sound design by Cody Spencer

Broadway Mini-Review: “Dog Day Afternoon” at the August Wilson Theatre (Through Sunday, July 12, 2026)

April 1, 2026 | Broadway, LGBTQ+, Queer > | "Dog Day Afternoon", Alex J. Gould, Andrea Syglowski, as well as Michael Kostroff, August Wilson Theatre, Barclay Stiff, Brian D. Coats, Carmen Zilles, Christopher Sears, costume design by Brenda Abbandandolo, Danny Johnson, David Roberts, Dom Martello, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Elizabeth Canavan, Esteban Andres Cruz, hair and wig design by Leah J. Loukas, Jeff Still, Jessica Hecht and Spencer Garrett, John Ortiz, Jon Bernthal, lighting design by Isabella Byrd, makeup design by Katie Gell, Matthew Murphy and Evan Zimmerman, Michael Puzzo, Michael Shayan, New York Theatre Reviews, Paola Lázaro, Rupert Goold, scenic design by David Korins, sound design by Cody Spencer, Stephen Adly Guirgis, The Telsey Office, Theatre Reviews, Theatre Reviews Limited, Wilemina Olivia-Garcia

Eleven shows. Eleven days. Welcome to April’s theatrical marathon. What follows are compressed reviews – 300 words each, five shows per roundup – covering everything we’ve seen for Outer Critics Circle nominating and voting purposes. The format is leaner, but the critical standards remain unchanged: what works, what doesn’t, and why it matters. “ATTICA! ATTICA!” Sonny Amato’s battle cry turned…

Broadway Review: “The Last Five Years” at the Hudson Theatre (Closed Sunday, June 22, 2025)

April 14, 2025 | Broadway, last five, Music > | "The Last Five Years", choreography by Jeff Kuperman and Jeff Kuperman, Cody Renard Richard, costume design by Dede Ayite, Hudson Theatre, Jason Robert Brown, Joseph Verlezza, Lighting design by Stacey Derosier, Matthew Murphy, New York Theatre Reviews, set design by David Zinn, sound design by Cody Spencer, Theatre Reviews, Theatre Reviews Limited, Whitney White, wig and hair design by Mia Neal

“The Last Five Years” featuring a book, music and lyrics, by Jason Robert Brown, has had a long journey since first opening in Chicago in 2001. It has had two off Broadway runs, two London runs (one West End), it was made into a film, and it has now finally arrived on Broadway at the Hudson Theatre. It is a…

Broadway Review: “Job” at the Helen Hayes Theater (Closed on Sunday, October 27, 2024)

At the beginning of “Job” which is currently running at the Helen Hayes Theater, Jane (a frenetic yet oddly focused Sydney Lemmon) enters Lloyd’s (a seemingly focused yet not fully at ease Peter Friedman) office holding a gun, confident she knows “who he is.” Although she then briefly experiences some temporary doubt about her well-researched hypothesis, she is willing to…