Thursday, March 27, 2025

Broadway Review: “The Picture of Dorian Gray” at the Music Box Theatre (Through Sunday, June 15, 2025) by David Roberts

A star-studded production has found its way to Broadway from Sydney Australia, with an adaptation of “The Picture of Dorian Gray” by Oscar Wilde. This transformation of the classic is wr…

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Monday, March 24, 2025

Off-Broadway Review: “Vanya” at the Lucille Lortel Theatre (Through Sunday, May 11, 2025) by David Roberts

In Simon Stephens’s brilliant “Vanya,” the adaptation of Anton Chekhov’s “Uncle Vanya, Andrew Scott portrays the eight main characters from the 1897 play. He depicts these familiar…

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Saturday, March 22, 2025

Broadway Review: “Operation Mincemeat” at the John Golden Theatre (Through Monday, August 18, 2025) by David Roberts

The latest import from London is a perfect example of the broad slapstick comedy that British audiences are fond of across the pond, and it joins the ranks of several similar shows that have…

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Thursday, March 20, 2025

Off-Broadway Short Review: “Grangeville” at the Pershing Square Signature Center’s Alice Griffen Jewel Box Theatre (Through Sunday, March 23, 20 by David Roberts

Two half-brothers half a world apart face the decline of their mother in Samuel D. Hunter’s “Grangeville” currently on at The Pershing Square Signature Center’s Alice Griffen Jewel B…

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Monday, March 17, 2025

Festival Review: “Julius Caesar” at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival Examines Power, Betrayal, and Gender Embodiment (Through October 26, 2025) by David Roberts

The first preview of the norm-disrupting production of “Julius Caesar” kicked off a promising start to this year’s Oregon Shakespeare Festival, now in its 90th season. During the presh…

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Saturday, March 15, 2025

Off-Broadway Review: “Conversations with Mother” at Theater 555 (Through Sunday, May 11, 2025) by David Roberts

The new play by Matthew Lombardo titled “Conversations with Mother” now playing Off-Broadway at Theatre 555, is a lighthearted and comical evening of entertainment, mostly due to the ext…

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Thursday, March 6, 2025

Off-Broadway Review: “Liberation” Misses the Mark at the Laura Pels Theatre in the Harold and Miriam Steinberg Center for Theatre (Through Sunday, by David Roberts

There is nothing about liberation, nor is there anything liberating in Bess Wohl’s “Liberation” currently running at the Laura Pels Theatre in the Harold and Miriam Steinberg Center fo…

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Tuesday, February 25, 2025

Off-Broadway Review: “Curse of the Starving Class” at The Pershing Square Signature Center’s Romulus Linney Courtyard Theater by David Roberts

Sam Shephard’s iconic 1977 “Curse of the Starving Class” is enjoying its second revival production at The Pershing Square Signature Center. The 2019 Terry Kinney revival (also at Persh…

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Saturday, February 22, 2025

Broadway Review: “Redwood” at the Nederlander Theatre (Currently On) by David Roberts

The new musical “Redwood,” which recently opened at the Nederlander Theatre on Broadway, certainly lives up to the title, featuring the magnificent giant redwood tree that seamlessly mov…

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Friday, February 21, 2025

Off-Broadway Review: “The Antiquities” at Playwrights Horizons (Extended through Sunday, March 2, 2025) by David Roberts

The full title of “The Antiquities” currently running at Playwrights Horizons is “A Tour of the Permanent Collection in the Museum of the Late Human Antiquities.” The title contains …

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Friday, December 27, 2024

Broadway Review: “Gypsy” at the Majestic Theatre (Currently On) by David Roberts

The widely anticipated revival of “Gypsy “on Broadway has finally arrived, along with the reopening of the Majestic Theatre after a healthy renovation, requiring the theatre to be closed…

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Thursday, December 26, 2024

Broadway Review: “Cult of Love” at the Helen Hayes (Currently On) by David Roberts

It is important to pay attention to the title of a play, especially in the case of Leslye Headland’s well-crafted “Cult of Love” currently running at the Helen Hayes. The Dahl nuclear …

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Thursday, December 19, 2024

Broadway Review: “Eureka Day” at Manhattan Theatre Club’s Samuel J. Friedman Theatre (Currently On) by David Roberts

What could go wrong at a private school whose five-member board of directors makes all decisions based on consensus and has what benefitted the community at heart as their guiding principle.…

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Wednesday, December 18, 2024

Off-Broadway Review: The New Group’s “Babe” at The Pershing Square Signature Center’s Alice Griffin Jewel Box Theater (Through Sunday, Decembe by David Roberts

Abby (Marisa Tomei) has co-produced records with Gus (Arliss Howard) for thirty-two years. She had been his right hand, but her name never appears on the album as co-producer. She finds tale…

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Sunday, December 15, 2024

Off-Broadway Review: “The Blood Quilt” at Lincoln Center Theater’s Mitze E. Newhouse Theater (Through Sunday, December 29, 2024) by David Roberts

Families of any number, age, or culture often meet for special occasions, some more special than others. Depending on the mix of those above descriptors, these get-togethers result in quite …

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Wednesday, December 11, 2024

Broadway Review: “Maybe Happy Ending” at the Belasco Theatre (Currently On) by David Roberts

The charming new musical, “Maybe Happy Ending,” now playing at the Belasco Theatre, with music composed by Will Aronson and the book and lyrics penned by Mr. Aronson and Hue Park, will c…

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Broadway Review: “Sunset Blvd.” at the St. James Theatre (Currently On) by David Roberts

Gone are the turban, the grand staircase, the jewels, the chandeliers, the drapes, and the viewing of Norma Desmond’s monkey in the reimagining of “Sunset Blvd.” currently running at t…

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Monday, December 9, 2024

Off-Broadway Review: “Shit. Meet. Fan.” at MCC Theater’s New Mills Theater (Through Sunday, September 15, 2024) by David Roberts

As the characters are pressured into having their dirty laundry aired in the new play “Shit. Meet. Fan.” which is now in an extended run at MCC Theater, the list of reasons why the show …

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Tuesday, December 3, 2024

Broadway Review: “Swept Away” at the Longacre Theatre (Currently On) by David Roberts

“Swept Away,” currently on at the Longacre Theatre, was inspired by the 2004 album “Mignonette” by the American folk-rock band The Avett Brothers. Although the album was suggested b…

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Sunday, December 1, 2024

Broadway Review: “Our Town” at the Barrymore Theatre (Currently On) by David Roberts

“Our Town” by Thorton Wilder is recognized as a classic, and the revival now playing at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre on Broadway, directed by Kenny Leon is the perfect example of why it h…

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Wednesday, November 20, 2024

Off-Broadway Review: “The Beacon” at the Irish Repertory Theatre (Through Sunday, November 24, 2024) by David Roberts

In Nancy Harris’s “The Beacon,” currently on at the Irish Repertory Theatre, four characters navigate through life’s rough waters. Three make it. One is still lost at sea. The back w…

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Tuesday, November 19, 2024

Off-Broadway Review: “DRAG: The Musical” at New World Stages (Through Sunday, March 30, 2025) by David Roberts

“DRAG: the Musical” which was originally released as a concept album and had brief runs in Los Angeles in 2022 and 2024 has made its way to an off-Broadway theatre at New World Stages. T…

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Broadway Review: “Tammy Faye” at the Palace Theatre (Currently On) by David Roberts

The main problem with “Tammy Faye,” currently on at the Palace Theatre is not the vapid lyrics by Jake Shears or the bland book by James Graham. Unfortunately, the “New Broadway Musica…

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Friday, October 25, 2024

Off-Broadway Review: “Deep History” at the Public Theater’s Shiva Theater (Through Sunday, November 10. 2024) by David Roberts

The Public Theatre is currently offering the North American Premiere of “Deep History,” written and performed by David Finnigan, which addresses the critical subject of global warming an…

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Thursday, October 24, 2024

Broadway Review: “Romeo + Juliet” at Circle in the Square (Through Sunday, February 16, 2025) by David Roberts

In a recent “New York Times” guest essay, Drew Lichtenberg writes that although “the American theater’s relationship to the Bard might be fraying” with “a long history of theater…

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Tuesday, October 22, 2024

Broadway Review: “Yellow Face” at the Todd Haimes Theatre (Currently On) by David Roberts

Something old becomes new again with the current production of “Yellow Face” by Roundabout Theatre, which has been produced nationally, and internationally since it opened off-Broadway a…

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Broadway Review: “The Roommate” at the Booth Theatre (Currently On) by David Roberts

It has been a long journey for “The Roommate,” the dark comedy by Jen Silverman, to finally arrive on Broadway since its premiere in 2015 at the Actors Theatre of Louisville, Humana Fest…

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Monday, October 21, 2024

Off-Broadway Review: “Vladimir” at New York City Center Stage I (Through Sunday, November 10, 2024) by David Roberts

At first glance, Manhattan Theatre Club’s “Vladimir,” currently at New York City Center Stage I, might receive a “what’s new” reaction from the audience. But the importance Erika…

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Wednesday, October 16, 2024

Off-Broadway Review: “Hold on to Me Darling” at the Lucille Lortel Theatre (Through Sunday, December 22, 2024) by David Roberts

Strings McCrane (a complex, unsettled, and conflicted Adam Driver) did not need to be overly mindful when he was a world-famous country and western singer and a movie star: he had teams deci…

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Sunday, October 13, 2024

Off-Broadway Review: “The Big Gay Jamboree” at the Orpheum Theatre (Through Sunday, January 19, 2025) by David Roberts

The Orpheum Theatre is hosting the newest campy musical “The Big Gay Jamboree,” with a book by Marla Mindelle and Jonathan Parks-Ramage. Ms. Mindelle, who is known for the cult favorite …

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Wednesday, October 9, 2024

Off-Broadway Review: “The Counter” at the Laura Pels Theatre in the Harold and Miriam Steinberg Center for Theatre (Through Sunday, November 17, 2 by David Roberts

Life secrets and surprises are somewhere on the menu at the way-upstate New York diner where Paul (a quiet, thoughtful, and intense Anthony Edwards) has “good coffee made with a bad machin…

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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
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