Reviews: What Are Critics Saying About Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends in London's West End? by Logan Culwell-block, Andrew Gans

Bernadette Peters, Lea Salonga, and more star in the Cameron Mackintosh-produced tribute revue.

SOURCE: Playbill at 10:07am on October 4, 2023☆⚑

Review Roundup: Lea Salonga and Bernadette Peters Open STEPHEN SONDHEIM'S OLD FRIENDS in London. What Did The Critics Think?

Following the unforgettable all-star gala performance to celebrate the life and work of the great Stephen Sondheim at the theatre named after him in May 2022, Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends,…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 5:07am on October 4, 2023☆⚑

Reviews: What Do Critics Think of Jaja's African Hair Braiding on Broadway? by Molly Higgins

The Jocelyn Bioh play opened October 3 at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre, via Manhattan Theatre Club.

SOURCE: Playbill at 8:04pm on October 3, 2023☆⚑

Reviews: What Are Critics Saying About Melissa Etheridge: My Window? by Talaura Harms

The Grammy winner's solo show opened on Broadway September 28.

SOURCE: Playbill at 9:13pm on September 28, 2023☆⚑

Magician Asi Wind's Inner Circle Sets Closing Off-Broadway by Margaret Hall

The solo magic show is playing an extended run at The Judson Theatre.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:33pm on September 28, 2023☆⚑

Reviews: What Are Critics Saying About Funny Girl on Tour? by Logan Culwell-Block

Newcomer Katerina McCrimmon stars as Fanny Brice in the U.S. tour of the Broadway revival.

SOURCE: Playbill at 10:07am on September 28, 2023☆⚑

Reviews: What Do Critics Think of Purlie Victorious: A Non-Confederate Romp Through the Cotton Patch? by Molly Higgins

Leslie Odom, Jr. and Kara Young star in the revival at the Music Box Theatre.

SOURCE: Playbill at 10:37pm on September 27, 2023☆⚑

Reviews: What Did Critics Think of Dead Man Walking at the Metropolitan Opera? by Natan Zamansky

The NYC institution kicked off its 2023-24 season with the house premiere of Jake Heggie and Terrence McNally's opera September 26.

SOURCE: Playbill at 1:25pm on September 27, 2023☆⚑

Review Roundup: FUNNY GIRL Launches National Tour; What Are the Critics Saying?

The National Tour of Funny Girl launched in September in Providence, Rhode Island. Read the reviews for Funny Girl here!

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:13am on September 27, 2023☆⚑

Reviews: What Do Critics Think of Frank and Percy, Starring Ian McKellen and Roger Allam? by Margaret Hall

Ben Weatherill's new romantic comedy is directed by Sean Mathias.

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:03am on September 27, 2023☆⚑

Reviews: What Do Critics Think of Mary Gets Hers Off-Broadway? by Meg Masseron

The Emma Horwitz tragicomedy about a medieval orphan is directed by Josiah Davis for Playwrights Realm.

SOURCE: Playbill at 1:07pm on September 26, 2023☆⚑

Reviews: What Do Critics Think of 20 Seconds: A Play With Music Off-Broadway? by Meg Masseron

The solo play won Best Solo Performance at the 2022 Capital Fringe Festival.

SOURCE: Playbill at 4:19pm on September 25, 2023☆⚑

Commentary: Critics weren't invited to David Mamet's new play. Then the show's star, Shia LaBeouf, sent a personal invite by Charles McNulty

"Henry Johnson," a new play by David Mamet, is in its world premiere run at the Electric Lodge in Venice.

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 8:00pm on September 22, 2023☆⚑

Reviews: What Do Critics Think of Andrew Scott's Solo Adaptation of Chekhov's Uncle Vanya by Margaret Hall, Leah Putnam

The Sherlock and Fleabag star is back in the West End for the first time since Three Kings at The Old Vic.

SOURCE: Playbill at 10:19am on September 22, 2023☆⚑

Reviews: What Do Critics Think of Dig Off-Broadway? by Meg Masseron

Pulitzer finalist Theresa Rebeck directs her new play about redemption of the seemingly irredeemable.

SOURCE: Playbill at 10:19am on September 21, 2023☆⚑

Reviews: What Are Critics Saying About the Long-Awaited English-Language Premiere of Rebecca? by Logan Culwell-Block

The German musical just opened in the U.K. following a 2012 Broadway run thwarted by international fraud.

SOURCE: Playbill at 9:49am on September 21, 2023☆⚑

Reviews: What Are Critics Saying About Shakespeare Theatre Company's Evita? by Logan Culwell-Block

Shereen Pimentel stars in the Sammi Cannold-directed production of the Andrew Lloyd Webber-Tim Rice musical.

SOURCE: Playbill at 2:33pm on September 20, 2023☆⚑

Reviews: What Do Critics Think of Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors Off-Broadway? by Meg Masseron

The Monty Python-style send-up of the Bram Stoker classic is currently haunting Off-Broadway's New World Stages.

SOURCE: Playbill at 10:07am on September 19, 2023☆⚑

Theatre Review: 'Circle Mirror Transformation' at Spotlighters Theatre by Anne Valentino

Pulitzer Prizing-winning dramatist Annie Baker's "Circle Mirror Transformation," like many of her plays, focuses as much on what is not said and the awkward silences as it does on the snippe…

SOURCE: Maryland Theatre Guide at 4:14pm on September 18, 2023☆⚑

Reviews: What Do Critics Think of Swing State Off-Broadway? by Meg Masseron, Margaret Hall

The production featuring the original Chicago cast is now playing Audible's Minetta Lane Theatre.

SOURCE: Playbill at 10:19am on September 18, 2023☆⚑

Reviews: What Did Critics Think of Rachel Bloom's Death, Let Me Do My Show? by Talaura Harms

The one-woman musical comedy opened September 14 at Off-Broadway's Lucille Lortel Theatre.

SOURCE: Playbill at 5:03pm on September 15, 2023☆⚑

Review Roundup: Rachel Bloom's DEATH, LET ME DO MY SHOW; What Did the Critics Think?

Death, Let Me Do My Show, a brand new original one-woman musical comedy, starring Emmy Award-winner Rachel Bloom and directed by Seth Barrish, opened September 14, at…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 7:33am on September 15, 2023☆⚑

Reviews: What Are Critics Saying About Infinite Life Off-Broadway? by Logan Culwell-block, Margaret Hall

Set in Northern California, the new play from Pulitzer winner Annie Baker centers on five women holding a philosophical conversation as they grapple with suffering and desire.

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:03am on September 13, 2023☆⚑

Reviews: What Are Critics Saying About Dicks: The Musical, Starring Nathan Lane, Megan Mullally, and More? by Logan Culwell-Block

Based on an Upright Citizens Brigade show, the movie musical puts a NSFW spin on The Parent Trap.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:25pm on September 8, 2023☆⚑

Critics and Audiences are Raving about THE BRIDGES OF MADISON COUNTY by Signature Theatre

THE BRIDGES OF MADISON COUNTY August 8 " September 17, 2023 A sweeping musical romance of desire and sacrifice based on the best-selling novel. After marrying an American soldier to escape…

SOURCE: YouTube at 2:10pm on September 5, 2023☆⚑