Broadway Review

Carolee Carmello Is the Reason to See 'Scandalous'

In “Scandalous,” Kathie Lee Gifford’s flimsy, expository musical about the life of evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson, Carolee Carmello works miracles in a must-see performance.

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.”

Chaplin

Despite charismatic work by Rob McClure as Charlie Chaplin and Warren Carlyle’s busy direction, nobody escapes Christopher Curtis’ dismally dull biographical musical unscathed.

Theresa Rebeck’s New Comedy ‘Dead Accounts’ Is DOA on Broadway

Theresa Rebeck’s new comedy “Dead Accounts,” with a cast featuring Norbert Leo Butz, Katie Holmes, Josh Hamilton, and Jayne Houdyshell, wouldn’t even pass muster as a Lifetime movie.

‘Grace,’ Starring Paul Rudd and Michael Shannon, Falls Quickly

Paul Rudd, Michael Shannon, Kate Arrington, and Ed Asner make impressive attempts at shaping Craig Wright’s flat characters in this overly metaphorical production.

Mamet’s ‘The Anarchist’ Is a Droning Essay Brought to Unnatural Life

David Mamet’s “The Anarchist,” starring Patti LuPone and Debra Winger, takes a potentially juicy situation and drains it of all humanity and drama in a mere 60 minutes.

‘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.

'The Mystery of Edwin Drood' Sings Again at Roundabout

Roundabout has revived Rupert Holmes’ 1985 musical of Charles Dickens’ “The Mystery of Edwin Drood” in director Scott Ellis’ brisk and bright, strikingly handsome production.

'The Performers' Is an Embarrassment for All Concerned

Names such as Henry Winkler, Cheyenne Jackson, and Alicia Silverstone can’t save David West Read’s cynical “The Performers,” which plays like a square and very bad 1960s sex comedy.

‘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.