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Peggy Stafford's "Motel Cherry," from Clubbed Thumb and New Georges and part of Summerworks 2012, mixes "Grand Hotel" with halfhearted fairy tales.
There’s nothing nicer, Patti LuPone was saying with a long sardonic face to Meryl Streep, than to have a bunch of drunks singing Happy Birthday to you in a bar. Nevertheless, sing we d…
The Central Park production of “As You Like It,” starring the luminous cross-dressing Lily Rabe, astonishing double dukes Andre Braugher, outrageous jester Oliver Platt, is not t…
New York theater doesn’t close up shop after the Tony Awards each year. There actually may be more to see, what with the various theater festivals. In any case here are my reviews of s…
What many theatergoers know and don't love about "Harvey" is that this comedy about a 6'3 1/2" invisible rabbit won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1945, beating out Tennessee Williams' "The…
Sister Act has just announced that it will close on August 24th. Godspell will shutter June 24th. Jesus Christ Superstar said earlier this week that it will play its last performance on July…
The news sparked reactions ranging from stunned to amused to outraged: Former heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson will make his Broadway theater debut " as will Spike Lee " in the one-man…
Megan Hart's first full-length play about a writer's first novel is too sketchy, and isn't saved by strong performances from Richard Masur and Michelle David.
When Annie Baker, playwright of the exquisite “Circle Mirror Transformation” and her frequent collaborator, super-star director Sam Gold (“Seminar,” “Look Back …
In what can only be called a follow-up to my scoop that the creators of “Slings and Arrows” want to create a fourth season, the National Post of Canada quotes Slings star Paul Gr…
In this still from a photo essay in Vogue magazine, Jeremy Jordan, star of Newsies, prepares for the 66th annual Tony Awards. Newsies won two Tony Awards, including best choreography and bes…
Ethan Lipton's enigmatic send-up of urban life, "Luther," in Clubbed Thumb's Summerworks festival, directed by Ken Rus Schmoll, needs more decisiveness.
Winners of the 66th annual Tony Awards for the best of Broadway will be announced on Sunday night, June 10th. Winners will have asterisks in the list of nominees below. The links are to my r…
Broadway, Off-Broadway and Off-Broadway competed in the 57th annual Drama Desk Awards. The winners are in boldface with an asterisk. OUTSTANDING PLAY David Henry Hwang, Chinglish Dan LeFranc…
This La MaMa revival of H.M. Koutoukas' odd tale of three clowns menaced by a panther-baboon is surreal and often soporific yet redeemed by its language.
Wonderful performances enhance this eerie stew of a story cooked up around fascinating real-life Japanese theater and school of male impersonators Takarazuka.
This minor August Strindberg comedy about a love triangle is adapted for an all-black cast and set on Martha's Vineyard in the 1920s.
Political columnist Joseph Alsop, a New Deal liberal and a Cold War hawk, is embodied by Tony Award winner John Lithgow in a new Broadway play.
Would the movie Forrest Gump make a great musical, or must this never happen? How good a Broadway musical could be made from the movies Mean Girls or Moulin Rouge? Clue or Clueless? Those ar…
The 2012 Theatre World Awards for Outstanding Broadway or Off-Broadway debut performances during the 2011-2012 theatrical season are: Tracie Bennett (End of the Rainbow) Phillip Boykin (The …
The Lucille Lortel Awards represent the best on Off-Broadway, chosen from 91 eligible shows (50 new plays, 17 musicals, 24 revivals).Here is the complete list of nominations for the 2012 Luc…
In a word cloud for articles about the Tony Award nominations, which were announced on Tuesday, the word "snub" would be just about as big as "Broadway" or "Hugh Jackman." Annually, without …
The nominees for the 66th Annual Tony Awards have been selected in the 22 competitive categories. There are also four special Tony categories. The 2012 nominees are: Best Play Clybourne Park…
A large cast of kids gives impressive performances in “Up to You,” a musical from Tada! Youth Theater that insufficiently dramatizes its theme of bullying.
