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.

‘Jekyll & Hyde’ Is Back and Louder Than Ever

Constantine Maroulis and Deborah Cox confidently headline a revival of “Jekyll & Hyde,” Frank Wildhorn and Leslie Bricusse’s 1997 musical based on Robert Louis Stevenson’s novella.

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.”

‘Matilda the Musical’ Offers Coup After Coup de Théâtre

The Royal Shakespeare Company’s musical adaptation of Roald Dahl’s “Matilda” rushes at you from the stage of the Shubert Theatre with the relentlessness of a high-speed rail train.

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.

‘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.

‘Motown: The Musical’ Bathes Us in Nostalgia

“Motown: The Musical” is Berry Gordy’s show—he lived it, wrote it, and produced it—and the impresario has gambled that it’s all about the music, not the story; he’s probably right.

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.

‘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.