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review: “summer, the donna summer musical” is a jukebox flop
Everyone may love “She Works Hard For the Money,” “Hot Stuff,” and “Last Dance” but liking Donna Summer’s music is no guarantee you will enjoy “Summer,” the new biopic jukebox musical that opened on...
View Articletodd purdum reveals the “something wonderful” of rodgers and hammerstein in...
There is something distinctly American about the ironic songs and musicals of Rodgers and Hammerstein. Todd S. Purdum in “Something Wonderful” gives a well-researching, sweeping biography of the...
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review: “travesties” is a comedic triumph
No one ever said that a Tom Stoppard play is for the faint of heart; you must pay attention, understand the references, and keep track of endless moving parts and plot lines. That being said,...
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full list of tony nominations 2018: surprises and snubs
The nominations for the 72nd Tony Awards were announced this morning by Katharine McPhee and Leslie Odom, Jr. at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. The Tony Awards will be held on...
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review: “harry potter and the cursed child” is even more magical than expected
Perhaps the most anticipated theatrical event of the season was last week’s opening of “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts One and Two.” This spell-binding new work is the product of three...
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review: “light shining in buckinghamshire” fails to stir a revolution
Caryl Churchill is not known for being an easy playwright. Like her contemporary Tom Stoppard, her plays are often difficult, didactic, and heavily based in historical texts. But Churchill takes this a...
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review: a “boys in the band” for the rupaul’s drag race generation
Joe Mantello’s 50th anniversary production of “The Boys in Band,” which opened at the Booth Theatre on Thursday, could be described as a lengthy kiki, an extended reading challenge, a special...
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idina menzel soars in “skintight”
Joshua Harmon, the current playwright du jour of Broadway (“Bad Jews,” “Significant Other,” “Admissions”) has a new play, “Skintight” commissioned by Roundabout, playing at the Larua Pels Theatre, and...
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“head over heels” is the queerest show on broadway
Down the street, straight white men may have an entire show, but here in Arcadia, it’s no straights allowed. Imagine it: Sir Philip Sidney’s 16th century tale The Arcadia combined with the rock music...
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“be more chill” is a teenage dream
It is rare that a show that premieres in a New Jersey theater gains a massive online following; it is even rarer for this to lead to a sold-out off Broadway run. But for “Be More Chill” this is exactly...
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wigstock is back!
Lady Bunny and Neil Patrick Harris teamed up to bring back the iconic drag festival Wigstock, this time located at Pier 17 at the South Seaport in New York City. Wigstock began in 1984 and was made...
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review: “bernhardt/hamlet” starring the divine janet mcteer
The last time we heard from Theresa Redbeck she was writing for “Smash,” letting two major actresses embody and tell the story of an even more famous actress from the past, Marilyn Monroe. In a similar...
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review: “the nap” falls flat
It may be early, but I am confident when I say that “The Nap” is the low point of the Broadway season. This new play by Richard Bean, directed by Daniel Sullivan, is a Manhattan Theatre Club transfer...
View Article5 most amazing things about nyc
As a global cultural hub, one of the sexiest cities in the world, and a place Pride can easily call home, New York is truly the mecca for the LGBT community, and a city every gay person should add to...
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review: “the ferryman” is full of whiskey, children, and the ira
Broadway plays of the current generation seem to all have small casts, muse on ethical dilemmas, and run 90 minutes with no intermission. Jez Butterworth’s “The Ferryman” has cast of 22 (including a...
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a “torch song” for today
On the one hand, Harvey Fierstein’s “Torch Song” can seem quite dated: it takes place from 1971 to 1982 — they use landline phones! However, what is more 2018 than a story about a gay Jewish drag queen...
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’tis the season of the lesbian at “the prom”
Broadway musicals are finally starting to have more representation of lesbians, from “Head Over Heels” to“The Prom,” and it is certainly something to be thankful for. Based on the title alone, “The...
View Articlebww review: elevator repair service’s gatz is an adapted masterpiece
When adapting famous novels into plays, the debate-and often the source of disappointment-is choosing what to cut. Elevator Repair Service has made the boldest, and yet at the same time the most...
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review: “to kill a mockingbird” from page to stage
Aaron Sorkin certainty undertook a difficult task when he chose to adapt Harper Lee’s beloved novel, “To Kill a Mockingbird” into a play. Almost every school child reads this novel and so expectations...
View Article“the scarlet pimpernel” for the lincoln center crowd
It was certainly a surprise when Manhattan Concert Productions announced it would be staging a one-night only concert production of “The Scarlet Pimpernel” at Lincoln Center. This musical has mostly...
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