- April 28, 2010 | The Theater Review
- The Devil’s Disciple
Linda Lavin and Sarah Paulson tear up the stage, All About Eve style, in Collected Stories.
- April 25, 2010 | The Theater Review
- Retro Without Irony
A revived Promises, Promises skips the kitsch and tries for actual sophistication.
- April 11, 2010 | The Theater Review
- Sounds Like a Million Bucks
The first blush of rock music, reimagined for Broadway.
- April 6, 2010 | The Theater Review
- The Dude on the $20 Bill
The Public’s new alt-rock musical about Andrew Jackson mistakes a hipster-slacker viewpoint for actual, thoughtful irreverence.
- April 12, 2010 | Feature
- What Do You See?
A theater critic and an art critic debate a play about Mark Rothko.
- March 25, 2010 | The Theater Review
- A Swingin’ Affair
Come Fly Away, Twyla Tharp’s Sinatra dance musical, waltzes right up to the edge of being Vegas schlock. But the supreme dancers, along with Frank, keep it sublime.
- March 18, 2010 | The Theater Review
- What’s It All About?
Michael Feinstein didn’t stand a chance against Dame Edna. Stephen Sondheim doesn’t do so well, either.
- March 15, 2010 | The Theater Review
- Smaller Than Life
Looped gets glib laughs and kitsch value from Tallulah Bankhead’s outsize life, and not much more.
- March 11, 2010 | The Theater Review
- The Believer and the Apostate
One member of Next Fall’s central same-sex couple is also a heavy-duty Christian. Can this marriage be saved?
- March 9, 2010 | The Theater Review
- Waterlogged
When the Rain Stops Falling is like getting caught in a spring shower: It’s refreshing at first, but you end up soggy and dispirited.