The Money Shot Pays Off
No one goes to a Neil LaBute play expecting to see civilized conversation or polite people, but the vitriolic, narcissistic, and generally quarrelsome quartet in the provocative playwright's…
No one goes to a Neil LaBute play expecting to see civilized conversation or polite people, but the vitriolic, narcissistic, and generally quarrelsome quartet in the provocative playwright's…
It's sadly appropriate that Scott Organ's play, "Phoenix," now getting a new production at the Cherry Lane Theatre, is named after the dull city in Arizona rather than the mythical bird of y…
The presence of the remarkable actor Michael Shannon has convinced me over the past decade to check out many plays that didn't initially appeal to my sensibilities...
Once again Daniel Radcliffe is playing an orphan...but this one has no magic tricks up his sleeve.
Russia's Vakhtganov State Academic Theatre's 3 ½-hour stage adaptation of Eugene Pushkin's legendary novel "Eugene Onegin," being presented at New York City Center as part of the Cherry O…
Megan Hilty's new cabaret act is the "total package."
The Kit Kat Club is back open for business after 10 long years...
The girls in their summer dresses are actually a bunch of guys in Casa Valentina.
Those of us who first saw Neil Patrick Harris as TV's precocious young medic, Doogie Howser, could hardly have imagined his greatest artistic triumph might come from portraying an embittered…
The amazing Sutton Foster in yet another Tony-worthy performance...
Movie star casting proves to be a double-edged sword in Anna D. Shapiro's production of John Steinbeck's 1937 drama "Of Mice and Men."
"Spring Is Here" with Lucie Arnaz at Cafe Carlyle
Tony Award winner Audra McDonald magically disappears into the heart, soul " and yes, voice " of the troubled jazz singer Billie Holiday in Lanie Robertson's "Lady Day at Emerson's Bar & Gri…
Woody Allen's buoyant, occasionally dark but ultimately gleeful adaptation of his 1994 film is easily one of this season's musical highlights.
With The Realistic Joneses, Will Eno's first play to reach Broadway, more theatergoers will have a chance to sample the weirdness that defines his world and clever wordplay...
This "Raisin" still has plenty of juice. Indeed, it's one of the season's few must-see shows.
If there's any question how much Broadway audiences have missed the presence of Idina Menzel, the once-and-forever Elphaba (and currently animated Elsa), just listen to the deafening entranc…
"...highly enjoyable, often hilarious, and decidedly campy musical that not only provides plenty of laughs, but will bring back all those unpleasant memories of those not-so-wonderful teenag…
While Scott Alan Evans' production could use a bit more zip in some scenes, there's plenty of laughs to be had in this 100-minute romp.
A riveting performance from Tyne Daly solidifies Sheryl Kaller's stirring production.
This skillful adaptation of Victor Hugo's massive novel still stirs the heart and minds of theatergoers and provides nearly three solid hours of entertainment.
In between the drama that marked JFK's and Richard Nixon's years in the White House, Lyndon Johnson's presidency tends to get lost. But a new play salutes the crafty Texan.
David Grimm pulls a rather shocking plot twist out of his hat in "Tales From Red Vienna" ...
Director Casey Nicholaw proves to be at the height of his game with Disney's new musical "Aladdin" at the New Amsterdam Theatre.
I imagine "Appropriate" will generate a lot of discussion among audiences, but perhaps not the type the playwright was hoping for.