1,084 stories by "Matthew Murray"
"Shows this bad are tragedies whenever they occur, but the loss this time is twofold."
"Stick Fly falters in only one way, but it's unfortunately a biggie."
"The deceptively simple 1950s are, for better or worse, the standard by which America " and Americans " continue to be judged."
"On the constantly expanding roster of unadventurous screen-to-stage musical adaptations, few rank as less predictable than Once."
"... you're witnessing a complete, structured drama that doesn't willingly let you out of its grip."
"... well past its expiration date."
"Though one always wants to assess each Frank Wildhorn musical anew, the composer himself does not make it easy."
"If two first-tier, above-the-marquee, take-it-to-the-bank stars are in the same show together, is it too much to ask that at least one delivers the name-making goods before the middle of Ac…
"... surprisingly entertaining " and theatre through and through."
"Be Prepared," runs the famous motto of the Boy Scouts of America, and that's particularly good advice with respect to Thomas Higgins's new play about the Scouts and Scouting, Wild Animals Y…
"You'll be giddy in the moment, but wracked with shame afterward."
"Who cares if Thanksgiving hasn't happened yet? (Besides turkeys and cranberries, that is.) In the ways that matter most, the holiday season in New York kicks off, both figuratively and lite…
"Chemistry is difficult to explain, but you know the best reactions when you see them. In this Private Lives, you see them burn brightly " and, more important, you see them burn often."
"It's impossible to tell whether this is the most daring effort The New Group has ever undertaken, the most absurd, or both at once."
"If there's anything surprising about Standing on Ceremony: The Gay Marriage Plays, the anthology evening that just opened at the Minetta Lane, it's that it took so long to arrive."
"What's immediately and consistently clear is that Jackman, Vaccariello, and director-choreographer Warren Carlyle care only about putting on, as they used to say, a hell of a show."
"... it automatically qualifies as one of the season's most electrifying and unmissable musicals."
"If you ever despair that the theatre can no longer create stars as it once did " or that you have a knack for missing the one-in-a-million show in which that actually happens " start pledgi…
"Because King Lear turns on the dissolution of humanity in the face of the natural order, it's crucial that it be human to begin with."
"Is working at the peak of your ability life's highest goal? Fitting in with those around you? Being different from them? Doing what you love? Doing what fulfills you spiritually? What about…
"... one of the strongest feel-good experiences you're likely to have in the New York theatre this fall."
"... one of the most fascinating new musicals New York has seen in several seasons."
"Whether it's oppressive because it's arid and blistering or because it's cold and barren, a desert is a desert and it doesn't change much. The same thing is true of Jon Robin Baitz's play …
"Once this show, which just opened at the Black Box Theatre at the Harold and Miriam Steinberg Center for Theatre, gets going, you're going to give yourself over to it completely, and you'll…
"Heavy-handed is as heavy-handed does, and boy does it do a number on Milk Like Sugar. . . ."
