theater reviews

Nancy Pelosi and AOC play 'N/A' is a predictable snooze

The 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

The 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

With 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'

Like 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

A new Broadway revival of “Gypsy,” starring Audra McDonald as Mama Rose, was officially announced on Wednesday.

The 2024 Tony nominations were pretty brutal

When 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

The 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

Set to the songs of Sufjan Stevens, it is a transporting and soul-stirring experience.

'Uncle Vanya' review: Steve Carell's Broadway play is funny, not feeling

While 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

Rachel 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

It’s as slow and frigid as a cross-country skiing expedition through Siberia.

Oscar winner Eddie Redmayne's 'Cabaret' training includes weekly bouts of 'torture'

"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

Walking 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!”...

'Stereophonic' review: Broadway play goes behind the music

Although “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...

'The Wiz' Broadway review: We're off to see the cheap national tour!

Yes, “The Wiz” should ease on down the road — but with boundless creativity and awe.

'Lempicka' Broadway review: Painter musical is an epic wreck

What “Lempicka,” the mystifying new musical about Polish painter Tamara de Lempicka, needs more than anything else is turpentine.