Review: ‘Meteor Shower’ at the Booth Theatre
This 90-minute sketch by Steve Martin begins as a situation comedy. Until fairly recently there were always several lighting up Broadway; and they were...
Review: ‘SpongeBob SquarePants’ at the Palace Theatre
At last, a musical version of the SpongeBob family of characters who first appeared in a film cartoon in 1999. The title character and...
Review: ‘Once On This Island’ at the Circle in the Square...
The first Broadway revival of the 1990 Tony-nominated hit musical Once On This Island, with book and lyrics by Lynn Ahrens and music by...
Review: ‘Where Has Tommy Flowers Gone?’ at The WorkShop Theater
One of the early, less-familiar works by Tony Award-winning playwright and librettist Terrence McNally (famed for his highly-acclaimed Love! Valour! Compassion!, Master Class, Kiss...
Review: ‘Brigadoon’ at New York City Center
I was about to resignedly sigh about another tired revival of a favorite musical from the Golden Age, when along came Brigadoon from the...
Review: ‘Who’s Holiday!’ at Westside Theatre
If your fond childhood memories include Dr. Seuss
The Grinch, his dog Max, and a Ville filled with Whos
You might like a sequel from 40...
Review: ‘Harry Clarke’ at The Vineyard Theatre
Only on rare occasion have I found a one-man (or woman) play rich enough for my blood. I do recall John Gielgud's mesmerizing performance...
Review: ‘Office Hour’ at The Public
The playwright Julia Cho now has Office Hour on at the Public Theatre, but she has been a steady and welcome contributor to the...
Review: ‘The Portuguese Kid’ at the Manhattan Theatre Club
Jason Alexander was a Broadway baby long before he achieved fame on Seinfeld, but he's had trouble re-establishing himself even though he'd appeared in...
Review: ‘The Exterminating Angel’ at the Metropolitan Opera
Metropolitan Opera audiences, paying up to $393 for a ticket, can relate to the wealthy party guests in The Exterminating Angel. And so do...
Review: ‘Harry Clarke’ at Vineyard Theatre
At the core of all great theater is the art of great storytelling. Harry Clarke, a solo show with a compelling story told by...
Review: ‘What We’re Up Against’ at WP Theater
Office politics, gender-based inequality in the workplace, and self-damning outbursts of flagrant misogyny fuel the flames of Theresa Rebeck’s razor-sharp feminist comedy What We’re...
Review: ‘From the Diary of Sally Hemings’ at Unison Media
The New York premiere of William Bolcom’s composition, From the Diary of Sally Hemings, could not be more timely. With so much news focused...
Review: ‘The Fight’ at The Storm Theatre Company in New York
Reviewed by Steve Weinstein
Stephen Sondheim had it nearly right in his lyrics to “I’m Still Here.” First, you’re a legend, then you’re camp, then...
Review: ‘Junk’ at Lincoln Center Theater
A junk bond is a high-yield, high-risk maturity in the financial markets, and a greedy group of investors bought them and enjoyed the 10-12...
Review: ‘M. Butterfly’ at The Cort Theatre
The characters Song Lilig and her consort René Gallinard are back on Broadway. Their play is M.Butterfly and its tale of a romance between...
Report: ‘Springsteen on Broadway’ Rocks the Theater World at the Walter...
To call New York City’s 975-seat Walter Kerr Theatre intimate may seem a bit hyperbolic, but when the artist on stage is Bruce Springsteen,...
Review: ‘The Band’s Visit’ at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre
David Yazbek has been one of the less publicized composer/lyricists from the generation of writers who followed those who wrote musicals in the "Golden...
Book Review: ‘A Body of Work: Dancing to the Edge and...
In his stirring autobiography A Body of Work: Dancing to the Edge and Back, David Hallberg - a Principal Dancer with the American Ballet...
Review: ‘Lonely Planet’ at Keen Company
The setting of Lonely Planet is a "map store on the oldest street in an American city." I assume the playwright, Stephen Dietz, wrote that...