Sutton Foster is a perfect princess on Broadway
Theater review ONCE UPON A MATTRESS Two hours and 15 minutes with one intermission. At the Hudson Theatre, 141 W 44th St. In the fairy-tale send-up “Once Upon a Mattress,” …
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The most fun you’ll have this summer
Theater review CATS: THE JELLICLE BALL Two hours and 30 minutes, with one intermission. At PAC NYC, 251 Fulton Street. Through July 28. The hottest show in town is… “Cats”? …
Tragic tale is sweeping and thrilling — even without Jack and Rose
The RMS Titanic’s doomed 1912 voyage did not make a strong argument for hugeness. Quite the contrary. Theater review TITANIC Two hours and 40 minutes, with one intermission. At New …
Tom Holland stuck in heinous London ‘Romeo and Juliet’
LONDON — Pity Peter Parker. Like a fly caught in a web, Tom Holland, the British actor who plays Spider-Man in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, is trapped in a woeful …
Audra McDonald will play Mama Rose in ‘Gypsy’ on Broadway
Ready or not, here comes Audra! Just like I said. A new Broadway revival of “Gypsy,” starring Audra McDonald as Mama Rose, was officially announced on Wednesday. Directed by George …
The 2024 Tony nominations were pretty brutal
Fifteen new musicals opened on Broadway this season, but you wouldn’t know that from the brutal 2024 Tony Award nominations announced on Tuesday. When the list was read aloud by …
Moving Broadway show is about love, loss — and dance
Theater review ILLINOISE 1 hour, 30 minutes, no intermission. The St. James Theatre, 246 W. 44th St. “Illinoise,” which opened Thursday at the St. James Theatre, is the closest Broadway …
Broadway musical messes up beloved novel
Theater review THE GREAT GATSBY Two hours and 30 minutes, with one intermission. At the Broadway Theatre, 53rd Street and Broadway. Forget East Egg and West Egg. The creators of …
Steve Carell’s Broadway play is funny, not feeling
Theater review UNCLE VANYA Two hours and 30 minutes. At the Vivian Beaumont Theatre, 150 West 65th Street. When Steve Carell emerges from behind a bench onstage at the Vivian …
Huey Lewis’ Broadway show is hilarious fun
Theater review THE HEART OF ROCK AND ROLL Two hours and 30 minutes, with one 15-minute intermission. At the James Earl Jones Theatre, 138 West 48th Street. Here’s something I …