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This revival " with a new book by Aaron Sorkin " is spare, drab and somehow takes the Lerner and Loewe classic both too literally and not seriously enough.
In this " wait for it " corny new musical, the score makes a case for country as a natural Broadway genre and the cast turns in strong performances. Shame about the plot, though.
A book by Emerald Fennell (who wrote and directed 'Promising Young Woman') and music by Andrew Lloyd Webber must have screamed cross-generational synergy on paper. But it's TikTok meets gran…
Suzan-Lori Parks reshapes the 1972 Jimmy Cliff movie into a jukebox musical, but its outlaw charge has gone missing.
A chilly, restrained minimalism marks this Broadway adaptation of Ibsen, starring Jessica Chastain.
Existential upheaval is fun in this magic-realist mini-epic from Agnes Borinsky that moves the beyond theatrical binaries of comedy and tragedy.
Chekhov's 1895 comedy gets a cheerfully vulgar refurbishing (and a perfect Parker Posey), but part of the shock is how by-the-book Thomas Bradshaw's rework is.
A pop star becomes a demon barber, a TV assassin turns attorney, and Hamlet gets a Black, queer makeover " those are just a few of the miraculous transformations the theater has in store the…
A talented cast is trapped by cringe material in this show about quirky urbanites trying to survive in New York City, with songs from Mark Eitzel of American Music Club and a book by British…
Sharr White's Broadway adaptation of Larry Sultan's photo memoir is part sitcom " with laugh lines for Nathan Lane " and part family weepie. There's no intimacy amidst the broad strokes and …
Riffing on the origin of humanity, Richard Maxwell crams a lot into a family restaurant.
Thanks to superlative casting (including Daniel Radcliffe) and canny direction, this elegant, emotionally searching production may be the finest 'Merrily' you'll ever see.
This sloppy Broadway embrace of Neil Diamond is a jukebox musical in search of a plot.
New York theater rolls into fall again with a packed schedule of Broadway, off-Broadway, and experimental theater.
At Park Avenue Armory, writer-director Robert Icke transforms Greek tragedy 'Oresteia' for a more postmodern audience.
The bestselling novel 'The Kite Runner' has been adapted marvelously for screen and now for stage yet a weak adaptation does it no justice.
Shakespeare adaptations come with a certain pressure, with some more successful than others. 'Richard III' struggles to make the cut.
Revivals of Sondheim can be mixed business due to the pressure of his legacy yet some revivals. 'Into the Woods' does his legacy justice.
Robert Icke's production of 'Hamlet' at Park Avenue Armory is nearly four hours and it's mostly Hamlet throwing a weird little fit.
An excellent cast with a so-so story, 'Epiphany' has great moments that don't quite come together, but could appeal to some.
The combined genius of Sarah Silverman, Joshua Harmon, and the late Adam Schlesinger brings you back to childhood at Atlantic Theater..
Playwright James Ijames adapts Shakespeare's 'Hamlet' to modern North Carolina following the drama of a family-owned BBQ restaurant.
An ambitious play, 'Golden Shield' attempts to weave Chinese censorship law, political dissidence, and family drama, to varying success.
At Pershing Square Signature Theatre, 'A Case for the Existence of God' takes a direct look at the lives of seemingly very different men.
At Longacre Theatre featuring Daniel Craig and Ruth Negga, director Sam Gold takes on Shakespeare's Macbeth. Incoherent yet star-studded.
