You’ve read the book, you’ve seen the movie, now should you go see the play? Critics weighed in on the new Broadway drama, “A Time to Kill”, which opened last night (Sunday, Oct. 20), at the Golden Theater. The tale of a Southern black man’s legal de …Read more

Off-Broadway’s Westside Theater may have lost one Jewish-themed play when “Old Jews Telling Jokes” closed in September, but they’re gaining another October 29, when Mark St. Germain’s “Becoming Dr. Ruth” moves in. Debra Jo Rupp, best known for playin …Read more

A critical and commercial hit for the Public Theater, the David Byrne/Fatboy Slim musical, “Here Lies Love”, would ordinarily be a ready candidate for a commercial transfer, perhaps even to Broadway. But the piece, which employs an immersive staging …Read more

Though Broadway has been fairly unkind to a number of 1960s-era musicians – with everything from Paul Simon’s “The Capeman” to Twyla Tharp’s Dylan-based dance musical, “The Times They are a-Changin’” to this season’s Shlomo Carlebach tuner “Soul Doct …Read more

“Big Fish,” a new musical directed and choreographed by Susan Stroman (“Contact”, “The Scottsboro Boys”) and featuring Tony winner Norbert Leo Butz, opened last night, Oct. 6, at Broadway’s Neil Simon Theater. Based on a 1998 novel by Daniel Wallace …Read more

All those glowing reviews for Cherry Jones and the current Broadway “Glass Menagerie” revival have made their mark: the production, which was supposed to end Jan. 5 at the Booth Theater, has now been extended to Feb. 23. Critics used words like “magn …Read more

Two major stars of the British stage and screen, Eileen Atkins and Michael Gambon, will bring their sold-out UK production of Samuel Beckett’s “All that Fall” to off-Broadway’s 59E59 Theaters for a limited run, Nov. 5-Dec. 8. Staged by Trevor Nunn, o …Read more

After a period of darkness, a starry revival of “The Sunshine Boys” is finally opening in Los Angeles and may cast its eyes back to New York depending on the show’s reception. Neil Simon’s classic comedy about two geriatric ex-vaudevillians brought t …Read more

Broadway previews begin today, Sept. 28, at the John Golden Theater for the courtroom drama, “A Time to Kill.” Veteran actor Tom Skerritt, who won an Emmy for his years on “Picket Fences” and whose credits range from “Ice Castles” to “Alien” to “Top …Read more

Big and brash, cabaret performer Bridget Everett is returning to Joe’s Pub in a new show, “Rock Bottom,” which tells of her character’s redemption from alcohol and bad relationships via rescue by an angel’s voice. Comic pop songs are being penned for …Read more