1,038 stories by "Johnny Oleksinski"
All of the blaring special effects are in service of a throwaway play in which the real villain ain't Vecna " it's the writing.
"Floyd Collins," the real story of a trapped Kentucky cave explorer, is a musical split in two " and not for the better.
Kimberly Belflower's often entertaining, mostly clever, frequently phony dramedy that opened Monday night at the Booth Theatre could have used another draft.Â
The best part of venturing out into jam-packed Times Square in the busy spring? Venturing inside into a somewhat less jam-packed bar or restaurant for a meal, a martini " and a star spotting.
"Let's Be Bad" is a song from the Broadway musical "Smash."Â It is also the production's motto.
It's a rare and special experience to watch performers of the calibre of Peters and co-stars like Lea Salonga sing Sondheim while backed by a sensational 14-piece orchestra in an intimate ro…
Jasmine Amy Rogers, a 25-year-old actress, makes a marvelous Broadway debut in the Betty Boop musical "Boop."
You're five years older by curtain call.Â
Poor Betty was a victim of the Hays Code, or the Motion Picture Production Code, which in 1934 banned profanity and curtailed violence and sexual content in movies " even animated movies.
It comes as a surprise that the impression left by the dusty historical drama as the audience pours out onto Broadway is so small and fleeting. Good Night, and What's For Dinner?
David Mamet's should-be scorcher of a story about sleazy, lying, ruthless Chicago real-estate salesmen who will commit crimes and ruin lives to close a deal is as laid-back as…
In a flourish of theatrical magic, with the help of mind-boggling technology, the surely exhausted "Succession" star Sarah Snook plays 26 roles in "The Picture of Dorian Gray," which opened …
Like any Broadway show, the musical "Operation Mincemeat" sells merchandise and drinks at intermission. Might I also suggest Adderall?
"Buena Vista Social Club," the new musical that opened Wednesday night at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre, is practically a jumbo jet to Havana.
This bombshell-littered house belongs to the Jaspers, a powerful black political dynasty whose controversies and scandals come down faster than the blizzard outside their window.
While the crowd has come for Paul, at the end of Tennessee Williams' classic play, which opened Tuesday night in Brooklyn, they leave raving about Patsy Ferran.
This is not a victory for classics. It's a war on your wallet.
Too bad the Broadway show named after a giant tree is a toothpick.Â
For starters, there are three new musical comedies about corpses: "Dead Outlaw," "Operation Mincemeat" and "Death Becomes Her."
Already playing in New York, London, Sydney and Toronto, when "Titanique" opens its fifth production in Chicago in May, it will have as many concurrent runs as "Hamilton."
Linda Lavin, who died Sunday at age 87, was a captivating Broadway star beloved by audiences for her electrifying contradictions.
Ticket-buyers are being charged as much as $800 a pop some weeks for what is little more than a sedate staged reading of New Yorker cartoon captions uttered by celebrities.
With stop-start direction from George C. Wolfe, the musical runs out of gas early on.
"The Devil Wears Prada," Elton John's horrid musical that crashed and burned two years ago in Chicago, is giving it a second go in London.
For Elton John, Trump's victory did not make Broadway great again.
