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135 stories by "Brittani Samuel"

The Broadway Review: An amorphous 'Uncle Vanya' straddles different times and genres by Brittani Samuel

Heidi Schreck pens a comedy-bolstered but disorienting translation of Chekhov's seminal play.

SOURCE: Broadway News Subscription at 1:14am on April 25, 2024[SHARE]

The Broadway Review: 'Mary Jane' " a heart-shattering drama that puts care at its core by Brittani Samuel

Amy Herzog's play about a mother and her ill son is an expertly-crafted exploration of allegiance and love.

SOURCE: Broadway News Subscription at 12:00am on April 24, 2024[SHARE]

The Broadway Review: 'The Heart of Rock and Roll' is a greatest-hits album of Broadway cliches by Brittani Samuel

Jonathan A. Abrams's offering is a rote but still rollickin' musical scored to Huey Lewis and the News' nostalgia-inducing discography. 

SOURCE: Broadway News Subscription at 11:40pm on April 22, 2024[SHARE]

The Broadway Review: 'Patriots' is a bullish new play that doesn't reach its epic ambitions by Brittani Samuel

In Peter Morgan's latest, cartoonish versions of the red-blooded Russian oligarch Boris Berezovsky and his political puppet, Vladimir Putin, go head-to-head.

SOURCE: Broadway News Subscription at 10:35pm on April 22, 2024[SHARE]

The Broadway Review: 'Cabaret' a carnal, queer hotbed of thrills by Brittani Samuel

Director Rebecca Frecknall's creepy interpretation of the legendary classic pulls you in with fantasy, then crushes you with reality.

SOURCE: Broadway News Subscription at 1:00am on April 22, 2024[SHARE]

The Broadway Review: 'Hell's Kitchen' " A charming new musical told through bright eyes and big songs by Brittani Samuel

Alicia Keys' new musical, freshly transferred from the Public Theater, is an adoring snapshot of young love and longing in '90s New York.

SOURCE: Broadway News Subscription at 2:11am on April 21, 2024[SHARE]

The Broadway Review: 'Stereophonic' is a strum of genius by Brittani Samuel

Naturalism has never looked or sounded as good as it does in David Adjmi's '70s-set, soft rock drama.

SOURCE: Broadway News Subscription at 10:41am on April 20, 2024[SHARE]

The Broadway Review: 'Suffs' is a sleek account of feminist history that's liberating " but not just " for all by Brittani Samuel

Shaina Taub makes a strong Broadway debut as the writer, composer and lyricist of this new American musical.

SOURCE: Broadway News Subscription at 2:49am on April 19, 2024[SHARE]

The Broadway Review: 'Lempicka' is a seductive unpolished musical about a groundbreaking Polish painter by Brittani Samuel

Co-writers Carson Kreitzer and Matt Gould color outside the traditional lines, but are backed by enough talent to render a captivating portrait. 

SOURCE: Broadway News Subscription at 12:47am on April 15, 2024[SHARE]

The Broadway Review: 'The Outsiders,' A rival-gang story void of any risk by Brittani Samuel

The Broadway adaptation of S.E. Hinton's bestselling novel is a tame rendering of the American novel.

SOURCE: Broadway News Subscription at 1:07am on April 12, 2024[SHARE]

'Bathhouse.pptx' Review: A Fever Dream, Both Poetic and Mystifying by Brittani Samuel

Jesús I. Valles's prizewinning play gets a stage at the Flea, but the ambitious work about queer history proves too difficult to wrangle.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:12pm on March 29, 2024[SHARE]

'The Who's Tommy': Maximum hertz, maximum heart by Brittani Samuel

Director Des McAnuff's high-frequency revival pushes Broadway's boundaries and possibly, its sound barriers.

SOURCE: Broadway News Subscription at 3:01am on March 29, 2024[SHARE]

The Broadway Review: 'Water for Elephants' explores familiar territory through novel theatrics by Brittani Samuel

Director Jessica Stone pitches an exciting circus tent on conventional musical theater grounds.

SOURCE: Broadway News Subscription at 8:30am on March 22, 2024[SHARE]

The Broadway Review: In 'Enemy of the People,' a script brilliant as ever but a production begging for more bite by Brittani Samuel

Playwright Amy Herzog modernizes Ibsen's original play while director Sam Gold pacifies it.

SOURCE: Broadway News Subscription at 2:35am on March 19, 2024[SHARE]

The Broadway Review: 'The Notebook,' a swoonful new musical that conjures its former selves by Brittani Samuel

The theatrical adaptation of Nicholas Sparks' landmark novel keeps audiences laughing through the love and weeping through the grief.

SOURCE: Broadway News Subscription at 8:49am on March 15, 2024[SHARE]

The Broadway Review: Under Scott Ellis' direction, 'Doubt' is missing a tonal pulse by Brittani Samuel

Ellis' staging of this tense drama begs for more traction, energy and, ultimately, direction.

SOURCE: Broadway News Subscription at 9:08am on March 8, 2024[SHARE]

Camille A. Brown Is Bringing '90s New York Back to Broadway in Hell's Kitchen by Brittani Samuel

The choreographer used to dance on her way to school. Now she's bringing those same movements to the new Alicia Keys musical.

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:42am on March 5, 2024[SHARE]

The Broadway Review: In 'Days of Wine and Roses,' bottomless booze and underbaked romance by Brittani Samuel

The new musical from "Light in the Piazza" creators Adam Guettel and Craig Lucas is a shallow exploration of intoxicating love.

SOURCE: Broadway News Subscription at 12:01am on January 29, 2024[SHARE]

'Zoomers' Review: Just Don't Kill the Vibes by Brittani Samuel

Gen Z's reputation for conflict avoidance, and the way digital media abets it, is a recurring theme in the latest by the "Dimes Square" playwright Matthew Gasda.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 5:06am on January 26, 2024[SHARE]

The Broadway Review: In the stately family epic 'Prayer for the French Republic,' history has some explaining to do by Brittani Samuel

Joshua Harmon's mature, time-sweeping drama traces a French Jewish family's decades-long search for an impregnable place to call home.

SOURCE: Broadway News Subscription at 9:28am on January 10, 2024[SHARE]

The Broadway Review: Branden Jacobs-Jenkins' 'Appropriate' is a paragon of Southern drama by Brittani Samuel

A relentless probe into the wickedness of one family's history and the intoxication of their ignorance. 

SOURCE: Broadway News Subscription at 7:50am on December 19, 2023[SHARE]

Theater Review: In 'White Gold,' Rice Is a Sacred Starch by Brittani Samuel

The family-friendly circus troupe Phare highlights the richness of Cambodian culture with gravity-defying acrobatics, Indigenous music and rousing choreography.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 9:02am on December 15, 2023[SHARE]

The Broadway Review: 'How to Dance in Ohio' is unable to resist relatability by Brittani Samuel

The heartwarming new Broadway musical offers insight into seven autistic young adults' pursuit of self-determination.

SOURCE: Broadway News Subscription at 9:06am on December 11, 2023[SHARE]

'Arcadia' Review: Artistic Ambition Gets Thrown Into Chaos by Brittani Samuel

Bedlam's revival of Tom Stoppard's time-traveling mind-bender of a play is a meditation on uncertainty.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 3:54pm on November 17, 2023[SHARE]

The Broadway Review: Monty Python's 'Spamalot' serves broad hilarity at breakneck speed by Brittani Samuel

Goofiness is at an all-time high in director Josh Rhodes' iteration of the time-cherished musical comedy.

SOURCE: Broadway News Subscription at 8:51am on November 17, 2023[SHARE]
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