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Review Roundup: John Patrick Shanley's PRODIGAL SON Opens at MTC
Review Roundup: John Patrick Shanley's PRODIGAL SON Opens at MTC
February 9, 2016

Manhattan Theatre Club presents the world premiere of PRODIGAL SON, the new play written and directed by Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize winner John Patrick Shanley (Doubt, Outside Mullingar). PRODIGAL SON opens tonight, February 9, at MTC at New York City Center - Stage I. Let's see what the critics had to say...

Review Roundup: THE WOODSMAN Opens Off-Broadway
Review Roundup: THE WOODSMAN Opens Off-Broadway
February 8, 2016

The critically acclaimed play THE WOODSMAN, a uniquely inventive retelling of the origins of Oz's Tin Woodsman, officially opens tonight, February 8, 2016, at Off-Broadway's New World Stages. Let's see what the critics had to say...

Review Roundup: L.A. Critics Review Wooster Group's THE ROOM Despite Samuel French Ban
Review Roundup: L.A. Critics Review Wooster Group's THE ROOM Despite Samuel French Ban
February 8, 2016

Despite licensing agent Samuel French forbidding all promotion and reviews for The Wooster Group's production of Harold Pinter's THE ROOM in Los Angeles at REDCAT, critics have decided to weigh in on the show, which runs now through February 14, 2016. Let's see what they had to say!

Review Roundup: OUR MOTHER'S BRIEF AFFAIR Opens on Broadway - All the Reviews!
Review Roundup: OUR MOTHER'S BRIEF AFFAIR Opens on Broadway - All the Reviews!
January 20, 2016

OUR MOTHER'S BRIEF AFFAIR, the new play by Tony Award winner Richard Greenberg, directed by MTC's award-winning artistic director Lynne Meadow, opens tonight, January 20 at MTC's Samuel J. Friedman Theatre (261 West 47th Street). Let's see what the critics had to say...

Review Roundup: CSC's MOTHER COURAGE AND HER CHILDREN Opens Off-Broadway
Review Roundup: CSC's MOTHER COURAGE AND HER CHILDREN Opens Off-Broadway
January 19, 2016

Classic Stage Company's MOTHER COURAGE AND HER CHILDREN officially opens tonight, January 19, starring Kecia Lewis in the title role after Tony winner Tonya Pinkins' departure during previews. Let's see what the critics had to say...

Review Roundup: NOISES OFF Opens on Broadway - All the Reviews!
Review Roundup: NOISES OFF Opens on Broadway - All the Reviews!
January 14, 2016

Roundabout Theatre Company's Noises Off officially opens tonight, January 14, 2016, for a limited engagement through Sunday, March 6, 2016, on Broadway at the American Airlines Theatre on Broadway. Let's see what the critics had to say...

Review Roundup: Billie Joe Armstrong's THESE PAPER BULLETS! Opens Off-Broadway
Review Roundup: Billie Joe Armstrong's THESE PAPER BULLETS! Opens Off-Broadway
December 16, 2015

The New York premiere of Pulitzer Prize finalist and Emmy Award nominated writer Rolin Jones and Tony Award nominee and Grammy Award winning Green Day front man Billie Joe Armstrong's new play with music THESE PAPER BULLETS!, directed by Jackson Gay, opened last night, December 15, at Atlantic Theater Company. Let's see what the critics had to say...

Review Roundup: ONCE UPON A MATTRESS, Starring Jackie Hoffman, Opens Off-Broadway
Review Roundup: ONCE UPON A MATTRESS, Starring Jackie Hoffman, Opens Off-Broadway
December 14, 2015

Transport Group presents ONCE UPON A MATTRESS, starring Jackie Hoffman (On the Town, Difficult People, Hairspray) as Princess Winnifred and John 'Lypsinka'Epperson (Lypsinka's The Boxed Set, The Passion of the Crawford) as Queen Aggravain. The production opened last night, December 13. Let's see what the critics had to say...

Review Roundup: MARJORIE PRIME, Starring Lois Smith, Opens Off-Broadway
Review Roundup: MARJORIE PRIME, Starring Lois Smith, Opens Off-Broadway
December 14, 2015

Playwrights Horizons presents the New York premiere of 2015 Pulitzer Prize finalist MARJORIE PRIME, a new play by Jordan Harrison (Maple and Vine, Doris to Darlene at PH; Amazons and Their Men; Kid-Simple; 'Orange is the New Black'). Commissioned byPlaywrights Horizons and directed by Obie Award winner Anne Kauffman (Detroit, Maple and Vine, Your Mother's Copy of the Kama Sutra at PH; Belleville; This Wide Night; The Thugs), the play opens tonight, December 14, at Playwrights Horizons' Mainstage Theater (416 West 42nd Street), and will play a limited engagement through Sunday, January 3. Let's see what the critics had to say...

Review Roundup: THE COLOR PURPLE Opens on Broadway - All the Reviews!
Review Roundup: THE COLOR PURPLE Opens on Broadway - All the Reviews!
December 10, 2015

The new Broadway revival of THE COLOR PURPLE opens tonight, December 10, at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre (242 W 45th Street). Let's see what the critics had to say...

Review Roundup: David Bowie's LAZARUS Opens Off-Broadway
Review Roundup: David Bowie's LAZARUS Opens Off-Broadway
December 7, 2015

New York Theatre Workshop presents LAZARUS by David Bowie and Enda Walsh (Once, Tony Award). Lazarus is inspired by the novel The Man Who Fell to Earth by Walter Tevis and directed by Ivo van Hove (Hedda Gabler, More Stately Mansions, Obie Awards). Lazarus began previews on November 18 and officially opens tonight, December 7, 2015 at New York Theatre Workshop. Let's see what the critics had to say...

Review Roundup: CHINA DOLL, Starring Al Pacino, Opens on Broadway - All the Reviews!
Review Roundup: CHINA DOLL, Starring Al Pacino, Opens on Broadway - All the Reviews!
December 4, 2015

CHINA DOLL is the new play by David Mamet starring Tony, Emmy and Academy Award-winner Al Pacino. Directed by Tony Award-winner Pam MacKinnon (Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf) and co-starring Christopher Denham ('Master Harold'... and the Boys, Argo, 'Manhattan'), China Doll officially opens tonight, December 4th, at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre (236 West 45th Street). Let's see what the critics had to say...

Review Roundup: INVISIBLE THREAD Opens at Second Stage
Review Roundup: INVISIBLE THREAD Opens at Second Stage
December 2, 2015

Second Stage's New York premiere production of INVISIBLE THREAD opens tonight, December 2, 2015 at the Tony Kiser Theatre (305 W 43rd Street). Tony Award winner Diane Paulus directs the new musical production, written by Matt Gould and Griffin Matthews. Darrell Grand Moultrie co-choreographs with Sergio Trujillo as choreographer. Let's see what the critics had to say...

Review Roundup: FUNNY GIRL, Starring Sheridan Smith, Opens in London- UPDATED!
Review Roundup: FUNNY GIRL, Starring Sheridan Smith, Opens in London- UPDATED!
February 15, 2016

FUNNY GIRL returns to the London stage for the first time since its 1966 premiere in a sold-out run, led by Olivier and BAFTA award-winning actress Sheridan Smith as 'Fanny Brice'. The multi award-winning Michael Mayer directs the production, opening tonight, 2 December, at Menier Chocolate Factory before a West End transfer. Let's see what the critics had to say...

Review Roundup: IMPORTANT HATS OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY Opens Off-Broadway
Review Roundup: IMPORTANT HATS OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY Opens Off-Broadway
November 23, 2015

Manhattan Theatre Club's world premiere of IMPORTANT HATS OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY, the new comedy by Emmy Award nominee Nick Jones, directed by Tony Award nomineeMoritz von Stuelpnagel, opens tonight, November 23, 2015 at The Studio at Stage II - Harold and Mimi Steinberg New Play Series at New York City Center - Stage II (131 West 55th Street). Let's see what the critics had to say...

Review Roundup: STEVE, Directed by Cynthia Nixon, Opens Off-Broadway
Review Roundup: STEVE, Directed by Cynthia Nixon, Opens Off-Broadway
November 18, 2015

The New Group presents the world premiere of STEVE, a new play by Mark Gerrard. Directed by Cynthia Nixon, this production features Ashlie Atkinson and Francisco Pryor Garat, and as announced, Mario Cantone, Jerry Dixon,Malcolm Gets and Matt McGrath. A limited Off-Broadway engagement plays now through December 27 at The Pershing Square Signature Center, with Opening Night set for tonight, November 18. Let's see what the critic had to say...

Review Roundup: A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE Opens on Broadway - All the Reviews!
Review Roundup: A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE Opens on Broadway - All the Reviews!
November 12, 2015

The Young Vic's critically-acclaimed production of Arthur Miller's A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE, directed by Ivo van Hove, opens tonight, November 12, at the Lyceum Theatre (149 West 45th Street). Let's see what the critics had to say...

Review Roundup: SHEAR MADNESS Opens Off-Broadway
Review Roundup: SHEAR MADNESS Opens Off-Broadway
November 12, 2015

The open-ended Off-Broadway engagement of Shear Madness opened last night, November 11, at New World Stages/Stage 4 (340 West 50th Street). Let's see what the critics had to say...

Review Roundup: ON YOUR FEET! Opens on Broadway - All the Reviews!
Review Roundup: ON YOUR FEET! Opens on Broadway - All the Reviews!
November 5, 2015

ON YOUR FEET!, the new Broadway musical based on the life story of seven-time GRAMMY winning international superstar Gloria Estefan and her husband, nineteen-time GRAMMY winning producer-musician-entrepreneur Emilio Estefan, opens on Broadway tonight, November 5, 2015 at the Marquis Theatre. Let's see what the critics had to say...

Review Roundup: THERESE RAQUIN Opens on Broadway - All the Reviews!
Review Roundup: THERESE RAQUIN Opens on Broadway - All the Reviews!
October 29, 2015

The Broadway adaptation of THERÈSE RAQUIN, starring Academy and Golden Globe nominee Keira Knightley (Therese) in her Broadway debut, opens officially tonight, October 29, 2015 on Broadway at Studio 54. Let's see what the critics had to say...



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