Category: Reviews
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Reviews for COST OF LIVING Are In…
Critics are singing the highest of praises for Cost of Living, the heart-wrenching, touching, and funny Broadway premiere of Martyna Majok’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play. Thoughtfully directed and featuring masterclass acting performances, critics left the theatre in awe and grateful to have experienced the show, which all agree made marked improvements over its already highly successful…
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Reviews for LEOPOLDSTADT are In…
Tom Stoppard’s latest (and perhaps last) play, Leopoldstadt, opened in a lavish production featuring a huge cast and stunning design. Less esoteric than many of Stoppard’s previous shows, many critics still found themselves lost in the epic scope of the story and the sheer number of characters. Nonetheless, critics found the play moving; carried away…
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Reviews for THE KITE RUNNER are In…
Called “stiff” by some, “faithful to a fault” by others and “satisfying and soulful” by others, the stage adaptation of Khaled Hosseini’s novel The Kite Runner opened to very mixed reviews.
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Reviews for MACBETH are In…
Macbeth opened on Thursday with a lot of “sound and fury signifying nothing.” Critics lambasted the ill-conceived and dull production, laying the blame heavily at director by Sam Gold’s feet. Even Ruth Negga’s wonderful performance, the star power of Daniel Craig and a talented supporting cast could not overcome the bad directorial decisions to gore-up,…
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Reviews for POTUS are In…
Lacking polish or subtlety, the hilariously frenetic POTUS stars an exemplary cast of women given the stage to each do what they do best. Critics complain that the production is sometimes a bit too wild and nonsensical; but those looking for R-rated over-the-top fun will laugh their a**es off.
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Reviews for THE SKIN OF OUR TEETH are In…
Thornton Wilder’s wild play The Skin of Our Teeth opened at the Lincoln Center with bigger-than-big scenic elements, a black Antrobus family and updates to the script. Critics love the visuals director Lileana Blain-Cruz brought to the production and hand out high praise to a number of the actors; but ultimately, many were left siding…
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Reviews for HANGMEN are In…
Welp, it’s a toss up whether you’ll love or hate HANGMEN; some are calling it “the best new play on Broadway” while others say it “makes almost no sense at all.” It’s macabre and hilarious, and will leave you feeling guilty for any of your laughs. The plot may be a bit thin with some…
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Reviews for FOR COLORED GIRLS are In…
A revival of the “choreopoem” for colored girls who have considered suicide/ when the rainbow is enuf opened at the Booth Theater to nearly universal rave reviews. Enlivened by brilliant choreography, creatively remixed sound, colorful projections, and centered around the gripping performances of a phenomenal cast (especially by Okwui Okpokwasili and D. Woods), this piece…
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Reviews for HOW I LEARNED TO DRIVE are In…
Paula Vogel’s How I Learned to Drive has finally gotten the Broadway run it deserves 25 years after it first opened Off-Broadway, with the same two leads (Mary-Louise Parker and David Morse), director (Mark Brokaw) and one of its original chorus members (Johanna Day) along for the ride. The performances from Mary-Louise Parker and David…
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Reviews for THE MINUTES are In…
Tracy Letts’ newest play, The Minutes, opened at Studio 54 on Sunday. The show, framed in the context of a boring town hall meeting, quickly escalates into a horror show questioning white privilege in not-so-subtle ways. The cast and set get universal praise; the show itself a mixed response, with many reviewers unsure what to…
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