Gina Gionfriddo's hilarious, biting yet supremely satisfying dark comedy, Becky Shaw, has finally made it to Broadway and is most definitely the boldest, funniest show of the season to date.…
Those pesky Andrew Lloyd Weber/T.S. Eliot Cats seem to have a lot more than nine lives. This time the divisive musical, which ran on Broadway from 1982 to 2000 (toppling A Chorus Line as the…
1975 was a banner year for cinema"just gander at the Best Picture Academy Award nominees: Stanley Kubrick's Barry Lyndon, Sidney Lumet's Dog Day Afternoon, Steven Spielberg's Jaws, Robert Al…
Boundless enthusiasm and sheer ebullience go a very long way towards making Duncan Macmillan's hopeful, if slight one-man play, Every Brilliant Thing, soar. The show is currently wowing audi…
New York, N.Y.:Â GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics has announced key dates and new categories for the 4th annual Dorian Theater Awards, set to honor Broadway and Off-Broad…
Theater on-and off-Broadway, started out quite strong in 2025, but the promise of an exciting fall never really materialized, with a few key exceptions, and instead the biggest box office hi…
Maria Friedman is one of the UK's most celebrated stage performers and has been nominated for nine Olivier Awards, winning four. Her first major role onstage was originating Dot/Marie in Ste…
The musical Chess has had quite the checkered and tumultuous past. Much like Jesus Christ Superstar and Evita, the show began life as a concept album, written by lyricist Tim Rice and compos…
Lincoln Center Theater's sensational new production of the musical Ragtime, which began its renewed life as a Gala produced in 2024 by New York City Center, is a theatrical wonder for the ey…
The memory play is a genre that has grown a bit stale since Tennessee Williams shattered it with The Glass Menagerie's Broadway premiere in 1944. But Tony-nominee Bess Wohl has breathed new,…
Evita was the definite highlight of my recent London theatergoing experience. The production is truly inspired and I am so excited for it's Broadway run. You can read my rave HERE. But I did…
Even as someone who has special childhood memories tied to the show, I can admit Evita is a flawed work. It's more rock opera than book musical. The politics can get a bit muddled. And the f…
A true star performance is on display seven times a week in a smallish off-Broadway house on Christopher Street in Greenwich Village. Matt Rodin takes the stage at Theater 154 and metaphoric…
There's a (nearly) hidden, gay-themed gem playing this Pride season in Greenwich Village. A musical, seven-years in the making, that is rousing, disturbing and, ultimately, empowering. Beau …
Nicholas Barasch is currently wowing audiences as young Frederic in the Roundabout Theatre Company's splendid reworking of Gilbert & Sullivan's comic opera, now titled, Pirates! The Penz…
I managed to avoid reading anything about Call Me Izzy except for the obvious fact that it stars Jean Smart and it's a one-character play. Full disclosure, I am NOT a fan of one-person shows…
The acclaimed revival of Lord Andrew Lloyd Webber's Sunset Blvd received three Tony Awards on Sunday's ceremony. The Contending's Frank J. Avella returned to the production (his fourth ti…
Joey and Clarence are joined by Frank J. Avella to recap last night's Tony Awards presentation, the winners, the surprises, and more. The 2025 Tony Awards aired last night on CBS to a dramat…
The last three Oscar ceremonies have had very intense and competitive Best Actress races. Truth to be told, it's the category that always excites and scares me, because of how much I invest …
Best Musical Buena Vista Social Club Dead Outlaw Death Becomes Her Maybe Happy Ending Operation Mincemeat: A New Musical Best Play English The Hills of California John Proctor Is the Villain…
Well, that was great…that was really fucking great! This Sunday, the American Theatre Wing and The Broadway League will name the best of Broadway at the 78th Annual Tony Awards. With Maybe…
New York, N.Y. (June 3, 2025): GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics' kicked off Pride Month by giving John Proctor is the Villain and Cats: The Jellicle Ball top…
Outstanding Play Blood of the Lamb, by Arlene Hutton Deep Blue Sound, by Abe Koogler Grangeville, by Samuel D. Hunter John Proctor is the Villain, by Kimberly Belflower Liberation, by Bess W…
Now that Patti LuPone has apologized: forgive her, support her or sharpen your pitchforks, but WAIT until after Broadway's biggest night. This year's Tony Awards will be one for the books si…
Who is Jack Stokes? He's an astonishingly impressive young British actor you may be hearing a lot more about in the coming years. Stokes is currently electrifying audiences in the play Shell…