Broadway Theater Reviews: Best Shows & Critic Recommendations

Review: PADDINGTON THE MUSICAL, Savoy Theatre
by Christiana Rose - December 01, 2025

Paddington the Musical arrives at the Savoy Theatre with a heart full of hope and a suitcase packed with marmalade flavoured charm, delivering a joyous celebration of inclusion, diversity and equality in every beat....

Review Roundup: What Did the Critics Think of THE HUNGER GAMES: ON STAGE?
by Aliya Al-Hassan - November 13, 2025

Based on the original Hunger Games story, this gripping tale of courage, defiance and unbreakable human spirit, follows the fearless heroine Katniss Everdeen on her journey of self-discovery, as she emerges as a beacon of rebellion and hope. Multi award-winning playwright Conor McPherson (Girl from ...

Review: THE HUNGER GAMES: ON STAGE, Canary Wharf Troubadour Theatre
by Cindy Marcolina - November 13, 2025

Housed in a purpose-built venue in Canary Wharf, it’s a behemoth. Adapting it for the stage was always going to be a Herculean task, not only when it comes to pleasing a very passionate fandom, but when we consider the scale and magnitude of the story too. Written by Conor McPherson and directed by ...

Review: MARY PAGE MARLOWE, Starring Susan Sarandon and Andrea Riseborough
by Laura Jones - October 09, 2025

Watching Mary Page Marlowe you feel like you're constantly trying to piece together a mosaic of one woman’s life, glimpsed in snapshots, lit by moments of clarity, yet never forming a complete picture. Under Matthew Warchus’s direction, in his final season as Artistic Director at the Old Vic, the pr...

Review Roundup: What Did the Critics Think of Susan Surandon's London Debut in MARY PAGE MARLOWE?
by Aliya Al-Hassan - October 09, 2025

Mary Page Marlowe is an accountant from Ohio. She's led an ordinary life, making the difficult decisions we all face as we try to figure out who we really are and what we really want. As Tracy Letts brings us moments-both pivotal and mundane-from Mary's life, a portrait of a surprisingly complicated...

Review: DAMN YANKEES at Arena Stage Starring Rob McClure, Ana Villafañe & Jordan Donica
by Mary Lincer - September 20, 2025

What did our critic think of DAMN YANKEES at Fichandler Stage?...

Review: BURLESQUE THE MUSICAL, Savoy Theatre
by Aliya Al-Hassan - July 22, 2025

Burlesque the Musical has finally arrived in London. Loosely based on the 2010 film starring Cher and Christina Aguilera, Burlesque moves from LA to New York, as small-town girl Ali comes to the big city to search for her birth mother. On the way she starts working in a burlesque club as a waitress...

Review: BEAUTY AND THE BEAST National Tour Kicks Off in Chicago
by Rachel Weinberg - July 12, 2025

The new national tour of BEAUTY AND THE BEAST is gorgeous and full of Disney stage magic. Disney Theatrical Group has pulled out all the stops for the first tour of this musical in 25 years. ...

Review: EVITA, starring Rachel Zegler, London Palladium
by Gary Naylor - July 02, 2025

Turns out that The Revolution is Televised after all - and beamed back into the theatre...

Review: DISNEY'S HERCULES, Theatre Royal Drury Lane
by Kat Mokrynski - June 24, 2025

After years in development and several stagings across the globe, Disney’s Hercules has crashed like a lightning bolt into the Theatre Royal Drury Lane. The show, with a book by Robert Horn and Kwame Kwei-Armah, music by Alan Menken and lyrics by David Zippel, is an adaptation of the 1997 Disney fil...

Review Roundup: What Did the Critics Think of Sondheim's Final Work, HERE WE ARE?
by Aliya Al-Hassan - May 09, 2025

Stephen Sondheim’s final work, Here We Are, is directed by two-time Tony Award-winner Joe Mantello with book by Tony Award-nominee David Ives. It is now open at the National Theatre with an all-star cast including Jane Krakowski and Jesse Tyler Ferguson. So what did the critics think?...

Review: HERE WE ARE, National Theatre
by Alexander Cohen - May 09, 2025

Other eat-the-rich satires that have sharper teeth and larger appetites....

Review: THE GREAT GATSBY, Starring Jamie Muscato and Corbin Bleu
by Aliya Al-Hassan - April 25, 2025

There's a party going on at the London Coliseum this summer. Unfortunately, it's one of those parties that you eagerly look forward to, only to wish you had stayed at home and read an improving book instead....

Review: Broadway Star Orfeh Radiates Confidence in Her Café Carlyle Residency
by Rebecca Kaplan - April 23, 2025

Legally Blonde star Orfeh blew the house away at Café Carlyle last night. Her two-night run continues 4/23. Orfeh’s powerhouse vocals, high-energy performances and endearing rapport with her band and fans made the show a night to remember. ...

Review Roundup: ELEKTRA, Starring Brie Larson
by Aliya Al-Hassan - February 06, 2025

Starring Brie Larson, Daniel Fish directs the first major revival in over a decade of Sophokles’ electrifying and timeless play, Elektra, with a translation by poet Anne Carson, at the Duke Of York’s Theatre....

Review Roundup: NATASHA, PIERRE & THE GREAT COMET OF 1812 at the Donmar Warehouse
by Aliya Al-Hassan - December 17, 2024

Discover what the critics thought about Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812 at London's Donmar Warehouse. Directed by Tim Sheader, this UK premiere of Dave Malloy's musical features a stellar cast and captivating performances. Read insights from BroadwayWorld, The New York Times, and more....

Review: NATASHA, PIERRE & THE GREAT COMET OF 1812, Donmar Warehouse
by Debbie Gilpin - December 16, 2024

“Nothing is trivial, and nothing is important, it’s all the same.' Conflict rages around the world, and yet normal life (with its requisite anxieties) is expected to go on regardless. This is the situation in which Tolstoy’s War and Peace characters find themselves; the Napoleonic Wars continue, but...

Review: BECOMING NANCY, Birmingham Rep
by Laura Lott - October 16, 2024

Cheese and pineapple on a stick, anyone? The latest musical from Birmingham Rep takes us back to 1970s Britain, where trousers were flared, birthday parties required Iced Gems, and boys definitely didn't play girls in school musicals without everyone having something to say about it. BWW's critic we...

Review Roundup: What Did the Critics Think of WHY AM I SO SINGLE?, from the Creators of SIX
by Aliya Al-Hassan - September 13, 2024

From the writers of SIX, comes a brand-new British musical where the lonely little lives of two BFFs are transformed into an all-singing, all-dancing extravaganza about dates, mates, and celebrating love in all its forms....

Review Roundup: What Did The Critics Think of Carrie Cracknell's Adaptation of THE GRAPES OF WRATH?
by Aliya Al-Hassan - August 01, 2024

Carrie Cracknell (Julie, The Deep Blue Sea) directs Frank Galati’s award-winning adaptation of John Steinbeck’s masterpiece, The Grapes of Wrath, now open at the National Theatre....

Review Roundup: Did Imelda Staunton Delight in HELLO, DOLLY! at The London Palladium?
by Aliya Al-Hassan - July 19, 2024

What did the critics think of Dominic Cooke's long-delayed production?...

Review: HELLO, DOLLY!, The London Palladium
by Aliya Al-Hassan - July 19, 2024

Well, we got there in the end and thankfully, it was worth the wait. Initially due to open back in 2020, Dominic Cooke’s adaptation of Hello, Dolly! has finally arrived in the West End....

Review: ROMEO & JULIET, Duke Of York's Theatre
by Kat Mokrynski - May 24, 2024

Director Jamie Lloyd has taken on the challenge of Shakespeare’s iconic Romeo & Juliet, bringing his trademark style of theatre to the Duke of York’s theatre this summer. Starring Tom Holland as Romeo and Francesca Amewudah-Rivers as Juliet, this production brings us into the world of Verona as the ...

Review Roundup: HADESTOWN in London's West End
by Aliya Al-Hassan - February 22, 2024

Hadestown, the acclaimed Broadway musical phenomenon by singer-songwriter Anais Mitchell and director Rachel Chavkin has made its long-awaited West End premiere at the Lyric Theatre....

Review: HADESTOWN, Lyric Theatre
by Cindy Marcolina - February 22, 2024

Created with director Rachel Chavkin, it’s a story of tragic love and politics, defeat and defiance. An epic anthem for the lovers and the runaways. The actors mostly new to Hadestown, Hades’ underground factory, with only Gloria Onitiri returning as Persephone (rather than a Fate) and Beth Hinton-L...