Heavenly or Hellish? Our Critics Debate the Broadway Season
Adventurous directors and galvanizing performances made for unexpected — and very welcome — departures on what once felt...
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Critic’s Pick: Review: In ‘BLKS,’ Meet the Real Roommates of Bed-Stuy
Merciless comedy shades to delicate tragedy in a terrific playwriting debut from the poet and performer Aziza Barnes.
Critic’s Notebook: The Broadway Musical Has a Man Problem
From “Kiss Me, Kate” to “Tootsie,” shows old and new are working to reflect today’s gender politics. Women fare better,...
Critic’s Pick: Review: What the Crow Knows in ‘Grief Is the Thing With Feathers’
An amazing Cillian Murphy portrays both a grieving dad and the mythical bird who takes over his life in Enda Walsh’s ada...
Critic’s Notebook: A Radical Moment in American Theater and Beyond
A cadre of writers making fierce, fearless theater that plays by its own rules.
Critic’s Notebook: Broadway on Race: Still More Likely to Comfort Than Confront
While electrifying new plays challenged their audiences, “To Kill a Mockingbird” and colorblind musicals catered to the...
Critic’s Pick: Review: ‘Tootsie,’ a Musical Comedy That Fills Some Mighty Big Heels
The Broadway adaptation of the 1982 movie is the rare reimagining that actually keeps you laughing.
Critic’s Pick: Review: Taylor Mac’s ‘Gary’ Finds Hope and Humor on a Pile of Corpses
This comedic sequel to “Titus Andronicus” finds Nathan Lane and Kristine Nielsen cleaning up after a Shakespearean blood...
Critic’s Pick: Review: In ‘The Appointment,’ the Fetus Sings Out
This uncanny, phantasmagorical work from the Lightning Rod Special troupe is a musical cabaret about abortion. That’s ri...
Critic’s Pick: Review: In ‘Hillary and Clinton,’ Codependence, and, Yes, Camaraderie
As a born-to-lose presidential contender, Laurie Metcalf is exasperation incarnate in Lucas Hnath’s play, which also sta...
