Review: ‘Prince of Broadway’ at the Manhattan Theatre Club
Hal Prince, producer/director extraordinaire is far too modest. His new offering at the Manhattan Theatre Club is so vastly entertaining that I hereby elevate...
New Records: Listening to ‘War Paint’ and ‘Charlie and the Chocolate...
This month we focus on two more shows that opened on Broadway this year and are currently running.
War Paint (Ghostlight Records)
War Paint is an...
Review: ‘Wicked’ at the Academy of Music
From its origins in L. Frank Baum’s1900 novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz to its adaptation in MGM’s blockbuster 1939 film The Wizard of...
New Records: Listening to ‘Groundhog Day’ and ‘Hello, Dolly!’
New Records is our column about recordings of shows and concerts. It’s a companion to the reviews that regularly appear here on DC Theater...
Review: ‘1984’ at the Hudson Theatre
One of the most fascinating items on the Broadway scene is the current production of a British import, 1984. Co-adapted from the 1949 novel...
Review: ‘Marvin’s Room’ at Roundabout Theatre Company
Scott McPherson wrote Marvin's Room, a play about illness, family ties, and death when he was just a lad of 30. As a gay...
Review: ‘Of Human Bondage’ at Soulpepper on 42nd Street
The first-ever stage adaptation of W. Somerset Maugham’s Of Human Bondage, written by Vern Thiessen and directed by Albert Schultz for Canada’s Soulpepper Theatre...
Review: ‘Fun Home’ at the Forrest Theatre
Winner of five Tony Awards in 2015 - including the first-ever Best Musical honors given to a show written entirely by a team of...
New Records: Listening to the Music of 3 Tony-Nominated Shows
New Records is a new column that discusses recordings of theatrical shows. It’s a companion to the theater reviews that appear here on DC Theater...
Review: ‘A Doll’s House, Part 2’ at the Golden Theatre
In 1982 a distinguished group of Broadway pros, including Hal Prince, Betty Comden and Aldolph Green, came up with what was then thought to...
Review: ‘Bandstand’ at the Bernard F. Jacobs Theatre
Eleven new musicals have opened since War Paint and here comes the last before the April 30th deadline for Tony Nomination. It's called Bandstand...
Review: ‘Anastasia’ at the Broadhurst Theatre
As the theatre season races to the end of its nomination deadline for the Tony Awards, musical shows are exploding all over the place....
DC Favorites ‘Dear Evan Hansen’ and ‘Come From Away’ Vie for...
DC Mega-hits Dear Evan Hansen and Come From Away, which wowed audiences during their sold out runs at Arena Stage and Ford's Theatre, will be vying for Best...
Review: ‘Charlie and the Chocolate Factory’ at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre
The night I saw Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, the new musical based on Roald Dahl's novel, the theatre was packed with moms and...
Review: ‘Groundhog Day’ at the August Wilson Theatre
Andy Karl is a delightful musical theatre leading man, but he's been having a bit of bad luck lately. During a late preview of...
Review: ‘Six Degrees of Separation’ at the Barrymore Theatre
John Guare's masterpiece from 1990 solidly launched his career, earning a run of 155 performances off-Broadway which extended to a run at the Beaumont...
Review: ‘The Little Foxes’ at the Manhattan Theatre Club
I've seen this play so many times. As a youngster of 19 I played "Horace" at NYU in a production that helped me along...
Review: ‘Hello, Dolly!’ at the Shubert Theatre
I'm going to tell you a short story before I get to my review of Hello, Dolly! which is now playing at the Shubert...
Review: ‘Indecent’ at the Cort Theatre
Playwright Paula Vogel has been writing plays for almost forty years, in which she has dealt with issues that fueled her life. She's been...
Review: ‘War Paint’ at the Nederlander Theatre
This project began with a fine title, one that conjurs up a fun musical once you know it's about the battle for supremacy in...