theater reviews
Nancy Pelosi and AOC play 'N/A' is a predictable snooze
June 29, 2024 | 11:59amThe behind-closed-doors scenes pitting the Speaker of the House against the upstart New York congresswoman are more like Disney’s Hall of Presidents — reverential and robotic — than Capitol Hill.
'Cats: The Jellicle Ball' review: The most fun you'll have at the theater this summer
June 20, 2024 | 9:18pmThe hottest show in town is… “Cats”? Nobody's said that since around 1984.
‘Titanic’ musical review: Tragic tale is sweeping and thrilling — even without Jack and Rose
June 14, 2024 | 4:32pmWith a score as lush and transportive as this one, bigger is definitely better.
Marvel star stuck in heinous London ‘Romeo and Juliet’: '2.5 hours of my life I will never get back'
June 1, 2024 | 11:31amLike a fly caught in a web, Tom Holland -- known best for playing Spider-Man in the MCU -- is trapped in a woeful West End production of “Romeo &...
The Post was right — Audra McDonald WILL play Mama Rose in ‘Gypsy’ on Broadway
May 29, 2024 | 4:59pmA new Broadway revival of “Gypsy,” starring Audra McDonald as Mama Rose, was officially announced on Wednesday.
The 2024 Tony nominations were pretty brutal
April 30, 2024 | 4:27pmWhen the list was read aloud by Jesse Tyler Ferguson and Renée Elise Goldsberry, it was snub city.
Tony Awards 2024 nominations: The full list of nominees
April 30, 2024 | 8:57amThe nominations for the 2024 Tony Awards, honoring the best of Broadway, were announced Tuesday morning. The 2023-2024 Broadway season was a highly competitive and unpredictable one. Fifteen new musicals...
'Illinoise' review: Moving Broadway show is about love, loss — and dance
April 26, 2024 | 3:16pmSet to the songs of Sufjan Stevens, it is a transporting and soul-stirring experience.
'Great Gatsby' review: Broadway musical messes up beloved novel
April 25, 2024 | 11:22pmForget East Egg and West Egg.
'Uncle Vanya' review: Steve Carell's Broadway play is funny, not feeling
April 24, 2024 | 9:00pmWhile the revival of Anton Chekhov's play has got the jokes down pat, it is quite a bit shakier when it comes to the pathos and hardship that spring from...
'Mary Jane' review: Rachel McAdams is a strong mom in teary Broadway play
April 24, 2024 | 1:14pmRachel McAdams brings an instantly heartbreaking quality to her performance in “Mary Jane”: Her steadfast optimism.
'Patriots' review: 'Crown' creator's Putin play is a bore on Broadway
April 23, 2024 | 1:52pmIt’s as slow and frigid as a cross-country skiing expedition through Siberia.
'The Heart of Rock and Roll' review: Huey Lewis' Broadway show is hilarious fun
April 22, 2024 | 8:31pmThere’s rock and rolling in the aisles.
Oscar winner Eddie Redmayne's 'Cabaret' training includes weekly bouts of 'torture'
April 22, 2024 | 3:51pm"My wife [Hannah Bagshawe] thinks it's massage but it's actually a kind of borderline torture but it's keeping me upright!" — Eddie Redmayne
'Cabaret' Broadway review: Revival with Eddie Redmayne is luxe — and bleak
April 21, 2024 | 9:38pmWalking into the August Wilson Theatre, which has been gutted and impressively transformed into a sexy nightspot called the Kit Kat Club, my immediate reaction was, “Wow. This is cool!”...
'Hell's Kitchen' review: Alicia Keys' musical fires up on Broadway
April 21, 2024 | 12:20amThis girl is finally on fire.
'Stereophonic' review: Broadway play goes behind the music
April 20, 2024 | 12:12amAlthough “Stereophonic” is not a musical, it’s easy to get swept up by the terrific original rock songs that throb through it. And as writer David Adjmi’s play, which opened...
'Suffs' review: A moving musical march that's not quite there yet
April 18, 2024 | 9:30pmThey’ve gotta keep marching.
'The Wiz' Broadway review: We're off to see the cheap national tour!
April 17, 2024 | 11:00pmYes, “The Wiz” should ease on down the road — but with boundless creativity and awe.
'Lempicka' Broadway review: Painter musical is an epic wreck
April 14, 2024 | 11:16pmWhat “Lempicka,” the mystifying new musical about Polish painter Tamara de Lempicka, needs more than anything else is turpentine.