The tradition dates back at least to Oh, Boy! in 1917, and though it’s since fallen out of favor, it held sway for decades: the notion that an unlikely character getting inebriated was automatically hilarious. Comic drunk scenes were a staple of pre-Code movie comedies, and they populated plenty of plays, too. Fallen Angels, Noel…
Love. Intelligence. Genius, even. Betrayal. Sacrifice. The revival of David Auburn’s Pulitzer- and Tony-winning Proof, now at the Booth, has all this and more: great structure, superb writing, knockout performances. Proof centers around Catherine (Ayo Edebiri), a slouchy, visibly depressed 25-year-old college dropout, the daughter of Robert, (Don Cheadle) who in his younger days was…
Patrick Page and the Ensemble (Photo: Carol Rosegg) Titus Andronicus By Carol Rocamora on April 23, 2026 The ultra-violent Titus Andronicus is now enjoying (if you can use that word) a splendid revival at Signature Theatre, in the skillful hands of the Red Bull Theatre Company. And oh, is it sensational! Prepare yourself for the…
Elliot Sagay, Ellen Nikbakht, Bailey Lee (Photo: Valerie Terranova) No Singing in the Navy By Jarrett Winters Morley on April 21, 2026 When I first heard about a show titled No Singing in the Navy, premiering at Playwrights Horizons, the same institution involved with works like Sunday In The Park With George, Floyd Collins, and William Finn’s Falsettos trilogy, I…
Who would have thought watching people behaving badly could be so much fun? Now at the Hayes Theatre, and directed by Trip Cullman with bloodthirsty zeal, this revival of the Pulitzer-nominated Becky Shaw seems even fresher than it did in its Off-Broadway run almost 20 years ago. Playwright Gina Gionfriddo toys with our initial perception…
Adrian Brody, Tessa Thompson (Photo: Emilio Madrid) The Fear of 13 By Marc Miller on April 21, 2026 The woman behind me kept murmuring, “Oh, my God, oh, my God.” She was responding to the parade of indignities and setbacks being visited upon our protagonist in The Fear of 13, Lindsey Ferrentino’s docudrama at the…
Marla Mindelle (Photo: Evan Zimmerman for MurphyMade) Titanique By Deirdre Donovan on April 17, 2026 A deliriously camp send-up that gleefully rewrites pop culture history, Titanique finds Céline Dion commandeering the Titanic’s legacy with a jukebox score and a wink that never fades. Yet for all its riotous invention and winning performances, this Broadway transfer…
The Company (Photo: Matthew Murphy and Evan Zimmerman) Cats – The Jellicle Ball By Matthew Roland on April 13, 2026 “What’s a Jellicle Cat?” In 1982, when Cats first prowled onto Broadway, the answer was strange but straightforward. In Cats: The Jellicle Ball, that question lands very differently. Still drawing from T.S. Eliot’s Old Possum’s…
Laurie Metcalf, Nathan Lane (Photo: Emilio Madrid) Death of a Salesman By Carol Rocamora on April 11, 2026 The walls of the Winter Garden Theatre on Broadway are shaking, as the overpowering revival of Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman takes the stage. Directed by Joe Mantello, featuring a formidable ensemble, this landmark production reminds…
Jon Bernthal, Brian D. Coats, Jessica Hecht (Photo: Evan Zimmerman) Dog Day Afternoon By Fern Siegel on April 11, 2026 In August 1972, a Chase Bank robbery gone wrong quickly turned into one of the biggest media circuses in New York City history. Although the vault was half-empty, the robbers, John (“Sonny”) Wojtowicz and Salvatore…