Abe Abraham
by R. Pikser on August. 7
A tightly controlled view of Hell - or trying to escape from one's own Hell.

Ace
By Ron Cohen on October 25, 2017

A busy day in a New York taxi covers a lot of territory, from Elizabethan poetry to Wall Street chicanery. Take a ride.

Act One
by Deirdre Donovan on May. 1
James Lapine brings Moss Hart’s classic autobiography alive on Lincoln Center Theater’s stage. Of all Broadway's productions this season, Act One most deepens that tinsel-tinged adjective theatrical.

A Beautiful Noise
A Review by Julia Polinsky on February 08, 2023

An eye-filling, tuneful, no-surprises jukebox musical about Neil Diamond that the audience will love.

An Act Of God
by Michall Jeffers on June. 5

What a blessing to have Jim Parsons back on Broadway .

After Midnight!
By Jeanne Lieberman on May. 1
The performances are a series of gems that shine brightly alone but blaze in unison until your heartbeat echoes the music’s rhythm, cardiologists take note! Artistic director Wynton Marsalis, and his Jazz at Lincoln Center All-Stars, launch you on a magical musical carpet ride that will eventually carry you on out to the street

Agnes

by Barry Bassis on September 17, 2018

Informative with a highly talented cast, though the script needs more work

Lynn Ahrens : A Lyrical Life
by Deirdre Donovan on May 23, 2018

Lynn Ahrens brought an exciting mix of chutzpah and charm to the 92nd Street Y's Lyrics & Lyricists series.

Ain’t Misbehavin’
The Fats Waller Musical Show
by Julia Polinsky on February 14, 2019

The songs are the thing, here, the band gets a real chance to shine.

"All Dancing! All Singing! Irving Berlin In Hollywood" at the 92nd St Y's Lyrics & Lyricist Series
By Linda Amiel Burns on May. 7

Choreographer Randy Skinner focused on the dance and silver screen numbers with a dynamic cast.

All is Calm
By Jeanne Lieberman on December 18, 2018

“For one day, no man's land became everyman's land.”
This should be a perennial for Christmas, Easter and/or anytime your faith in humanity needs healing

Allegiance
by Julia Polinsky on Nov. 23

Takes a dark tale about a difficult time in US history, and makes it about family, as well as patriotism, nationalism, loyalty.

All The Way
by Eugene Paul on Apr. 21
A major performance among performances in a major play is one of the highlights of an extraordinary theatrical season.

The Ally
Reviewed By Julia Polinsky on March 03, 2023

A thoughtful, beautifully written and acted group of raw and provocative confrontational monologues, Itamar Moses' The Ally grapples with big questions.

Always... Patsy Cline
by Ed Lieberman on Feb. 24


An emotional connection with a performer whose tragic life ended too soon and a pleasant way to become acquainted with country music.

Ain't Too Proud: The Life and Times of the Temptations
by Deirdre Donovan on April, 18, 2019

Literally puts the soul back into the jukebox genre, and that's no easy accomplishment, in telling the story of a Motown group who beat a path to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

Airline Highway
by Russell Bouthiller on May. 5

Directed by Tony-winner Joe Montello, Lisa D'Amour's play offers a cast of motley colored characters who take a look at life from the wrong side of the street.

The American Classical Orchestra: Prague, Golden City of Music
by Deirdre Donovan on June. 18
The fabled city of Prague comes alive with the sound of four great classical composers.

Alison’s House
by Marc Miller on Nov. 20

Susan Glaspell’s Pulitzer-winning drama, rife with family intrigue, gets a solid rendering at the Metropolitan Playhouse.

Aladdin
by Jeannie Lieberman on Mar. 26
A true Disney magic carpet ride of opulent costumes, dazzling sets, creative choreography, savvy showbiz shtick and a Genie for all time.

All My Sons
        by Fern Siegel on April 29, 2019

a powerhouse of moral indignation in a post-war era struggling with trauma and guilt.

All The Devils Are Here
Reviewed by Deirdre Donovan on October 30, 2023

Patrick Page's new solo show about Shakespeare's villains not only is a tour de force of acting, it is a master class on Shakespeare's baddies.

Amaluna
by Eugene Paul on Mar. 31
Cirque du Soleil’s newest of their many shows, thrilling, eye-popping, exciting, perhaps their most beautiful ever.

Amazing Grace
by Eugene Paul on July. 30

Handsome, splendidly produced musical biography of the man who wrote those magical words.

The American Classical Orchestra: The Ninth Symphony (Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125)

By Deirdre Donovan on Apr. 20, 2017
This period presentation offered authenticity that harkened back to its first performance, Vienna, 1824.

American Psycho, The Musical
by David Schultz On May.9

Bret Easton Ellis's controversial 1991 novel transforms into a sanguine musical, as it two steps onto a Broadway stage with mixed results.

American Son
By Eugene Paul on November 12, 2018

You’ll be glad you saw it as you discuss the play all the way home.

Amid Falling Walls
Reviewed by Julia Polinsky on December 08, 2023

The National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene offers Amid Falling Walls, a moving, hopeful assemblage of Jewish songs and poetry written during the Holocaust.

Anastasia
by Marc Miller On May. 01 2017

Far the most extravagantly beautiful physical production you'll ever see. Not a masterpiece but breathtakingly competent.

AND THE NOMINEES ARE............
by Jeannie Lieberman on May. 1

TIME TO GET SERIOUS AS THEATER ORGANIZATIONS SUMMON THEIR VOTERS TO DECIDE THE WINNERS OF THIS VERY VARIED AND WONDERFUL THEATER SEASON:TONY AWARDS NOMINEES, DRAMA DESK, DRAMA LEAGUE, OUTER CRITICS CIRCLE, WITH NO OBVIOUS FRONTRUNNERS THE RACE IS WIDE OPEN.

Hans Christian Andersen: Tales Real & Imagined
        by Arney Rosenblat on May 29, 2019

The saddest fairy tale of all, the life that Andersen lived.

Angels in America
By Eugene Paul on April 06, 2018

A masterwork, masterfully performed and presented, a true theatrical event.

Angel Reapers
by Eugene Paul On Mar.1

Ravishing, rapturous retelling of the fated Shaker Community through their music, their worshipful dancing, with more to come.

Anne Being Frank
Reviewed by Julia Polinsky on October 23, 2023

A one-woman show that asks what might have happened if Anne Frank had continued to write in her diary while she was a prisoner at Bergen-Belsen, and found a publisher in New York after she survived the war.

ANNIE
by Ed Lieberman on August. 03, 2017

Bring the family to see the perfect summer entertainment for adults and (as they used to say at the circus) children of all ages!

Annie Get Your Gun
by Ed Lieberman on October, 25, 2017

WBT once aqain proves There's No Business Like Show Business.

Antigone
by R. Pikser On May. 24 2017

Paul Goodwin Groen's Creon reminds us that excellence in performance transcends everything.

Antigone
by Deirdre Donovan on Oct. 5

Sophokles classic tragedy, helmed by Ivo van Hove and starring Juliette Binoche, is a hot ticket at BAM.

Antlia Pneumatica
by Michall Jeffers on Apr. 7

Is there a ghost of a chance that these friends can come to terms with the mysteries in their lives?

Anyone Can Whistle
by David Schultz on March 28, 2022

Rare one night revival sets off sparks of adulation.

Anything Goes
by Ed Lieberman on May. 21


An outstanding cast, precision tap dancing, gorgeous costumes, innovative staging... in short, everything one would want in a musical.

April is a GREAT Month for Disabled Actors in NYC.

By Nicholas Linnehan on Apr. 27

Three main theater companies worked with this under-represented group.

An American in Paris
by Eugene Paul on Apr. 21

You’ve been waiting and waiting for this simply wonderful show. See it for the first time as soon as you can. You’ll be back.

Antigone: Lonely Planet
By Deirdre Donovan on Nov. 3, 2016

In Lena Kitsopoulou's new play, guest skiers on a mock reality TV show dissect Sophocles' Antigone myth and more.

Anything Goes
By Julia Polinsky On March 06, 2018

Mistaken identities, disguises, disappointments, and blackmail, sprinkled with splendid songs and terrific dance. Absurdly charming and delightful.

Apologia

By Deirdre Donovan on November 05, 2018

The sublime Stockard Channing returns to the New York boards in Alexi Kaye Campbell’s new play that stirs up old memories and creates new ones.

Application Pending

By Deirdre Donovan on Mar. 24
Christina Bianco impersonates 40 personas in the behind-the-scenes world of kindergarten admissions at a fictive private Manhattan school.

Appropriate
Reviewed By Fern Siegel

A Southern family is haunted by its past in this racial reckoning.

Arcadia
Reviewed by Fern Siegel on November 27, 2023

Tom Stoppard's Arcadia is a philosophical romp through time and a meditation on the complicated nature of scholarship.

Arden of Faversham
Reviewed by Lydia Keidel on March 23, 2023

A bloody, darkly comic Elizabethan drama that feels like an episode of 20/20.

Aristocrats
Reviewed by Deirdre Donovan on January 29, 2023

Charlotte Moore stages a revival of Brian Friel s 1979 play at the Irish Repertory Theatre that focuses on an upper-crust Irish Catholic family in decline.

ARRIVALS & DEPARTURES
by Eugene Paul on June. 5
A wonderful ensemble enables the astonishing Sir Alan Ayckbourn to continue to astonish and delight us with his newest works.

As You Like It
by Ron Cohen On September 29, 2017

The story's a little muddy, but director John Doyle and company still fill this trip to Shakespeare's Forest of Arden with lots of happy sightseeing.

Asase Yaa
Drum Love
By R. Pikser on February 13, 2019

A living reminder of the vitality of music, dance, and the power of community.

Aubergine
By Michall Jeffers on Sept. 20, 2016

Food, family, and frustration are the ties that bind us.

The Audience
by Eugene Paul on Mar. 17

Helen Mirren is in residence on Broadway as the Queen. It behooves you to make haste to be in her presence.

The Awful Truth
by Marc Miller on Sept. 29

Arthur Richman's 1922 stage success barely resembles its famous 1937 screen adaptation, but it's graceful drawing room comedy.

Awake And Sing!
by Eugene Paul on July. 21

In their "acclaimed" production, NAATCO, underscores the universality in the continuing vitality of Awake and Sing!

THE AWARD GOES TO:
The Outer Critics Circle, Drama League, Theater World and the Obies announce their winners!
by Jeannie Lieberman on May. 22
Drama Desk and Tonys to come.........

Babette's Feast
By Ron Cohen On March 23, 2018

An artful banquet of story-theater techniques brings Isak Dinesen's story to life again in somewhat tempered fashion.

The Babylon Line
By Ron Cohen on Dec. 09, 2016

A lot of stories are told in this Richard Greenberg play about storytelling, some of them arresting, some of them peculiar, but the overall narrative is puzzling.

Backwards in High Heels
by Eugene Paul on Aug. 26


Wonderful songs, wonderful dancing, a great summer time evening out.

Ballet Contemporáneo de Camagüey
By R. Pikser on March 18, 2019

Excellent technique and easy execution of demanding choreography mark this Cuban company which should be welcomed to the U.S.

The Band’s Visit
By Deirdre Donovan On Dec. 29, 2016

What happens in this desert place during one solitary night, under the moonlight, is far from ordinary and tinged with the miraculous.

The Band's Visit
By Eugene Paul on November 17, 2017
Shining new star Katrina Lenk and shining stellar Tony Shalhoub head a brilliant cast in a brilliant, loving new show.

Bandstand
by Eugene Paul On May. 03 2017

Funny, exciting, moving, realistic yet poetic, with show stopping songs. And chemistry? You gotta go.

Bat Out of Hell
By Arney Rosenblat on August 22, 2019

John Bayless - One Hand One Heart - My Life and My Music

By Mary L Smith on May 07, 2019
This unique theatrical experience will inspire everyone to fulfill their destiny whatever it may be.

Be More Chill

by Eugene Paul on August 17, 2018

Wanna see a Broadway show before it becomes a Broadway show? Right this way.

Beautiful - The Carole King Musical
by Jeannie Lieberman on Jan. 29
A feel good evening of special delight to her fans and all those who just want a slick, nostalgic, music-packed evening.

The Beauty Queen of Leenane
By Deirdre Donovan on Jan. 25, 2017

Remains a powerful cautionary tale, drawing attention to the poison that can take root in a family.

Because of Winn-Dixie
by David Schultz on Apr. 27


This sweet, tender tale of a girl and her dog is perfect fodder for the young and young at heart.

Beetlejuice
by David Schultz on May, 03, 2019

Wildly inventive, overly caffeinated reboot is strictly for the fanbase.

Bella: An American Tall Tale
By Julia Polinsky On June 14, 2017

Even with terrific songs and magnificent performances, a charming, entertaining mess.

Bella Bella

        by Julia Polinsky on November 19, 2019

Harvey Fierstein's magnificent presence, impeccable timing, simmering anger delivers pithy commentary and harsh humor.

Lori Belilove
The Isadora Duncan Dance Company
By R. Pikser on April 12, 2019

A warm and inspiring exposure to one of the great dance revolutionaries of the 20th century.

The Belle of Amherst

By Deirdre Donovan on Nov. 24
Joely Richardson brings 19th Century poet Emily Dickinson alive in her one-woman performance at the West End Theatre.

BenDeLaCreme's Inferno A-Go-Go

By Edward Medina on June 04, 2018
Hell is the destination for this spectacularly divine comedy.

Benny & Joon
By David Schultz on April 18, 2019

This film to musical incarnation is infused with whimsy, heartfelt emotion and a graceful warmth. Going crazy never looked so good.

SANDRA BERNHARD- #BLESSED
by Parker Sargent on Aug. 20

Her ability to effortlessly take you on the twisting journey through her mind makes you feel safe that she is at the wheel.

Bernhardt/Hamlet
By Ron Cohen on October 01, 2018

Rebeck, McTeer, Shakespeare and Bernhardt: It's a love letter to theater and a feminist manifesto.

Betrayal
        by Ron Cohen on September 12, 2019

A trio of terrific actors and little else make for potent Pinter.

Betty and the Belrays
By Julia Polinsky on February 14, 2019

Sometimes a fun show is just a fun show. And sometimes, it’s got a Message and is Making A Point. This comes with all three: message, point, and fun.

Between The Lines
A Review by Julia Polinsky on August 28, 2022

An utterly charming new musical about an oddball teenage girl, and what happens as she falls between the lines of her favorite fairy tale book.

Between Riverside and Crazy
Reviewed by David Schultz on February 08, 2023

Author Stephen Adly Guirgis brings to exquisite life his society of grifters in this Pulitzer Prize winning play. Welcome to Broadway after a long journey!

Big Apple Circus

By Edward Medina on November 09, 2017

Our circus has returned in glorious fashion.

The Bikinis
by Ed Lieberman on Feb. 20, 2017

Jukebox musical an antidote for winter.

Billy & Ray
By Michall Jeffers on Nov. 17

How the renowned writer/director Billy Wilder teamed up with novelist Raymond Chandler to create what became a movie classic.

"BLACK STARS OF THE GREAT WHITE WAY"
AT CARNEGIE HALL JUNE 23, 2014 8 PM
by Jeanne Lieberman on June. 18
In the wake of his appearance in Phantom, Norm Lewis and co producer Chapman Roberts have created an evening saluting some of the greatest musical heroes in history.

Blackbird
by Ron Cohen on Mar. 15

You can almost smell the blood lust, as well as the sexual one, as two celebrated combatants, Jeff Daniels and Michelle Williams, duke it out.

On Blueberry Hill
        by Ron Cohen on January 24, 2019

An absorbing tale, brilliantly related by two supreme actors, makes this Irish drama a mesmerizer.

Blue Ridge
        by Ron Cohen on January 15, 2019

The inmates of a half-way house interact, climaxed by an eruption of furious emotion

The Bodyguard: The Musical
By Edward Lieberman on May 09, 2019

Breaking Glass Project: Claudia Schreier & Company
By R. Pikser on Aug. 13

Ms. Schreier is clearly talented and her intellect is impressive.

The Bridges Of Madison County
by Jeannie Lieberman on Mar. 28
Jason Robert Brown's lush score is soaringly romantic, the coupling of Steven Pasquale and Kelli O'Hara, pure theater magic.

Bright Star
by Deirdre Donovan On May.4

Thanks to Steve Martin and Edie Brickell, there's a sparkling new musical in the theatrical firmament.

Broadway Up Close Walking Tours
by Deirdre Donovan on May. 30
Actor Tim Dolan invites everybody to get up close to Broadway and learn its history and lore on foot.

Bobby McFerrin: Bobby Meets African in New York.
By R. Pikser on Nov. 10

Everything this extraordinary musician and improviser comes into contact with, he turns into music.

The Boys From Syracuse
By Eugene Paul On February 20, 2018

An absolutely loony, laugh filled drag version of that old classic which never did make much sense, but those songs!

Broadway and the Bard

By Julia Polinsky on Feb. 18
Cariou has polished each word, every note, until it telegraphs meaning as the show matches song to Shakespeare.

Broadway By The Year: 1991 to the present day
by Deirdre Donovan on July. 2

Scott Siegel wraps up his signature concert series with top-notch talent and contemporary Broadway tunes at Town Hall.

Broadway by the Year: 2007 - 2017

By Deirdre Donovan on July 11, 2017
Scott Siegel returned to Town Hall hosting a next-to-perfect evening of Broadway songs performed by some of Broadway's Big Names.

Broadway's Rising Stars

By Linda Amiel Burns on July. 17
photos by Maryann Lopinto

Scott Siegel's Broadway Rising Stars 9th Edition at Town Hall featured 19 "Stars of Tomorrow" showcasing their performing talents.

Broadway Unplugged

By Deirdre Donovan on July. 31


Scott Siegel's show at Town Hall was a sizzler to remember.

Bronx Bombers
by Eugene Paul on Feb. 26
In this love letter to the Yankees, you will encounter Yankee greats from Babe Ruth to Derek Jeter in their prime.

Broadway By The Year: The 1950s
By Julia Polinsky on Apr. 4
A short, welcome course in Broadway tidbits enhances a splendid evening of Broadway music.

A Bronx Tale
By Eugene Paul On Dec. 22, 2016

A big, fat, expert musical sure to please, especially if you hearken back to the ‘60s

I'm Not a Comedian. . . I'm Lenny Bruce
By Deirdre Donovan on November 12, 2018

Ronnie Marmo writes and performs at the Cutting Room in Murray Hill.

Bullets Over Broadway
by Eugene Paul on Apr. 21
Susan Stroman's razz ma tazz romp through Woody Allen's hilarious take-off on putting on a Broadway show is a great big splashy old fashioned musical.

Building the Wall
by Ron Cohen On May. 26 2017

Trump's anti-immigration policies get a really dark and angered response from a prize-winning playwright.

The Bullpen

By Eric Grunin on Feb. 16
Gives you more truths about the justice system in an hour than any cable drama gives you in a whole season.The Central Park Five, the group falsely arrested in 1989, spoke after the performance .

Buried Child
by Michall Jeffers on Mar. 27

A not so normal family shares mysteries, nightmares, and one big secret.

Burn
A review by Deirdre Donovan on September 26, 2022

Alan Cumming is more raconteur than dancer in his new hybrid show at the Joyce Theater.

Burn This
        by Ron Cohen on April 19, 2019

Adam Driver and Keri Russell supply more than sufficient heat for this Lanford Wilson revival.

The Butcher Boy
A Review by Fern Siegel on August 14, 2022

Dark, absurdist theater meets childhood trauma in the Irish Rep's The Butcher Boy.

Butler
By Eugene Paul on Aug. 23, 2016

Inspired by a controversial Civil War General,solidly entertaining, an amusing, challenging enlightenment, right out of the back pages of our history.

Bye Bye Birdie
by Ed Lieberman on Aug. 18, 2016

A delightful diversion from today's news.

Cabaret
by Laura Jo Trexler on May. 8
Though The Newest Revival Is Far From Original Or New, Kander And Ebb's Cabaret Still Compares To Few.

Cabin In The Sky
Encores! At City Center
by Julia Polinsky On Feb.17

Done with love and care and treated like art, this old-school historical artifact warms the heart.

Julius Caesar
by Arney Rosenblat On June 14 2017

A cautionary contemporary parable for a troubled political age that dramatically illustrates how fragile democracy is.

Caesar and Cleopatra

        by Ron Cohen on September 25, 2019

A Shaw classic get a classy revival.

Cagney
by John Ruesch on June. 5

This show is bursting at the seams with talent and irresistible spirit which begs for a larger space. See it now before it gets even more successful.

The Cake
        by Rin Cohen on March 11, 2019

The frosting is piled high on this mix of problem play and heart-warming comedy.

Encores! Call Me Madam
By Arney Rosenblat on February 20, 2019

City Center celebrates its 75th Anniversary Season.

Cambuyon
by R. Pikser on Feb. 16

An hour's worth of energy can be enough to keep us going for a week, at least.

Camelot
A review by Deirdre Donovan on May 11, 2023

Lerner and Loewe's problematical musical from 1960 gets an enchanting revival on Broadway, under the direction of Bartlett Sher, with a new book by Aaron Sorkin.

Career Transition for Dancers Benefit
30th Anniversary Pearl Jubilee at City Center
By Linda Amiel Burns on Oct. 1

The sole arts-service organization in the US that’s dedicated to helping dancers into their post-performing years presented an exhilirating evening of diverse dance styles.

Caroline, or Change/Lackawana Blues
by Julia Polinsky on November, 09, 2021
Caroline, or Change and Lackawanna Blues. Two shows with music about strong Black women; one with all the Broadway razzle dazzle you could desire; one with all the heart you can use.

Carousel
By Marc Miller on April 16, 2018
What happens when you tamper with a classic.

Casa Valentina
By Michall Jeffers on May. 1
Do clothes make the man? Cross-dressing in the Catskills was both liberating and dangerous; a gifted ensemble makes the trip worthwhile.

Cats
by Michall Jeffers On Sept. 22, 2016

all in all, the show remains the same, cloying to some, purrrfect to others.

Cedars
by R. Pikser on Jan. 27

These indigenous writers have much to tell us, not only about themselves, but about ourselves.

Chairs And A Long Table
By Eugene Paul on Nov. 16

In planning for a panel, a group of actors demonstrate by example that Asian actors play Asians best.

The Changeling
by Deirdre Donovan on Jan. 21

Thomas Middleton and William Rowley’s wild and wooly tragedy is helmed by Red Bull’s artistic director Jesse Berger.

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
by Eugene Paul On May. 09 2017

The Candy Man in the person of Christian Borle illuminates the theatre whenever he’s on stage with his assorted wonders.

Charolais
by Marc Miller On September 11, 2017

A man. A woman. A cow. Count the possibilities.

Chatting With the Tea Party
by Marc Miller on Jan. 31

Rich Orloff’s docu-drama of his journey to the other political side employs minimal theatricality, but does offer compelling insights.

The Cher Show
by Eugene Paul on December, 31, 2018

The sheer energy of those knockout, toned dancers, those magnificent girls, those magnificent men, is pure Broadway bliss

Cherry Grove is on Fire
by Parker Sargent on July. 17
Photos by Sean P Hargrove

Benefit for the Cherry Grove Fire Department paid off in talent - and money!

The Cherry Orchard
By Deirdre Donovan on Oct. 26, 2016
Chekhov's masterpiece, starring Diane Lane, gets a lukewarm production at the American Airlines Theatre.

Chess Match No 5
By Eugene Paul on Mar. 28, 2017

Intrigues, exquisitely unfolded by superb performers.

Chicken & Biscuits
by Deirdre Donovan on November, 17, 2021
Douglas Lyons' comedy, though overly long, is a theatrical dish that's uproariously funny and downright delicious.

Children of a Lesser God
By Ron Cohen on April 12, 2018
Inspired casting lends Mark Medoff's extraordinarily sensitive play even greater meaning.

CHINA DOLL
by Eugene Paul on Jan. 31

As measured by the money meter, a palpable hit.

Chita Rivera Receives Distinguished Performance Award
from Drama League at Star Studded Ceremony
By Jeanne Lieberman
photos by John Barrett, Jeanne Lieberman and MLO on May. 14

The most elegant of the many Awards celebrations.

Choir Boy
        by Ron Cohen on January 18, 2019

A masterful work exploring young blacks moving into manhood at a prep school and especially, the gay and exceptional fellow student in their midst.

A Chorus Line
by Julia Polinsky on November 20, 2018

It’s still singular. And it’s still a sensation.

The Christians
by Michall Jeffers on Sept. 22

The Christians makes us ponder; is my way the best way, or the only way?

Christmas Inn
by Ed Lieberman on Dec. 19, 2016

A pleasant Holiday diversion, complete with repast!

Christmas Spectacular Starring the Radio City Rockettes 2016
By Rachel Goddard on Dec. 16,2016

With live animals, fireworks and awe-inspiring sets, plus the thirty-eight dazzling dancers nothing is quite as magical.

Church & State
By Marc Miller on Apr. 03, 2017

Jason Odell Williams's "serious comedy" is reasonably serious, reasonably comedic, and vigorously staged, but it might have ventured a little deeper.

Cirque de Soleil, Kurios

By Nicholas Linnehan on Oct. 06,2016

Captivating. Imaginative. This show soars to new heights with creativity beyond compare!

Margaret Cho at Ice Palace: The Psycho Tour
by Jeanne Lieberman on Aug. 13

Covering the territory from lesbians to fag hags to gays each group responded with roars of recognition.

A Chorus Line
by Ed Lieberman on February, 20, 2018

The ode to those unsung actors without whom no musical could survive: the gypsies.

Churchill
by Dorothy Marcic on Feb. 18

A play brightened by the performance of its writer Ronald Keaton, who confidently inhabits the spirit of the leader who stood alone against the Nazis during the early years of WWII replete with his vibrant oratory.

Cirque De La Symphonie: with the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra
By Deirdre Donovan on Oct. 29
The best cirque artists of the world team up with the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra for a magical evening in Newark.

Cirque Du Soleil's Luzia
By Eugene Paul on March 15, 2019

One of the best of the Cirque du Soleil offerings.

City Center Encores! The New Yorkers
By Deirdre Donovan On Apr. 04, 2017

In Cole Porter's collision of the underworld and cafe society, the action is saturatedwith gin, punctuated with bullets, and peppered with romance.

The City Of Conversation
by Michall Jeffers on May. 22
Jan Maxwell in the riveting Hostess with the Mostest in Georgetown where the Capitol Hill elite chit chat over drinks, and where outsiders aren't welcome

Harry Clarke

By Fern Siegel on April 17, 2018
Billy Crudup does double duty in a story of fractured identity.

A Class Act
A play to make you think, deals with devastating problems that we are all facing

By R. Pikser on Aug. 31

Clever Little Lies
by David Schultz on Oct. 17

1960’s era sitcom style play gets a run through in Joe DiPietro’s latest comedy of sex, love and secrets.

A Clockwork Orange
by Edward Medina On October 10, 2017

A lot of beef. Not much cake.

Clueless, The Musical
By Edward Rubin on January 07, 2019

Clueless is back, this time as a two and a half hour, acrobatically dance-heavy, in-your-face, over the top, teenage hormonal-exploding, fun-filled, six-piece band-backed musical.

Clyde's
by Julia Polinsky on December, 02, 2021

Lynn Nottage's Clyde's is laugh-out-loud funny, with a hefty serving of anger and manipulation and a side of redemption.

Coastal Elites
        by Edward Rubin on November 09, 2020

HBO's riveting COVID19 offering, written and directed by Paul Rudnick, is peppered with condemnation of Trump and the current administration intriguingly told through five diverse monologues. Bette's best!

Color Purple
by Michall Jeffers On Dec.22

"If God ever listened to a poor colored woman, the world would be a different place" states Cynthia Erivo, the show's breakout star.

The Collaboration
Reviewed by Julia Polinsky on January 23, 2023

Andy Warhol and Jean-Michel Basquiat discover that an unexpected friendship can change your life. Art does the same.

The Comedy of Errors
Reviewed By Deirdre Donovan on July 2, 2024

Shakespeare s shortest play travels far and wide through the five boroughs with The Public Theater s Mobile Unit.

Come From Away
by Eugene Paul On Mar. 21 2017

Its rousing, inspiring book, music and lyrics and a soaring concept is something of a miracle.

Come From Away: A Broadway 2nd Anniversary Celebration
By Deirdre Donovan on March 08, 2019

A rare opportunity at the 92Y to get up-close and personal with the creators and performers of this award winning musical.

The Comeuppance
Reviewed by Deirdre Donovan on July 10, 2023

Branden Jacobs-Jenkins' new play at the Signature Theatre offers a lot of wisdom to everybody who's reconnecting after the pandemic.

Halfway Bitches Go Straight To Heaven

        by David Schultz on January 22 2020

Pulitzer Prize Winner Stephen Adly Guirgis creates a harrowing theatrical experience in his inimitable style once again.

The Confession of Lily Dare

        by Marc Miller on February 04 2020

Charles Busch's mockup of a distinct pre-Code genre is a wall-to-wall smile, but the better you know the genre, the more you'll smile.

Conflict
by Marc Miller on June 28, 2018

Miles Malleson's political romance, while on the talky side, gets an expert and thoughtful going-over at the Mint.

Confusions
By Eugene Paul on June. 22

Alan Ayckbourn, extraordinary man of the theater, does it again and again. His company of actors is marvelous.

Conversations with Coward

By Eugene Paul on Dec. 29, 2016
Noel Coward's wit overshadows his wisdom, but not in Simon Green's polished, knowing performance.

Cool Hand Luke
by Russell Bouthiller on May. 18

Godlight Theatre's adaptation of the novel offers a gritty atmosphere, sound performances and a hard story to tell.

Coriolanus

        by Arney Rosenblat on August 15, 2019

In these unsettling political times an exploration of democracy slipping off the rails has become increasingly relevant.

The Cost of Living
by Deirdre Donovan On July 19, 2017

Martyna Majok pushes the artistic envelope with her new play that centers on two physically-disabled persons.

The Cottage
Reviewed By Fern Siegel on August 08, 2023

The Cottage is a sexual madcap romp among upper-class Brits in 1923.

Cost of Living
A review by Julia Polinsky on October 19, 2022
Photo by Joan Marcus

In Martyna Majok's Cost of Living, the superb cast is so shatteringly good, they'll wring out all your emotions, and leave you aching to stay for the bows.

THE COUNTRY HOUSE
By David Schultz on Oct. 30

Chekhov Lite in the Berkshires.

The Cradle Will Rock
        by Eugene Paul on April 10, 2019

The Cool, attractive, more an homage than a fiery presentation of Blitzstein's original fury.

An Evening with Gavin Creel
By Deirdre Donovan on June 28, 2019

An emigree from the Buckeye State regales an audience at the 92nd Street Y with classics from the American Songbook and backstage stories from Broadway.

The Cripple of Inishmaan
By: Eric Grunin on May. 1
McDonagh's Cripple of Inshmaan is an Irish comedy with more than a touch of the tragic...or is it the other way around? He does a brilliant job of navigating between the two. Radcliffe displays an extraordinarily radiant, desperate passion for simply being onstage.

The Crucible
by Rachel Goddard on Apr. 7

Arthur Miller's 1953 historical drama comes back to Broadway in this spine-chilling re-telling directed by the genius Ivo van Hove.

The Crusade of Connor Stephens
by Deirdre Donovan On July 21, 2017

Texan playwright Dewey Moss brings his melodrama about gun violence to Off Broadway but it has nothing particularly new to say on the topic.

The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-Time
By Eugene Paul on Oct. 21

Be prepared for jolt after jolt in one of the most inventive, immersive, exciting evenings you will spend in the theatre.

Curvy Widow
By Julia Polinsky On August 22, 2017

If you're looking for something lighthearted and different join this merry widow's search to reclaim her life in an enjoyable, sweetly sexual musical.

The Cy Walter Centennial Celebration And CD Release Party at The Cutting Room
By Linda Amiel Burns on Oct. 5
photos by Maryann Lopinto

"His creative style was unique, largely defied stereotyped definition, and set it’s own standard."

Cymbeline
by Michall Jeffers on Aug. 12

Thank heaven we get to spend the evening under the stars with a superbly professional company

Cyprus Avenue
by Fern Siegel on July 11, 2018

"I will not consent to my own destruction," Eric insists. His answer will haunt audiences and ideologues alike.

Cyrano - A New Group Musical Starring Peter Dinklage
By Arney Rosenblat on November 19, 2019

A worthwhile addition to the cache of Cyrano de Bergerac adaptations.

The Czechoslovak American Marionette Theatre
Dvorak in America
By R. Pikser on Mar. 28

The well crafted Czech marionettes and the music of Dvorak is not mirrored by the production supposedly featuring them.

Daphne’s Dive
by Ron Cohen on May. 31

Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Quiara Alegria Hudes stocks a neighborhood bar in North Philadelphia with an assortment of compellingly alive people.

Danny and the Deep Blue Sea
by Julia Polinsky on Sept. 29

In this production at the Theater for the New City, love may or may not conquer all. It's hard to tell.

A Day by the Sea
By Ron Cohen on Aug. 26, 2016

This revival of a 1953 play by the long-ignored English playwright N.C. Hunter is an uneven but worthwhile affair.

Days to Come

by Marc Miller on September 06, 2018

Lillian Hellman's flop labor drama, while no hidden masterpiece, gets an exemplary dusting off by the Mint.

Dada Woof Papa Hot
by David Schultz on Nov. 30

Middle-aged gay white parents get their comeuppance in this new dramedy. A singular take on the travails of Dada Hood writ large.

“Daddy” A Melodrama
        by David Schultz on March 15, 2019

This phantasmagoric treatise on fame, art, daddy issues, sex, and desire is a heady mix. More a mashup

Daddy Long Legs
by Michall Jeffers on Oct. 7

A beautiful duet for two talented performers

Dames at Sea
by Marc Miller on Nov. 4

The expert spoof of Busby Berkeley musicals fits snugly on the Helen Hayes stage, as tap-happy and merry as ever.

Dan Cody's Yacht
by Ron Cohen on June 14, 2018

Both the haves and the have-nots get their knocks in Anthony Giardina's Dan Cody's Yacht, a relentless examination of the crossroads of education and affluence.

Dance Nation
by Julia Polinsky on May 30, 2018

Clare Barron lets gender politics overwhelm taste and good sense revealing that 13-year-old girls can be raging, bloody monsters.

The Dancing Fox: Wisdom Tales of the Middle East
By R. Pikser on Sept. 18
Chosen from both Arab and Jewish traditions, these tales illustrate how people behave and about how they might behave better.

Dances Patrelle Macbeth
By Roberta Pikser on Sept. 29, 2016

This reinterpretation of Macbeth could do with a bit more power, but had some interesting moments.

Bob Fosse's Dancin'
A review by Julia Polinsky on April 06, 2023

You may never see dancers this good, all in one place, at one time, doing such stunning dancing, again.

Dancing Monk Ippen
By R. Pikser on August. 28
An energetic and disciplined young company in a tale from the annals of Buddhism represents Japan at the New York Fringe

The Bobby Darin Story

By Deirdre Donovan on February 06, 2018
Dazzling homage to the artist launches the popular "Lyrics & Lyricists" 18th series at the 92nd Street Y.

Yes I Can: The Sammy Davis, Jr. Songbook
By Deirdre Donovan on March 05, 2019

The 92nd Street Y’s “Lyrics & Lyricists” series celebrates Black History Month with the genius of Sammy Davis, Jr.

Days of Wine and Roses
Reviewed by David Schultz on July 12, 2023

A heartbreaking and harrowing bold new musical.

De Novo
by Deirdre Donovan On December 14, 2017

True story of a Guatemalan teen in the immigration courts in the United States.

Dead Poets Society
By Rachel Goddard on Nov. 23, 2016

The Dead Poets are brought back to life on the stage with Jason Sudeikis stepping into the shoes of one Robin William's most memorable film performances.

Dear Elizabeth
by Julia Polinsky on Nov. 30

Two poets pour out their hearts and inner lives in letters to each other. Their correspondence tells a poignant tale of intimacy at a distance.

Dear Evan Hansen
By Rachel Goddard On Dec. 23, 2016

An exposed look at what life is really like for an anxious teenager in the midst of tragedy

Dear Evan Hansen
by Rachel Goddard On May. 16

Pasek and Paul's latest musical follows an accidental high school hero as he traverses the messy road to self-acceptance.

Dear World
A review by David Schultz on April 06, 2023

A delightful 5-day revival of Jerry Herman's rarely heard musical springs to life.

Dearly Beloved - A Concert Tribute to Purple Rain,
in honor of the late pop star Prince.
to benefit Arts for All.
on Apr. 27

Death Of A Salesman
by Eugene Paul on Oct. 23

Arthur Miller’s masterpiece becomes even more telling in Yiddish in this worthy successor to other fine productions.

Death of a Salesman
A review by Julia Polinsky on October 19, 2022
Photo by Joan Marcus

The best Death of a Salesman ever. Not to be missed.

A Delicate Balance
by David Schultz on Jan. 27

Darkly humorous classic Albee revival, strangely muted and defanged, hits the boards again in a languorous production.

Devil of Choice
by Edward Medina on June 01, 2018

A superbly acted dark sensual play that skillfully delivers the three sides of a romantic triangle.

Dig
Reviewed by Julia Polinsky on September 21, 2023

A beautifully performed, beautifully written show about truth, honesty, redemption, love, and photosynthesis.

Dinner With The Boys
by Nicholas Linnehan on May. 5

What happens when The Sopranos meet The Odd Couple? It's anyone's guess.

Diaspora
by Arney Rosenblatt On November 22, 2017

"You are Jewish. But we are Israeli."

Disaster
by Michall Jeffers On Mar.20

This spoof is a triumph for the players and a “laff riot” for the audience.

DISGRACED
By Eugene Paul on Nov. 12

The hatreds inculcated in childhood poison our present days. The most challenging play in years

The Django Reinhardt NY Festival Makes a Triumphant Return to Birdland

By Barry Bassis on July 29, 2019
Gypsy jazz will put a smile on your face.

Do You Feel Anger?
        by Fern Siegel on April 12, 2019

Harassing women is an issue that should be confronted on stage. But the template is drama, not a sexist swing at absurdity.

The Doctor
Reviewed by Deirdre Donovan on July 31, 2023

Robert Icke returns to the Park Avenue Armory with a play that takes a deep dive into identity.

Doctor Faustus
by Deirdre Donovan on June. 23

Christopher Marlowe's warhorse at the Classic Stage Company gets new legs and a comic bite.

Doctor Zhivago
by Eugene Paul on Apr. 21

A huge, sprawling, beautifully appointed production, with two new stars, Tam Mutu and Kelli Barrett, radiant.

Don Juan
by Deirdre Donovan on June. 2

Moliere's play about the legendary lover plays well with Justin Adams as the nominal character.

Don't Bother Me, I Can't Cope
Encores! Off Center
by Julia Polinsky on July 31, 2018

A Double-bill of Mario Fratti’s One-acters: Wives and The Academy
by Deirdre Donovan on Oct. 14

Both plays explore the battle of the sexes, and, though set in different time periods, illustrate that women and men are seldom at peace with each other.

Doubt: A Parable
Reviewed by Julia Polinsky on March 21, 2024

A handsome revival of John Patrick Shanley's morally ambiguous play.

A Doll's House
Reviewed by Deirdre Donovan on March 31, 2023

Ibsen's 1879 masterpiece gets revisited, with an amazing performance by Jessica Chastain as the iconic Nora.

A Doll's House, Part 2
By Ron Cohen on May. 12, 2017
Nora comes back! Let the talk - entertaining, provocative and stimulating - begin!

Don't Feed The Indians
by Edward Medina On November 17, 2017

A twisted variety show with an in-your-face moral message that's meant to amuse, but make one squirm in the process.

Dublin Carol

        by Barry Bassis on November 04, 2019

Tears in the Whiskey.

Downstairs
By Fern Siegel on December 05, 2018

The basement hides all sorts of family secrets.

Dry Powder
by Ron Cohen on Apr. 6

Bickering colleagues played by a starry cast make for an engrossing look at the world of high finance.

Dracula Comedy of Terrors
Reviewed by Fern Siegel on September 29, 2023

Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors takes a bite out of fear.

Dutchman
by Eugene Paul on Mar. 4

The Latest Revival Of The Obie Award Winning Play That Made Amiri Baraka A Household Name.

Eclipsed
by Ron Cohen on Mar. 16

This superb drama of Liberian women in wartime is harrowing, sometimes funny, and most of all, breathtakingly human.

Editor's Notes:

By Jeanne Lieberman on May 14, 2019

And the winners are............
Outer Critics Circle announces it awards
and hopefully sets the tone for future ceremonies

Editor's Notes: AND THE RACE IS ON!!!

By Jeanne Lieberman on May 01, 2019

The nominations are:
OUTER CRITICS CIRCLE opens the gate
DRAMA DESK another early break.........
And the much revered TONYS take the lead

Editors Notes: New Season Fall '18
Women prevail
By Jeanne Lieberman on September 24, 2018

Move over, Eliza! Miss Vivian is here to herald a season in which women are liberally featured.
By some wonderful coincidence two major British actresses are taking over two major Shakespearean plays and transforming the male leads of both into female. And the all important prom date is lesbian.
?and there are enough Hollywood celebs to make stargazers salivate.

Editors Notes June 18: THE AWARD SEASON
By Jeanne Lieberman on June 06, 2018

Winners & Wannabes
Drama League, Outer Critics Circle & Drama Desk Winners
Tony Nominations

Race to the Finish

Having cleared the hurdles of the runner up prestigious awards the most coveted, The Tony Award, is upon us Here's a recap of the 2017-2018 season winners so far and the Tony Nominations
Please note the Editor's Picks at each category and match your opinions with mine

Editor’s Notes: April 16: Social Injustice
North Carolina "bathroom" law inspires the entertainment community to protest.

Once again the arts have proved to be first responders to social injustice.
By Jeanne Lieberman on Apr. 29

Editor’s Notes: Immigration:
Broadway Sings while the world Debates

By Jeanne Lieberman on Nov. 23

Editor's notes: BROADWAY'S NEW SEASON
By Jeanne Lieberman on September 29, 2017

Movie Stars, TV Stars, Pop Stars, Comedy Stars will join our Broadway stars to entertain us. Diverse and Exciting

Editor's notes: TONYS 2017
Conquerors and Casualties
By Jeanne Lieberman on June 15, 2017

It was a long night for some, a memorable night for others.

Editor's Notes: And the winners are?
By Jeanne Lieberman on May. 23, 2017

Ah! That exciting time when success or failure;
a future on the road or sudden death is determined.

Editor's notes: Who will be next year's HAMILTON?
The race is already on for new musicals (and revivals)
By Jeanne Lieberman on June. 17

Here's a look at some of next season's contenders.

Editor's notes: The Spring Season '17
By Jeanne Lieberman on Jan. 09, 2017

full of divas and diversity, mostly borrowed, seldom new

Editor's notes: Broadway's Fall forecast '15
Few musicals, many revivals in the most diverse season in 10 years
- plus list of Broadway openings by date and location
By Jeanne Lieberman on Oct. 23

Editors notes: The Tonys - Shock & Awe

By Jeanne Lieberman on July. 10

And many shows have bit the dust or soon will by failing to win the coveted award.

Editor's notes: The New Season Fall '16
By Jeanne Lieberman on Sept. 22, 2016

After a shaky start the calendar is split between revivals and new shows, plays and musicals,with the BIG shows coming in the Sprng

Editor’s Notes: June 16: The drama on our national stage would leave most playwrights in the dust!
By Jeanne Lieberman on June. 09

Editor's notes: Tony Nominees
Who I think will win
Who I think should win
By Jeanne Lieberman on June. 5

Editor’s Notes: June 16: Tony's - The Race is On!
By Jeanne Lieberman on June. 09

Editor’s Notes: FALL BACK/SPRING FORWARD
Hamilton heralded a spectacular Fall Season;
Can the new season match it?
Click here for a complete listing of the new shows
By Jeanne Lieberman on Feb. 1

Editor's Notes: POP WRITERS ON BROADWAY
By Jeanne Lieberman on Jan. 30

Basically no matter how big the pop composer, its never a guarantee on Broadway.

Editor's Notes: BROADWAY'S FREAK SHOWS
By Jeanne Lieberman on Dec. 31

In the old days matinee idols and chorus girls ruled.
Now? How do you like your freaks; straight, no frills, but served up by a Hollywood movie star or two unknowns in satin and sequins, eye filling production numbers, and glorious music?
Guess who wins!

Editor's Notes: Tributes to Joan Rivers, Marian Seldes, Geoffrey Holder & Mike Nichols
By Jeanne Lieberman on Dec. 29

BROADWAY DIMMED ITS LIGHTS

Editor's Notes: The New Season '14-'15
By Jeanne Lieberman on Sept. 18

Star Power on Broadway
Producers have figured out they can recoup their investments quickly and painlessly by casting Hollywood stars in their shows. Actors can also make a quick bundle (and satisfy their acting chops) in limited runs. The result - a celestial jamboree on Broadway for savvy theatergoers who will make sure to get their tickets often and early!

Editor's Notes: What happened to the Broadway Musical?
by Jeannie Lieberman on Feb. 15

Editor's Notes: STARS IN THE ALLEY: Broadway Stars Dazzled in Daylight and turned the legendary Shubert Alley into theatrical Heaven on Earth!
By Jeanne Lieberman on May. 22
The huge event reminded us all what a very special thing our theatrical community is. It is to be cherished and nurtured

Editor's Notes: Talkin' Tony's
by Jeannie Lieberman on May. 1
Is Neil Patrick Harris the new Hugh Jackman

Editor's Notes: The Spring Season Midway
by Jeannie Lieberman on Apr. 21
The mid-season March to the Tonys is nothing short of theatrical ecstasy.(so far)

The Effect
by Deirdre Donovan on Mar. 31

Lucy Prebble's provocative new play is a brain-teaser with a heart.

Einstein!

By Deirdre Donovan on Jan. 12, 2018
Actor-playwright Jack Fry brings back the ghost of a famous theoretical physicist  filled with humor, wit, and humanity.

Einstein!

By Deirdre Donovan on Jan. 09, 2017
Actor-playwright Jack Fry brings back the ghost of a famous theoretical physicist - filled with humor, wit, and humanity.

Electronic City
        by R. Pikser on April 29, 2019

An intriguingly stylized critique of what our lives have become, carried to extremes .

The Elephant Man
by Michall Jeffers on Dec. 17

Bradley Cooper takes Merrick from a grunting, inarticulate "imbecile" to a man of culture and substance.

Emma and Max

By David Schultz on November 05, 2018

Filmmaker Todd Solondz makes a mild splash with this morbid, moribund work.

Emperor Jones
By Julia Polinsky on Apr. 18, 2017

Can be tough to watch, but a knockout performance and superb staging make this journey into the heart of darkness into riveting theater.

Empire
Reviewed By Fern Seigel on July 12, 2024

The new musical Empire explores the back story of the remarkable Empire State Building.

An Enemy of the People
Reviewed By Deirdre Donovan

Succession star Jeremy Strong is riveting in Sam Gold's adaptation of Ibsen's 1882 classic drama.

Encores! Hey, Look Me Over
By Jeanne Lieberman On February 16, 2018

Bouncy Box of Musical Bon Bons, Some tastier than others but ultimately satisfying.

Encores! Off Center: Assassins
By Deirdre Donovan On June 21, 2017

In Stephen Sondheim’s 1990 vaudeville musical good taste is eschewed and the bad boys and girls of American history get thrust into the spotlight to criticize Uncle Sam

The Encounter
By Ron Cohen on Oct. 14, 2016
Simon McBurney recreates an eventful adventure in the Amazon with high-tech sound and vivid acting and fills it with lots of philosophical meaning

Endgame
A review by Deirdre Donovan on February 21, 2023

At the Irish Rep, Ci'ran O'Reilly sensitively directs Samuel Beckett's masterpiece about aging with a first-rate cast.

THE ENGAYGEMENT- A NEW MUSICAL
by Parker Sargent on Aug. 21

Barebones first run of this energetic and endearing story of love is proof that David Auxier’s new musical is destined for a bigger stage.

Enter At Forest Lawn
By Eugene Paul on July. 24
If you've wondered about the frustrations behind those TV shows you see happily going on week after week. Wonder no more.

Enter Laughing
By Deirdre Donovan on June 20, 2019

The York Theatre Company looks into their past and excavates a musical theater gem for their 50th anniversary year.

Epiphany
A review by Fern Siegel on July 13, 2022

A dinner party turns into a chance at revelation.

Escape To Margaritaville
By Eugene Paul on March 19, 2018
A big, bountiful splash of mellow Jimmy Buffett songs and attitude superbly merchandised. Thoroughly enjoyable.

Eve’s Song
By Ron Cohen on November 20, 2018

A domestic drama with poetic overtones throws a piercing spotlight on the violence, inequities and indignities faced by black women – straight and gay – in America today.

Evening at the Talk House
By Ron Cohen on Feb. 27, 2017

When happenings in the outside world invade the conversation, a gathering of theater folk becomes unsettling

An Evening On Parade
By Rachel Goddard on Mar. 11

A night of story and song proved that theatre can bring a historical story, about the 1915 trial of Leo Frank, the only man of Jewish faith to be lynched unjustly for murder, back to life in the most emotionally gripping way.

Ever After
by David Schultz on June. 17


Charming revisionist take on the Cinderella fairy tale overflows with Broadway talent at the Paper Mill Playhouse.

Every Brilliant Thing

By Dorothy Marcic on Feb. 6
You'll root for this boy, and then man, who kept his Mum alive for many years, and who finally found his own life, inside himself.

Everybody
By Eugene Paul on Mar. 07, 2017

Everything old is ghoulishly new again, Everyman is now Everybody and the sting remains.

Exquisita Agonía (Exquisite Agony)
by Ron Cohen on June 05, 2018

What is the nature of the human heart? Does it have memory, emotion, conscience? Or is it only the engine of our physical being?

A FABLE
by Eugene Paul on May. 22
In a handsome, active setting, this large, vigorous cast tackles the largest of themes, Good and Evil and the human condition.

Falsettos
by Eugene Paul On Nov. 15, 2016

Achingly funny, achingly sad, witty, clever, beautiful, nuts, layers and layers of feeling and meaning. Unmissable.

Familiar
by Michall Jeffers on Mar. 7

Tradition is at odds with assimilation in a Zimbabwean-American family.

The Far Country
A review by Fern Siegel on December 16, 2022

Lloyd Suh's The Far Country explores the human cost of the Chinese Exclusion Act.

Farcicals
By Eugene Paul on June. 18
In keeping with transAtlantic amity, Brits Off Broadway offers a double portion of an American favorite: British farce.

The Father
by Michall Jeffers on Apr. 20

A rare look at a terrifying disease from the inside out, through the eyes of a master.

Fat Ham
Reviewed by Deirdre Donovan on May 02, 2023

James Ijames' spicy reimagining of Shakespeare's Hamlet explores Black masculinity, queerness, and more.

Fern Hill

        by Barry Bassis on October 24, 2019

A Commune for Aging Baby Boomers.

The Ferryman
By Eugene Paul on November 14, 2018

One of the outstanding bounties of this or any other season.

Fiddler On The Roof (In Yiddish)
By Eugene Paul on May 23, 2019

Full as ever of music, dancing, fun, ,laughter, love and heartbreak, a deeper theatrical delight than you imagined.

Fiddler on the Roof
by Fern Siegel on September 25, 2018

Tevye, Golde and the residents of Anetevka are back ? and more authentic than ever.

Fiddler On The Roof
by Eugene Paul On Jan.24

One of the greatest musicals in theatre history and one of the most appealing. Bring tissues.

Fifty Million Frenchmen
By Rachel Pacelli on October 14, 2019

A showcase of Cole Porter's hits - is as light and frothy as a French meringue

Finding Neverland
by Russell Bouthiller on Apr. 20

Though the plot holds no surprises, it works magically and proves a pirate’s treasure for the whole family.

Finian's Rainbow
By Eugene Paul On Dec. 19, 2016

A charming pastiche of whimsical nonsense lightly covering a much darker America, full of glorious song.

Final Follies

By Ron Cohen on October 16, 2018

A collection of three one-act plays by the late A.R. Gurney travels a bumpy road from slight to satisfying.

Fireflies

By Fern Siegel on October 30, 2018

This powerful two-hander reveals the searing story of civil-rights activists and the desires that consume them.

First Daughter Suite
by Michall Jeffers on Nov. 4

A window into the lives of the wives and daughters, a modern opera by turns, contemplative, rollicking, and sensitive.

Fish in the Dark
by David Schultz on Mar. 17

To hell with the fish. I am in the dark that this undercooked wisp of a play ever made it to Broadway.

"FINDING NEVERLAND" PRODUCER HARVEY WEINSTEIN WINS "RIEDEL CHALLENGE" NEW YORK POST COLUMNIST MICHAEL RIEDEL ADMITS DEFEAT AFTER "FINDING NEVERLAND" EARNS THE LOVE OF 96% OF ITS AUDIENCE

The Flatiron Hex
By Glenn Giron on May. 21
James Godwin and Tom Burnett created an inventive and outlandish play full of laughs and stunning puppets

Flex
Reviewed by Julia Polinsky on August 06, 2023

Fast-moving girl's basketball, with a story full of heartbreak and heart.

The Folk Singer
By Marc Miller On Oct. 17, 2016

An earnest, well-meaning attempt to make folk music relevant again, done in by substandard folk music.

For Peter Pan on her 70th birthday
by Edward Medina On September 20, 2017

Fool For Love
by David Schultz on Oct. 23

Sam Shepard’s Mythical American West; seedy motel, wounded couple, raw sex, seventy-five minutes of overwrought angst.

Forbidden Broadway Comes Out Swinging
by Michall Jeffers on May. 8
Sometimes the truth hurts; but a talented cast and lots of laughs eases the pain.

The Foreigner
by Edward and Jeanne Lieberman on December 06, 2018

The Armonk Players’ current production of The Foreigner features an outstanding cast in a madcap comedy that is arguably more timely today than when it was first written in 1984.

Forever

By Deirdre Donovan on May. 14
Dael Orlandersmith returns to the New York Theatre Workshop with her new, gripping, semi-autobiographical show.

The Front Page
By Eugene Paul on Nov. 03, 2016
Refreshed, reborn, hilarious, a captivating revival of one of the treasures of the American theater.

Frankenstein: A New Musical
By Deirdre Donovan on Janurary 29, 2018

Mary Shelley's classic horror novel is now humming a ghoulish tune at St. Luke's Theatre.

Frankie & Johnny In The Clair De Lune
        by Eugene Paul on June 13, 2019

Audra McDonald. Michael Shannon. Terrence McNally. Arin Arbus. Pure gold.

From Camelot to California: The Worlds of Lerner and Loewe
By Deirdre Donovan on June 15, 2017

A fitting tribute to Lerner and Loewe, who continually wove fantasy, myth, and romance into their art.

From Page to Screen to Stage: A Conversation with the Cast and Creative Team of Broadway's Doctor Zhivago (92Y Talks)
By Deirdre Donovan on May. 7

The creative team and actors from Doctor Zhivago, reveal how the musical evolved from page to screen to stage.

Frozen: The Broadway Musical
By Julia Polinsky on April 09, 2018
Take a kid, and see the magic through a child's eyes. Disney Does Fun. Let it go, and let 'em.

Fucking A
by Ron Cohen On September 19, 2017

Suzan-Lori Parks' storytelling is a heady brew of Brecht, Greed tragedy and - oh, yes - Nathaniel Hawthorne

Fully Committed
by Eugene Paul on May. 9

Jesse Tyler Ferguson is not only a funny man he's also a charmer, in this whiz of a star vehicle.

Fun Home
by David Schultz on May. 5

Alison Bechdel’s graphic, haunting musical memoir is one of the finest this season. Don’t miss it.

Funny Face at The Lion Theatre
By Marc Miller On Oct. 25, 2016

The 1927 musical, with a raft of Gershwin standards and a nearly content-free book, is given an appealing airing by Mel Miller's Musicals Tonight!

Funny Girl
by Fern Siegel on May, 24, 2022

Funny Girl is back on Broadway - revived after almost 60-years. Welcome home, Fanny! It remains, in whatever incarnation, tough, touching and uniquely American

Funny Girl: Trafalgar's Preview Screening of West End production
By Deirdre Donovan on October 22, 2018

Michael Mayer's new West End production released in cinemas on October 24th coincides with the 50th anniversary of the film that catapulted Barbra Streisand to stardom.

A Funny Thing Happened: Songs from the Road to Broadway
By Deirdre Donovan on Jan. 19
Kathleen Marshall hosts the 92 Street Y’s Lyrics and Lyricists series and gives the juice on some of Broadway’s classic songs.

Fyvush Finkel

on Sept. 22, 2016

Gambling on Love

By Deirdre Donovan on November 28, 2017
Robin Kradles new solo show kicked off the holiday season at Don't Tell Mama in vivacious Vegas style.

Gary: A Sequel to Titus Andronicus
        by Ron Cohen on May 06, 2019

Slaughter, gore and a barrel or two of laughs.

The Gentleman Caller
by Ron Cohen on May 15, 2018

Tennessee Williams and William Inge meet, drink and sort of make out, in two encounters that deeply impacted 20th Century American theater

A Gentleman’s Guide To Love & Murder
By Michall Jeffers on May. 8
Lunacy abounds in a gleeful Gilbert-and-Sullivan-meets-music-hall delight featuring the incomparable Jefferson Mays.

Gently Down the Stream
by Deirdre Donovan On May. 24 2017

The one-and-only Harvey Fierstein returns to the stage in Martin Sherman’s play that speaks of the “love that cannot say its name.”

Gertrude: The Cry
By Eugene Paul on August. 7
Howard Barker's re-examination of Hamlet's adulterous mother, Gertrude.

Get the Boat and Innit
by Deirdre Donovan on July 17, 2018

Two female Irish playwrights make their North American debut with plays that amplify the #metoo and #Ibelieveher movements.

Gigi
by Eugene Paul on Apr. 21

The songs are still marvelous and the story still intrigues but there’s a lot of bubbles missing in the champagne.

The Gin Game
by Eugene Paul on Oct. 22

If you take your laughs and pleasure with a little bit of extra seasoning, this is absolutely your dish.

Girl From The North Country
by Fern Siegel on October 16, 2018

Bob Dylan’s wistful tunes embrace an elegiac musical that captures the melancholy of Depression-era Midwesterners.

A Girl Is A Half-Formed Thing
by Eugene Paul on Apr. 26

Extraordinary actress Aoife Duffin brings harrowing insight to the inner life of a much abused Irish girl.

The Glass Menagerie
By Deirdre Donovan on Mar. 23, 2017
The most unsentimental, stripped-down, and provocative interpretation of the classic ever.

Gloria - A Life

By Fern Siegel on November 05, 2018

Chronicles the life and times of feminist icon Gloria Steinem and the movement she championed.

Savion Glover at the Blue Note
By Deirdre Donovan on Jan. 17, 2017
The legendary hoofer elicited "wows" from audience members as he articulated his rough urban footwork on stage.

God Bless America: The Music of Irving Berlin

by Deirdre Donovan on July 13, 2018

An homage to the great American songwriter who had a talent for giving the American people what they wanted.

God Shows Up
        by Deirdre Donovan on February 15, 2019

Notable journalist-playwright Peter Filichia has penned a comedy that gives us a fresh new take on God in the new millennial.

The Golden Apple
by Deirdre Donovan On May. 23 2017

New York City Center's Encores! series revives a cult classic that breezes through The Iliad and The Odyssey at Olympian speed.

The Goodbye Room
by Eugene Paul on Mar. 10

The new Happy Few Theatre Company - rich in acting talent, promising in writing talent, and still searching for an artistic direction.

Good Night, Oscar
Reviewed by Fern Siegel on May 02, 2023

The great wit, Oscar Levant, is on display in Goodnight, Oscar. So is his torment.

Gorey: The Secret Lives of Edward Gorey
By David Schultz on Jan. 10, 2017

Whimsical bio-play fuses fact and fiction about the author/ illustrator.

God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater
By Deirdre Donovan On Aug. 4

Kindness is back in style, as Howard Ashman and Alan Menken's 1979 musical version of Kurt Vonnegut's novel resurfaces.

Godspell
Westchester Broadway Theatre by Ed Lieberman on July. 21


A nostalgic look at religion and morality from the flower-power generation.

Going Solo in Terminally Delightful
by Edward Rubin on May. 30
BenDeLaRue, a Ru Paul alumnus, in his solo debut, had the audience eating out of his/her hands

The Golden Bride
By Eugene Paul On Aug. 17

Lovely, funny, touching, nostalgic, a sweeping entertainment. They don't make 'em like this any more.

The Gondoliers
by Deirdre Donovan on May. 19

Gilbert & Sullivan's 1889 opera that abolishes class distinction returns with delicious verve to NYU's Skirball Center.

Good
By Julia Polinsky on July. 13,2016

Good? Not so good

The Government Inspector
by Ron Cohen On June. 02 2017

Gogol's comic classic of bureaucracy and corruption loses none of is pertinence and keeps all of it laughs.

Grand Horizons
        by Eugene Paul on February 25, 2020

One of the brightest delights in town, hilarious, shocking, touching.

Grand Hotel, The Musical
By Edward Medina On March 28, 2018

An exceptionally exquisite revival, you feel rewarded to have witnessed them again, even if it's just briefly.

The Gravedigger's Lullaby
By Ron Cohen on Mar. 13, 2017

A laborer's struggle to provide for his family - pertinent and poetic.

Gregorian
By Rachel Goddard on Aug. 26, 2016

With history only enduring in black and white, Gregorian exposes the true colors of the 20th century; and its blood red.

Grey House
Reviewed By David Schultz on June 20, 2023

Hokum and Horror mix uneasily in this eerie play.

Guys and Dolls
by Ed Lieberman on May. 14


All phases of musical theater come together in this production in almost perfect harmony; a valentine to a New York - the way you wished it was.

Daniel Gwirtzman Dance Company: Intersections
By R. Pikser on March 05, 2019

A retrospective that offered some imaginative moments and an opportunity for an experienced and a younger dancer to move us profoundly.

H.M.S. Pinafore
by Deirdre Donovan on Jan. 19

The New York Gilbert and Sullivan Players splash into the classic and salt it with New York style.

Hamilton
by Michall Jeffers On Jan.13

Handily combines history and hip hop

Hamilton
by Deirdre Donovan on Feb. 27

Lin-Manuel Miranda creates a trailblazing new musical about one of our founding fathers and steps into the titular lead at the Public Theater.

Hamlet
Reviewed by Deirdre Donovan on August 09, 2023

The actors shine in Ken Leon's new production of Shakespeare's iconic tragedy at the Delacorte Theater.

Hanoch Levin Squared
By Eugene Paul On March 20, 2018

Coarse, outrageous, hilarious, bitter, sad, despairing, a harsh, lesson in life, handsomely performed.

Hand To God
by David Schultz on Apr. 21

A tour de force work that dazzles with verve and pitch black humor. It has a limited appeal, but will definitely sate the adventurous theatergoer.

Handel’s Messiah: The Saint Thomas Choir of Men and Boys with Concert Royal
By Deirdre Donovan on Dec. 15
An exquisite presentation of the master’s most celebrated composition.

Happy Days, A New Musical
by Ed Lieberman on May. 31, 2016

Happy Days, A New Musical . . . a spirited but rare miss at WBT.

A Happy End
by Eugene Paul on Mar. 12

Playwright Netanyahu has written a work that becomes all too engrossing the closer it comes to its involving end.

Happy Talk
        by Arney Rosenblat on June 03, 2019

Susan Sarandon and Marin Ireland in a play where positivity goes seriously amuck.

Harmony
Reviewed By Marc Miller on November 20, 2023

The Barry Manilow/Bruce Sussman historical musical is flawed, but with some outstanding elements: The Manilow melodies, a disturbing timeliness, and Chip Zien.

Heathers: The Musical
by Deirdre Donovan on June. 5
This new killer musical takes bullying out of the closet and exposes its psychological layering with some very witty songs.

Head Over Heels
by Deirdre Donovan on August, 16, 2018

The Elizabethan and contemporary world collide in this new jukebox musical that is fueled by the Go Go's songs and spiced by Peppermint.

Heartbreak House

by Deirdre Donovan on September 24, 2018

The Gingold Theatrical Group gives new legs to George Bernard Shaw's classic with an original framing device.

The Heart of Rock and Roll
Reviewed By Julia Polinsky on May 15, 2024

This unabashedly joyful jukebox musical delivers hummable, silly fun.

Hedda (Gabler)
By Julia Polinsky on Oct. 06, 2016

Wandering Bark Theatre Company slots perfectly into the current TLDNR mindset. If your taste is more for Mean Girls than Emma, you'll feel right at home.

Hedda Lettuce: Big Queen Small Throne
by Parker Sargent on Aug. 13


From the moment the show starts until the very end, she captivates the crowd.

Hedwig And The Angry Inch
By Michall Jeffers on May. 1
Tony presenter Neil Patrick Harris should be up for his own Tony this season. This is not a production for those of delicate sensibilities but definitely has the potential to become another cult musical.

The Heidi Chronicles
by David Schultz on Mar. 24

Wendy Wasserstein's award-winning play still packs a punch, but is more muted and wistful than it needs to be.

The Height Of The Storm
        by Ron Cohen on October 03, 2019

Majestic performances illuminate the interplay of love, death and memory.

Heisenberg
By EUGENE PAUL on Oct. 25, 2016
"Are ya havin' any fun? Whatcha gettin' outta livin'?" Sometime those old tunes are sooo wise.

Hello, Dillie
By Eugene Paul On June. 22

Pull up a chair and stay awhile.

Hello, Dolly
by Eugene Paul On May. 06 2017

Bette Midler is a phenomenon as a performer but it's her winning warmth that clinches you in this great, musical classic.

Here Lies Love
by Stewart Schulman on May. 30
An energetic "immersive" theatrical experience with a great cast and a great true story, unfortunately mostly untold.

Encores! High Button Shoes
By David Schultz & Jeanne Lieberman on June 13, 2019

Few experiences can generate the pure unadulterated joy of this 1947 musical. That 10 minute ballet is sheer musical nirvana.

Hillary and Clinton
        by Fern Siegel on April 22, 2019

A behind-the-scenes look at the 2008 election, and the twisted dynamic between Hillary and Bill Clinton.

Himself And Nora
By Eugene Paul On July. 13

Charming, romantic, "The greatest love story never told."

HIR
by Michall Jeffers on Nov. 11

Can there truly be fun in a dysfunctional family?

Holiday Inn
by David Schultz on November 29, 2018

The holidays are gloriously brought back to life with the invigorating revival at The Paper Mill Playhouse

Holiday Inn, The New Broadway Musical
by Michall Jeffers On Oct. 17, 2016

It's never too early to celebrate

HOLLER IF YA HEAR ME
by Eugene Paul on June. 26
The phenomenon that was Tupac Shakur, immortalized in his own short time on this planet, inspires this new "musical".

The Home Place
by Ron Cohen On October 27, 2017

A solid New York premiere for Brian Friel's incisive look at the simmering of Anglo-Irish conflict.

The Honeymooners
by David Schultz on October, 23, 2017

An undercooked rehash of the beloved television series for the 55-Plus Set.

The Hope Hypothesis

        by Julia Polinsky on November 04, 2019

Asks more questions than it answers, including: what's the solution? Horrifying? Humorous? It may be both.

Hot Mess
by Ron Cohen On December 06, 2017

A rom-com mixes sweetness with a barrage of descriptive talk about sex acts, and hey, sweetness wins!

The House That Will Not Stand

by Ron Cohen on August 10, 2018

Electrifying theater that examines the hideous stew of racism, sexism and slavery in the custom of plaçage in New Orleans before the Louisiana Purchase.

How I Found an Affordable Apartment on the Upper West Side of Manhattan without Really Trying

        by Deirdre Donovan on October 18, 2019

Charles Gross' new one-man play, delicious as a fresh bagel with a schmear of laughter, wit, and romance

How to Dance in Ohio
Reviewed By Deirdre Donovan on December 21, 2023

A poignant new musical that features seven young autistic adults who also identify as autistic in real-life.

How to Transcend a Happy Marriage
By Marc Miller on Apr. 03, 2017

Ruhl, as she frequently does, pours too much into the mix.

Hughie
by Eugene Paul on Mar. 7

Beautifully produced, exquisitely acted, handsomely directed, Hughie, is nevertheless minor Eugene O'Neill.

The Humans
by Deirdre Donovan on Mar. 28

Stephen Karam's new play turns a family's traditional Thanksgiving dinner into a time of reckoning and self-definition.

The Humans
by David Schultz on Nov. 4

Playwright Stephen Karam hits a home run with this perfectly cast chamber piece.

The Hummingbird’s Tour
by Eugene Paul on Nov. 4

When a mysterious, charismatic guru leaves prophecies for each one in the household, then vanishes, should they read them?

A Hunger Artist by Franz Kafka
By Julia Polinsky on June 14, 2017

Interesting, uneven, overall admirable, Sinking Ship's production layers Kafka's cynical gloom with lots of intriguing theater artistry.

I and You
by Julia Polinsky on Jan. 28

Starts with a shriek and a threat, and ends with hope, love, and a huge, heartbreaking surprise.

Ibsen's Ghost - An Irresponsible Biographical Fantasy
Reviewed By David Schultz on March 25, 2024

Charles Busch drags Henrik Ibsen into the modern age in this charming comedy.

I Can Get It For You Wholesale
Reviewed by Marc Miller on December 10, 2023

A solid revival of an underrated musical, but oy veh, is it a downer.

"I dream my painting and I paint my dream." Van Gogh
By Jeannie Lieberman on June 14, 2021

The Immersive Van Gogh exhibit at pier 36 a carefully thought out respectful audio/visual extravaganza, an homage assuring that Van Gogh's legacy lives on for the many young people and races at the exhibit

I Have Confidence: Rodgers After Hammerstein
Lyrics and Lyricists at the 92nd Street Y
By Julia Polinsky on May. 31
In this splendid evening, from flops to smashes, Rodgers - lovely melodies still get the airing they deserve.

I Married an Angel
Encores! At New York City Center
By Julia Polinsky on March 29, 2019

Encores! Does a terrific job, the dancing is magnificent, but the story falls short, in Rodgers and Hart's I Married an Angel at City Center.

I was Most Alive With You

by David Schultz on September 28, 2018

Electrifying modern riff on The Book of Job proves a devastating evening of theater.

I'll Say She Is
By Marc Miller on June. 7

There's life in the old musical model yet.

Ibsen’s A Doll’s House and Strindberg’s The Father
by Deirdre Donovan on May. 31

Stricking double bill provides contrast between two literary titans.

The Iceman Cometh
By Ron Cohen on May 1, 2018

George C. Wolfe and Denzel Washington infuse Eugene O'Neill's downbeat masterwork with vibrant life.

The Iceman Cometh
by Eric Grunin on Feb. 26

A magnificent and essential production of an American masterpiece.

Ideation
by Eugene Paul on Apr. 6

Hannah's team has to come up with ideas on how to dispose of 2.000.000 bodies. Is this a test? Or is it real?

If I Forget
By Ron Cohen on Feb. 27, 2017

Health crises, finances and conflicting ideologies on Israel consume an American Jewish family - and there are laughs, too.

If/Then
by Eugene Paul on Apr. 6
Devotees of Broadway belters are destined to flock to Idina Menzel's huge sounds in her new show filled with good company.

Illinoise
Reviewed By Deirdre Donovan on March 19, 2024

A new musical at the Park Avenue Armory puts dance front and center.

Illyria
by Ron Cohen On November 14, 2017

An arresting look back at the early history of the New York Shakespeare Festival and a loving but unsentimental valentine to its revered creator, Joe Papp.

In A Word
by Julia Polinsky On June 30 2017

Deeply engrossing, a surprise in a play so short.

Infinite Life
Reviewed by David Schultz on October 03, 2023

A confluence of chronic pain and desire feature in Annie Baker's latest play.

In Our Own Voice: Women Veterans Tell Their Story
by Julia Polinsky on July. 2

A theater project that focuses on women in the military could be important. Although worth seeing, needs work.

In The Secret Sea
by Julia Polinsky on May. 16

New play by Cate Ryan explores family, fear, faith, and failure, but falls flat.

Indecent
By Eugene Paul on May. 05, 2017
Yes, go to admire, to enjoy, to be thrilled, most of all to be touched.

Ink
        by Fern Siegel on May 02, 2019

A fast-paced chronicle of ambition and anger captures the intensity of a long-gone newspaper world.

The Immigrant
by Eugene Paul on May. 31

Playwright Mark Garelik's warm, loving portrait of his immigrant grandfather becoming a Texan through kindness and consideration.

In Love with the Arrow Collar Man
by Marc Miller On November 14, 2017

The true story of a love that shouldn't have worked but did, and the compelling cultural history surrounding it.

In Transit
By Julia Polinsky On Dec. 19, 2016

Splendid acapella vocals weave a counterpoint of ambition and disappointment, love, connection and hope in the New York City subway.

In & Of Itself
by Edward Medina On September 27, 2017

A mysterious and wonder filled production of magic and storytelling.

In White America
by R. Pikser on Nov. 9

How sad that, after 50 years, this play still has so much to tell us. But we need to confront, not smooth over its lessons.

Incident at Vichy
by Eugene Paul on Nov. 30

A decent, respectful mounting of a Miller play that holds undiscovered fire and brimstone in its thinking, in its bones.

Indian Ink
by Gene Paul on Nov. 4

Trailing rumors and intrigues in 1930 England, Flora Crewe ran off to India to collect herself. Fifty years later, a publisher wants her story.

The Inheritance
        by David Schultz on December 08, 2019

A modern gay intergenerational riff on Howard's End, operatic in scope.

Insignificant
by Julia Polinsky on Dec. 17

Nothing insignificant about of the role of women in the history of astronomy.

Into The Woods
by David Schultz on Mar. 11

A downsized cast of ten tackles Sondheim, this excessively cute rendition grates on the nerves, yet charms simultaneously. These Woods are showing their age.

Into the Woods
by Fern Siegel on July, 18, 2022

Stephen Sondheim's In The Woods returns to Broadway with an all-star cast.

Invisible Thread
by Julia Polinsky on Dec. 15

Engaging, tuneful, exuberant, and happy.

Indian Summer
By Michall Jeffers on June. 14

Sand, soulfulness, and summer love

Iowa
by Barry Bassis on Apr. 23

The cast deserves better on this long slog.

It Shoulda Been You
by Russell Bouthiller on Apr. 24

Affectionately uproarious, this frothy new musical brings the age-old institution of marriage into the modern age.

It's a Wonderful Life: The Live Radio Play
by Deirdre Donovan On December 27, 2017

This charming holiday show at the Irish Repertory Theatre company is meant for both the eye and ear.

It's Not What It Looks Like
Reviewed By Deirdre Donovan on August 8, 2024

John Collins' new play at SoHo Playhouse, winner of its 2023 Lighthouse Series, proves that the truth often lies beneath surface appearances.

It's Only A Play
by Michall Jeffers on Oct. 16

Both self-referential and self-reverential this smash hit is playing to full houses chocked with appreciative theater goers.

I’ve Got a Little Twist
By Deirdre Donovan on Dec. 10
The New York Gilbert and Sullivan Players make their debut at Feinstein’s / 54 Below and gave their hallmark patter songs a sparkling neon glow.

Eddie Izzard: Wunderbar
By David Schultz on May 21, 2019

Run don't walk, to see Eddie before he enters the political arena. Might be your last chance for the foreseeable future.

Jaja's African Hair Braiding
Reviewed By by Julia Polinsky on October 23, 2023

Jocelyn Bioh's Jaja's African Hair Braiding is a delightful workplace comedy with a Harlem slant and a heart wrenching twist.

Mary Jane
by Ron Cohen On October 03, 2017

Amy Herzog explores with arresting detail and artful restraint the plight and the rewards of caring for a systemically ill child.

Japan Society Project IX - Pleiades
by R. Pikser on May. 22
This tribute to the music of the late Iannis Xenakis offers insight to the current approach to music and movement

Jason Graae: Opera New York at the Metropolitan Room
By Marc Miller on Mar. 11
An odd melding of high and low blends just fine, with antics amid a surfeit of Puccini and Bizet.

Jelly's Last Jam at Encores!
Reviewed by Julia Polinsky on March 7, 2024

Big, bold, brash, great to look at and listen to, and what a cast: Encores! At City Center has done this 1992 musical about the life of Jelly Roll Morton proud.

Jerry Springer- The Opera
By David Schultz On March 03, 2018

Jerry! Jerry! Jerry! Wipe that grimace off of your face. It's not as god-awful as you might think.

Jitney
By Ron Cohen on Jan. 24, 2017
The last of August Wilson's 10-play Pittsburgh Cycle makes it to Broadway, again validating the playwright's genius.

John
by David Schultz on Feb. 10, 2017

Mesmerizing production of playwright Annie Baker's haunted tale perfectly rendered.

John
by Eugene Paul on Aug. 20

Director Sam Gold and playwright Annie Baker are the current hottest theatrical team in New York City. See John and wonder why.

Jonah and Otto
By Eugene Paul on Feb. 16, 2017

Things get entertainingly strange when an upper class cleric encounters a lower class hustler. And a baby. And magic tricks.

Carmen Jones
by Marc Miller on June 28, 2018

Hammerstein's resetting of Bizet is a lush earful, and if you thought Oscar couldn?t write about sex, think again.

The Journey

        by Eugene Paul on February 13 2020

A shaggy dog story, rambling, episodic, somewhat like an ayahuascan experience, its central theme.

Juno and the Paycock
        by Fern Siegel on April 22, 2019

Revolution - political and familial - is in the air as the Boyle family battles economic and social unrest.

Just Another Day
Reviewed By Julia Polinsky on July 4, 2024

Excellent acting elevates this sweet but disconnected play about two people with dementia.

Kafka's Quest, A.K.A Kafka/Samsa
by Eugene Paul on Mar. 10

Endlessly intriguing, how and why Franz Kafka wrote his chilling Metamorphosis is given a new twist.

My Report to the World: The Story of Jan Karski
by Eugene Paul on July. 22

6,000,000 human beings were slaughtered. Jan Karski tried to tell the world. The world did not listen. David Strathairn stars in an unfinished task.

Katsura Sunshine
By R Pikser on November 22, 2017

An English language practitioner of an ancient Japanese story telling form, is charming and captivating in the practice of his craft.

Kick

By R. Pikser on Nov. 30
Combines the best of two worlds: education and the transformative power of theatre. What an honor to have seen this piece and to have seen this level of work.

Kimberly Akimbo
Reviewed by Fern Siegel on November, 20, 2022

Kimberly Akimbo is an off-kilter musical - a young girl growing old before her time. And that's part of its charm.

The King and I
by Michall Jeffers on May. 5

Director Bartlett Sher has once again brought to life a classic of the musical theater. "Shall We Dance"? Absolutely!

King CharlesIII
by Michall Jeffers on Nov. 23

The Queen is dead; Long Live the King - or not.

King Kong
by Eugene Paul on November, 27, 2018

We are children again, captured by irresistible spectacle, captured by story. If that isn’t theater what is…?

King Lear
        by Eugene Paul on May 24, 2019

If you can't get enough of Glenda Jackson, this is for you.

King Lear
By Eugene Paul on August. 7
John Lithgow gives an inspired, moving performance in this towering tragedy, one of Shakespeare's great plays.

King Lear, presented by Shakespeare's Globe
by Eric Grunin on Oct. 8

A potentially interesting production, but lamed by problematic doubling (and perhaps a bit of road-weariness).

Kings
By Deirdre Donovan On March 23, 2018

An idealistic freshman congresswoman attempts to clean-up what's wrong in Washington.

Kiss Me, Kate
by Deirdre Donovan on March, 28, 2019

Scott Ellis helms a classic musical comedy with a terrific cast of which Cole Porter and even Me,Too-ers would approve.

Kodo
By R. Pikser on Mar. 08, 2017

An hour and a half of drumming could just be a lot of noise, but the 14 young men of Kodo bring the audience into a meditative space.

The Amazing Kreskin Live

By Edward Medina on April 17, 2018
Mentalism and mystery are live at the Lion. At the end of the evening you will think to yourself, you know what, he really is amazing.

Kristina
by Deirdre Donovan on Mar. 24

One can't help but feel this 16th century figure become palpable in the flesh and blood in this rarely staged Strindberg historical drama.

Konstantin Soukhovetski at the Lyric Chamber Music Society
by Deirdre Donovan on Oct. 28

The Rock Star Pianist of the classical music world made old classics sound new.

L'immediat
By R. Pikser on Mar. 16

Imminent catastrophe threatens our lives every day. May we deal with it with half the grace and excellent execution shown by these performers.

Labute New Theater Festival
by Eugene Paul On January 22, 2018

From funny to heartbreaking and back, one of the most enjoyable, provocative evenings currently in town.

Lady Day at Emerson's Bar & Grill
by Eugene Paul on May. 1
Audra McDonald has vaulted past anything she's ever done to this pinnacle of performance art, her portrait of Billie Holiday.

L.A. Unified

by Deirdre Donovan on Oct. 14
An actor turned substitute teacher makes the grade with his new autobiographical solo show at the 2014 Unified Solo Theatre Festival.

La Cage Aux Folles
at the Goodspeed Opera House
by Ed Lieberman on July. 29


The first Broadway show about a gay couple, opened the day the Supreme Court rendered its decision legalizing gay marriage

The Last Ship
by Eugene Paul on Oct. 30

An amazing, impressive production with splendid moments and big holes mightily supports Sting's unfinished musical memoir.

Lady Macbeth And Her Lover
by Edward Medina On November 20, 2017

Out, damned poet. Out!

The Last Match
by Eugene Paul On November 14, 2017

Gets us into the minds of Tim and Sergei, tennis and life are one.

Later Life
By Ron Cohen On March 15, 2018

This revival of one of A. R. Gurney's examinations of the quietly tormented, sadly inhibited WASP psyche is a mixed bag.

Latin History For Morons
By Edward Medina on November 15, 2017

A fearless entertainer and a masterful wordsmith from the king of one man shows

Lazarus
by David Shultz on Dec. 22

Inscrutable, incomprehensible sci-fi yarn based on David Bowie film arrives DOA.

The Lehman Trilogy
        by Arney Rosenblat on April 16, 2019

A mesmerizing odyssey of how an American Dream can devolve into an American Debacle

The Lehman Trilogy
        A review by Deirdre Donovan on December, 03, 2021

Stefano Massini’s epic play about western capitalism is seen through the lens of one immigrant family who traveled to America in search of their dream.

Lempicka
Reviewed By Fern Siegel on May 14, 2024

The famed art deco artist Tamara de Lemipicka is celebrated in an electric new musical.

Anabella Lenzu
By R. Pikser on Nov. 07, 2016

The Argentinian of Italian extraction brings us back to dance charged with emotion.

Leopoldstadt
A review by Julia Polinsky on October 20, 2022

In Leopoldstadt, Tom Stoppard blends cleverness and language, story and heartache, history and family, time and identity, It's a hugely enjoyable, deeply affecting night of theater, not to be missed.

Interview with Ted Sperling, Artistic Director, conductor, orchestrator
The Gershwin's Let 'Em Eat Cake At Carnegie Hall
By Rachel Pacelli on November 19, 2019

"Don't wait for the next production of Let 'Em Eat Cake... it's been 30 years, it might be another 30 before it comes back."

Let's Misbehave

By Deirdre Donovan on Mar. 01, 2017
Cole Porter was resurrected at the 92 Street Y with some "de-lovely tunes" from The American Songbook.

Letters From Max: A Ritual
Reviewed by Julia Polinsky on March 09, 2023

Even with engaging performances, interesting design, and great beauty, Letters From Max somehow never quite catches at the heart.

Les Liaisons Dangereuses
By Julia Polinsky on Nov. 07, 2016
A beautiful, devastating game of oppositions. Light/dark, past/present, innocence/experience in this perfectly postmodern production - a rare treat.

Tracy Letts at 92nd Street Y

By Deirdre Donovan on Dec. 19,2016

The actor, playwright, screen-writer stated : "I'm a storyteller. Writing a play and having a play performed is what I cherish. These are the things I care about."

A Life
By Michall Jeffers on Oct. 31, 2016

I'm just a lonely boy, lonely and blue.

Life Among the Aryans
by R. Pikser on June 14, 2018

It is good to know that there is still political theater in New York that is accessible to the public: Nuyorican Poets Café is doing important work.

Life of Pi
Reviewed by David Schultz on June 01, 2023

Gorgeous, imaginative puppetry springs to vivid life in this beautiful, mysterious story.

Life X 3
By Eugene Paul on November 27, 2018

Handsomely mounted, directed, acted, insightfully clever, incitefully mean.

The Lifespan Of A Fact
By Eugene Paul on December 05, 2018

There's a reason or two everyone's talking about this play. See for yourself.

Light Shining in Buckinghamshire
by Ron Cohen on May 15, 2018

We’re in England in the mid-1600s; and revolution’s not easy…not for the participants and not for the audience.

The Light Years
By Eugene Paul on Mar. 20, 2017

Captivating. Go with the flow as it carries you along, start to finish.

Light in the Piazza
Reviewed By Deirdre Donovan on July 10, 2023

The Encores! series revisits Adam Guettel's 2005 musical with an Asian-American lens.

The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical
by Rachel Pacelli on November, 08, 2019

Lightning doesn't strike twice in this musical adaptation of a beloved series.

Lili Marlene
By Julia Polinsky On August 03, 2017

Love in Berlin between the wars, politics, family drama, all set to music. Sounds good (and familiar), yes? Alas, not good enough, and too familiar.

Linda
By Eugene Paul on Mar. 06, 2017

British star Janie Dee is Linda, stunning, successful, now 55. She wants it to mean something.