Broadway Review

‘Breakfast at Tiffany’s’ Hasn’t Been Rethought in Theatrical Terms

Under director Sean Mathias’ eye playwright Richard Greenberg has adapted Truman Capote’s “Breakfast at Tiffany’s” for Broadway with remarkable fidelity—and that’s the problem.

‘Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike’ Is Pure Joy From Start to Finish

Sigourney Weaver, David Hyde Pierce, and Kristine Nielsen hit Broadway with Christopher Durang’s “Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike,” easily the season’s best new play to date.

Entertaining ‘Ann’ Brings Holland Taylor Back to Broadway After 30 Years

Author-actor Holland Taylor has found the role of her career in “Ann,” a solo show about former Texas governor Ann Richards, on Broadway at the Vivian Beaumont Theater.

‘Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella’ Gets Beaned

Douglas Carter Beane’s ambitious but ungainly rewrite of Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II’s 1957 TV musical “Cinderella” creates a show at war with itself.

‘Manilow on Broadway’ Brings Vegas to the Great White Way

“Manilow on Broadway,” Barry Manilow’s return to the Main Stem after nearly 25 years, is a Las Vegas–style concert in which the pop star gives his audience exactly what it wants.

There’s a Lot of Yelling but Little Drama in ‘Cat on a Hot Tin Roof’

Rob Ashford’s awkward, unmodulated direction and the miscasting of Scarlett Johansson sink this revival of Tennessee Williams’ Pulitzer Prize–winning “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.”

Several Performances Excepted, This Is No ‘Picnic’

William Inge’s 1953 Pulitzer Prize–winning “Picnic” requires careful orchestration, but it’s not getting it in director Sam Gold’s tin-eared take for Roundabout Theatre Company.

Moving to the Main Stem, ‘The Other Place’ Only Gets Richer

Laurie Metcalf is devastating in Sharr White’s penetrating dementia drama “The Other Place,” originally from MCC Theater and now on Broadway courtesy of Manhattan Theatre Club.

Even in an Uncertain Production, Mamet’s ‘Glengarry Glen Ross’ Has Power

In Daniel Sullivan’s unevenly directed revival of David Mamet’s Pulitzer Prize–winning “Glengarry Glen Ross,” Al Pacino entertains but makes a miscalculation fatal to the play.

Odets’ ‘Golden Boy’ Gets Golden Revival From Lincoln Center Theater

Lincoln Center Theater’s formidable revival of Clifford Odets’ “Golden Boy,” under Bartlett Sher’s acute direction, has a knockout performance from Seth Numrich in the title role.