For Bartlett Sher, My Fair Lady has always been, at its core, Eliza Doolittle's story. While the celebrated director's new Lincoln Center Theater production of Lerner and Loewe's beloved mus…
★★★ The second play in a trilogy by Dominique Morisseau looks at jazz and change in a gentrifying city. The post Paradise Blue: Race, Music, and Madness In Detroit appeared…
★★★ Maria Aitken's new staging of Shakespeare's romantic comedy lacks consistency but offers lovely touches, and all ends well. The post Twelfth Night: An Uneven Feast of L…
★★★★ Christian Borle leads an excellent cast in a buoyant concert staging of the British trifle-turned-Broadway hit. The post Me And My Girl: Class Warfare As Breezy…
★★★ Alan Ayckbourn's latest play follows a man's life and times through his relationships with women The post A Brief History of Women: The Fairer Sex Observed, Appreciativ…
★★★★ Condola Rashad shows us the humanity and humility of Shaw's historical heroine in Daniel Sullivan's excellent new production. The post Saint Joan: Shaw’s O…
The acclaimed British playwright and screenwriter Jack Thorne was already 18 when J.K. Rowling released the first of her Harry Potter novels, and he was in his early twenties when he started…
★★★ A new jukebox musical, despite predictable shortcomings, has a worthy subject and a winning spirit. The post Summer: Saluting a Queen, With Hokum and Joy appeared first…
★★★★ The boy who lived is a troubled father, in a haunting, exhilarating two-part play conceived by J.K. Rowling with top theater artists. The post Harry Potter and t…
★★★★★ Director Jack O'Brien, choreographer Justin Peck and an excellent cast revive this most harrowing and rapturous of musicals. The post Carousel: A Timeless…
Recent seasons have seen ballet stars such as Misty Copeland and siblings Robert and Megan Fairchild leap into roles on the Broadway stage, reminding us of the enduring bond between musical …
★★★★ Alex Lubsicher's account of a small-town tragedy poses powerful, timely questions about our capacity for forgiveness. The post Bobbie Clearly: Chasing Redemption…
★★★★★ Glenda Jackson, Laurie Metcalf, and Alison Pill shine and pierce in a new production of the Pulitzer-winning play. The post Three Tall Women: Towering Per…
★★★★★ Playwright and director Simon Stone finds both enduring and fresh relevance in a classic tragedy. The post Yerma: Lorca’s Tragedy, Blazingly Reimagi…
★★ An homage to rock gods and their classical forebears offers all the subtlety of Spinal Tap's tribute to Stonehenge. The post Rocktopia: It’s So… Heavy appeared fi…
★★★★★ Tony Kushner's American masterwork remains topical, trenchant, and transcendent in this new production.
★★★★ Jessica Hecht plays a dean trying to drag an elite prep school into the 21st century in Josh Harmon's new comedy.
Public transportation in New York City has become such a comedy of errors that it's hard to imagine any work of fiction capturing its full absurdity. The big-hearted a cappella showcase In T…
It took plenty of innovation and renovation. Interview with Thomas Schumacher About Frozen the Broadway Musical - Bringing Disney's Frozen to Broadway
★★★ The cast is excellent, but at nearly three hours, this mix of reflection and whimsy isn't always smooth.
Legendary director/producer/writer Garry Marshall wanted to fulfill a longtime goal: to bring his 1990 smash romantic comedy Pretty Woman to the stage as a musical. To do this, Marshal…
Like most of his castmates in the hit musical Come From Away, Caesar Samayoa has appeared in a number of productions, on and off Broadway and in regional theater. "But I have never seen a st…
Husband-and-wife team David Hein and Irene Sankoff began the creative journey that would lead to the critically acclaimed Broadway hit Come From Away with some trepidation. "When we started …
After decades of television and film work, Anthony Edwards is revisiting his roots in a decidedly high-profile setting. On March 22, the actor and director " an alumnus of the hit series …
The last time singer/songwriter Jason Mraz had a paid acting gig, he was 21 years old. "It was a community production," he recalls, "of something no one saw." Two decades later, Mraz " whose…