Review Roundup: DEAD OUTLAW Opens on Broadway
by Nicole Rosky
- Apr 27, 2025
Dead Outlaw has offically opened on Broadway at the Longacre Theatre! The new musical features a book by Itamar Moses, music and lyrics from David Yazbek and Erik Della Penna, and is directed by David Cromer. Let's see what the critics are saying about the new musical...
Review Roundup: STEPHEN SONDHEIM'S OLD FRIENDS Opens On Broadway
by A.A. Cristi
- Apr 9, 2025
It's a celebration of all things Steve as Cameron Mackintosh’s production of Stephen Sondheim’s Old Friends, starring two-time Tony Award winner Bernadette Peters and Tony Award winner Lea Salonga, celebrates its opening night on Broadway! See what the New York critics thought of this West End smash! Read the reviews!
Review Roundup: LOVE LIFE Opens at Encores!
by Nicole Rosky
- Mar 27, 2025
Now running at at New York City Center Encores! is Love Life, directed by Victoria Clark ad starring Kate Baldwin and Brian Stokes Mitchell. Check out what the New York theatre critics are saying about the much forgotten musical here!
Review Roundup: GRANGEVILLE Opens at Signature Theatre
by Stephi Wild
- Feb 25, 2025
Samuel D. Hunter’s Grangeville is now playing off-Broadway at the Signature Theatre. The production stars Paul Sparks and Brian J. Smith. Find out what the critics are saying in the reviews here!
Review Roundup: GYPSY On Broadway Starring Audra McDonald
by A.A. Cristi
- Dec 20, 2024
Curtain up! Light the lights! Six-time Tony Award-winner Audra McDonald takes on the role of a lifetime, playing 'Mama' Rose Hovick in the classic musical, Gypsy, is now running on Broadway at the newly renovated Majestic Theatre. Read the reviews!
Review Roundup: THE DEAD, 1904 at the Irish Rep
by Nicole Rosky
- Nov 27, 2024
Now at the Irish Repertory Theatre is The Dead, 1904, the immersive adaptation of James Joyce’s classic story. Adapted by the Pulitzer Prize-winning Irish poet Paul Muldoon and novelist Jean Hanff Korelitz, it is directed by Irish Rep co-founder Ciarán O’Reilly. Check out what the critics are saying about the new revival!
Review Roundup: ELF THE MUSICAL Opens on Broadway
by Blair Ingenthron
- Nov 18, 2024
Elf the Musical, directed by Philip Wm. McKinley and choreographed by Liam Steel, with book by Thomas Meehan and Bob Martin and songs by Matthew Sklar and Chad Beguelin opened on Broadway. See what the critics had to say here!
Review Roundup: TAMMY FAYE Opens On Broadway
by A.A. Cristi
- Nov 15, 2024
The story of famed evangelist Tammy Faye Bakker comes to life in a new Broadway musical starring Katie Brayben, Christian Borle, and Michael Cerveris! The critics stopped by the newly renovated Palace Theatre to hear the gospel of Tammy! Read all of the reviews!
Review Roundup: OUR TOWN On Broadway Starring Jim Parsons & More
by A.A. Cristi
- Oct 11, 2024
Kenny Leon's production of Thornton Wilder’s Our Town is now officially open on Broadway and the critics have had their say and we've rounded them up. Read all the reviews for the production, which marks the first major Broadway revival of the classic play in nearly 25 years.
Review Roundup: THE COUNTER at Roundabout Theatre Company
by A.A. Cristi
- Oct 10, 2024
Roundabout Theatre Company is presenting the world premiere of The Counter by Meghan Kennedy and directed by David Cromer. The Counter features Anthony Edwards as “Paul,” Susannah Flood as “Katie,” and Amy Warren as “Peg.” See what the critics had to say in The New York Times & read the reviews!
Review Roundup: ONCE UPON A MATTRESS Returns To Broadway
by A.A. Cristi
- Aug 13, 2024
F-R-E-D! The classic musical comedy Once Upon a Mattress celebrates its triumphant return to Broadway for the first time in over 25 years, in a new production starring two-time Tony-winner Sutton Foster and Drama Desk Award winner and SAG Award nominee Michael Urie! Read the reviews!
Interview: Give Credit Where Credit is Due When it Comes to The Orchestrator!
by Elliot Lanes
- Jun 21, 2024
Recently I wrote a Broadway World feature dealing with a partial restoration of Robert Ginzler’s original orchestrations for Bye, Bye, Birdie at the Kennedy Center by conductor John Bell with additional work by Joshua Clayton. When the piece was shared on social media, it started a bigger conversation about proper credit for the original orchestrator. Robert Ginzler was somehow never acknowledged in the Kennedy Center program.
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