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Nonmusical Revue 'How to Be a New Yorker' Is Bland Tourist Fare

“How to Be a New Yorker,” the nonmusical revue of New York facts, sketches, and stereotypes playing at Sofia’s Downstairs Theater, mines obvious material in unimaginative ways.

Current and Upcoming Broadway Shows

A list of current and upcoming Broadway shows and their theaters.

Bobby Cannavale Comes Full Circle With Broadway’s ‘The Big Knife’

Cannavale takes the stage in Roundabout Theatre Company’s revival of Clifford Odets’ “The Big Knife” as Charlie Castle, a role he’s been waiting 15 years to play.

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.

'Neverwhere' Conjures a Dank, Fantastical Netherworld

Robert Kauzlaric’s inventive adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s 1996 fantasy novel “Neverwhere,” from Sacred Fools, sweeps us into a bizarre alternate world below London’s streets.

'Rebecca,' 'Spider-Man,' and 'Mormon' Oh My! Plus Which Star Got Fired?

"Rebecca" is still causing controversy; Mormons are advertising for "The Book of Mormon"; and an unnamed start got let go from her Broadway debut before it even began.

Benjamin Walker Heats Up Broadway in 'Cat on a Hot Tin Roof'

Benjamin Walker returns to Broadway in "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof," opposite Scarlett Johannson, and discusses how he approaches the role and how he feels about being a sex symbol.

2012 Standout NY and L.A. Theater Performances

As 2013 commences, Backstage continues its tradition of eschewing a list of the top 10 shows of the past year in favor of a salute to actors. Not the “best,” not the “most,” not ranked in any order—simply performances so outstanding that Backstage’s reviewers wish to salute them.

'The House of Von Macramé' Is Bloody Fun

“The House of Von Macramé,” Joshua Conkel and Matt Marks’ delirious new musical at the Bushwick Starr, mixes the cattiness of high fashion with the gore of a slasher movie.