Though Broadway is not quite recovered from the pandemic, audiences are coming back and filling the seats at even mediocre shows

****/ ***** (four stars out of five) The very idea of a Broadway Musical about the world of rock n’ roll is antithetical to the whole concept of the genre. So when Led Zeppelin’s “Ramble On” bursts onto the stage early in Cameron Crowe’s staged rendition of his excellent 2000...

*****/***** (five out of five stars) The 2022-23 New York Theater season is finally upon us—one that we hope will remain uninterrupted by Covid lockdowns—and already there’s an interesting thematic pattern emerging. Though plays about anti-Semitism and the Holocaust have long been a part of the theater world’s rich tapestry,...

 **/***** (two out of five stars) If you’re the kind of person who finds Improv comedy unbearably cringey, try to imagine something that would add an audible eye roll to your uncomfortable squirming in your seat at an Improv show. Yes, that’s it: Hypnosis. Take Improv, a spontaneous comic styling...

**/***** (two stars out of five)  Of all his plays, Shakespeare’s histories tend to be the most inaccessible and less compelling for those who are not intimately familiar with the canon. That notwithstanding, a couple of those works have become fan favorites, notably Henry V and Henry IV Part I...

As the curtain dropped on the 75th Annual Tony Awards ceremony Sunday night, the seemingly imperiled and improbable 2021-2022 New York Theater season also drew to a close, a feat of survival and resilience. In hindsight the Tonys gave a snapshot of a theater season, as well as a glimpse...

Now that summer’s here and travelers are flocking to New York City to check out the best shows on Broadway and Off Broadway, here’s a handy guide to spending your ticket dollars wisely and avoiding suffering the slings and arrows of mediocre theater. I’ve already reviewed Plaza Suite (three stars)...

****/***** 4 out of 5 In a theater season in which there have been, inexplicably, a surfeit of new plays that are surrealist or absurdist (or both)—some good, others derivative and uninspired—it’s refreshing to see a revival of a masterwork of the genre—Thornton Wilder’s The Skin of Our Teeth—in an...

 ****/*****  (four out of five stars)

***/***** Three out of five stars Broadway, unlike off-Broadway or regional theater, has a special advantage the others don’t: the ability to attract incredibly famous actors to the stage. Consequently, even if the play they’re in isn’t critically acclaimed, fans will still flock to the theater to see their idol(s)....