McGregor, who directs, concoct the beloved singer's historic tv series not well The post Lights Out, Nat King Cole: Keep this Musical’s Lights S…

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 07:21PM
Sunday, May 18, 2025

Bus Stop: William Inge’s Tony-Nominated Work on a Loving Return Trip by David Finkle

★★★★☆ Jack Cummings III directs the insightful comical, dramatic work about made and missed connections, with grade-A cast The post Bus Stop: William Inge’s Tony-Nominated Work o…

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 08:00PM
Tuesday, May 13, 2025

The Last Bimbo of the Apocalypse: Skanks for the Y2K memories by Michael Sommers

★★★☆☆ Gen Z vloggers seek clicks and a missing chick in mixed-up new musical The post The Last Bimbo of the Apocalypse: Skanks for the Y2K memories appeared first on New York Stage…

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 07:10PM
Thursday, May 8, 2025

Sexual Misconduct of the Middle Classes: Let’s Hear It From the Boy by Melissa Rose Bernardo

★★★★☆ Hugh Jackman plays a professor entangled with a student in Hannah Moscovitch’s 90-minute drama The post Sexual Misconduct of the Middle Classes: Let’s Hear It From the Bo…

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 09:00PM

Sexual Misconduct of the Middle Classes: Star Power Up Close by Frank Scheck

★★★★☆ Hugh Jackman and Ella Beatty co-star in this intimate drama about a university professor who has an affair with one of his students. The post Sexual Misconduct of the Middle…

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 08:59PM

The Black Wolfe Tone: Kwaku Fortune’s Forceful Semi-Autographical Solo Click by David Finkle

★★★★☆ The actor, new to the Manhattan Stage, makes himself known, as does director Nicola Murphy Dubey The post The Black Wolfe Tone: Kwaku Fortune’s Forceful Semi-Autographical …

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 08:00PM
Monday, May 5, 2025

Five Models in Ruins, 1981: Dressed for Excess by Michael Sommers

★★☆☆☆ Elizabeth Marvel shoots a gallery of swans in lovely circumstances The post Five Models in Ruins, 1981: Dressed for Excess appeared first on New York Stage Review.

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 09:00PM
Thursday, May 1, 2025

Wonderful Town: Not As Good As it Sounds by Roma Torre

★★★☆☆ The latest revival of the Leonard Bernstein musical misses the beat in a rushed Encores! production starring Anika Noni Rose The post Wonderful Town: Not As Good As it Sounds…

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 02:54PM

Wonderful Town: Bernstein-Comden-Green Musical in Not So Wonderful Revival by Steven Suskin

★★☆☆☆ The durably entertaining musical comedy falls flat, this time, at Encores The post Wonderful Town: Bernstein-Comden-Green Musical in Not So Wonderful Revival appeared first o…

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 01:28PM
Sunday, April 27, 2025

Real Women Have Curves: Plus-Size Crowd Pleaser Hits Home by Roma Torre

★★★★★ Based on the Latin-themed play and film, the new musical hits all the right notes delivering a weighty message about immigration in America. The post Real Women Have Curves: …

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 09:30PM

Real Women Have Curves: Latina Stories Take Center Stage   by Melissa Rose Bernardo

★★★★☆ Josefina López’s decades-old play turned movie turned musical resonates with audiences anew The post Real Women Have Curves: Latina Stories Take Center Stage   appeared f…

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 09:29PM

Dead Outlaw: Rip-Roarin’ Musical Hits the Bull’s-Eye by Steven Suskin

★★★★★ David Yazbek’s brashly macabre tuner features Andrew Durand as a real-life desperado, wanted dead and alive The post Dead Outlaw: Rip-Roarin’ Musical Hits the Bull’s-Ey…

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 05:00PM

Dead Outlaw: Macabre, Morbid, and Wickedly Smart by Michael Sommers

★★★★☆ David Yazbek and Itamar Moses craft a rowdy tuner about a surprisingly lively corpse The post Dead Outlaw: Macabre, Morbid, and Wickedly Smart appeared first on New York Stag…

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 04:59PM
Saturday, April 26, 2025

Just in Time: Hello, Bobby! Darin Gets a Splashy Broadway Tribute by Melissa Rose Bernardo

★★★★☆ Jonathan Groff gives a once-in-a-lifetime performance as the Grammy-winning “Beyond the Sea” singer The post Just in Time: Hello, Bobby! Darin Gets a Splashy Broadway Tri…

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 10:00PM

Just in Time: A Bio-Musical Blast by Frank Scheck

★★★★☆ Jonathan Groff gloriously pays tribute to Bobby Darin in this electric, cabaret-style showcase for his talents The post Just in Time: A Bio-Musical Blast appeared first on Ne…

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 09:59PM
Thursday, April 24, 2025

Pirates! The Penzance Musical: Bright and Breezy in the Big Easy by Michael Sommers

★★★★☆ David Hyde Pierce, Jinkx Monsoon and Ramin Karimloo sail away in a Gilbert & Sullivan showboat The post Pirates! The Penzance Musical: Bright and Breezy in the Big Easy a…

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 09:59PM

Pirates! The Penzance Musical: Not for Purists, but Fun for Everyone Else by Frank Scheck

★★★★☆ Rupert Holmes delivers an entertaining, New Orleans-flavored adaptation of the classic Gilbert & Sullivan operetta. The post Pirates! The Penzance Musical: Not for Puris…

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 09:58PM
Wednesday, April 23, 2025

Hold Me in the Water: An Intimate Boy-Meets-Boy Story by Melissa Rose Bernardo

★★★★☆ Ryan J. Haddad shares a tale of summer love in his autobiographical 70-minute one-man show The post Hold Me in the Water: An Intimate Boy-Meets-Boy Story appeared first on Ne…

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 08:30PM

Grief Camp: Loss at an Emotional Remove by Frank Scheck

★★☆☆☆ Eliya Smith's amorphous drama revolves around young campers working through bereavement issues. The post Grief Camp: Loss at an Emotional Remove appeared first on New York S…

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 10:00AM
Tuesday, April 22, 2025

Stranger Things–The First Shadow: We Will Control The Horizontal by Bob Verini

★★★★☆ The origin story for a fan-fave Netflix TV series uses every conceivable means to knock our socks off – and does The post Stranger Things–The First Shadow: We Will Contro…

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 11:59PM

Stranger Things—The First Shadow: Stage Version of Series Maybe Not Strange Enough by David Finkle

★★★☆☆ The Duffer Brothers go Broadway, Kate Trefry scripts, Stephen Daldry directs, Louis McCartney leads hard-working cast The post Stranger Things—The First Shadow: Stage Versi…

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 11:59PM
Monday, April 21, 2025

Floyd Collins: Jeremy Jordan goes deep as a forgotten headliner from 1925 by Michael Sommers

★★★★☆ Taylor Trensch, Jason Gotay, and Lizzie McAlpine are notable in LCT’s revival of a sorrowful musical drama The post Floyd Collins: Jeremy Jordan goes deep as a forgotten he…

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 10:00PM

Floyd Collins: Waist-Deep in the Big Muddy by Bob Verini

★★☆☆☆ Overproduction cripples the Broadway debut of a much-admired intimate art musical The post Floyd Collins: Waist-Deep in the Big Muddy appeared first on New York Stage Review.

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 09:59PM
Wednesday, April 16, 2025

Glass. Kill. What If If Only. Imp: Caryl Churchill Vaudeville by Michael Sommers

★★★★☆ Deirdre O’Connell and John Ellison Conlee head a bill of diverse acts at the Public Theater The post Glass. Kill. What If If Only. Imp: Caryl Churchill Vaudeville appeared …

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 10:00PM

Glass. Kill. What If If Only. Imp.: What If Caryl Churchill Returns at Her Near Best by David Finkle

★★★☆☆ The often enigmatic playwright unfurls four one-acts, James MacDonald directing, Deirdre O'Connoll, others acting nicely The post Glass. Kill. What If If Only. Imp.: What If …

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 09:59PM
Tuesday, April 15, 2025

All the World’s a Stage: Small Town Musical Grippingly Staged by David Finkle

★★★★☆ Adam Gwon's new musical is a pleasure, aided by cast and director Jonathan Silverstein The post All the World’s a Stage: Small Town Musical Grippingly Staged appeared first…

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 08:00PM

minor.ity: Talking ident.ity, creativ.ity, authentic.ity, commun.ity by Michael Sommers

★★★☆☆ Colt Coeur and WP Theater premiere a study of Black artists exploiting their cultural identity The post minor.ity: Talking ident.ity, creativ.ity, authentic.ity, commun.ity a…

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 10:00AM

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2024-2025 BROADWAY SEASON
Jun 05, 2024: Home - Todd Haimes Theatre
Jul 30, 2024: Job - Hayes Theater
Sep 12, 2024: The Roommate - Booth Theatre
Nov 14, 2024: Tammy Faye - Palace Theatre
Nov 17, 2024: Elf - Marquis Theatre
Dec 12, 2024: Cult of Love - Hayes Theater
Dec 19, 2024: Gypsy - Majestic Theatre
Mar 17, 2025: Purpose - Hayes Theater
Apr 10, 2025: Smash - Imperial Theatre