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Review Roundup: The Bengsons' THE KEEP GOING SONGS Opens at Lincoln Center Theater/LCT3
by Chloe Rabinowitz - May 3, 2024


Read the reviews for The Keep Going Songs at Lincoln Center Theater/LCT3. Learn more about the show.

Hudson River Park Unveils 2024 Summer Lineup
by A.A. Cristi - Apr 30, 2024


Discover the 2024 summer lineup at Hudson River Park.

Review Roundup: STAFF MEAL Opens at Playwrights Horizons
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Apr 29, 2024


Read the reviews for Staff Meal at Plawyrights Horizons.

Review Roundup: ILLINOISE Arrives on Broadway
by Nicole Rosky - Apr 26, 2024


The Broadway critics are weighing in for the final time of the 2023/24 season! Illinoise officially opened on Broadway earlier this week at the St. James Theatre, making it eligible for 2024 Tony Awards consideration, however reviews have been held until today, Friday, April 26. Check out what the critics are saying!

Review Roundup: THE GREAT GATSBY Opens On Broadway, Starring Jeremy Jordan and Eva Noblezada!
by A.A. Cristi - Apr 25, 2024


Welcome to the Jazz Age! The new musical adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby opens on Broadway tonight, starring Jeremy Jordan  and Eva Noblezada! Read the reviews!

Review Roundup: MOTHER PLAY Opens On Broadway, Starring Jessica Lange, Jim Parsons & Celia Keenan-Bolger
by A.A. Cristi - Apr 25, 2024


Tony Award winner Celia Keenan-Bolger, Academy Award, Emmy Award, and Tony Award winner Jessica Lange, and Emmy Award, Golden Globe Award, and Screen Actors Guild Award winner Jim Parsons return to Broadway in the Second Stage's production of Mother Play. Read the reviews!

Review Roundup: JORDANS at the Public Theater
by Nicole Rosky - Apr 25, 2024


The Public Theater celebrated opening night of the world premiere of JORDANS written by Emerging Writers Group alumnus and Creatives Rebuild New York artist-in-residence Ife Olujobi and directed by Obie Award winner Whitney White. Check out what the critics are saying!

Review Roundup: Steve Carell Stars In UNCLE VANYA, Opening On Broadway Tonight!
by A.A. Cristi - Apr 24, 2024


Academy Award-winner Steve Carell makes his Broadway debut in Anton Chekhov’s UNCLE VANYA opening tonight at The Lincoln Center Theater. Read the reviews!

Review Roundup: Rachel McAdams Stars In MARY JANE Opening Tonight on Broadway
by A.A. Cristi - Apr 23, 2024


Film star Rachel McAdams comes to Broadway in Manhattan Theatre Club’s Broadway premiere of Mary Jane, written by Pulitzer Prize finalist Amy Herzog. Read the reviews!

Review Roundup: Peter Morgan's PATRIOTS Arrives on Broadway
by Nicole Rosky - Apr 22, 2024


Michael Stuhlbarg is back on Broadway in Patriots, the timely new play by Peter Morgan, and directed by two-time Olivier Award winner Rupert Goold. BroadwayWorld is pulling together the concensus from the New York City critics and you can check out they are saying about the new play below!

Review Roundup: THE HEART OF ROCK AND ROLL Opens On Broadway
by A.A. Cristi - Apr 22, 2024


The Heart of Rock and Roll is beating on Broadway as the bright new jukebox musical of the same name opens at the James Earl Jones! Theatre. Read the reviews as the critics react!

Review Roundup: ORLANDO Opens at Signature Theatre
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Apr 22, 2024


See what the critics are saying about Orlando at Signature Theatre. Read the reviews and learn more about the production.

Review Roundup: CABARET AT THE KIT KAT CLUB Opens on Broadway
by Blair Ingenthron - Apr 21, 2024


Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club opened tonight at the August Wilson Theatre on Broadway. Check out what the critics had to say here!

Review Roundup: HELL'S KITCHEN Opens on Broadway
by Nicole Rosky - Apr 20, 2024


Let's hear it for New York! The new Broadway musical HELL’S KITCHEN, conceived by 16-time Grammy Award winner Alicia Keys and directed by Tony Award nominee Michael Greif opens tonight at the Shubert Theatre. Check out what the critics are saying!

Review Roundup: STEREOPHONIC Opens On Broadway
by A.A. Cristi - Apr 19, 2024


The new rock n' roll-centric play Stereophonic brings the drama of the recording studio to life at Broadway’s Golden Theatre, opening tonight! See what the critics had to say!

Review Roundup: Shaina Taub's SUFFS Opens On Broadway!
by A.A. Cristi - Apr 18, 2024


The fight for women's votes has made its way to Broadway in Suffs, a new musical from Shaina Taub, opening tonight at the Music Box Theatre! Read the reviews below to see how the critics responded to this historic new musical!

Review Roundup: THE WIZ Returns To Broadway!
by A.A. Cristi - Apr 17, 2024


Did critics think The Wiz was wonderful? Read the reviews as the newest Broadway revival of the classic musical opens on Broadway!

Review Roundup: Critics Weigh In on Suzan-Lori Parks' SALLY & TOM
by Nicole Rosky - Apr 17, 2024


The Public Theater just celebrated opening night for the New York premiere of SALLY & TOM, a bold new dramedy written by Pulitzer Prize winner and Public Theater Writer-in-Residence Suzan-Lori Parks and directed by Steve H. Broadnax III. Check out what the critics are saying!

Review Roundup: LEMPICKA Opens on Broadway
by Blair Ingenthron - Apr 14, 2024


Lempicka, the new musical portrait of artist Tamara de Lempicka, opened on Broadway tonight, Sunday, April 14 at the Longacre Theatre. See what the critics had to say here!

Indie Cult Hit HUNDREDS OF BEAVERS To Screen At Park Theatre
by A.A. Cristi - Apr 12, 2024


Experience the theatrical invasion of HUNDREDS OF BEAVERS at Park Theatre. This unique show promises an unforgettable experience for theatre lovers. Don't miss out!

Review Roundup: What Did the Critics Think of Ian McKellen in PLAYER KINGS?
by Aliya Al-Hassan - Apr 12, 2024


Bringing together Shakespeare's two great history plays, Player Kings is now open at the Noël Coward Theatre. Ian McKellen plays Falstaff in a new version of Shakespeare’s Henry IV, adapted by the award-winning writer and director Robert Icke. A divided country, leadership crumbling, corruption in the air. 

Review Roundup: THE OUTSIDERS Opens On Broadway
by A.A. Cristi - Apr 11, 2024


S.E. Hinton's The Outsiders has made the jump from page to stage and is opening on Broadway tonight at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre. The critics stopped by to see what the musical take on the literary classic has in store for audiences! Read the reviews!

Interview: Klea Blackhurst Brings Broadway History to Life at Chelsea Table + Stage
by Rebecca Kaplan - Apr 10, 2024


Singer Klea Blackhurst has long been doing tribute shows rich in song and Broadway history. Now, starting this Sunday, April 14th at 7 pm, Blackhurst will be revisiting each of these shows in a season-long series of “The Box Set” at Chelsea Table + Stage, starting this Sunday with “Autumn in New York: Vernon Duke’s Broadway.”

Interview: Groundlings Alumni Katierose Donohue Enriquez Is The QUEEN OF FISHTOWN
by Gil Kaan - Apr 6, 2024


Katierose Donohue Enriquez's multi-award-winning Queen of Fishtown returns to Los Angeles for three nights at The Groundlings beginning April 12, 2024. Corey Podell directs Katierose in her love letter to Philly.

Interview: 'It's Going to Feel Like A Festival in A Few Hours': Director Jimmy Fairhurst and Actor Les Dennis on TWELFTH NIGHT at Shakespeare North Playhouse
by Sarah OHara - Apr 5, 2024


Directed by Jimmy Fairhurst and starring Les Dennis as Malvolio, Not Too Tame return to the Shakespeare North Playhouse this summer, with an exciting new production of Twelfth Night.

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