1,138 stories by "Charles Isherwood"
NYBC's leaders Jonathan Stafford and Wendy Whelan have crafted a season that sums up the ballet's history.
The principal dancer says "it's time for others to dance" as she looks to her farewell performance this season in George Balanchine's The Nutcracker.
It's obvious to everyone in the theater world that, as Broadway has battered its way through the latest coronavirus surge, the business could use a shot in the proverbial arm. The highly, if…
"Is it really possible to separate your life from your music?" asks the pesky documentary filmmaker in "MJ," the Michael Jackson musical at Broadway's Neil Simon Theatre. The question ha…
The doors haven't shut " yet " but the walls seem to be closing in irrevocably on the characters in "Skeleton Crew," Dominique Morisseau's closely observed, eloquent and deeply compassionate…
It is axiomatic that other people's dreams are boring to hear about, so you would assume that other people's acid trips are equally if not more eye-glazing. And yet the ambitious and fre…
"Being alive," indeed. The recent death of Stephen Sondheim undoubtedly marked a watershed moment in the history of the American theater, as the innumerable tributes and memorials to the…
When it was announced that "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child" would open at the Lyric Theatre in 2018, I confidently expected that the, um, curse that seemed to doom all shows in the cavern…
As the title character in the musical "Mrs. Doubtfire," the superlative performer Rob McClure tears around the stage like a human tornado. In the role made famous by the inimitable Robin Wil…
There is heartbreak in the timing of the death of Stephen Sondheim, the composer and lyricist who came to tower above all others in the last 50 years of Broadway theater. His death prece…
When is a sandwich more than a sandwich? When it becomes a symbol of redemption, aspiration and hope, as in Lynn Nottage's latest play, "Clyde's," a lively and funny if sometimes ham-han…
Better late than never. Or rather: much, much better late than never. As a pre-show announcement at the American Airlines Theatre makes clear, it took about 66 years for the pioneeri…
To answer the question that absolutely no one with a Netflix account and an interest in Broadway musicals is asking: Why, yes, "Diana, The Musical" is every bit as abysmal as rumored. Social…
Should you happen to pass Sharon D Clarke on the street, you might not find her to be a particularly imposing figure. But as the title character in the superlative Broadway revival of the mu…
A play as uncommon, and uncanny, as Lucas Hnath's "Dana H." requires an actor of, well, uncommon and uncanny talents. Deirdre O'Connell is just such an actor. Something of a grande dame of O…
"The Lehman Trilogy" represents the kind of prestige Broadway production that invariably causes a certain class of well-heeled, culturally savvy New Yorkers to salivate over tickets. It hail…
The busy streets of Brooklyn provide the background to Keenan Scott II's "Thoughts of a Colored Man," but firmly seizing the foreground are the seven captivating actors who bring to life the…
People generally don't attend a Broadway show expecting to become flushed with anxiety. But it's hard to watch the documentary drama "Is This A Room" without beginning to feel a little tense…
Douglas Lyons's "Chicken & Biscuits," at Broadway's Circle in the Square theater, is a savory comedy served with a hefty side order of sentiment. It's a mostly successful combo plate, ev…
All great blues songs have a timeless quality, so it's entirely fitting that Ruben Santiago-Hudson's solo show "Lackawanna Blues" still gleams like a newly minted coin some 20 years after it…
Theatergoers thirsty for something festive, fresh and funny " which is to say, just about all lovers of theater who have endured the drought of the past 18 months " will find much to delight…
For a play with just four characters and a single, sparsely furnished set, Antoinette Chinonye Nwandu's "Pass Over" feels almost momentous " even historic. This is in part due to the timing …
March 12, 2020 will be a date that most Broadway workers and Broadway-goers will never forget. I certainly won't. On that day, as has been widely noted by now, the musical "Six" was schedule…
You can practically see the tumbleweeds blowing through the hearts of the characters in "Girl From the North Country." This achingly beautiful musical weds the songs of Bob Dylan to a book, …
With his new production of "West Side Story," the estimable Belgian director Ivo van Hove has essentially stolen a march on no less a showbiz luminary than Steven Spielberg. How's that for c…
