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It comes as a surprise that the impression left by the dusty historical drama as the audience pours out onto Broadway is so small and fleeting. Good Night, and What's For Dinner?
David Mamet's should-be scorcher of a story about sleazy, lying, ruthless Chicago real-estate salesmen who will commit crimes and ruin lives to close a deal is as laid-back as…
In a flourish of theatrical magic, with the help of mind-boggling technology, the surely exhausted "Succession" star Sarah Snook plays 26 roles in "The Picture of Dorian Gray," which opened …
Like any Broadway show, the musical "Operation Mincemeat" sells merchandise and drinks at intermission. Might I also suggest Adderall?
"Buena Vista Social Club," the new musical that opened Wednesday night at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre, is practically a jumbo jet to Havana.
This bombshell-littered house belongs to the Jaspers, a powerful black political dynasty whose controversies and scandals come down faster than the blizzard outside their window.
While the crowd has come for Paul, at the end of Tennessee Williams' classic play, which opened Tuesday night in Brooklyn, they leave raving about Patsy Ferran.
This is not a victory for classics. It's a war on your wallet.
Too bad the Broadway show named after a giant tree is a toothpick.Â
For starters, there are three new musical comedies about corpses: "Dead Outlaw," "Operation Mincemeat" and "Death Becomes Her."
Already playing in New York, London, Sydney and Toronto, when "Titanique" opens its fifth production in Chicago in May, it will have as many concurrent runs as "Hamilton."
Linda Lavin, who died Sunday at age 87, was a captivating Broadway star beloved by audiences for her electrifying contradictions.
Ticket-buyers are being charged as much as $800 a pop some weeks for what is little more than a sedate staged reading of New Yorker cartoon captions uttered by celebrities.
With stop-start direction from George C. Wolfe, the musical runs out of gas early on.
"The Devil Wears Prada," Elton John's horrid musical that crashed and burned two years ago in Chicago, is giving it a second go in London.
For Elton John, Trump's victory did not make Broadway great again.
On Tuesday, the "Crocodile Rock" singer's "Tammy Faye," a migraine about mascara set to music, posted its closing notice only five days after opening night. Said a wag: "The shocker is that …
There is a miracle elixir in the campy musical "Death Becomes Her," which opened Thursday night at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre: Megan Hilty and Jennifer Simard.
Sir Elton knows his way around a flop. But even his 2006 vampire debacle "Lestat," which The Post's Clive Barnes declared as "bloody awful," ran a little longer.
Something I won't be saying on my death bed: "I wish I would've watched more shows about boats."
Unfortunately for Sir Elton, the godawful musical about flamboyant 1980s televangelist Tammy Faye Bakker is a lot more of a "Lestat" than an "Aida."
The blissful, boundlessly creative gift of a musical from South Korea opened Monday night at the Belasco Theatre.
What's onstage at Studio 54 is largely a deflating and cobbled-together wife story that fails to capture Armstrong the artist.Â
A tribute show honoring Joan Rivers, and the "Stand Up For Heroes" benefit event featuring Bruce Springsteen and Patti Scialfa, are all part of the 2024 New York Comedy Festival.
For everybody, Broadway " despite the nostalgic fun of putting on a show " comes at an enormous risk to a star's pride and reputation.Â