Lee Hall's "The Pitmen Painters" is a bit like the art made by its characters: Whatever it lacks in technique it more than makes up for in expression.
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While it's hard not to miss the romantic sweep and orchestral lushness of Harold Prince's glorious original production, Trevor Nunn's chamber version is a persuasive and entertaining account of a great American musical.
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There’s a whole lotta shakin’ goin’ on in Broadway’s latest jukebox musical, but the book ain’t nothin’ but a hound dog.
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The nearly 20 producers who have latched onto the Broadway production of Rock of Ages since its Off-Broadway incarnation earlier this season must have smelled a big fat jukebox hit in the making.
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The writer's hand is too obvious in Theresa Rebeck's play about writers, but Alan Rickman's stingingly understated performance almost makes up for the play's shortcomings.
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The stage version of the 1994 cult film comedy is a gut-busting ride through the outback that will be keeping a lot of chorus boys in sequins and feathers for many a season.
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A flop in 1991, David Hirson's erudite comedy in verse gets a second chance to dazzle Broadway. Mark Rylance gives a spectacular tour de farce performance, while David Hyde Pierce and Joanna Lumley miraculously hold their own.
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Colin Quinn brings his low-key delivery and unique satiric perspective to a crash course on world civilization. It's pretty funny, but will audiences fork over Broadway prices for a 75-minute show?
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Though the book is skeletal, this loud and angry rock opera from Green Day breaks all the Broadway rules to create a moving portrait of rebels without causes and no place to go.
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How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
Director-choreographer Rob Ashford talked Daniel Radcliffe into trying his hand at musical comedy. Alas, the likable and undeniably talented lad is in over his head.
