‘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.
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Under Christopher Ashley's desperately meta direction and bathed in Alan Menken and Glenn Slater's generic score, "Leap of Faith" needs its own miracle.
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"Clybourne Park," Bruce Norris' era-spanning satire on race, comes to Broadway with its original cast intact and a Pulitzer Prize, but it's still weak tea.
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Eric Simonson and Thomas Kail unsuccessfully translate basketball to the stage with “Magic/Bird,” based on the rivalry between Magic Johnson and Larry Bird.
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Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo
Robin Williams focuses his manic energy in a fiercely intense performance, but it's not enough to save Rajiv Joseph's weird and confusing play.
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Paul Reubens brings his red-bow-tied man-boy to Broadway for an evening of kiddie nostalgia and double entendres. But if you are not a fan, you probably won't be converted.
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This wild history lesson and political cartoon blasts onto Broadway with an adrenaline shot of satire and a sexypants star turn from Benjamin Walker.
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Despite two relatively recent Off-Broadway productions of the play, Linda Lavin breathes new life into Donald Margulies' two-hander about a veteran writer and her protégé.
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Douglas Hughes reconsiders David Mamet's explosive two-hander about sexual harassment, and with powerhouse performances from Julia Stiles and Bill Pullman, it's more than just a one-sided battle.
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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.
