1,084 stories by "Matthew Murray"
The new Metropolitan Opera production of The Merry Widow is, on one level, a dazzling fusion of the operatic and the theatrical.
All stunt casting should be done the way The Last Ship does it.
Holiday concerts can be fun, but there are only so many ways to balance the fresh and the familiar.
You don't hear so much about urban blight anymore; it may still technically exist, but it's so over.
Even if you're an audience member rather than a practitioner, the most moving evening of theatre can be one you create yourself.
Economic terrorism takes on a chilling new meaning in The Invisible Hand, the new play by Ayad Akhtar that just opened at New York Theatre Workshop.
If nothing unsettles you more than the idea of being watched constantly " and who could blame you? " then the new production of The Elephant Man that just opened at the Booth might send a fe…
Given their unique talent, laser-honed showmanship, and tendency toward cutting-edge charisma, most magicians are already more than a little like rock stars.
Telling a story from your own childhood is an endeavor that's frequently fraught with peril, or at least indifference.
Shouldn't a musical about dispelling clichés at least make a conscious effort to avoid them?
When it comes to change, homo sapiens is frequently the species in which it's seen last " if ever.
Pericles, Prince of Tyre is not commonly said to contain William Shakespeare's finest writing.
A glamorous melancholy ripples through the revival of Edward Albee's play A Delicate Balance, which just opened at the Golden.
The quintessential Peter Mills"Cara Reichel musical of the last decade, even for people who didn't see it, was unquestionably The Pursuit of Persephone.
Problem shows will rarely be fixed " to the extent that such a thing is possible " by breaking what in them already works. . . .
Hurricanes? Bah, they're nothing. If you want to see real destructive force " the kind that will rip homes, neighborhoods, even whole municipalities apart at the seams " you have to turn to …
Almost by definition, the person who has everything must also carry a heavy burden. What that burden is, however, and whether it's the same for everyone is an entirely different matter.
Come one, come all! Yes, ladies and gentlemen, step right up and see the blandest show on Earth! . . .
Timeliness is not the same thing as sensitivity.
There's a saying that God has never had anyone but imperfect people to work with. This notion is central to Katori Hall's new play Our Lady of Kibeho, which just opened at the Pershing Squar…
Sometimes the most intriguing mystery is revealed in a place where there's no mystery at all.
Had you asked me what the Radio City Christmas Spectacular was missing when I last saw (and reviewed) it two years ago, I probably would have said nothing.
Heidi Schreck's play Grand Concourse, which just opened at the Peter Jay Sharp Theater in a Playwrights Horizons production, acts a fascinating question: How do religious people make forgive…
What happens to your favorite summer getaway when winter rolls in is the protracted and frequently obscured point of David Auburn's play Lost Lake, which just opened at Manhattan Theatre Clu…
The plot of The Band Wagon " both the acclaimed 1953 MGM movie musical and the new stage adaptation thereof that just opened at City Center " involves transforming a deadly-serious, artistic…
