Review Roundup: GARRY STARR: CLASSIC PENGUINS Opens Off-Broadway at Studio Seaview
The U.S. premiere of Garry Starr: Classic Penguins, written and performed by Damien Warren-Smith, is now playing at Studio Seaview. Read the reviews here!
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Paranormal Activity
7.8
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& Juliet
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Aladdin
6.8
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Buena Vista Social Club
8.6
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Chicago
9.5
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Hadestown
8.2
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8.9
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8.9
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Oh, Mary!
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Operation Mincemeat
7.8
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Paranormal Activity
7.8
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The Book of Mormon
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Wicked
5.3
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Review Roundups
Review Roundup: PARANORMAL ACTIVITY Arrives on Broadway
Are the critics screaming over the first play of the 2026/27 Broadway season? Paranormal Activity officially opened tonight at the August Wilson Theatre. The new play is written by Levi Holloway and directed by Felix Barrett. Let's see what the critics are saying...
Review Roundup: BENEVOLENT Opens Off-Broadway
The World Premiere of benevolent by Sophie McIntosh, with Good Apples Collective, is officially open Off-Broadway. See what the critics are saying about the production in Broadwayworld's Review Roundup.
Review Roundup: THE WINTER'S TALE Opens as Part of Free Shakespeare in the Park
The Public Theater's Free Shakespeare in the Park is continuing with THE WINTER’S TALE at The Delacorte Theater in Central Park.The production will run through Sunday, August 23. Read the reviews here!
Review Roundup: GAME OF THRONES: THE MAD KING is Now Playing at The RSC
The reviews are in for Royal Shakespeare Company's world premiere of George R. R. Martin’s Game of Thrones: The Mad King, a new play based on novels by George R. R. Martin. Read the reviews here!
Review Roundup: THE VESSEL Opens at 59E59 Theaters Off-Broadway
59E59 Theaters is presenting the world premiere of The Vessel, written by Brendan George. See what the critics are saying about the production in BroadwayWorld's REview Roundup.
Regional Reviews
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Review: THE SUNSHINE BOYS at ARTS Theatre
Peter Goers has brought together a very strong cast for this production
Review: MENSA at OnStage Playhouse
There is no magic equation for solving political division, or for fixing a culture that increasingly seems to prefer arguing at one another rather than actually talking. Mensa doesn’t pretend to have that answer, but it does offer a nice opening to start the conversation.
Review: CHICAGO at Oscarsteatern
Chicago at Oscarsteatern is the best version I've seen. Superb in every detail,
Review: RENT at Bucks County Playhouse
As the group Straight No Chaser sings, 'Five hundred twenty five thousand choirs have sung this... thanks to the writer, we all leave sad.' Without detail - yes, true. Jonathan Larson died before opening night of his own show about death and dying and drugs and rent strikes, leaving a show that feels unfinished and indeed sad. His death is part of the mystique of the show, but it's also the problem - what might another month of retooling have brought about?
Review: THE YELLOW WALLPAPER at The Archive Theater
Just want to say, right away, I’m absolutely recommending THE YELLOW WALLPAPER. It seems in times like these that many of us would seek a more uplifting way to spend two hours, but stick with me. This one is relevant, important, and just about perfectly executed.
Review: HOW I LEARNED WHAT I LEARNED at RESIDENT ENSEMBLE PLAYERS
A one-man show is a monumental undertaking—and a monumental responsibility. For veteran REP actor Hassan El-Amin – who is Black -there is further gravitas in giving voice to August Wilson’s HOW I LEARNED WHAT I LEARNED, a 90-minute, no-intermission journey through the experiences that forged one of America’s greatest playwrights. Wilson created the remarkable American Century Cycle, ten plays chronicling the African American experience across ten decades of the 20th century. They include Joe Turner’s Come and Gone, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, Fences and The Piano Lesson, the latter two earning Pulitzer Prizes. His works have been produced on Broadway and around the world. Denzel has made them part of his life’s work.
Review: THE GREAT GATSBY Glitters but Leaves Fitzgerald's Shadows Behind
What did our critic think of THE GREAT GATSBY at the National Arts Centre?
Review: THE COOK at Berkeley Rep
A love of food sustains houseworker Gladys over a forty-year arc that coincides with the social, economic and political changes wrought by the Cuban revolution of 1959 in Eduardo Machado’s The Cook, opening Berkeley Rep’s 59th season. In Tanya Orellana’s superbly appointed and functional kitchen set, Yesenia Iglesias in the titular role will make a vow of loyalty that will split her family apart.
Review: JEKYLL & HYDE: IN CONCERT Thrills Full House At 54 Below
An SRO night at 54 Below included a star revisiting her role and some of the original Jekkies.
Review: VOCO ROOFBAR-Make it Your Favorite in the Theater District
The venue by Carnegie Hospitality is a stunning yet approachable rooftop setting with a tantalizing menu of globally inspired small plates and an exciting beverage program.
Review: FIRE WORK at The VORTEX Theatre
What did our critic think of FIRE WORK at The VORTEX Theatre?
Disney's BEAUTY AND THE BEAST Gets a Spectacular New Life at Broadway San Jose
Review of Disney's BEAUTY AND THE BEAST at Broadway San Jose, where dazzling stagecraft, spectacular choreography and standout performances make the new touring production a theatrical feast.
DUBLIN FRINGE 2026: Review: THE POLITICS OF DISGUST, Bewley's Café Theatre
Play Not Funny’s corporate HR satire at Bewley's Café Theatre offers a sharp thesis on exclusion, but gets lost in noise.
Review: JUDY – END OF THE RAINBOW, The Gaiety Theatre, Dublin
Anna-Jane Casey captures the brilliance, humor, and tragic vulnerability of Judy Garland in Conor Hanratty's compelling revival at The Gaiety Theatre.
Review: HEIST at Constellation Stage & Screen
Heist has a very cinematic feel to it throughout the show with its creative use of digital media. Clever interactive pieces in the lobby draws the audience into the story from the moment they arrive.
Review: DISNEY'S NEWSIES at Starlight Theater
Disney’s Newsies does not merely seize the day. It dances on it, vaults over it and occasionally executes a backflip before the day knows what struck it. It takes an 1899 historical event as a jumping off place and imagines the history as it might have been retold in a 1930’s Busby Berkeley movie substituting teenage newsboys for the 1930s dancing girls. The show gets high marks for entertainment.
Review: BURLESQUE, King's Theatre
From executive producer Christina Aguilera and written by Steven Antin, based on the hit movie, Burlesque invites you to a club like no other: a hidden world beneath the city lights where sequins sparkle, seduction shimmers and lives can change in the flick of a feather boa.
Review: FORBIDDEN BROADWAY: GREATEST HITS at Music Box Lounge Hot Springs
What did our critic think of FORBIDDEN BROADWAY: GREATEST HITS at Music Box Lounge Hot Springs?
Review: THE NORWEGIANS at Shakespeare & Company
Murder-for-hire seems dark, and yes, some of the language can be a bit colorful (a few F-bombs are dropped), but really, this is a delightful little production with the emphasis on comedy that one might almost label as cute, possibly endearing.
Review: SONGS FOR A NEW WORLD at Central Florida Vocal Arts
Central Florida Vocal Arts presents Jason Robert Brown’s Songs for a New World, featuring Emily Minch, Armon Flukers, Sabria Sego and Sean McKinley. The intimate production explores change, uncertainty and life’s defining moments through Brown’s distinctive score.
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