1,178 stories by "David Rooney"
David Rooney The connection between crime and celebrity is hammered over and over again in director-choreographer Jeff Calhoun's production.read more
The budget for the Trey Parker and Matt Stone-penned musical, which opened in March, is believed to be around $9 million.
Playing both the staunch human battleship and the diminished old woman sifting through her past, Meryl Streep is riveting in "The Iron Lady," an engrossing if somewhat deferential biopic of …
You gotta love Patti LuPone and Mandy Patinkin. No, really, you gotta absolutely love them to be anything but underwhelmed by this lazily conceived valentine.
David Rooney Sam Gold' directs Theresa Rebeck's entertaining new Broadway comedy with a stellar five-character ensemble.
David Rooney After 25 years away from Broadway, Kim Cattrall is back playing opposite Paul Gross in the evergreen 1930 comedy by Noel Coward. read more
After opening last week to the best reviews to date of the current Broadway season, Hugh Jackman has set a new house record for the second time at the Broadhurst Theatre.
Two hours of pure pleasure with someone who clearly loves being onstage.
What was Al Pacino thinking?
Alan Rickman presides over a writing workshop in Therese Rebeck's new comedy, "Seminar."
David Rooney The actor builds cumulative power and pathos in the title role, supporting player John Douglas Thompson delivers standout performance in director James Macdonald's interpretatio…
David Rooney Inspired by the novella "Venus in Furs" by Austrian writer Leopold von Sacher-Masoch, the story centers on an actress and a director whose power shifts during the course of the …
This misconceived production -- valiantly if blandly piloted by Hunter Parrish of Showtime's Weeds as a smiley-faced, buff Abercrombie & Fitch Jesus -- pretty much obliterated 40 years of af…
Airing Sunday on PBS, David Hare's first film as writer-director in more than 20 years is a muted affair.
David Rooney Jon Robin Baitz's first new play in six years has ripened significantly in its move to Broadway.read more
A 20th-anniversary revival of Brian Friel's memory play "Dancing at Lughnasa" is at the Irish Repertory Theater.
David Rooney Actor-turned-playwright Jesse Eisenberg has a way with character, but this slender debut doesn't add up to much.read more
David Rooney The play was a smash in Chicago, but its charms feel a little stretched as it makes its Broadway debut, writes THR's David Rooney.read more
This comedy ménage à trois is not without laughs, but overall, it's thin and tired.
David Rooney Mike Daisey's provocative monologue, which has been updated but not softened since the "techno-libertarian hippie" died earlier this month, makes its New York debut.read more
David Rooney Katori Hall's play is based on the legendary Martin Luther King Jr.'s life, with a fictionalized account of his last night on Earth.read more
A respectful adaptation of the 2001 documentary of the same name, "Southern Comfort" chronicles the final year in the life of Robert Eads, a female-to-male transsexual who has ovarian cancer.
Simon Curtis' biographical drama co-stars Michelle Williams, Kenneth Branagh, Eddie Redmayne, Judi Dench and Dominic Cooper.
When commemorating a major playwright, it's never a great idea to choose one of his less memorable works.
The New York Musical Theater Festival's first week offered numerous works in progress, with a couple of familiar names, Austen and Gatsby, showing the most promise.
