The Outer Critics Circle, the organization of writers covering New York theatre for out-of-town newspapers, national publications and other media beyond Broadway, has announced that multi-aw…
Multiple Tony nominee Raúl Esparza and two-time Tony winner Katie Finneran announce the nominees for the 2014-15 Outer Critics Circle Awards, which celebrate shows, both o…
This portrait of a girl and her father, adapted from Alison Bechdel's graphic novel of a memoir, occupies the place where we all grew up, and will never be able to leave.
April in Times Square is nothing like April in Paris. It’s hectic, antic and tense. Last week a bunch of Tony-hopefuls opened on Broadway. This week, it was the same deal, with…
Perhaps taking a cue from colleague Marc Platt –Â who defied critics’ expectations by turning the widely dissed Wicked into one of Broadway’s biggest all-time moneymakers…
Following the successful pilot of the Young Critics scheme at Theatre Royal Winchester we are proud to be working with the theatre to extend the project throughout the summer. It’s imp…
Enda Walsh has adapted Roald Dahl's book for the stage at the Royal Court; but the results get a distinctly mixed reaction
Well, "The Wedding Singer" flopped but became a popular touring show, and "First Date" flopped but is bound to get lots of community-theater action, will another comic musical about romance …
The American Theater Critics Association has awarded the 2015 Harold and Mimi Steinberg/American Theatre Critics ... The post Rebecca Gilman wins top honor from American Theater Critics Asso…
By Stephen Collins What show should audiences from the UK see first if visiting the Great White Way? We have compiled this list to save you the trouble of working it out! It’s just our…
There can be no doubt about it: "An American in Paris" thrilled critics on its opening night at Broadway's Palace Theater on Sunday, with a special emphasis on the power of the show's dan…
The American Theatre Critics Association (ATCA) has selected Rebecca Gilman's Luna Gale as the recipient of the Harold and Mimi Steinberg/American Theatre Critics Association New Play Award,…
Those who want to experience the brilliance of Bertolt Brecht at its mellowest should head down to Yale Rep's lively and moving production of The Caucasian Chalk Circle.
It’s that time of year, when a few shows open on Broadway every week, all vying to the same media attention and end-of-season awards. This week saw the openings of Hand to …
A Broadway show about foul-mouthed hand puppets . . . could such a thing ever work? Ask the producers of "Avenue Q" (which is still running in its off-Broadway transfer). Okay, but can anoth…
Fun Home, the highly-anticipated, Award-winning American musical, is currently in previews at the Circle in the Square Theatre 235 West 50th Street. With music by four-time Tony Award nomine…
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It wasn’t exactly an ambush, but the first question actor Bernardo Cubria posed to me as a guest on his theatre podcast was about a complaint that actors have about critics. I was his …
When David Hare's romantic drama, "Skylight", first reached Broadway in 1996, critics lauded the show's balance of emotional, inter-personal drama with the playwright's realization that clas…
“The American Theatre Critics Association, ATCA, the only national organization of American theatre critics, has been struggling with their criteria for membership. Right now they admi…
A theater critic is a "malicious, cowardly" person who cannot see the beauty in a flower because she cannot put a label on it. That is what the ex movie star turned first-time Broadway direc…
Those who've never particularly liked the plays of Bertolt Brecht, nor understood his appeal, will not have their minds changed by director Liz Diamond's Yale Rep production . . .
Dude knows of which he speaks. Read. From the Desk of Tim Wright I’ve held off on adding my thoughts because I have an obvious bias, but I do think it’s important for anyone on t…
Alison Bechdel's graphic novel finds new life in the round at the Circle in the Square Theatre where the Jeanine Tesori/Lisa Kron musical, originally produced at the Public Theater, is makin…
TV Land's "Younger," starring two-time Tony Award winner Sutton Foster, Hilary Duff, Debi Mazar and Miriam Shor, premieres March 31. Read the reviews.