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One's relationship with God is a very personal matter. So it's only fitting that the best moments in Craig Wright's majorly misguided new play Grace occur in monologues. Karl, a German exter…
Never one of Ibsen's more revered works, An Enemy of the People won't win any converts with Manhattan Theatre Club's shrill, hopped-up revival.
Chaplin"played with understatement and comic artistry by the relatively unknown Rob McClure"conjures up childhood memories to create his most famous character...
The creators of Bring It On: The Musical have invented a completely new story and characters. Making the show their own, however, doesn't mean that they've brought great depth or intricacy t…
That six-foot-three-and-a-half-inch white rabbit from the 1944 comedy Harvey still has a lot to say some 70 years later. Not literally, because of course we never see or hear from the title …
Lions aren't known for eating their young, but try telling that to the mama Lyons at the center of Nicky Silver's dark new comedy.
A classic dictionary definition of 'farce' includes "ludicrously improbable situations" and "slapstick." Both are prominently displayed in the outlandish comedy, "Don't Dress for Dinner," by…
Forget what you think you know (and probably hate) about British farce or slapstick. One Man, Two Guvnors, the latest theatrical import from London, defies expectations on many levels. It's …
Jesus certainly isn't underrepresented on Broadway right now. A revival of Godspell, an early Stephen Schwartz musical, came to town in the fall, and now spring brings Jesus Christ Superstar…
Feeding upon the frenzy of primary season, "Gore Vidal's The Best Man" is as cutting edge today as it was when it originally debuted in 1960.
Blockbuster Hollywood movies aren't the only ones getting the musical-theater treatment. Once, a quirky, warmhearted little Irish film that was the surprise Oscar winner for 2007's Best Orig…
Elena Rogers gives a tour-de-force performance. Entertaining in a dynamic fashion, this revival of "Evita" is simply electrifying!
Part play, part multi-media presentation, part lecture, "Magic/Bird," a basketball story about the rivalry of Ervin "Magic" Johnson and Larry Bird, stumbles through the peaks and valleys of …
If you like your stars ragged and exposed, raunchy and self-involved, then you'll love the British import about the last days of the legendary Judy Garland's life, from playwright, Peter Qui…
Delightfully charming, "Newsies," is an old-fashioned style musical, big on heart and full of tap-dancing fun. It even offers a break-out star in Jeremy Jordon as Jack Kelly, the charismatic…
Arthur Miller's masterpiece of American family drama, Death of a Salesman, can't have too many Broadway revivals. And happily the current one, directed by Tony winner Mike Nichols and starri…
Margaret Edson's playwriting career consists of just one work. But what a miraculous endeavor Wit is. The winner of the 1999 Pulitzer Prize, it's a carefully crafted, minimalist study of an …
The Roundabout Theatre Company has dug up a gem from 1984, The Road to Mecca, which richly explores the lives of three lonely characters caught between fear and the path to fulfillment. Gord…
Alan Jay Lerner once vowed he'd never write another original musical. His greatest successes"notably the book and lyrics of My Fair Lady"had come from adapting stories created by others. But…
In the current economic climate, is a flimsy, sophomoric show about a college basketball team lusting to finally win a game worth a Broadway ticket price?
From the overly long musical intro composed by pop star, (and one of the play's producers) Alicia Keys, to soap opera-like revelations, Lydia R. Diamond's new play, "Stick Fly," is a humorou…
Alan Rickman, the steely British actor who snarled his way through the Harry Potter films as Professor Snape takes on his new role with "delicious ferocity."
"Sex and the City's" blond siren, Kim Cattrall, is the draw for this highly charged revival of Noel Coward's classic comedy.
"... a dazzling, eclectic, high-energy song-and-dance fest that demonstrates why Jackman live is only slightly less addictive than cocaine."
"...explodes onto the stage with the precision of a perfectly timed device."
