If decibels were distinction, "Rock of Ages," which comes to Broadway from Los Angeles and Las Vegas via off-Broadway, might easily pass for a winner. After all, one of the 18th century's po…
Happy news from Christopher Durang, whose "Why Torture Is Wrong, and the People Who Love Them" at New York's Public Theater is his funniest play in years. Along with other good things, it es…
Genre movies have long been fodder for musicals but few rise to the standard set by "The Little Shop of Horrors." "Toxic Avenger" comes very close, thanks to a terrific pastiche score and pr…
Neil LaBute's ferociously funny "Reasons to Be Pretty," about fragile human relationships and the seemingly inconsequential details that threaten or even wreck them, has traveled successfull…
"Hair" was then and is now the most exciting new show in town, not so much a breath of spring air as a jolt of adrenaline.
"Happiness," at Lincoln Center Theater's intimate Mitzi E. Newhouse stage, does more than just offer 110 minutes of flawless, nonstop entertainment. It amazes.
In Irena's Vow, astounding human heroism and the amazing Tovah Feldshuh triumph in the blend of a powerful true story, suspenseful dramatization and humorous leavening. The result should prove a sure-fire crowd pleaser on Broadway.
If you enjoy clown shows, the new Australian production of "Exit the King" has everything but the sawdust.
The play suffers from three major ailments: pretentiousness, trickery and triviality.
Yasmina Reza's God of Carnage proves superior entertainment at Broadway's Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre. What a pleasant surprise to share a walloping good time with the audience at this comedy, whose ferocious title paradoxically reinforces the subtly furibund fun.
A forgotten Broadway flop by Kurt Weill and Ira Gershwin offered fun and food for thought at Manhattan's beautifully renovated Alice Tully Hall.
Producers of the Broadway jukebox musical "Rock of Ages" will offer an unusual perk starting tonight to attract audiences and loosen them up in a bad economy: in-seat alcohol service during …
When a scintillating comedy, masterly direction and superior performances come together, what have you got? A rip-roaring revival of Noel Coward's Blithe Spirit that lights up Broadway's Shubert Theatre.
Pisoni, blessed not only with rubber limbs and matinee-idol looks, created the show with his sensitive director, Erica Schmidt. They pack a thousand laughs and a dozen tugs at the heartstrin…