Broadway Review

Diane Paulus Unlocks a Joyful Innocence in Her Heaven-Sent ‘Pippin’

Diane Paulus’ circus-inspired, beautifully buoyant, intoxicatingly sensual revival of Stephen Schwartz and Roger O. Hirson’s “Pippin” ends the Broadway season on a grand high.

‘I’ll Eat You Last: A Chat With Sue Mengers’ Barely Scratches the Surface

In John Logan’s solo show “I’ll Eat You Last: A Chat With Sue Mengers,” Bette Midler is disappointingly content to reprise her Divine Miss M persona, and Mengers goes missing.

'The Trip to Bountiful’ Is a Not-to-Be-Missed Treasure

The magnificent Cicely Tyson gives a performance for the ages in director Michael Wilson’s impeccable Broadway revival of Horton Foote’s 1953 masterwork “The Trip to Bountiful.”

‘The Testament of Mary’ Would Achieve More With Less

In Colm Tóibín’s 90-minute monologue “The Testament of Mary,” Fiona Shaw plays a very human Virgin Mary, but director Deborah Warner’s calculated symbolic clutter swamps the text.

Inventive ‘Macbeth’ Provides New Perspectives on Shakespeare’s Tragedy

A stunningly versatile Alan Cumming leads us into dark corridors of the human mind in this near-solo staging of Shakespeare’s “Macbeth, from the National Theatre of Scotland.

‘Orphans’ Offers Fine Actors Playing Synthetic Power Games

Lyle Kessler’s 1985 play “Orphans,” making its Broadway debut starring Alec Baldwin, remains a tiresome mix of pilfered Pinter and stolen Shepard enlivened by flashy performances.

‘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.

'The Assembled Parties' Weaves a Web of Complicated Relationships

Richard Greenberg’s touching familial comedy-drama “The Assembled Parties,” from Manhattan Theatre Club, starring Judith Light and Jessica Hecht, is written with boundless affection.

‘The Big Knife’ Cuts Sharply and Deeply

In Doug Hughes’ tough-minded production for Roundabout starring Bobby Cannavale, “The Big Knife,” Clifford Odets’ gimlet-eyed look at selling out, wreaks harrowing emotional devastation.

‘The Nance’ Is Bold, Brave, and Flawed

Eminent theatrical boulevardier Douglas Carter Beane reaches for something deeper and darker in Lincoln Center Theater’s “The Nance,” starring Nathan Lane in a tour de force turn.