Jack is Back! Last year, Jack Stokes impressed New York City audiences and critics with his remarkable portrayal of a young British soldier in the WW2-era two hander Shellshocked which perfo…
In Jonathan Spector’s theatrical masterwork Birthright, currently running at MCC, a sextet of Jewish Americans bonds after a “birthright” trip to Israel in 2006. The epic play follows …
There are gifted singers and gifted actors. The twain doesn’t always meet. Stephen Michael Spencer is a great example of that dynamic artistic collision meeting and melding with his outsta…
We are coming off a very sad Broadway season for musicals but a fairly strong one for plays. On the off-Broadway front, it was a mediocre season for both. I won’t purport to have seen even…
In the buoyant revival of Richard O’Brien’s The Rocky Horror Show, currently wowing audiences at Studio 54 on Broadway, Tony nominee Andrew Durand takes on the role of Brad Majors, a swe…
You would easily recognize Margaret Colin, perhaps not by name, but she’s appeared in blockbuster films, popular TV shows and celebrated stage productions. Colin is currently wowing audien…
GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics kicked off Pride Month by bestowing Prince Faggot and Ragtime top honors in the 2026 Dorian Theater Awards. Radical Off-Broadway sensation …
Hannah Cruz enters the Chess stage early in act two, raising the already high stakes and she very near steals the show. For her electrifying work, she’s received a well-deserved Tony nomin…
Tony-winner Lena Hall continues to dive deep into the psyche of the singular character of Ali on season two of Apple TV+’s envelope-pushing dramedy Your Friends & Neighbors. Though pla…
In Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York), Christiani Pitts plays jaded, New Yorker Robin Rainey tasked with picking up her too-excited soon-to-be nephew-in-law, Dougal Todd (Sam Tutt…
Brit born Sam Tutty makes quite the splash in the only original Broadway show to open this past season: Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York). He plays Dougal Todd, an overly eager yo…
It was a strong year for plays, both new and old, on the Great White Way and a mediocre and slight year for musicals. Period. Let’s hope next season brings a better crop. There are some ti…
Anyone who saw The Who’s Tommy performance from the 2024 Tony Awards, experienced just how mesmerizing and magnetic a performer Ali Louis Bourzgui was in the titular role. After that elect…
GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics’ theater wing members announced their favorites in New York theater for the fourth annual Dorian Theater Awards. These awards celebrate t…
Broadway has been playing it safe the last few years. Revivals are plentiful but when it comes to new plays that actually have something to say, sure we get the occasional Purpose or Prayer …
A few surprises with this year’s Tony nominations, but mostly they were pretty much as expected. Best Play and Musical went exactly as predicted. Ditto Revival of a Musical. In the Play Re…
Heading into the May 5th announcement, here’s my take on what and who will be gifted Tony Award nominations, having seen most of the shows in contention. Note that it has been a good year …
My intro to Rocky Horror was a midnight showing of the film version at the Hyway Theater in Fair Lawn NJ the summer after my senior year in high school. I went with a group that were fans. I…
After signs that Evita might transfer to Broadway popped up around New York City in the last 24 hours, it was confirmed today that Jamie Lloyd’s heralded West End production of Andrew Lloy…
Outstanding Play Caroline, Preston Max Allen Cold War Choir Practice, Ro Reddick Meet the Cartozians, Talene Monahon Prince Faggot, Jordan Tannahill The Balusters, David Lindsay-Abaire The P…
Like Titanique, Schmigadoon seems to want to capitalize on audience familiarity—not just with the Apple TV series it’s based on but with the old-fashioned Broadway musicals of the past i…
Mad & Hell, Mame & Vera, Elphaba & Glinda–one can add to this short list of famous frenemies of stage, the names Julia and Jane, the delightful and dastardly dynamic diva duo i…
Trip Cullman is one of the most prolific theater directors working today both on and off Broadway as well as in London and regionally. He also happens to be one of the most gifted. The theat…
Twenty-five years ago, David Auburn's powerful play, Proof, won both the Tony Award for Best Play and the Pulitzer Prize for Drama. The original production, which I found quite moving, starr…
Full disclosure, I loved Titanique off-Broadway. Saw it twice and reveled in the  unabashed zaniness, the super gay sensibility and the show's refusal to concern itself with hyper-sensiti…