DISRUPTING THE PRESS
James Graham's bracing play about tabloid journalism is full of terrific performances and excitement.
James Graham's bracing play about tabloid journalism is full of terrific performances and excitement.
The film's sweeter charms and magic have gone missing in this transfer to the stage.
While not every choice lands, you can be sure that this revival is swinging for the fences.
John Guare's befuddling new memory play chases a lot of themes without really catching any of them.
Adding another high school musical to the mix, this one is loud and lively but lacking in surprises.
This modest yet engaging revival boasts period detail and a tightknit ensemble.
It's got fart gags galore, but "Gary" isn't a gas " it's more like hot air. Subtitled "A Sequel to Titus Andronicus," the labored comedy that opened Sunday night picks up where Shakespeare's…
Not even two of the brightest stage stars " Laurie Metcalf and John Lithgow " can make "Hillary and Clinton" more than a wispy exercise. The barbed comedy that opened Thursday night on Broad…
If you come to "Burn This" expecting fireworks from Adam Driver and Keri Russell, be patient: The play that opened on Broadway Tuesday night takes a while to combust. Fresh from "The America…
Get ready " here they come! "Ain't Too Proud" arrived on Broadway Thursday night buoyed by a surge of nostalgia and a slew of Motown hits. But anyone who's seen the earlier jukebox shows "Je…
Whether she's hitting high notes or swatting her male co-star, Kelli O'Hara " funny and fierce " is reason enough to see "Kiss Me, Kate." This 70-year-old hodgepodge of showbiz shenanigans a…
Martha Plimpton delivers covers of Aimee Mann's songs alongside stories of troubled American commanders-in-chief (so many choices!) for the latest American Songbook Series.
These two solo shows offer meditations on big topics but don t make much of an impact.
This take on Irving Berlin’s 1950 musical comedy is a smooth but unremarkable ride.
The playwrights of three new Off-Broadway works on why they chose unprintable titles.
Robert Bolt s production dramatizes the life of Sir Thomas More, who was willing to put his principles on the line.
Fine performances can t make up for the lackluster script by Stephen Belber.
When Ethan Hawke relieving himself onto a houseplant becomes one of the most noteworthy moments in a Broadway show, it's safe to say it's been a soggy night of theater. That's what awaits at…
Jack Neary has written an intriguing play, but the second act has a few too many twists for its own good.
Tina Fey, King Kong and Harry Potter all made their marks in New York theater in 2018, with varying degrees of success. There were no perfect musicals. On Broadway, Fey's sly humor made "Mea…
Not long into this new "To Kill a Mockingbird," a young girl considers what she's just heard in a courtroom. "All rise," says Scout, marveling at the weight of the words while imagining if p…
In Broadway's "Network," Bryan Cranston does the impossible: Playing Howard Beale, the so-called mad prophet of the airwaves, he makes Peter Finch's Oscar-winning turn feel like yesterday's …
If I could turn back time, I'd rewind to my night at "The Cher Show" for another happy high. Think I'm kidding? Snap out of it! Granted, the jukebox musical that opened on Broadway Monday ni…
This a capella musical celebrates when British and German troops observed an informal ceasefire in WWI.
Bilingual American women worked as telephone operators in World War I, and their story is turned into a stirring musical here.