It’s been just over 15 years since playwright Jon Robin Baitz’s breakthrough play Other Desert Cities opened in Manhattan, initially Off-Broadway, then transferred to Broadway. Now at the Hudson Theatre, in a revival packed with starpower, the decent, respectable Other Desert Cities is a prime example of the recent Broadway trend: casting high-visibility film or…
Lincoln Center Theater has revived Aaron Sorkin’s powerful military courtroom drama A Few Good Men. Now in performances at the Vivian Beaumont Theater, the play brings to the Broadway stage a story about military loyalty, institutional accountability, and the limits of following orders. Led by Tom Blyth as Lt. J.G. Daniel A. Kaffee, Krysta Rodriguez…
Everything is over-the-top in the Roundabout’s daft, delightful new version of The Imaginary Invalid, now playing at the Todd Haimes Theatre. It’s a pleasure to experience the cure it offers to our ailing souls in these turbulent, troubled times. The irrepressible Bill Irwin has seized Moliere’s 1673 play and adapted it into a madcap mishmash…
Known to fans everywhere as a stand-up comic, an acclaimed tv, film, and stage star, and nine-time host of the Oscars and three-time host of the Grammys, Emmy and Tony winner Billy Crystal is now back on Broadway. His latest award-worthy work, 860, plays an extended engagement at the Imperial Theatre. Brilliantly written and performed,…
Manhattan Theatre Club has burst onto the stage in this new season with a hyper-energetic, entertaining play, inspired by a true story with a warning that needs to be heeded. School Girls: or, the African Mean Girls Play is called a comedy, but its implications are far from humorous. It dramatizes a malaise familiar to…
With the opening of Paranormal Activity, horror is alive and well on Broadway, which is saying something, considering the genre usually has a pretty high mortality rate. After its highly praised runs in Los Angeles, Chicago, London, and Toronto, Paranormal Activity is attempting to bring its beloved movie franchise to the Great White Way with…
On Broadway, where celebrity casting is often used to sell a show, Celebrity Autobiography turns the concept inside out. This long-running comedy sensation invites a rotating roster of stars from stage, screen, sports, and politics to perform selections from other celebrities’ unintentionally hilarious memoirs, creating an evening where every performance—and every laugh—is a surprise. Inspired…
Superb performances; slice of life storytelling; a bit of something extra: all this and more greet you at the Barrymore Theatre, where August Wilson’s Joe Turner’s Come and Gone is getting a handsome revival. Part of the Century Cycle of 10 plays Wilson wrote about the Black experience in America, Joe Turner takes place in…
Director Michael Arden takes a bite out of the 1987 cult classic The Lost Boys, reimagining it as a high-budget, high-gloss stage adaptation, now on Broadway at the Palace Theatre. The Lost Boys: A New Musical is set in the fictional beach town of Santa Carla, California, where the Emerson family relocates from their old…
Richard O’Brien’s The Rocky Horror Show storms back to Broadway at Studio 54 with a gleeful sense of mischief and theatrical abandon, reminding audiences why this cult classic has endured for more than half a century. Under the exuberant direction of Sam Pinkleton, this revival fizzes with irreverent energy and a game, starry ensemble, delivering…