Review by David Rooney, Variety
Mystifyingly, for a show with a book by the outspokenly gay-political Harvey Fierstein, this glitzy Broadway revival plays like a pre-"Will and Grace" relic, lobbed onto the stage as if in a cultural vacuum.
Review by Steven Oxman, Variety
All the skill and Southern hospitality can't correct the show's fundamental misconception: The tone of story and song never fuse but work in counterpoint.
The revival of "Steel Magnolias" has secured the Lyceum Theater for a run beginning in March.
Review by Robert L. Daniels, Variety
A startling goof finds the last name of Richard Rodgers emblazoned in large letters minus the "d." Oops!
Review by Matt Wolf, Variety
One has to commend Holly Hunter: Her perf is nothing if not brave, however bizarre the context for it.
Review by David Rooney, Variety
Review by Robert L. Daniels, Variety
Sadly, this highly anticipated off-Broadway pairing proves disappointing.
(Variety) — Road grosses fell 13.2% to $13,158,251 during Week 26 (Nov. 22-28).
Review by Gabrielle Mitchell-Marell, Variety
Review by Marilyn Stasio, Variety
Review by Chris Jones, Variety
The big problem now for presenters as "On the Record" wends its way around the country will be trying to sell adults on coming to hear "You Can Fly! You Can Fly! You Can Fly!" while also letting auds know that there's not much here for kids expecting to meet a mermaid or a sleeping beauty.
Review by Joel Hirschhorn, Variety
This fresh conception by playwright David Rambo ("God's Man in Texas") improves considerably on Lerner's original book and is infinitely superior to the labored, overblown 1969 film version.
Review by Frank Rizzo, Variety
Review by Robert L. Daniels, Variety
Review by Matt Wolf, Variety
Review by Dennis Harvey, Variety
The evening's diversions can't quite hide the fact that its target is an easy one, and these particular kinds of people remain of great interest only to themselves.
Review by Marilyn Stasio, Variety
The tiny minds in these craniums are hardly worth probing, and once their prejudices have been aired and their scandalous secrets exposed, there's nowhere to go but home in disappointment.
Review by Matt Wolf, Variety
The result of a defanged "Angels" is to betray the play's raison d'etre, no matter how skillfully the opera places itself musically in this post-Stockhausen age.
(Variety) — Road grosses slid up a hair, 0.4%, to $14,341,385 during Week 25 (Nov. 15-21).
Review by Michaela Boland, Variety