- May 19, 2008 | The Theater Review
- This Is Your Captain Speaking
Boeing-Boeing comes out of storage, and the great Mark Rylance nearly gets it airborne.
- May 12, 2008 | The Theater Review
- Performance Enhancement
Both The Country Girl and Les Liaisons Dangereuses give virtuoso actors a chance to triumph.
- May 5, 2008 | The Theater Review
- Kitsch Sinks
Cry-Baby’s cool detachment saps the essence of musical theater: emotion.
- April 28, 2008 | The Theater Review
- The Feel-Bad Musical of the Year!
A Catered Affair tries to elevate itself by going grim.
- April 21, 2008 | The Theater Review
- Nostalgia Is What It Used to Be
On a newly experimental Broadway, the naïvely optimistic South Pacific harks back to a different age.
- April 14, 2008 |
- The New York Canon: Theater
The only place where Mel Brooks can rub elbows with Mack the Knife.
- April 7, 2008 | The Theater Review
- Let Me Be Entertained
A Gypsy skeptic takes stock of Rose’s return.
- March 31, 2008 | The Theater Review
- Running Unopposed
Even talented playwrights fall into one trap: pandering to the lefty theatergoing audience.
- March 24, 2008 | The Theater Review
- Upper Broadway
In the Heights brings hip-hop and salsa beats to the old-school musical-comedy form. Plus: Brick, I am your father.
- March 10, 2008 | The Theater Review
- A Less Cheesy Musical
Passing Strange smashes Broadway clichés with an electric guitar.