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Jason Robert Brown and Andrew Bergman's big fat hilarious new musical comedy has old-school Broadway smash written all over it.

Hottest Articles on BroadwayWorld.com from this weekend Sunday, October 6, 2013 - Sunday, October 6, 2013.

BIG FISH opens tonight, October 6 on Broadway at the Neil Simon Theatre. The production stars two-time Tony Award winner Norbert Leo Butz as Edward Bloom, Tony Award nominee Kate Baldwin as Sandra Bloom, and Tony Award nominee Bobby Steggert as Will Bloom.

Susan Stroman and Norbert Leo Butz deliver their best Broadway work in Andrew Lippa and John August's celebration of an everyday man who fights the dragons.

Dee Dee Bridgewater gives a terrific performance as Billie Holiday, but the play is a clunky collection of cliches.

The theatre magic on display in director John Tiffany's production is the result of a masterful play being interpreted with sensitive, theme-enhancing imagination and acted to perfection by an extraordinary ensemble.

The Glass Menagerie opens tonight, September 26th, on Broadway. The production stars multiple Tony and Emmy Award-winner Cherry Jones as Amanda Wingfield, film and stage star Zachary Quinto as Tom, two-time Tony-nominee Celia Keenan-Bolger as Laura, and Brian J. Smith as Jim, the Gentleman Caller. Let's see what the critics had to say...

Elevator Repair Service uses the text of a Supreme Court case regarding strip clubs and the First Amendment for a zany comedic rebellion.

Mint Theater offers an enjoyable revival of George Kelly's 1931 look at downtown struggling artists.

David Leveaux's soggy production lacks tension, passion and romance.

The new Broadway production of Shakespeare's timeless love story ROMEO AND JULIET starring international film star Orlando Bloom, making his Broadway debut opposite two-time Tony Award nominee Condola Rashad, officially opens tonight, Thursday, September 19, 2013 at the Richard Rodgers Theatre. Let's see what the critics had to say...

Dance returns to the Delacorte in a preview of City Center's Fall For Dance Festival.

Anne Washburn's audacious and original drama sees a future where an episode of The Simpsons stands as one of the few remaining examples of pre-Apocalypse art.

Horton Foote's final new play is spiced up with vicious cattiness, cruel power-playing and lots of casual cocktailing,

Let's see what the critics had to say

Will Power's provocative comic drama is inspired by a photo of Muhammad Ali and Stepin Fetchit.

Mike Daisey's 29 monologues explore New York through an entire lunar cycle.

Regina Taylor's intriguing play has an African-American book publisher confronting the way technology has changed memory.

With a cast of over 200 combining professionals and clients from the city's social service organizations, The Tempest rejoices in New York's cultural diversity.

Below, we launch our 'Meet the Staff' series by profiling our Chief Theatre Critic Michael Dale!