Review: ‘Women Without Men’ at The Mint Theater Company in New...
Playwright Hazel Ellis is not a name that comes readily to mind. Her play, currently running at City Center under the auspices of the...
Review: ‘Prodigal Son’ at Manhattan Theatre Club
John Patrick Shanley is a prolific and gifted playwright who's had a Pulitzer Prize and a Tony for his hugely successful play Doubt. He...
Reviews: ‘All the Way’ and ‘Ah, Wilderness!’ at the Asolo Repertory...
As a way of plugging in to the national conversation addressing issues of change in the United States, this highly regarded regional not-for-profit theatre...
Nick Wyman: Character Actor in a Star Role as LBJ in...
I talked with Nick Wyman only minutes after his performance as President Lyndon Johnson in All the Way at a matinee on February 13th....
Review: ‘Cabin in the Sky’ at Encores! at City Center in...
I'd seen the film, but never the musical on which it was based. The original, with a score by Vernon Duke and John LaTouche,...
Review: ‘Our Mother’s Brief Affair’ at Manhattan Theatre Club at The...
Richard Greenberg's new play is of the school from which the story "The Lady or the Tiger?" sprang. It has enigmatic hints of Harold...
Review: ‘Noises Off’ at The Roundabout Theatre Company’s American Airlines Theatre
When you arrive at the American Airlines Theatre for a performance of Michael Frayn's farce Noises Off, along with your Playbill, you will also...
Review: ‘A View From the Bridge’ at The Lyceum Theatre in...
Arthur Miller, in this, the celebratory season of his 100th birthday, is having a banner year, with productions of his major and minor works...
Review: ‘Fiddler on the Roof’ at The Broadway Theatre in NYC
I am so glad that Sheldon Harnick, the last surviving member of the creative team of the original production of Fiddler on the Roof, has...
DCMetroTheaterArts’ Best of 2015 #11: New York’s Ten Best of 2015...
It was an active year, heavily marked by new and revisited musicals. The attendance and box office numbers were good, both on and off...
Richard Seff’s London Week: ‘Guys and Dolls,’ ‘Kinky Boots,’ ‘Twice Nightly’...
Richard Seff recently flew over to London to see some shows and here's what he thought:
Guys And Dolls at the Savoy Theatre
Guys and Dolls...
‘The Barber of Seville’ at the Metropolitan Opera
The Barber of Seville turns 200 years old in two months. Performing it in English translation works best when it helps show American audiences...
‘School of Rock-The Musical’ at The Winter Garden Theatre in New...
Full disclosure: I am not a rock 'n roller, and think its music has little to offer what we've come to know as "musical...
‘Andréa Burns is On Her Feet!’: A Chat at The Marquis...
Andréa Burns. Note the accent over the e in the lady's name. That puts the emphasis on its second syllable and indicates something latina...
‘China Doll’ at The Gerald Schoenfeld Theater in New York City
In 1955, Johnny Mercer published these opening lines to a hit song of his: "When an irresistible force such as you meets an immovable...
‘Clever Little Lies’ at The Westside Theatre in New York City
Author Joe DiPietro has delivered a cozy little play that sits comfortably somewhere between situation comedy and family drama. It starts in a tennis...
‘Dada Woof Papa Hot’ at Lincoln Center’s Mitzi Newhouse Theater
Peter Parnell has been writing plays, television scripts, books to musicals, and winning two Emmy Awards citations for his work as co--producer of The...
‘Misery’ at The Broadhurst Theatre in New York City
The title is misleading. It leads one to think the play is going to be one long groan of sadness, and that's not what...
‘On Your Feet’ at The Marquis Theatre in New York City
On Your Feet joins its fellow juke box musicals Jersey Boys and Beautiful in the growing list of this new genre that delivers a...
‘King Charles III’ at The Music Box Theatre in New York...
If you haven't heard of Charles III of Britain, don't berate yourself. He hasn't happened yet, but playwright Mike Bartlett has conjured up what...