Last season, audiences thrilled to the sight of Cicely Tyson making her final visit to Broadway in “The Trip to Bountiful”. Since the actress is somewhere between her late 70s and early 90s (depending on the source), the very fact that she was doing …Read more

One of Martin McDonagh’s best plays, “The Cripple of Inishmaan” has already had two productions off Broadway, but only now is the pitch-dark comedy receiving its Broadway debut, courtesy of director Michael Grandage at the Cort Theater. The reason fo …Read more

How did Moss Hart go from being a poor immigrant to the toast of Broadway? By collaborating with comic playwright George S. Kaufman, by directing the legendary “My Fair Lady”, by penning the screenplay for “A Star is Born”, and by writing a memoir of …Read more

Lennie and George have been the subjects of a novel, an opera, radio and film adaptations, telefilms and even a Bugs Bunny parody, but it’s been since 1974 since Broadway has seen the iconic laborers that John Steinbeck so tragically limned in his Of …Read more

SEE because: Think “Sweeney Todd” by way of Gilbert & Sullivan.  “Guide” is lighter and not in the same league, but still oodles of fun. Unlike so many movies-into-musicals, this takes a great comedy (the Ealing classic “Kind Hearts and Coronets” …Read more

SEE because: Brian Cranston isn’t just a star giving a grand performance, he’s exciting to watch as he ramps LBJ up from shell-shocked grief to energized commander in chief to driven, borderline-paranoid dealmaker. If you liked Spielberg’s “Lincoln”, …Read more

For the third time this season, Broadway’s Circle in the Square Theater has an opening. After the commercial failures of the musical “Soul Doctor” and the baseball drama “Bronx Bombers”, the venue now hosts “Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill”, feat …Read more

It seems everyone is always waiting for the next big, splashy, funny, zany old-style musical to sweep Broadway off its feet, much as “The Producers” did more than a decade ago. There have been direct attempts since – e.g., “Nice Work if You Can Get I …Read more

SEE OR SKIP: Bullets Over Broadway  In this arts column, rather than provide a lengthy critique, we hit the bullet points and share our thoughts on whether a show is worth seeing or skipping. Of course, your own reasons for picking or ignoring a show …Read more

SEE ot SKIP: Aladdin In this arts column, rather than provide a lengthy critique, we hit the bullet points and share our thoughts on whether a show is worth seeing or skipping. Of course, your own reasons for picking or ignoring a show might be based …Read more