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‘Our Mother’s Brief Affair’ Broadway Review: Linda Lavin Looks Back With Angst
Richard Greenberg’s fictitious revelations can’t compare to the play’s central bombshell, which can be found on Wikipedia
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‘Noises Off’ Broadway Review: Does Andrea Martin Lead a Laugh Riot or Smile Contest?
Return visitors to Michael Frayn’s three-act comedy may find watching its play within a play too much of a bad thing
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TheWrap Picks 10 Best and Worst in Theater 2015
TheWrap Rewind 2015: From “Hamilton” to “The King and I,” critic Robert Hofler looks backs at the highlights and lowlights of theater on and off Broadway
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‘These Paper Bullets!’ Theater Review: Billie Joe Armstrong Combines the Beatles and the Bard
There isn’t enough of Armstrong’s music and there’s way too much of Rolin Jones’ book, which achieves the uneasy feat of being both amateur and frenetic
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‘The Color Purple’ Broadway Review: Jennifer Hudson, Cynthia Erivo Lead Sexy Revival
Under John Doyle’s inspired direction, sex emerges as a major ingredient in this very adult musical, whether it’s sex to make love, to abuse someone, or just to have fun
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‘Lazarus’ Theater Review: David Bowie Revisits ‘The Man Who Fell to Earth’
“Dexter” star Michael C. Hall plays the alien who wants to travel back to outer space, but this time it’s more a trip to our common inner space
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‘School of Rock’ Broadway Review: Julian Fellowes, Andrew Lloyd Webber Try to Rock
In a rock musical based on the 2003 American movie, you exit humming Mozart — yes, Mozart
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‘China Doll’ Broadway Review: Al Pacino, David Mamet Play With Politics and Greed
Pacino never hides his technique, which is what makes him so entertaining to watch. Here, he brings out his entire arsenal of shtick
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‘Invisible Thread’ Theater Review: Musical’s Uganda Is Far From ‘Book of Mormon’
Director Diane Paulus eschews the pyrotechnics of her recent Broadway outings to embrace a minimalist approach that suits this autobiographical musical to perfection
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‘Important Hats of the Twentieth Century’ Theater Review: Camp Meets High Fashion
“Orange Is the New Black” writer-producer Nick Jones has fashioned a hilarious, always hallucinatory new Off Broadway comedy about a time-traveling clothing designer
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‘Steve’ Theater Review: Same-Sex Marriage Can Be Anything But Gay
Mark Gerrard borrows from the Terrence McNally school of insult humor, with Kristin Chenoweth and Audra McDonald being trashed in jokes that don’t land
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‘Incident at Vichy’ Theater Review: Arthur Miller Rarity Looks Back at WWII France
The playwright is at his best with the back and forth on whether the Nazis have no table manners or are the best audiences for music in the world
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‘Misery’ Broadway Review: Bruce Willis, Laurie Metcalf Play Crazy Cat and Injured Mouse
Willis gives a credible performance, but as a stage actor he doesn’t show much invention or variety
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‘A View From the Bridge’ Broadway Review: Ivo van Hove Strips Arthur Miller to the Bare Bone
Mark Strong, in a powerful performance, turns Eddie Carbone’s tragedy into an utter inability and unwillingness to understand his own motives
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‘Dada Woof Papa Hot’ Theater Review: John Benjamin Hickey Grapples With New Kind of Marriage
Peter Parnell has a real ear for mixing up the new gay (family values) with the old gay (great, uninhibited sex), and having his lead character torn between the two
