Wednesday, December 30, 2015
Tuesday, December 29, 2015
Monday, December 28, 2015
A Christmas in the company of Thornton Wilder is not exactly merry. The Peccadillo Theatre Company combines two of Wilder's seasonal one acts""The Long Christmas Dinner" and "Pullman Car Hia…
SOURCE: The New Yorker Subscription at 04:45PM[SHARE]Thursday, December 24, 2015
Radical hip-hop history, reinvented modern classics and emotive musicals led a wave of innovative and poignant plays on and off-BroadwayAt this point it's almost embarrassing to devote any m…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:15AM[SHARE]Monday, December 21, 2015
Broadway Theatre, New YorkDespite the controversy over a framing device featuring actor Danny Burstein in modern dress, this is a solid, well-acted rendering of the classic musicalHas it rea…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:18PM[SHARE]Friday, December 18, 2015
Thursday, December 17, 2015
Tuesday, December 15, 2015
Atlantic Theater, New YorkRolin Jones updates Much Ado About Nothing to swinging London, as Benedick and Claudio lead a band and play Beatles-esque songs by the Green Day frontmanRolin Jones…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:10PM[SHARE]Friday, December 11, 2015
Bernard B Jacobs theater, New YorkJohn Doyle's streamlined version of Alice Walker's novel features fine performances from a vocally confident Hudson and the remarkable ErivoYou won't find m…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:45AM[SHARE]Thursday, December 10, 2015
Wednesday, December 9, 2015
We asked our critics to pick best and worst moments from the year's cultural offerings. Alexis Soloski chose the genius of Hamilton and hubris of star casting"I wanna be in the room where it…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:10AM[SHARE]Tuesday, December 8, 2015
Monday, December 7, 2015
New York Theater WorkshopCo-written by and featuring songs by David Bowie, this jukebox musical based on The Man Who Fell to Earth is a thrilling theatrical odyssey " and almost impossible t…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:56PM[SHARE]This chamber spectacle, described as "a living room circus," features a cast of 12 Chinese acrobats and martial artists at the Baruch Performing Arts Center.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 06:46PM[SHARE]Sunday, December 6, 2015
Winter Garden TheatreAndrew Lloyd Webber returns to Broadway with adaption of film but stage version missing charisma Jack Black brought as Dewey FinnPay no attention to the title. School of…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:37PM[SHARE]Thursday, December 3, 2015
Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre, New YorkAl Pacino's querulous lion routine pulls in the crowd but he's doomed to repeat the same old shtick in Mamet's lacklustre Broadway transferDavid Mamet's Ch…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:15PM[SHARE]Wednesday, December 2, 2015
Sunday, November 29, 2015
This dystopian comedy by Stephen Kaliski at 59E59 Theaters follows a couple apartment hunting after half the population has died from environmental toxicity.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 01:38PM[SHARE]Wednesday, November 25, 2015
The actress, known for her tart comebacks and acerbic perspective, steps into her first lead role, as Princess Winnifred in a revival of "Once Upon a Mattress."
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:46PM[SHARE]Monday, November 23, 2015
Manhattan Theatre Club at New York City CenterYou'll take your hat off to the concept " a time-travelling fashion designer " but the execution is less impressive in this zany but uneven come…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:33PM[SHARE]Friday, November 20, 2015
A professional actress since 1952, Ms. Smith has never been busier, now coming to Playwrights Horizons in the futuristic "Marjorie Prime."
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 11:10AM[SHARE]Tuesday, November 17, 2015
The Star Trek actor debuts on Broadway in Allegiance, a new play about Japanese Americans placed in internment camps after the bombing of Pearl HarborGeorge Takei is still best known for pla…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:09AM[SHARE]Monday, November 16, 2015
Flea Theater, New YorkThe blockbuster director goes low-budget to take on Jennifer Haley's vision of gaming gone wrong, which remains more sensational than it is complexWhat has the internet…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:16PM[SHARE]Sunday, November 15, 2015
Broadhurst Theatre, New YorkActor appears to inhabit a different world from co-star Laurie Metcalf in adaptation of Stephen King novelImmensely successful as an advertisement for the worst b…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:09PM[SHARE]Signature Theater, New YorkDirector Michael Wilson stays faithful to pessimistic stage rendition set during second world war " even though it may not be one of playwright's best worksThe dir…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:09PM[SHARE]Thursday, November 12, 2015
Lyceum Theatre, New YorkDirector Ivo van Hove delivers a thrillingly claustrophobic version of Arthur Miller's classic, with an extraordinary performance by Mark Strong as a man who has beco…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:45PM[SHARE]Wednesday, November 11, 2015
St Ann's Warehouse, New YorkHarriet Walter is authoritative as the king, and it's wonderful to hear Shakespeare's words performed by women, but the prison setting muddles the playSt Ann's Wa…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:25PM[SHARE]China Doll will open two weeks late, with Al Pacino reportedly using an earpiece to feed him lines " and he wouldn't be the first star to need technical assistanceIn Misery, the Broadway ada…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:55PM[SHARE]Loading more stories…
