Tony Award winner Tonya Pinkins joins the cast of La Cage Aux Folles (running June 17 – 28, 2026) as Jacqueline, along with Peter Francis James as Edouard, and Rachel Webb as Anne. They join previously announced Emmy Award winner Wayne Brady (Georges), Emmy, Grammy, and Tony winner Billy Porter (Albin), Encores! alum Alaman Diadhiou (Jean-Michel), James Jackson Jr. (Jacob),…
The prologue to “The Lost Boys,” the new musical adaptation of the 1987 Warner Bros. film now at the Palace Theatre, immediately signals Michael Arden’s dark ambitions for this material. A police officer investigates the abandoned Coronado Ironworks factory by flashlight, interrupted by Ronald Reagan’s voice on a flickering television extolling “the strength and integrity of the family.” Before the…
“The Rocky Horror Show” featuring a book, music and lyrics by Richard O’Brien, premiered at the Royal Court Theatre in 1973 and had its American debut in Los Angeles in 1974 where it ran for a successful nine months at several venues. It received a Broadway debut in 1975 at the Belasco Theatre but closed after three previews and forty-five…
When we saw “Cats: The Jellicle Ball” at PAC NYC last summer, the production didn’t work. The audience overpowered the performers – whooping, hollering, stomping on wooden risers until the vocals were buried and the show became chaos. We left disappointed despite the concept’s promise. The Broadway transfer at the Broadhurst Theatre solves every problem. We loved this production. The…
It has taken a very long time, actually 27 years, but Richard Maltby and David Shire have decided that it was “About Time,” their new musical revue, that completes the trilogy which began with “Starting Here, Starting Now” in 1976, followed by “Closer Than Ever” in 1989. It is about life in its third act, getting older and dealing with…
It is very rare that a revival of a musical is imagined better than the original production and exceptional that its message is more relevant now than when it first opened on Broadway nearly thirty years ago in 1997, garnering four Tony Awards. That is the case for the glorious revival of “Ragtime” with a book penned by Terrence McNally,…
Unless your bucket list includes testing the limits of your eardrums before they tear beyond repair, after exposure to unbearable decibels, it would be prudent to avoid the new jukebox musical “Rolling Thunder” which is currently playing at New World Stages – Stage 3. With book by Bruce Hallett and directed by Kenneth Ferrone, “Rolling Thunder” describes itself as “raw…
Flowing in the same vein as the triumphant off-Broadway show “Dead Outlaw,” which made a move to Broadway last season, is the wonderful “Beau the Musical,” now playing at Theatre 154. Produced by Out of the Box Theatrics, the musical follows somewhat the same structure where an onstage band provides the musical force but also serve double duty by taking…
The Outer Critics Circle (OCC), the official organization of writers on New York theatre for out-of-town, national, and digital news publications, has announced the winners for the 2025 Outer Critics Circle Awards, honoring the 2024-2025 Broadway and Off-Broadway season. The complete list of winners is below. The awards ceremony will be held on Thursday, May 22, 2025 at Lincoln…
The somewhat recognizable journey from play, to film, and finally to musical delivers the new “Real Women have Curves” to the James Earl Jones Theatre on Broadway. It has morphed into a small musical with a big heart. The book by Lisa Loomer and Nell Benjamin is based on the play by Josefina Lopez and the screenplay by Ms. Lopez…