By Jonathan Mandell. March and April are always the most frenzied months for New York drama critics, with nearly half of the entire Broadway season's openings crammed into the few short weeks before the deadline for Tony Award eligibility. Those of us lucky enough to be invited to this ritual hazing can't help but detect trends in stagecraft among the parade of plays and musicals: "The Broadway Effect".
SOURCE: HowlRound at 05:03PM on April 3, 2014