There's been a robbery! A new Broadway play starring Jon Bernthal and Ebon Moss-Bachrach has stolen the title of the classic New York film "Dog Day Afternoon" and slapped it on a midseason-r…
Not all the well-chosen Brenda Abbandandolo costumes and David Bowie songs in the world can disguise this production's flaws. Guirgis has written plays that capture the spirit of New York Ci…
In the end, the new Dog Day Afternoon is a mostly satisfying experience that offers impressive big production values. It has the right star. It has the right set. And with a few tweaks, this…
Guirgus' "Dog Day Afternoon" is a big, hugely entertaining and laugh-filled dramedy that's crafted to delight the typical Broadway audience. The post Jon Bernthal and Ebon Moss-Bachrach Brin…
What if "Dog Day Afternoon" was actually a poor man's attempt at "The Carol Burnett Show"? That seems to be the tonally incoherent concept behind Rupert Goold's new screen-to-stage productio…
A world-famous children's author under threat. A battle of wills in the wake of a scandal. And one chance to make amends. Following an acclaimed West End run and three Olivier Awards, GIANT …
For the most part, though, Lithgow's Dahl is the sole repository of Rosenblatt's perception, which is shifting and multivalent and, even in moments of extremity, sympathetic. He weaves in in…
Nicholas Hytner directs a riveting production that feels much shorter than its two-hour, 15-minute run time, with the supporting cast rising to the high bar Lithgow sets. The post Giant on B…
Mark Rosenblatt's play Giant is brilliantly structured, quite funny and, in Nicholas Hytner's production, superbly acted by a cast led by John Lithgow. I wish it didn't irk me the way it did…
It's a credit to the direction of Nicholas Hytner " of "War Horse," "The History Boys" and other magisterial slices of Brittania " that Lithgow's titanic performance doesn't unbalance the sh…
But it's Lithgow's ability to be quiet and sweet and seconds later booming and scary that makes us squirm in our seats over our own feelings toward the writer. At times, we really do like hi…
Lithgow " so nimble and charismatic and then suddenly so imposing, with no aversion to the grotesque " knows how to bring out the insecurity that almost always festers at the center of any p…
Lithgow's portrayal of Dahl is ultimately fearsome, but the play's moral complexity marks it as more than a portrait of the artist as a difficult man. It's a provocative study in the ongoing…
Lithgow's remarkable Olivier Award-winning performance " at this point in the far-from-over Broadway season he and Every Brilliant Thing's Daniel Radcliffe seem headed for a showdown " is a …
Rosenblatt is too good at his job. He's only about 20 minutes into his play and he already delivers a great ending. Unfortunately, there's no place for the drama to go for the next two hours…
One Actor. One Audience. One million reasons. Tony Award® winner Daniel Radcliffe returns to the stage in the hilarious and heartwarming play, Every Brilliant Thing. In this one-of-a-kind…
Radcliffe doesn't just do away with the fourth wall, he manages to expand his magical aren't-people-wonderful optimism to include the whole orchestra, mezzanine and balcony. The post Daniel …
That some 50 minutes later Radcliffe would have me, along with the rest of the crowd, stand up to do the wave without an ounce of cynicism speaks to his extraordinary charm as a performer, a…
Even Radcliffe's seemingly effortless charisma can't entirely disguise a shallow, generic feeling at the heart of Every Brilliant Thing. For all its noble intentions, this mixture of TED Tal…
In their arresting play, "Every Brilliant Thing," co-creators Duncan Macmillan and Jonny Donahoe are tackling suicide and deep-seated depression with a levity and wit rarely depicted on stag…
He's a human ping-pong ball, a fizzing sparkler, a genuinely effervescent, generous, and curious individual whose dynamic is less Former Star of $35 Billion Media Franchise and more Adorable…
Primo tickets for Every Brilliant Thing cost more than $400, and if you don't mind spending top dollar on a dime-thin show, this one won't disappoint; it's diverting and at times even touchi…
Every Brilliant Thing is unsparing and clear-eyed in its presentation of the realities of depression and suicide, yet glows with a hopeful, life-affirming aura that convincingly depicts the …
Watching one of the most famous faces on planet Earth literally work the room " bouncing manically from row to row and enthusiastically thanking those who agree to participate " is an absolu…
For its Broadway debut, the production wisely preserves the intimacy that defined earlier stagings. The Hudson Theatre has effectively been arranged to recreate the closeness of the Barrow S…