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Wednesday, April 15, 2020

The 2019-2020 Broadway Cast Albums: A Listening Guide by Ben Brantley and Jesse Green

A listening guide to the cast albums, playlists and video footprints left behind by 18 Broadway and Off Broadway musicals.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:42AM
Monday, April 6, 2020

Off Broadway’s Season Shook Up Norms of Life and Theater by Ben Brantley and Jesse Green

Our co-chief theater critics discuss the plays and musicals that reflected and predicted an unstable world.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 02:36PM
Thursday, March 12, 2020

Now You Know: A Critic’s Guide to Sondheim by Ben Brantley and Jesse Green

An opinionated take on the songwriter’s major works, from a delayed debut to a Pulitzer Prize- winning classic.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 07:06AM
Monday, October 21, 2019

Review: ‘Forbidden Broadway’ Sticks It to the Great Woke Way by Ben Brantley and Jesse Green

Gerard Alessandrini’s franchise was looking as long in the tooth as the shows it aimed to skewer. A new edition brings it back to hilarious life.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 03:48PM
Tuesday, October 1, 2019

What to See? Why So Pricey? Our Theater Critics Have Your Answers. by Ben Brantley and Jesse Green

Ben Brantley and Jesse Green respond to readers curious about the Tony race, hungry for happy fare, and heading to London.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:42AM
Tuesday, May 14, 2019

Heavenly or Hellish? Our Critics Debate the Broadway Season by Ben Brantley and Jesse Green

Adventurous directors and galvanizing performances made for unexpected — and very welcome — departures on what once felt like the Staid White Way.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 08:54AM

Tony Awards 2019: Who Will Win (and Who Should) by Ben Brantley and Jesse Green

The chief theater critics for The Times choose who they think should win and who should have been nominated.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 04:36AM
Thursday, April 25, 2019

10 Works Over 5 Years by Black Playwrights. All Intended to Unnerve. by Ben Brantley and Jesse Green

These plays deliver a jolt.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 04:00AM
Tuesday, January 8, 2019

Obsession, Mourning and Migration at Under the Radar by Ben Brantley and Jesse Green

Offerings at the festival include a riff on “Uncle Vanya”; a “Frankenstein” adaptation highlighting a mother’s grief; and an intimate tale of displacement.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 04:54PM
Monday, January 7, 2019

Theater Reviews: Hate, Hope and Healing at Under the Radar by Ben Brantley and Jesse Green

An eclectic opening weekend included sketches and songs by Nigerian women, two unsettling monologues and a punk-rock reminiscence (with mixtape to follow).

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 03:18PM
Tuesday, December 4, 2018

The Best Theater of 2018 by Ben Brantley and Jesse Green

It was a year when classics were reincarnated in deceptively modest interpretations, conventional story forms were tossed aside and strong voices roared.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 04:48AM
Wednesday, May 9, 2018

Tony Awards 2018: Who Will Win (and Who Should) by Ben Brantley and Jesse Green

Passionate agreement on best musical, but after that all bets are off.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 06:18AM
Tuesday, May 1, 2018

In a Slim Season, the Tonys Show Love to Brits, Classics and Sponges by Ben Brantley and Jesse Green

Our chief critics offer reaction to the nominations, which were hard on jukebox musicals and “Frozen” but good to “My Fair Lady” and “Carousel.”

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:36PM
Tuesday, December 5, 2017

The Best Theater of 2017 by Ben Brantley and Jesse Green

Our chief theater critics on their favorites this year, from “Bruce Springsteen on Broadway” to a host of playwrights tackling life’s chaos.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:18PM
Wednesday, July 12, 2017

When You Switch Up on a (Broadway) Star by Ben Brantley and Jesse Green

One night a week, Donna Murphy takes over the title role in “Hello, Dolly!” from Bette Midler. Alternates, like her, and replacements can help make or break a hit show.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:18PM
Wednesday, June 21, 2017

Review: An Immersive ‘Seeing You’ Sends Its Audience to War by Ben Brantley and Jesse Green

Our chief theater critics went to see the interactive performance piece on the same night, expecting to have vastly different experiences. They didn’t.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:36PM
Thursday, May 11, 2017

Just How Great Was That ‘Comet’? Our Critics Debate the Broadway Season by Ben Brantley and Jesse Green

Our critics debate a varied, and divisive, Broadway season.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 11:12AM
Tuesday, May 2, 2017

2017 Tony Awards: Our Theater Critics Discuss the Nominations by Ben Brantley and Jesse Green

The co-chief theater critics Ben Brantley and Jesse Green, on the nominated plays, musicals and actors.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:06PM
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2011-2012 BROADWAY SEASON
Jun 14: Spider-Man, Turn Off The Dark - Foxwoods Theater
Jul 07: Master Class - Samuel J. Friedman Theatre
Jul 13: Hair - St. James Theatre
Sep 12: Follies - Marquis Theatre
Oct 09: Man and Boy - American Airlines Theatre
Oct 13: The Mountaintop - Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre
Oct 20: Relatively Speaking - Brooks Atkinson Theatre
Oct 27: Chinglish - Longacre Theatre
Nov 03: Other Desert Cities - Booth Theatre
Nov 07: Godspell - Circle In The Square
Nov 08: Venus in Fur - Samuel J. Friedman Theatre
Nov 10: Hugh Jackman, Back on Broadway - Broadhurst Theatre
Nov 17: Private Lives - Music Box Theatre
Nov 20: Seminar - John Golden Theatre
Nov 21: An Evening with Patti LuPone and Mandy Patinkin - Barrymore Theatre
Dec 01: Bonnie & Clyde: A New Musical - Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre
Dec 08: Stick Fly - Cort Theatre
Dec 11: On a Clear Day You Can See Forever - St. James Theatre
Dec 14: Lysistrata Jones - Walter Kerr Theatre
Jan 12: The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess - Richard Rodgers Theatre
Jan 17: The Road to Mecca - American Airlines Theatre
Jan 26: Wit - Samuel J. Friedman Theatre
Feb 16: Shatner’s World: We Just Live in It - Music Box Theatre
Mar 15: Death of a Salesman - Barrymore Theatre
Mar 18: Once - Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre
Mar 22: Jesus Christ Superstar - Neil Simon Theatre
Mar 29: Newsies - Nederlander Theatre
Apr 01: Gore Vidal's The Best Man - Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre
Apr 02: End of the Rainbow - Belasco Theatre
Apr 05: Evita - Marquis Theatre
Apr 11: Magic/Bird - Longacre Theatre
Apr 15: Peter and the Starcatcher - Brooks Atkinson Theatre
Apr 18: One Man, Two Guvnors - Music Box Theatre
Apr 19: Clybourne Park - Walter Kerr Theatre
Apr 22: A Streetcar Named Desire - Broadhurst Theatre
Apr 23: Ghost The Musical - Lunt-Fontanne Theatre
Apr 23: The Lyons - Cort Theatre
Apr 24: Nice Work If You Can Get It - Imperial Theatre
Apr 25: The Columnist - Samuel J. Friedman Theatre
Apr 26: Don't Dress for Dinner - American Airlines Theatre
Apr 26: Leap of Faith - St. James Theatre
Jun 10: 66th Annual Tony Awards
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