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A musical by theater nerds, for theater nerds, ‘The King’s Critique’ has a pleasant score and a book in desperate need of an editor.
There's an undeniable power to Christina Anderson's lyricism, and to the ways this Playwrights Horizons production brings her ideas to the surface with theatrical originality.
Moisés Kaufman’s drama follows archivists examining a Nazi officer’s photo album, and its calm, methodical approach delivers a wallop.
There's an honesty to Bryna Turner's characterizations in 'The Visitors,' and a genuine humor, that justify spending time with this fractured family
Solea Pfeiffer and Liisi LaFontaine make memorable Broadway debuts as outlaw sisters in a gospel and R&B musical that’s thrilling to hear but overstuffed with plot and songs.
Ato Blankson-Wood struts through a real drag queen's 1992 presidential campaign in an immersive show that never digs too deeply into history or its hero.
Emma Rice’s revival of her breakout hit retells a medieval love story with rhymed couplets, pop songs, and aerial tricks. It’s a little needy, but it’s a joy.
Fiasco Theater’s stripped-down approach can’t rescue Susan Glaspell’s century-old drama about a botanist who rejects everyone in her path. Miriam Silverman is compelling, but The Verge…
Lauren Ambrose may be best known for playing rebellious daughter Claire in the early-aughts HBO drama Six Feet Under, but she’s made a distinguished career for herself on the New York stag…
A fixer-upper, a ticking clock, and a cursed teddy bear. Danny Robins’ puzzle-box horror play looks the part, but the jump scares overshadow the characters
Writer-director Richard Nelson's Apple family returns to the Public Theater, where a veteran ensemble turns a MAGA-era kitchen chat into a warm refuge.
Cameron Monaghan and Corey Fogelmanis play a Leopold-and-Loeb-inspired couple in The New Group’s adaptation of Patrick Hamilton’s play, but it lacks the suspense of Hitchcock’s film.
Steven Pasquale’s directorial debut adds classic protest songs and a cast of 10 actor-musicians to Clifford Odets’ Depression-era drama, and the outrages still resonate.
David Mendizábal’s Encores! revival of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s first hit brings a new generation of golden voices to Washington Heights, but the staging doesn’t always keep pace.
Michael Arden’s cinematic revival of Aaron Sorkin’s courtroom drama stars Tom Blyth and Bradley Whitford, and it remains a crackerjack piece of storytelling.
Christopher Ashley directs a sleek, EDM-lite musical about a heart transplant, with a talented cast including Heidi Blickenstaff, but the show show stints on emotional connections.
Mona Pirnot and composer Jack D. Coen turn a thirtysomething playwright’s contemplation of her future into a 70-minute choral work that’s funny, thoughtful, and deeply moving.
Lucas Iverson of The Pitt shines in an Off Broadway chiller that pipes a first-person ghost story straight into your ears, and the scares don’t stay on the page.
Bill Irwin and Rachel Bloom lead a cast of zanies in Brandon J. Dirden’s lush Broadway revival of Molière’s ‘The Imaginary Invalid.’
Andrew Durand ages backward in ‘The Curious Case of Benjamin Button,’ from gravel-voiced old man to mature baritone to bouncy youth
With his round face, twinkly eyes, and slight paunch, Crystal looks like his reputation: the most edgeless comic of his generation. His fans love him for just this quality, and 860 delivers …
Under the stop-and-go direction of Joshua Kahan Brody, this revival feels like an early work where Yee hasn't yet sharpened her sense of timing or the flow between comedic set pieces and the…
It’s only been 15 years since Jon Robin Baitz’s Other Desert Cities premiered on New York stages. Even at that time, the show seemed like a throwback in many ways. Baitz had crafted a we…
With Triumph, Caryl Churchill proves that theater still has the power to speak boldly to the current moment -- even while evoking the wisdom and lessons of civilizations from centuries past.
Todrick Hall’s sprawling antebellum musical ‘Midnight’ boasts gorgeous harmonies and powerhouse vocals but gets buried under its own ambition
