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Benjamin Walker and the company of American Psycho
(©Jeremy Daniel)
Gory, funny, gorgeous, over-the-top, and a little confused, Duncan Sheik and Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa's musical versio…
Frank Langella and Kathryn Erbe in The Father
(©Joan Marcus)
The onslaughts of aging and their cross-generational effects have become ripe fodder for drama this season. In The Humans,…
Phylicia Rashad and Francois Battiste in Head of Passes
(©Joan Marcus)
A deeply religious woman's faith gets rocked to its core in Tarrell Alvin McCraney's Head of Passes, a concurren…
Carmen Cusack and Paul Alexander Nolan in Bright Star
(©Nick Stokes)
The hands of time sweep backward in Bright Star, the musical which has just opened at Broadway's Cort Theatre. It'…
Hank Azaria, Claire Danes, and John Krasinski in Dry Powder
(©Joan Marcus)
High-powered financiers slug it out in Sarah Burgess' new play, Dry Powder, which recently opened at the Pub…
Shiloh Fernandez and Marin Ireland in Ironbound
(©Sandra Coudert)
Playwright Martyna Majok distills a Polish woman's tumultuous and difficult life in America to absorbing effect in th…
Laura Benanti in She Loves Me
(©Joan Marcus)
Delicacy abounds in Scott Ellis' gorgeous revival of She Loves Me, which opened last night in a Roundabout Theatre Company production at St…
Faith Prince, Kevin Chamberlin, and Kerry Butler in Diaster!
(©Jeremy Daniel Photography)
All of the stereotypical characters and confoundingly contrived relationships found in 1970s …
Pascale Armand, Lupita Nyong'o, and Saycon Sengbloh in Eclipsed
(©Joan Marcus)
Five performers are turning in immaculate and heartrending performances in Danai Gurira's Eclipsed, whic…
Len Cariou in Broadway and The Bard with Mark Janas at the piano.
(©Carol Rosegg)
A bit of theatrical lore from 45 years ago informs Len Cariou's appealing new show Broadway and The B…
Nandita Shenoy and Johnny Wu in Washer/Dryer
(©Isaiah Tanenbaum)
Nandita Shenoy has the makings for a pretty good sitcom in her new play Washer/Dryer that opened last at Theatre Row i…
Chinasa Ogbuagu and Hubert Point-Du Jour in Sojourners
(©Chasi Annexy)
A potentially moving play lies underneath the surface of Mfoniso Udofia's Sojourners, which opened at the Peter …
Tony Naumovski, Ben Cole, and Clea Alsip in Wide Awake Hearts
(©Carol Rosegg)
Theatergoers enter a multimedia Pirandellian universe in Brendan Gall's Wide Awake Hearts, which opened l…
Kate Arrington, Greg Keller, Linda Lavin, and John Procaccino in Our Mother's Brief Affair
(©Joan Marcus)
Richard Greenberg offers up a trio of intertwined memory plays in Our Mother'…
Jason Dirden, Lynda Gravatt, and Nikiya Mathis in Skeleton Crew
(©Ahron Foster)
A timeless and moving human drama unfolds in Dominique Morisseau’s Skeleton Crew, which opened la…
Bravery abounds in Brian Kulick’s new staging of Bertolt Brecht’s Mother Courage in Her Children thanks to Kecia Lewis, who took on the herculean title role after the much-public…
Jeremy Shamos, Kate Jennings Grant, David Furr, Andrea Martin, and Campbell Scott in Noises Off
(©Joan Marcus)
Having the inspired zaniness of Michael Frayn’s Noises Off back on…
Maurice Hines in Tappin’ Thru Life
(©Carol Rosegg)
Maurice Hines knows how to charm from the stage. It’s little wonder. He’s been performing for nearly six decades n…
Christmas memories don’t get much more tuneful or joyously poignant than those found in the new musical The First Noel, currently playing in a Classical Theatre of Harlem production in…
Danny Burstein and company in Fiddler on the Roof
(© Joan Marcus)
As Sheldon Harnick, Jerry Bock, and Joseph Stein’s landmark musical Fiddler on the Roof enters its middle age--…
Adam B. Shapiro and company in The Golden Bride
(© Ben Moody)
One of the most delightful theatrical surprises for the end of 2015 comes courtesy of the National Yiddish Theatre Folksbi…
Cynthia Erivo and Jennifer Hudson in The Color Purple
(© Matthew Murphy)
Stunning. It's the best word to describe both John Doyle's remarkable new production of The Color Purple that …
Brynn Williams, Cristin Milioti, Michael C. Hall, Krista Pioppi, and Sophia Anne Caruso in Lazarus
(©Jan Versweyveld)
If nothing else Lazarus, the new musical with David Bowie songs …
Alex Brightman and the company of School of Rock – The Musical
(©Matthew Murphy)
Andrew Lloyd-Webber rocks the theater once again with School of Rock – The Musical, which …
Al Pacino in China Doll
(©Jeremy Daniel)
For anyone who has ever wondered what it might be like to listen to Al Pacino talk on the phone for a couple of hours, they now have the oppor…
