No wonder Linda Lavin reunited with Nicky Silver " her hilariously acidic performance in their last collaboration, "The Lyons," won her a Tony nomination. Silver's latest, "Too Much Sun," le…
"I can't bear to see lovely things go to waste," declares the fading actress of William Inge's "A Loss of Roses." The same can be said of this play, which...
It couldn't have come at a better time " the end of a theater season that just kept on giving. Much like "Rocky," one of its hapless targets, Gerard Alessandrini's...
Mary Martin " the quintessential Peter Pan " captivated theatergoers for nearly 40 years. The loving but misguided revue "Inventing Mary Martin" only feels that long. Stephen Cole, who co…
Lovers and others might want to steer clear of "Your Mother's Copy of the Kama Sutra." Starting with its icky title " the linking of one's progenitor to an infamous...
Neil Patrick Harris in Hedwig and the Angry Inch (©Joan Marcus) The colorful title character of Hedwig and the Angry Inch can be described as many things, but loveable is not usually …
Leave it to the New Group to show us a side of Nick Offerman we haven't seen before " his bare butt. In "Annapurna," the new play by Sharr White...
Estelle Parsons and Stephen Spinella star in Eric Coble's two-hander Broadway play about an elderly woman who threatens to blow up her Brooklyn brownstone apartment rather than be sent to a …
Jeremy Whelehan's documentary chronicles the world tour of a production of "Richard III" starring Kevin Spacey.read more
Daniel Radcliffe in The Cripple of Inishmaan (©Johan Persson) His face may be prominently displayed on the Playbill cover and theater marquee, but Daniel Radcliffe melts seamlessly i…
James Franco and Chris O'Dowd in Of Mice and Men (©Richard Phibbs) Review: Of Mice and Men John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men is a beloved classic that is a staple in high scho…
Audra McDonald in Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill (©Evgenia Eliseeva) Audra McDonald doesn’t look or sound anything like Billie Holiday. So it’s a credit to t…
Marin Mazzie in Bullets Over Broadway (©Paul Kolnik) Imagine a splashy Broadway musical comedy based on a beloved film, written by its original creator who once toiled for Sid Caesar …
You’ll mingle with ghosts in the new "Speakeasy Dollhouse," an immersive show about the Booth brothers, actor Edwin and his notorious brother, Abraham Lincoln assassin John Wilkes Boot…
David Cromer, Bryce Clyde Jenkins, LaYTanya Richardson Jackson, Anika Noni Rose, Denzel Washington, and Sophie Okonedo in A Raisin in the Sun (©Brigitte Lacombe) If director…
In the Transport Group's new revival of "I Remember Mama," 10 time-tested actresses " ages 67 to 82 " play all 23 characters, including the men and small boys. But...
Stephen Sondheim's spirit hangs heavy over "A Second Chance." One character calls the composer "one of my heroes." And a program note from playwright Ted Shen even thanks him. An...
Idina Menzel in If/Then (©Joan Marcus) When a performer’s mere opening utterance of “Hello, it’s me” garners huge sustained applause, you know you’re in …
Cirque du Soleil's "Amaluna" is a mash-up of the Latin words "mother" and "moon." But it's really about girl power, a female-centric production loosely inspired by "The Tempest" with a...
This world premiere play by Beau Willimon ("House of Cards") concerns four ordinary people whose lives become intertwined by fateful circumstances.read more
Off-Braodway’s "Beauty and the Beast" " a critically acclaimed, adults-only affair with explicit sex and nudity " is a fairy-tale love story both onstage and off. Chalk it up to...
Bobby Steggert, Frederick Weller, Grayson Taylor, and Tyne Daly in Mothers and Sons (©Joan Marcus) There’s a distressing air of familiarity about Terrence McNally’s Mother…
Ramin Karimloo in Les Miserables (©Matthew Murphy) Les Miserables could well refer to more than a few theater critics, this one included, faced with the prospect of yet again seeing …
Courtney Reed and Adam Jacobs in Aladdin (©Deen van Meer) When James Monroe Iglehart sings “Friend Like Me” in Disney’s new Broadway musical adaptation of its classi…
Andy Karl in Rocky (©Matthew Murphy) You’ll leave the new Broadway musical Rocky humming the score. Unfortunately, it won’t be the wholly unmemorable one by veteran compos…