The Columnist: Theater Review
John Lithgow's full-bodied characterization is persuasive, but David Auburn's new play is more successful on a scene-by-scene basis than as a whole.
John Lithgow's full-bodied characterization is persuasive, but David Auburn's new play is more successful on a scene-by-scene basis than as a whole.
John Lithgow stars as powerful mid-century Washington political journalist Joseph Alsop in this new biographical drama by Pulitzer and Tony-winning "Proof" playwright David Auburn.read more
A bulging box of musical-theater candy.
Matthew Broderick and Kelli O'Hara star in this frothy Jazz Age cocktail, brewed around a string of evergreen Gershwin tunes and staged by Tony-winning director-choreographer Kathleen Marsha…
Aside from its dazzling technology, this is a soulless show with all the substance and charm of wet ectoplasm.
The popular 1990 movie that won Oscars for Whoopi Goldberg and screenwriter Bruce Joel Rubin gets a musical makeover in this production by Matthew Warchus, with songs by Dave Stewart and Gle…
Nicky Silver's caustically funny and emotionally satisfying family comedy is driven by a gem of a performance from Linda Lavin.
Linda Lavin leads the ensemble as a scaldingly blunt Jewish mother in this black comedy by Nicky Silver about family disfunction and self-preservation, transferring to Broadway after a hit r…
Not quite the revisionist reworking of Tennessee Williams that its unconventional casting would appear to indicate, but a solid, atmospheric staging that favors the play's raw sensuality and…
Blair Underwood, Nicole Ari Parker, Daphne Rubin-Vega and Wood Harris star in the multiracial Broadway revival of the Tennessee Williams classic, from the same producing team behind 2008's a…
Bruce Norris' prize-winning play arrives on Broadway with its sting intact in Pam MacKinnon's crackling production.
More than two years after it premiered in New York, Bruce Norris' acclaimed satirical sitcom on race, real estate and communication looks right at home on Broadway.read more
The Oscar-nominated actor will make his American stage debut next fall in British playwright Nick Payne's comic drama "If There Is I Haven't Found It Yet."
The Oscar-nominated actor will make his American stage debut this year in British playwright Nick Payne's comic drama "If There Is I Haven't Found It Yet."read more
David Rooney James Corden stars in Richard Bean's riotous reinvention of the commedia dell'arte classic, "The Servant of Two Masters," which transfers to Broadway in Nicholas Hytner's smash-…
The drama by Quiara Alegria Hudes about a returning Iraq War vet was a surprise win, beating out Jon Robin Baitz's "Other Desert Cities" and Stephen Karam's "Sons of the Prophet."
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Winner in a record seven categories of London's top theater honors, including best musical, the Roald Dahl adaptation is scheduled to open in New York in early 2013.
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The "Hangover" star will revisit his roots this summer at the Williamstown Theatre Festival to play John Merrick, a role he undertook previously at the Actors Studio Drama School
The "Hangover" star will revisit his roots this summer at the Williamstown Theatre Festival to play John Merrick, a role he undertook previously at the Actors Studio Drama School.read more
This adaptation of the Peter Pan origin story is rich in antic humor and theatrical invention, but the stardust loses potency and becomes a tad precious on a larger stage.
Christian Borle goes from "Smash" to dastardly Black Stache in the Broadway transfer of this play with music exploring the backstory of Peter Pan, developed by Disney Theatrical and based on…
The stars of ABC's "GCB" and CBS's "The Big Bang Theory" will co-host the nominations announcement live from Lincoln Center on May 1.
The stars of ABC's "GCB" and CBS' "The Big Bang Theory" will co-host the nominations announcement live from Lincoln Center on May 1.read more