Billy Crystal has marked his calendar for the Broadway return of “700 Sundays,” the autobiographical solo show that proved a box office powerhouse when it preemed on the Rialto in 2004. Crystal made…
The nominations for the 2013 Tony Awards shaped up into a head-to-head battle between drag queens and little girls, with musical "Kinky Boots" leading the pack with 13 noms and "Matilda," with 12…
The musical version of “Rocky” looks to K.O. Broadway next spring, confirming a U.S. opening in March 2014 at the Winter Garden Theater. Following a well-received world preem last year in Hamburg…
The Broadway revival of “Pippin” opened April 25 at the Music Box Theater after a world premiere earlier this year at the American Repertory Theater in Cambridge, Mass. The following is Frank Rizzo's…
It isn't the least bit funny, the mean treatment an old lady receives from her selfish family in “The Trip to Bountiful.” But that hasn't dissuaded helmer Michael Wilson from injecting some cheap…
The National Theater of Scotland's production of “Macbeth,” starring Alan Cumming, opened on Broadway April 21. The following is Mark Fisher's original review (June 18, 2012) of the show's initial…
Whatever headaches Richard Greenberg might be having, what with this month's closing of “Breakfast at Tiffany's” on Broadway and next month's opening of “Far From Heaven” at Playwrights Horizons, he…
The Broadway faithful (at least, the part that covers the Baby Boomer demographic ranging from “mature” to “doddering”) will have its mantra ready when cooler heads point out that “Motown: the…
The New York transfer of U.K. musical “Matilda” opened April 11 at Broadway's Shubert Theater. The following is David Benedict's review (Daily Variety, Dec. 13, 2010) of the London production, with…
Mary-Louise Parker circles back to Broadway this fall, returning to Manhattan Theater Club for the Gotham nonprofit's co-production of Sharr White's “The Snow Geese.” Parker will re-team with helmer…
