Sleek, lucid, amusing, often beautiful, it’s Chekhov with everything, except the main thing.
Category: Theater (Broadway)
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‘Mary Jane’ Review: When Parenting Means Intensive Care
Amy Herzog’s heartbreaker arrives on Broadway with Rachel McAdams as the alarmingly upbeat mother of a fearfully sick child.
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Huey Lewis’s Music Makes ‘The Heart of Rock and Roll’
The new musical doesn’t take itself too seriously and has many winning moments — almost enough to eclipse the weaknesses of its story.
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How ‘Stereophonic’ Made Musicians Out of Actors
The new Broadway play conjures a group as dazzling as peak Fleetwood Mac. This is how five actors with limited training (one never held a bass) became rock stars.
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‘Cabaret’ Review: Dancing, and Screaming, at the End of the World
Eddie Redmayne and Gayle Rankin star in a buzzy Broadway revival that rips the skin off the 1966 musical.
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‘Hell’s Kitchen’ Review: Alicia Keys’s Musical Finds Its Groove on Broadway
The retooled jukebox musical, with its top-notch performances and exciting choreography, “stands out as one of the rare must-sees” in a crowded season.
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Alfred Molina on the Museum He Never Misses When He’s in New York
“Every time I’m in the city, I make a visit,” said the actor, who is performing on Broadway in “Uncle Vanya.”
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‘Stereophonic’ Review: Hitmakers Rendered in Sublime Detail
In David Adjmi’s new play, with songs by Will Butler, a ’70s band’s success breeds tension, and punches up the volume on Broadway.
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Hillary Clinton, Malala Yousafzai Toast Their New Broadway Show ‘Suffs’
Dozens of theater, film and media stars turned out on Thursday night for the opening of “Suffs,” a new musical about women’s suffrage.
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‘The Wiz’ Review: A Black Classic Returns to Broadway
Almost 50 years after it debuted, this classic Black take on “The Wizard of Oz” tries to update its original formula.