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& Juliet Broadway Reviews
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A Beautiful Noise Broadway Reviews
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A Doll's House Broadway Reviews
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Aladdin Broadway Reviews
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Bob Fosse's Dancin' Broadway Reviews
72.5% Thumbs Up
Chicago Broadway Reviews
95.0% Thumbs Up
Funny Girl Broadway Reviews
60.4% Thumbs Sideways
Hadestown Broadway Reviews
82.1% Thumbs Up
Hamilton Broadway Reviews
96.8% Thumbs Up
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Broadway Reviews
89.5% Thumbs Up
Kimberly Akimbo Broadway Reviews
95.0% Thumbs Up
Leopoldstadt Broadway Reviews
82.5% Thumbs Up
MJ the Musical Broadway Reviews
68.1% Thumbs Sideways
Moulin Rouge! Broadway Reviews
75.8% Thumbs Up
Parade Broadway Reviews
86.0% Thumbs Up
Pictures From Home Broadway Reviews
58.3% Thumbs Sideways
Six Broadway Reviews
83.9% Thumbs Up
Some Like It Hot Broadway Reviews
73.3% Thumbs Up
The Book of Mormon Broadway Reviews
87.1% Thumbs Up
The Lion King Broadway Reviews
87.5% Thumbs Up
The Phantom of the Opera Broadway Reviews
68.3% Thumbs Sideways
Wicked Broadway Reviews
53.3% Thumbs Sideways

Latest Review Roundups

Review Roundup: Bob Fosse's DANCIN' Opens on Broadway! Photo Review Roundup: Bob Fosse's DANCIN' Opens on Broadway!
March 19, 2023

The best of Broadway gathered tonight at the Music Box Theatre to celebrate the opening of Bob Fosse's DANCIN'. Read the reviews as they come in here!


Review Roundup: PARADE Opens On Broadway Starring Ben Platt, Micaela Diamond & M Photo Review Roundup: PARADE Opens On Broadway Starring Ben Platt, Micaela Diamond & More
March 16, 2023

The new Broadway production of Parade starring Tony Award winner Ben Platt and Micaela Diamond, directed by two-time Tony nominee Michael Arden, opens tonight on Broadway at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre. Read reviews for the production!


Review Roundup: Arinzé Kene's MISTY Opens at The Shed Photo Review Roundup: Arinzé Kene's MISTY Opens at The Shed
March 10, 2023

Read the reviews for Arinzé Kene's Misty at The Shed.


Review Roundup: A DOLL'S HOUSE Opens On Broadway Starring Jessica Chastain Photo Review Roundup: A DOLL'S HOUSE Opens On Broadway Starring Jessica Chastain
March 09, 2023

A Doll's House, starring Academy Award winner Jessica Chastain as 'Nora Helmer' in Lloyd's radical new production of Henrik Ibsen's landmark drama in a new version by Amy Herzog, opens tonight at Hudson Theatre (141 West 44th Street). The limited engagement will now play through Saturday evening, June 10. Below, read reviews for this modern new take on Ibsen's classic!


Review Roundup: CRUMBS FROM THE TABLE OF JOY at Keen Company Photo Review Roundup: CRUMBS FROM THE TABLE OF JOY at Keen Company
March 08, 2023

Keen Company's Crumbs from the Table of Joy by two-time Pulitzer Prize winner Lynn Nottage just celebrated its opening night. Let's see what the critics had to say...


Review Roundup: 1776 Launches National Tour; What Do the Critics Think? Photo Review Roundup: 1776 Launches National Tour; What Do the Critics Think?
March 08, 2023

1776 officially opened on February 16, 2023, at the Forrest Theatre in Philadelphia, PA, and will make limited engagement stops at major cities across North America. Read the reviews for 1776 on tour here!



REGIONAL REVIEWS

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Review: VILLAIN, INTERRUPTED, VAULT Festival Photo UK / West End: Review: VILLAIN, INTERRUPTED, VAULT Festival
by Kat Mokrynski - March 20, 2023

Villain, Interrupted is a fun show that gives the “villains” a chance to shine while also looking at the psychology in a world in which those who have powers are feared, separating the world into “us versus them”.


Review: CRIMINALLY UNTRUE: AN IMPROVISED TRUE CRIME DOCUMENTARY, VAULT Festival Photo UK / West End: Review: CRIMINALLY UNTRUE: AN IMPROVISED TRUE CRIME DOCUMENTARY, VAULT Festival
by Kat Mokrynski - March 20, 2023

Criminally Untrue: An Improvised True Crime Documentary is a hilarious show that will leave you wanting more from PillowTalk Theatre. Oldfield and Treen have directed a fantastic cast of improvisers that will bring a little bit of “organised chaos” into your life, creating the crime story of the decade.


Review: WHAM BAM THANK YOU MAM, VAULT Festival Photo UK / West End: Review: WHAM BAM THANK YOU MAM, VAULT Festival
by Paige Cochrane - March 20, 2023

Wham Bam Thank You Mam is a collaboration straight from the minds of Frances Keyton, Su Mi and Marty Gleeson. Exploring heartache, cultural identity, and ways to stick a middle finger up at social expectation, this trio have combined an hour of captivating storytelling with some truly brilliant comedic skill. This show gives a taste of the very best that each has to offer.


Review: THE 25th ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE at George Street Playhouse is Photo New Jersey: Review: THE 25th ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE at George Street Playhouse is a Vibrant and Wonderfully Performed Musical Comedy
by Marina Kennedy - March 19, 2023

George Street Playhouse (GSP) is currently presenting The 25thAnnual Putnam County Spelling Bee. It's the most fun you'll ever have going to the theatre!


Review: THE BIRTHDAY PARTY at Kranzberg Black Box Theater Photo St. Louis: Review: THE BIRTHDAY PARTY at Kranzberg Black Box Theater
by James Lindhorst - March 19, 2023

Albion’s extraordinary production of Pinter’s work is grounded in Suki Peter’s sharp direction, brisk pacing and her collaboration with her actors. The performances she elicits from each of the cast members are balanced perfection. Her use of the space within Brad Slavik’s smartly appointed period set design conveys the confined intimacy one would feel in an overcrowded small rundown boarding house. Marjorie Williamson’s graphic & scenic design, Gwynneth Rausch’s props and Tracy Newcomb’s superb costume design all perfectly transport the audience back into the late 1950s.


Review: AKHENATEN, London Coliseum Photo UK / West End: Review: AKHENATEN, London Coliseum
by Franco Milazzo - March 19, 2023

Who’s up for a three-hour long opera about the relatively unknown pharaoh Akhenaten? With the singing in Egyptian, Hebrew and Akkadian? With no surtitles? Based on the music of minimalist composer Phillip Glass? And with an entire troupe of jugglers? Us, that's who.


Review: CONTEMPT, VAULT Festival Photo UK / West End: Review: CONTEMPT, VAULT Festival
by Cindy Marcolina - March 19, 2023

While the writing is gripping and Gabrielle Nellis-Pain’s performance is excellent, there’s something missing. Catherine’s colleagues are ancient ghosts through the hallowed corridors as she puts on a sleazy, raspy voice to portray them against her well-spoken main character.


Review: FOOTLOOSE at Oak Grove Photo Fargo: Review: FOOTLOOSE at Oak Grove
by Brian Michaels - March 19, 2023

What did our critic think of FOOTLOOSE at Oak Grove?


Review: FANNIE - THE MUSIC AND LIFE OF FANNIE LOU HAMER at TheatreWorks Silicon Photo San Francisco / Bay Area: Review: FANNIE - THE MUSIC AND LIFE OF FANNIE LOU HAMER at TheatreWorks Silicon Valley
by Steve Murray - March 19, 2023

What did our critic think of FANNIE - THE MUSIC AND LIFE OF FANNIE LOU HAMER at TheatreWorks Silicon Valley?


Review: DADDY'S DYIN', WHO'S GOT THE WILL? at Palm Canyon Theatre Photo Palm Springs: Review: DADDY'S DYIN', WHO'S GOT THE WILL? at Palm Canyon Theatre
by Stan Jenson - March 19, 2023

WPalm Canyon Theatre (PCT) and Del Shores have a long, strong bond with each other. His sidewalk star is even strategically placed in front of the theatre. It seems that every year PCT produces one of his plays, frequently Sordid Lives. This year they are presenting Daddy’s Dyin’, Who’s Got the Will?, his second play which was first produced in 1990.  I’ve known the title for years – it’s the sort of title you don’t soon forget – but this is the first time I have seen it produced.  I personally think it is a better structured play than the more popular Sordid Lives, and the opening night audience at PCT howled with laughter from the very first entrance.hat did our critic think of DADDY'S DYIN', WHO'S GOT THE WILL? at Palm Canyon Theatre?


Review: LES MISERABLES Returns to Clowes Memorial Hall Photo Indianapolis: Review: LES MISERABLES Returns to Clowes Memorial Hall
by The Marriage Matinee - March 19, 2023

Les Miserables returned to Indianapolis, again, in excellent fasion, propagating its underlying message that theater can suppress the multitudes. It can be ambitious and weighty, thematically sacred, and blatantly tear-jerking.


Review: THE RIPPLE, THE WAVE THAT CARRIED ME HOME at KC Rep Photo Kansas City: Review: THE RIPPLE, THE WAVE THAT CARRIED ME HOME at KC Rep
by Kelly Luck - March 19, 2023

Ms. Anderson’s work is an excellent example of voices that need to be heard. It takes on the segregation fight not with a high-level history book approach, but from the very ground level, the people fighting the fight and feeling the scars of battle.


Review: HITS! THE MUSICAL at Southern Theatre Photo Columbus: Review: HITS! THE MUSICAL at Southern Theatre
by Paul Batterson - March 19, 2023

What did our critic think of HITS! THE MUSICAL at Southern Theatre?


Review: West Orange High School Thespian Troupe 1983 Makes History With Their Pr Photo Tampa/St. Petersburg: Review: West Orange High School Thespian Troupe 1983 Makes History With Their Production of THE PROM
by Peter Nason - March 19, 2023

It's a courageous musical to perform, especially in Florida, especially this year. Kudos to all!


Review: Taylor Iman Jones Goes All Original In 54 Below Solo Show Debut Photo Cabaret: Review: Taylor Iman Jones Goes All Original In 54 Below Solo Show Debut
by Stephen Mosher - March 19, 2023

Taylor Iman Jones wrote songs for healing and they were a tonic for the 54 Below patrons.


Review: YOU ARE GOING TO DIE, VAULT Festival Photo UK / West End: Review: YOU ARE GOING TO DIE, VAULT Festival
by Cindy Marcolina - March 19, 2023

You are going to die. It’s a certainty, but it’s also the title of the latest play by This is Not Culturally Significant writer Adam Scott-Rowley. Performed entirely naked, You Are Going To Die is a show about everything and nothing. You can read as much or as little as you wish in it. What does it deal with? We’d love to know - we came out of it with more questions than answers. It feels like a social experiment or an impenetrable piece of performance art. It might just be simply throwing stuff at a wall to see what sticks.


Review: FREAK OUT!, VAULT Festival Photo UK / West End: Review: FREAK OUT!, VAULT Festival
by Cindy Marcolina - March 19, 2023

Coin Toss Collective are an exceptionally creative young company. Freak Out! highlights a problem that wouldn’t cross the mind of the average British person who lives in the inland. They deliver an amusing, chaotic farewell to East Anglia. Who would’ve thought that a show about coastal erosion would be so cool!


Review: VANILLA, VAULT Festival Photo UK / West End: Review: VANILLA, VAULT Festival
by Cindy Marcolina - March 19, 2023

Laura Mead writes with prudish humour while Keith Swainston directs her, Ned Wakeley (Dan), and Scott Henderson in a production that’s almost as uninteresting as Katie and Dan’s sex life. Mead’s script is as traditional as the missionary position, but wishes to be as funny as an inappropriate joke at a funeral. She gives her character a silver tongue and wit for days, and she’s great at delivering too, but the plot is awkwardly stale in its predictability.


Review: BURNOUT, VAULT Festival Photo UK / West End: Review: BURNOUT, VAULT Festival
by Cindy Marcolina - March 19, 2023

This approach has the story losing focus and looks like a plain attempt at quirkiness. Ultimately, while they mention how difficult it is to have only one hour, the piece comes off as struggling to fill those 60 minutes. All in all, the spirit of Burnout is strong and the creatives behind it have all the right ideas. Perhaps a stronger grasp on a more developed plot might help this naive call to arms.


Review: EVA NOBLEZADA: LET'S GO TO THE MOVIES at The Green Room 42 Photo Cabaret: Review: EVA NOBLEZADA: LET'S GO TO THE MOVIES at The Green Room 42
by Rebecca Kaplan - March 19, 2023

Who needs the Oscars for a movie-themed night when Eva Noblezada is doing her MOVIES show?