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Broadway Review: “Bug” at Manhattan Theatre Club’s Samuel J. Friedman Theatre (Closed Sunday, March 8, 2026)

Twenty-nine years after its London premiere, Tracy Letts’ “Bug” has finally crawled onto Broadway at Manhattan Theatre Club’s Samuel J. Friedman Theatre, and the question that matters most isn’t whether this David Cromer-directed production succeeds or fails—it’s whether Cromer understood what play he was directing. “Bug” is a psychiatric horror about folie à deux, the clinical term for shared psychotic…

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Broadway Review: “Chess” at the Imperial Theatre (Through Sunday, May 3, 2026)

December 16, 2025 | Broadway | "Chess", Aaron Tveit, Adam Halpin, Aleksandr Ivan Pevec, Aliah James, Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus, Bradley Dean, Brian Usifer, Bryce Pinkham, Casey Garvin, costume design by Tom Broecker, Daniel Beeman, Danny Strong, Emma Degerstedt, Fredric Rodriguez Odgaard, Hair, Hannah Cruz, Jason Thinger CSA, Jim Carnahan CSA, Johanna McKeon, Joseph Verlezza, Katerina Papacostas, Katie Webber, Kyla Bartholomeusz, Lea Michele, lighting design by Kevin Adams, Lorin Latarro, Matthew Murphy, Michael Mayer, Michael Milkanin, Michael Olaribigbe, New York Theatre Reviews, Nicholas Christopher, Ramone Nelson, Regine Sophia, Samantha Pollino, Sarah Meahl, Sarah Michele Lindsey, scenic design by David Rockwell, Sean Allan Krill, Sean MacLaughlin, Shavey Brown, sound design by John Shivers, Sydney Jones, Theatre Reviews, Theatre Reviews Limited, Tim Rice, Travis Waldschmidt, video design by Peter Nigrini, Wig and Makeup Design are by Luc Verschueren for Campbell Young Associates

The recent revival of “Chess “on Broadway comes nearly forty years after its first opening on London’s West End in 1986, with a subsequent move to Broadway after major revisions, in 1988. The Broadway production directed by Trevor Nunn closed after two months recording good attendance, but unfavorable financial returns. This recent incarnation, deftly directed by Michael Mayer, confines the…

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Broadway Review: Second Stage’s “Marjorie Prime” at the Helen Hayes Theatre (Closed Sunday, February 8, 2026)

December 12, 2025 | Broadway | "Marjorie Prime", Anne Kauffman, Christopher Lowell, costume design by Márion Tálan de la Rosa, Cynthia Nixon, Danny Burstein, David Roberts, Joan Marcus, Jordan Harrison, June Squibb, lighting design by Ben Stanton, New York Theatre Reviews, scenic design by Lee Jellinek, sound design and original music by Daniel Kluger, Theatre Reviews, Theatre Reviews Limited

Where do our memories go when we die? Jordan Harrison’s “Marjorie Prime,” now receiving its Broadway premiere at the Helen Hayes Theatre, asks this question with stunning simplicity and devastating honesty. In Harrison’s near-future, holographic AI companions called “Primes” serve as repositories for family stories, programmed by the living to remember what we tell them—and only what we tell them….

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Broadway Review: “The Queen of Versailles” at the St. James Theatre (Closed Sunday, December 21, 2025)

December 8, 2025 | Broadway | "The Queen of Versailles", ” Melody Butiu, Andrew Kober, Anne Fraser Thomas, Baseline Theatrical, C12 Casting, Cassondra James, casting by Stephen Kopel CSA & Carrie Gardner, Christopher Cree Grant, Christopher Gurr, Clarissa Marie Ligon, costume design by Christian Cowan, David Aron Damane, David Roberts, Drew Elhamalawy, F. Murray Abraham, Grace Slear, Greg Hildreth, hair & wig design by Cookie Jordan, Isabel Keating, Jake Bentley Young, Jesse Kovarsky, KJ Hippensteel, Kristin Chenoweth, Lauren Yalango-Grant, lighting design by Natasha Katz, Lindsey Ferrentino, Michael Arden, Michael McCorry Rose, New York Theatre Reviews, Nina White, orchestrations by John Clancy, Pablo David Laucerica, Ryah Nixon, scenic & video design by Dane Laffrey, Shea Renne, Sherie Rene Scott, sound design by Peter Hylenski, St. James Theatre, Stephen DeRosa, Stephen Schwartz, Tatum Grace Hopkins, Theatre Reviews, Theatre Reviews Limited, Travis Murad Leland, Yeman Brown

In late 2025, as wealth inequality reaches historic levels and millions struggle with housing costs, “The Queen of Versailles” arrives on Broadway at the St. James Theatre to ask: wouldn’t it be fun to watch billionaires build a 90,000-square-foot mansion? The musical, based on Lauren Greenfield’s 2012 documentary about timeshare mogul David Siegel and his wife Jackie constructing their own…

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Broadway Review: “Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York)” (Currently On)

December 2, 2025 | Broadway | "Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York)", Christiani Pitts, Jim Barne, Joseph Verlezza, Kit Buchan, Lighting Design by Jack Knowles Sound Design by Tony Gayle, Matthew Murphy, Music Supervision by Nick Finlow, New York Theatre Reviews, Orchestrations by Lux Pyramid, Sam Tutty, Scenic and Costume Design by Soutra Gilmour, The Longacre Theatre, Theatre Reviews, Theatre Reviews Limited, Tim Jackson

The recently opened new Broadway musical “Two Strangers Carry A Cake Across New York” leans towards the formula of a savvy rom com that is unassuming and charming, thanks to Christiani Pitts and Sam Tutty, who star in this two-hander. They are challenged by the superficial and at times rambling script penned by Jim Barne and Kit Buchan, who are…

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Off-Broadway Review: “Initiative” at the Public’s LuEsther Hall (Closed Sunday, December 7, 2025)

December 2, 2025 | LGBTQ+, Off-Broadway, Queer | "Initiative", "Spring Awakening", Andrea Lopez Alvarez (Kendall), Brandon Burk (Offstage Voice/Understudy Em/Lo/Tony), Carson Higgins (Lo), Christopher Dylan White (Em), costume design by Kindall Almond, costume design dramaturgy by Susan Hilferty, David Roberts, dramaturgy by Sarah Lunnie, Else Went, Emma Rosa Went, fight direction by Dan Renkin, Greg Cuellar (Riley), Harrison Densmore (Ty), intimacy direction by Laura Hackman, Jamie Sanders (Tony), Janelle Caso is the production stage manager, Jose Useche (Understudy Riley/Ty), lighting design by Christopher Akerlind, LuEsther Hall, Marisa Brau-Reyes (Understudy Clara/Kendall), Molly Foy is the stage manager., New York Theatre Reviews, Olivia Rose Barresi (Clara), projection design by S Katy Tucker, prop management by Aisha Hamida, Public Theater, scenic design by Mikiko Suzuki MacAdams, sound design by Angela Baughman, Steven Sater and Duncan Sheik, Theatre Reviews, Theatre Reviews Limited

Most coming-of-age plays invite us to relate to individual characters as they navigate adolescent turmoil. We watch from outside, recognizing ourselves in their struggles. Else Went’s “Initiative,” receiving its world premiere at The Public Theater, does something far more ambitious and profound: it draws us inside the collective unconscious of seven teenagers coming to terms with trauma, sexuality, violence, and…

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Off-Broadway Review: “The Seat of Our Pants” at the Public’s Newman Theater (Closed Sunday, December 7, 2025)

November 24, 2025 | Off-Broadway | "Seat of Our Pants", "The Skin of Our Teeth", Alex Luong, Allison Ann Kelly, Ally Bonino, Amina Faye, Andy Grotelueschen, Angela Travino, Ben Beckley, Bill Buell, Caroline Englander, Cole Burden, costume design by Kaye Voyce, Damon Daunno, Daniel Kluger, David Roberts, David Ryan Smith, Ethan Lipton, fight direction by Jordan Laroya, Geena Quintos, Joan Marcus, Kelly Belarmino, Leigh Silverman, León Ramos Tak, lighting design by Lap Chi Chu, Micaela Diamond, Michael Lepore, Nat Lopez, Nathan Koci, New York Theatre Reviews, Newman Theater, Prop management by Claire M. Kavanah, Public Theater, Ruth E. Sternberg, Ruthie Ann Miles, Sarah Lunnie, scenic design by Lee Jellinek, Shelley Miles serves as stage manager, Shuler Hensley, sound design by Drew Levy, Theatre Reviews, Theatre Reviews Limited, Thornton Wilder, Tomoko Akaboshi

Thornton Wilder wrote “The Skin of Our Teeth” in 1942 as the world burned. Ethan Lipton’s musical adaptation “The Seat of Our Pants,” now at the Public Theater, arrives as history repeats itself with eerie precision. The Announcer’s opening number catalogs our contemporary disasters—”We made it through the recession-pandemic-wildfire-oligarchy by the seat of our pants”—and suddenly Wilder’s absurdist chronicle of…

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Broadway Review: “Little Bear Ridge Road” at the Booth Theatre (Closed Sunday, December 21, 2025)

In Samuel D. Hunter’s “Little Bear Ridge Road,” currently playing at the Booth Theatre, James, an astrophysics graduate student, explains to his boyfriend Ethan that the three stars forming Orion’s Belt look aligned from Earth but are actually separated by eight hundred light years. It’s a casually delivered bit of astronomy that becomes the play’s quiet revelation: perspective changes everything,…

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Off-Broadway: “Kyoto” at Lincoln Center Theater’s Mitzi Newhouse Theater (Closed Sunday, November 30, 2025)

November 3, 2025 | Broadway, LGBTQ+, Queer | "Kyoto", Aideen Malone (lighting design), Akhila Krishnan (video design), Amelia McClain, Christopher Reid (sound design), Clark Carmichael, CSA (casting), CSA and Alexandre Bleau, Daniel Jenkins, Dariush Kashani, David Roberts, Diana DiVita (stage manager), Ed Burnside (associate director), Emilio Madrid, Erin Darke, Ferdy Roberts, Gemma Stockwood (Dramaturg), Imani Jade Powers, Jim Carnahan, Joe Murphy, Joe Robertson, Jorge Bosch, Julia Horan (original UK casting director), Justin Martin, Kate Burton, LGBTQ, Lianah Sta. Ana, Lincoln Center Theater, Luis Carlos de La Lombana, Miriam Buether (set design), Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater, Natalie Gold, Natalie Pryce (costume design), New York Theatre Reviews, Odera Adimorah, Paul Englishby (original music), Paul Juhn, Peter Bradbury, Rob Narita, Roslyn Ruff, Stephen Daldry, Stephen Kunken, Taiana Tully, Theatre Reviews, Theatre Reviews Limited

After garnering mostly rave reviews in London’s West End and Stratford-upon-Avon, “Kyoto” by Joe Murphy and Joe Robertson is currently running Off-Broadway at Lincoln Center Theater’s Mitzi Newhouse Theater. The play spans 1989-1997 and is narrated from the point of view of Don Pearlman (Stephen Kunken), an American oil lobbyist who works to sabotage UN climate negotiations. It’s framed as…

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Broadway Review: “Ragtime” at Lincoln Center Theater’s Vivian Beaumont Theater (Currently On)

October 26, 2025 | Broadway, Music | “Ragtime”, 59 Studio (projection design), Adam Honoré (Lighting Design), Alan Wiggins, Allison Blackwell, Ann James (sensitivity specialist), Anna Grace Barlow, Ben Levi Ross, Billy Cohen, Brandon Uranowitz, Briana Carlson-Goodman, Caissie Levy, Colin Donnell, David Jennings, David Korins (scenic design), Deandre Sevon, Eean Sherrod Cochran, Ellenore Scott (choreography), Ellie Fishman, Ellie May Sennett, Jackson Parker Gill, Jacob Keith Watson, Jason Forbach, Jenny Mollet, John Clay III, John Rapson, Jordan Chin, Joseph Verlezza, Joshua Henry, Kai Harada (Sound Design), Kaleb Johnson, Kane Emmanuel Miller, Kayla Pecchioni, Kent Overshown, Kerry Conte, Lauren Blackman, Lincoln Center Theater, Linda Cho (Costume Design), Marina Kondo, Matthew Murphy, Matthew Scott, Morgan Marcell, Music Director James Moore, New York Theatre Reviews, Nichelle Lewis, Nicholas Barrón, Nick Barrington, Nick Gaswirth, Rheaume Crenshaw, Rodd Cyrus, Shaina Taub, Stephen Flaherty, Ta’Nika Gibson, Tabitha Lawing, The Telsey Office, The Telsey Office Craig Burns CSA (casting), Theatre Reviews, Theatre Reviews Limited, Tom Nelis, Tom Watson (hair and wig design), Vivian Beaumont Theater, William David Brohn

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,…

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