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With his recent frat-boy antics and Renaissance-man boasts, James Franco earns eye rolls. But he deserves an appreciative nod for his Broadway debut in "Of Mice and Men."
On paper, "The Library" had everything going for it. But on stage, the drama about the aftershocks of a fatal school shooting lacks insight.
Billie Holiday hallmarks " a gardenia (for her hair), elbow-length gloves (for hiding needle marks) and "God Bless the Child" (for her mother, always) " are bound to be included in any bio o…
Hogwarts wonder boy Daniel Radcliffe can't contain his love " or F-bombs " when he talks about the Great White Way, where he's just begun previews of "The Cripple of Inishmaan."
Rising Irish star Sarah Greene is a beauty and a beast in the jagged comedy "The Cripple of Inishmaan." That's the job when you play Slippy Helen, a fiery teenaged redhead who seductively be…
Woody Allen's musical works its tail off to tickle and delight. It's too bad that the comedy about a playwriting hit man is a bit of a miss.
It's not a good sign when a show's most memorable and colorful performance comes from the four-legged cast member.
It's funny how trying to connect with neighbors, spouses, God, whomever, can lead you nowhere.
Denzel Washington's popularity makes the revival of "A Raisin in the Sun" a hot ticket, but there's a better reason: He and the show are flat-out excellent.
Like a great bottle of wine, the vineyard-set musical "The Most Happy Fella" is robust, complex and palate-pleasing.
Sally Bowles drinks gin like water in "Cabaret." And, natch, that's exactly what actress Michelle Williams actually guzzles when she's apparently boozing on stage at Studio 54. She'd be blot…
"Heathers: The Musical" is such a fun and satisfying Off-Broadway treat, you might be tempted to express amazement by quoting the show.
"If/Then" raked in about a $1 million at the box office last week. Much of that Broadway booty owes to the name (or wrong name!) of its star, Idina Menzel.
The Transport Group's take on John Van Druten's "I Remember Mama," opening Sunday, promises to be one that sticks in the brain.
Then again, memorably adventurous and innovative inte…
Meet Violet, the soulful, doleful pit bull co-starring with James Franco and Chris O'Dowd in the John Steinbeck classic.
As the addled monarch in "King Lear," Michael Pennington wears a fur-collared coat that's rich in texture and plummy in tone " just like his voice.
The revival of Christopher Durang's 1981 comedy starts well, but about halfway in, things sag.
There's grist for a provocative and touching drama as a mom takes stock of the life her son might have had. But the script doesn't go there.
It's the 1980s megamusical famous for its sprawling 19th-century French canvas, big cast of characters and huge anthems made even more max with massive choral accompaniments.
The Great White Way has come down with a severe case of jukeboxitis. The syndrome is caused when many shows are woven together with recycled popular songs.
Three-time Oscar nominee Michelle Williams makes her Broadway debut as Sally Bowles in "Cabaret," an encore of the Tony-winning 1998 revival of the Kander-and-Ebb musical.
If you're granted three wishes to make during Disney's "Aladdin" you'll definitely want to use one to discover how the musical's creative genies pull off the magic-carpet ride in the second …
For a play about survival, David Grimm's "Tales From Red Vienna," barely registers a pulse.
There's probably a worthwhile, if well-worn, story of unwanted and inescapable family legacies lurking in Branden Jacobs-Jenkins' play "Appropriate."
The Broadway musical "Rocky" is big-hearted, quick-fisted and predictable " but it saves its biggest punch for the last 15 minutes.
