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Yesterday at 11:00 a.m.
By Jennifer Zhan
brava
Yesterday at 2:05 a.m.
By Charu Sinha
theater review
May 25, 2023
By Jackson McHenry
kimberly akim-don’t
May 23, 2023
By Jason P. Frank
theater review
May 22, 2023
Monsoon Wedding Is a Lively Party But a Watery Musical“The songs tend to idle in neutral, repeating ideas already established in dialogue, never opening up into something more.”
By Jackson McHenry
the greatest star of all
May 19, 2023
Nicole Scherzinger Is Ready for Her Close-up She’s starring in the West End’s Sunset Boulevard — written by her former nemesis Andrew Lloyd Webber.
By Jason P. Frank
summer preview 2023
May 19, 2023
23 Plays and Musicals We Can’t Wait to See This Summer Broadway Theatre gains a dance floor while basketball takes center stage Off Broadway.
By Jackson McHenry
theater review
May 18, 2023
Basketball and Debutante Balls in King James and The Cotillion Plays about the codes of masculinity and femininity, LeBron and dance steps.
By Jackson McHenry
ben platt warning
May 18, 2023
By Jason P. Frank
america decides
May 16, 2023
Is Jeryd Mencken Succession ’s Fortinbras? Hamlet might provide a glimpse into how Succession unravels.
By Jackson McHenry
dramaturgically
May 12, 2023
Jeremy Strong to Whistleblow Again, This Time on Broadway In Amy Herzog’s next Ibsen adaptation, An Enemy of the People
By Jason P. Frank
educated guesses
May 9, 2023
By Jason P. Frank
ballot breakdown
May 3, 2023
By Devon Ivie
tony awards 2023
May 2, 2023
The Takeaways From Today’s Tony Awards Nominations A couple of notable snubs, a Bad Cinderella shutout, and a J.C. face-off.
By Jackson McHenry
The 2023 Tony Award Nominations As read by Lea Michele and Myles Frost.
By Rebecca Alter
some like it enby
May 2, 2023
By Jason P. Frank
theater review
Apr. 27, 2023
Lorraine Hansberry on Hashtag Activism: The Sign in Sidney Brustein’s Window Oscar Isaac and Rachel Brosnahan star in her play about fashionable commitment to social change.
By Jackson McHenry
theater review
Apr. 26, 2023
By Jackson McHenry
Who’s Afraid of Patti LuPone? The Broadway legend on bringing the horror to Ari Aster’s latest smothering-mother fantasy Beau Is Afraid.
By Rachel Handler
theater review
Apr. 25, 2023
By Jackson McHenry
theater review
Apr. 24, 2023
The Playing’s the Thing: Sean Hayes Shows Range in Good Night, Oscar Delivering quips, piano virtuosity, and a little too much exposition.
By Jackson McHenry
theater review
Apr. 23, 2023
Jodie Comer Makes a Winning Case for Prima Facie The Killing Eve star’s performance gives life to a basic script.
By Jackson McHenry
theater review
Apr. 20, 2023
The Thanksgiving Play ’s Satire Runs ShortGood intentions go awry — both in the script and otherwise.
By Jackson McHenry
theater review
Apr. 19, 2023
By Jackson McHenry
finally some good food
Apr. 18, 2023
Tribeca Film Festival Is What Baking Did for Waitress 2023’s lineup includes a pro-shot of the musical starring Sara Bareilles.
By Jason P. Frank
Shuck the Shuck Up and Listen Alex Newell’s “Independently Owned” is the song of spring.
By Rebecca Alter
‘Hamlet Is Mine, Too’ James Ijames’s Fat Ham doesn’t just break the fourth wall — it bulldozes it.
By Jason P. Frank
theater review
Apr. 13, 2023
Camelot Is Back, Achieving a Wisp of GloryThe sorcery is gone, and everyone talks too much, but Lerner and Loewe knew their majesty.
By Jackson McHenry
theater review
Apr. 12, 2023
By Jackson McHenry
theater review
Apr. 10, 2023
White Girl in Danger Is a Bloody, Messy Take on the SoapMichael R. Jackson’s Strange Loop follow-up is a fascinating fiasco.
By Jackson McHenry
scene report
Apr. 5, 2023
What the Shuck Is Happening to Broadway? Getting in line at Shucked , the corn-themed musical with mysterious marketing that became a hit during previews.
By Rebecca Alter
theater review
Apr. 4, 2023
At Shucked , the Corniness Is as High as an Elephant’s Eye And this musical aspires to nothing more or less complex than that.
By Jackson McHenry
i saw the sign
Apr. 4, 2023
By Bethy Squires
health updates
Apr. 3, 2023
Neil Diamond ‘Was in Denial’ Over Parkinson’s Diagnosis Sharing his experience since learning he had the disease in 2018.
By Justin Curto
theater review
Mar. 30, 2023
Life of Pi Is Best When Its Fangs Are VisibleNeeds more feral tigerishness, less cat-on-your-lap warmth.
By Jackson McHenry
Phantom Remade the Musical in Its Own ImageIt was Andrew Lloyd Webber’s manifesto for what musical theater should be and, ultimately, what it would become: a shrine to the power of song.
By Andrea Long Chu
theater review
Mar. 26, 2023
By Jackson McHenry
theater review
Mar. 24, 2023
By Jackson McHenry
What Crappened by Hillary Rodham Clinton? There were “two human turds in the aisle” near her and Chelsea Clinton at Broadway’s Some Like It Hot.
By Rebecca Alter
Who Is the Broadway Pooper? Two turds reportedly appeared in the aisle — near Hillary Clinton — during a recent performance of Some Like It Hot .
By Claire Lampen
no more beans
Mar. 20, 2023
Mike Faist to Not Know How to Quit Lucas Hedges The two will reportedly star in a West End adaptation of Brokeback Mountain .
By Jason P. Frank
What Happened to Broadway’s Room ? Producer Hunter Arnold says the production found itself in “the worst-case scenario” mere weeks before previews were set to begin.
By Jason P. Frank
theater review
Mar. 19, 2023
Dancin’ Slinks Back to Town, Aching to Seduce YouA revised revival of the 1978 revue that goes all out.
By Jackson McHenry
theatrical tragedy
Mar. 18, 2023
Room Stops Production on Broadway Midway Through Rehearsals“We are completely heartbroken that we don’t get to share this beautiful piece with all of you… not yet,” Adrienne Warren said.
By Jason P. Frank
theater review
Mar. 16, 2023
Parade Marches Back In, Intent on Its Own RelevanceBen Platt and Micaela Diamond star in the revival of this musical about antisemitism in the Deep South.
By Jackson McHenry
he’s still here
Mar. 16, 2023
Stephen Sondheim to Entertain With a New Musical One Last Time Square One , his adaptation of two Luis Buñuel films with David Ives and Joe Mantello, is now titled Here We Are .
By Jason P. Frank
theater review
Mar. 15, 2023
The Harder They Come Tries to Fit Too Much OnstageThe overstuffed Jimmy Cliff musical barely has time for its own songs.
By Jackson McHenry
theater review
Mar. 13, 2023
All in this Together: How to Defend Yourself and The Coast Starlight A classic playwrighting gambit: trap a bunch of people in one small space and brew up some trouble.
By Jackson McHenry
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