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Latest Review Roundups

Review Roundup: Critics Weigh In on Suzan-Lori Parks' SALLY & TOM
April 17, 2024

The Public Theater just celebrated opening night for the New York premiere of SALLY & TOM, a bold new dramedy written by Pulitzer Prize winner and Public Theater Writer-in-Residence Suzan-Lori Parks and directed by Steve H. Broadnax III. Check out what the critics are saying!

Review Roundup: LEMPICKA Opens on Broadway
April 14, 2024

Lempicka, the new musical portrait of artist Tamara de Lempicka, opened on Broadway tonight, Sunday, April 14 at the Longacre Theatre. See what the critics had to say here!

Review Roundup: What Did the Critics Think of Ian McKellen in PLAYER KINGS?
April 12, 2024

Bringing together Shakespeare's two great history plays, Player Kings is now open at the Noël Coward Theatre. Ian McKellen plays Falstaff in a new version of Shakespeare’s Henry IV, adapted by the award-winning writer and director Robert Icke. A divided country, leadership crumbling, corruption in the air. 

Review Roundup: THE OUTSIDERS Opens On Broadway
April 11, 2024

S.E. Hinton's The Outsiders has made the jump from page to stage and is opening on Broadway tonight at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre. The critics stopped by to see what the musical take on the literary classic has in store for audiences! Read the reviews!

Review Roundup: Did Brian Cox Impress in LONG DAY'S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT?
April 03, 2024

The Emmy, Golden Globe and Olivier award-winning actor Brian Cox, has made his return to the London stage in Jeremy Herrin’s new production of Long Day’s Journey Into Night.

Review Roundup: STALKER Opens at New World Stages
April 02, 2024

Directed by “Eurovision” mastermind Edward Af Sillén, Stalker just celebrated its opening night Off-Broadway at New World Stages. Check out what the critics are saying about the new show!


REGIONAL REVIEWS

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Review: GUN & POWDER at Paper Mill Playhouse-An Exciting, Elaborate New Musical
New Jersey: April 17, 2024

Paper Mill Playhouse is presenting the exciting and elaborate new musical, 'Gun & Powder.'

Review: DIVERSITY: SUPERNOVA, De Montfort Hall, Leicester
UK / West End: April 17, 2024

It's hard to imagine what more an audience could possibly want from a dance show than what Diversity provide in their current tour Supernova. There are stunning, tightly choreographed dance routines, impressive production values, up-to-the-minute technology, music loud enough to reverberate through your spine, and heavy doses of both humour and earnestness. Oh, and it rains on stage. This is bold, flashy entertainment underpinned with incredible talent.

Review: DISTILLATION at Solas Nua
Washington, DC: April 17, 2024

You meet in the hotel lobby and go up the elevator in two groups of 10 to the fourth floor. Once assembled there, you’re led to a community room where you take your seat around a table covered in clumps of black earth that we’ll soon come to learn is peat. Irish peat, from the bogs. Three hundred pounds of it, shipped from the Emerald Isle.

Review: EVERY BRILLIANT THING at Court Theatre
New Zealand: April 17, 2024

Every Brilliant Thing is a one man show about depression and suicide. It is told through the voice of a child growing up through to adulthood finding a mechanism to cope with his mothers repeated attempts to take her life. 

Review: BONNIE AND CLYDE, King's Theatre, Glasgow
Scotland: April 17, 2024

Two small-town kids from the middle of nowhere became the biggest folk heroes in all America. They craved adventure—and each other. Their names were Bonnie and Clyde.

Review: PinkPantheress at Brooklyn Paramount
Music: April 17, 2024

What did our critic think of PINKPANTHERESS AT BROOKLYN PARAMOUNT at Brooklyn Paramount?

Review: MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING, Watermill Theatre
UK / West End: April 17, 2024

Much Ado About Nothing is a quintessential Shakespeare farce: mistaken identities, intertwining romances, betrayals and deception all wrapped up with a neat little bow by the end. The same can be said for the screwball comedies that dominated 1930’s and 40’s cinema, so it’s no surprise why Tom Wentworth would want to bring the events of Renaissance-era Messina to the backstage gossip of Golden Age Hollywood.

Review: THE 25TH ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE at Clarksville High School
Arkansas: April 17, 2024

What did our critic think of THE 25TH ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE at Clarksville High School?

Review: 'THE BOYS IN THE BAND' at Palm Canyon Theatre
Palm Springs: April 17, 2024

What did our critic think of 'THE BOYS IN THE BAND' at Palm Canyon Theatre?

Review: THE ADDAMS FAMILY at Broadway Palm Dinner Theatre
Ft. Myers/Naples: April 16, 2024

What did our critic think of THE ADDAMS FAMILY at Broadway Palm Dinner Theatre?

Review: ROMEO AND JULIET at Actors Theatre Of Little Rock
Arkansas: April 16, 2024

What did our critic think of ROMEO AND JULIET at Actors Theatre Of Little Rock?

Review: WHAT THE CONSTITUTION MEANS TO ME At The Phoenix Theatre Company
Phoenix: April 16, 2024

The Phoenix Theatre Company's production of WHAT THE CONSTITUTION MEANS TO ME, directed by Michelle Chin and featuring Kate Haas ~ a necessary and inspiring reminder of our nation's journey to freedom for all.

Review: Jenna Pastuszek Belts Streisand's Hits at The Yale Club Of NYC
Cabaret: April 16, 2024

What a divine musical evening! This reviewer was completely enchanted by Jenna Pastuszek's tribute to Barbra Streisand featuring multi-talented pianist and musical director, Joshua Zecher-Ross.

Review: TIGER STYLE! at TheatreWorks Silicon Valley
San Francisco / Bay Area: April 16, 2024

What did our critic think of TIGER STYLE! at TheatreWorks Silicon Valley? BroadwayWorld reviews Mike Lew's riotous and biting comedy 'Tiger Style!' running through April 28th in Mountain View.

Review: MR. PARKER at Dezart Performs
Palm Springs: April 16, 2024

Death tends to affect those who remain differently. Some take time to grieve, then march boldly forward, while others live in purgatory, their grief so overwhelming they only function within the pain of their loss. Mr. Parker by Michael McKeever is very much about just that - as was Daniel’s Husband, but while Daniel’s Husband left us with tears and broken hearts, Mr. Parker gives us hope for life after loss, as well as a lot of laughs which is a great analgesic when exploring deep emotions.

Review: NATASHA, PIERRE, AND THE GREAT COMET OF 1812 at Cygnet Theatre
San Diego: April 16, 2024

“Natasha, Pierre, and The Great Comet of 1812” now playing at Cygnet Theatre is a maximalist electro-pop opera immersive musical dream, with a superb cast, and wonderful choreography, it will leave you dazzled.  “Natasha, Pierre, and The Great Comet of 1812” is running through May 19th.

Review: ROBIN HOOD at the B St. Theatre is Fun for the Whole Family
Sacramento: April 16, 2024

Robin Hood, that English ruffian, is back over 700 years after first appearing in Sherwood Forest. His story has undergone several transformations, including the addition of Maid Marian and Friar Tuck in the 15th century. It continues to evolve to encompass 21st century ideas in Jerry Montoya’s new play at the B St. Theatre, Robin Hood.

Review: CLEANSED at CATASTROPHIC THEATRE
Houston: April 16, 2024

Should you avoid seeing the show? For God’s sake, no. You will miss what is surely going to be one of the most talked about pieces of work in Houston’s theatrical history. Go see it, and make your own call whether you love or hate it. But don’t let them brainwash you into thinking this is only about love because it is also about repulsion, and that is okay. It is very much as if David Cronenberg and David Lynch made a movie, and Jim Henson designed the sex scenes.

Stephen Sondheim se vrací do Plzně v dobré COMPANY
Prague: April 16, 2024

Po prosincové derniéře veleúspěšného Sweeneyho Todda představuje muzikál Divadla J. K. Tyla další tentokrát méně známý Sondheimův kus: muzikál Company (Přátelé).

Review: COOL RIDER, London Palladium
UK / West End: April 16, 2024

Producers Christopher D Clegg and James Drury have had a remarkable journey with Cool Rider, the much-lauded Grease 2 stage adaption. From a supposed ‘one night only show’ back in 2014 at the Lyric Theatre, to record-breaking ticket sales, a flurry of last-minute additional dates, then a return run three months later at the Duchess Theatre…not to mention an original cast recording.



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