There’s no doubt that audiences have rarely attended a Broadway show quite like The Encounter, which opened last night at the John Golden Theatre. Upon taking your seat, you’ll find a pair of Walkman-era headphones draped over the back. Place them on…
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Judith Light Opens in Neil LaBute’s ‘All the Ways to Say I Love You’ Off-Broadway: REVIEW
There’s a telling moment early on in All the Ways to Say I Love You, Neil LaBute’s latest off-Broadway contrivance, which opened last night at the Lucille Lortel Theatre. “I’m not scattered,” insists Faye, a suburban schoolteacher played by the impec…
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‘Cats’ Is Back on Broadway and Trippy As Ever: REVIEW
Full disclosure: I am allergic to cats. Also, I think they’re weird. I generally regard them in the same way I do other sociopaths — from a distance. So, sitting in the fourth row of Cats, which returned to Broadway last night at the Neil Simon Theat…
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Sober Tony Telecast Celebrates Art in the Wake of Tragedy
After a morning of unthinkable loss, it hardly felt like a time to celebrate. The massacre in Orlando that devastated the nation and the LGBT community happened just hours before a Tony ceremony that soldiered on as planned, with host James Cordon an…
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Sean Hayes Performs ‘An Act of God’ on Broadway: REVIEW
When it first premiered on Broadway last June, David Javerbaum’s winking satire of the Judeo-Christian enterprise felt as pedantic as it did cliché. Jim Parsons’ turn as a smug, self-satisfied man upstairs was neither likable nor particularly funny a…
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Who Will Win Besides ‘Hamilton’? Our 2016 Tony Predictions
Yes, Hamilton is going to win A LOT of Tonys. No, it probably won’t take home the record-breaking 16 for which it’s nominated. But it will undoubtedly sweep the major musical categories at the 70th annual awards ceremony on June 12: Best Musical (duh…
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Cirque du Soleil Attempts a Broadway Musical With ‘Paramour’: REVIEW
There are a handful of death-defying acts in Cirque du Soleil’s Paramour, which opened on Broadway last night at the Lyric Theatre. They are of the kind you expect from the world-renowned acrobatic troupe: like a pair of, er, very attractive and very…
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Rupert Everett Brings Oscar Wilde to Brooklyn in ‘The Judas Kiss’: REVIEW
It’s a strange and unfortunate disconnect that David Hare’s 1998 drama about the downfall of Oscar Wilde, The Judas Kiss, which opened at the Brooklyn Academy of Music May 17, lacks the delights of its subject’s revered plays. Starring a frowny and f…
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2016 Tony Nominations: ‘Hamilton’ Dominates, Plus Snubs and Surprises
Nominees for the 70th Annual Tony Awards were announced this morning, and — surprise! — Hamilton led the pack with a record-breaking 16 nominations. Thanks to the hip-hop frontrunner and a handful of other lauded shows, including The Color Purple, Sh…
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Audra McDonald Shines in Star-Packed Musical ‘Shuffle Along’ on Broadway: REVIEW
For now, at least, Broadway is way ahead of Hollywood on diversity. This season alone, people of color are reclaiming American history, exposing atrocities of African wartime, and breathing new life into a cornerstone of Black American fiction. But t…
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