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‘Lackawanna Blues’ Broadway Review: The Many Faces of Ruben Santiago-Hudson
The actor-writer-director does it all, and does it magnificently
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‘Six’ Broadway Review: The Real Housewives of Henry VIII Put on a Show
A pop musical travels the world before opening on the Great White Way, finally. But does female empowerment still pack a punch?
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2021 Tony Award Predictions: Will ‘Moulin Rouge!’ Beat Out ‘Jagged Little Pill’ for Best Musical?
A very belated awards ceremony features several sure bets and a few toss-ups
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‘Sanctuary City’ Off Broadway Review: A Gripping Look at Young People Caught in US Immigration Trap
Martyna Majok gives voice to a young man’s harrowing isolation
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‘Pass Over’ Broadway Review: Antoinette Chinonye Nwandu’s Searing Fable of Police Brutality Gets a Rewrite
Now on Broadway after the George Floyd murder, Nwandu’s play is just as powerful
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Inside That 50-Year-Old Same-Sex Kiss in ‘Sunday Bloody Sunday’ (Guest Blog)
“I didn’t think that it should be portrayed with any kind of apology,” director John Schlesinger said of Peter Finch and Murray Head’s lip-lock in 1971 film
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Remembering Pat Loud, America’s First Reality TV Mom (Guest Blog)
The star of the groundbreaking 1973 series ”An American Family“ never fully recovered from the negative reaction to the show
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How Larry Kramer Pulled Off the First Film With Frontal Male Nudity – Back in 1969
In an excerpt from his book ”Sexplosion,“ Robert Hofler explores the late writer’s work on director Ken Russell’s groundbreaking film ”Women in Love“
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’72 Miles to Go…’ Theater Review: 3 Citizens Plus 2 Immigrants Without Documentation Equal 1 Family
Despite missteps into the land of sitcoms, Hilary Bettis’ new play exposes an immigration disaster
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‘Endlings’ Theater Review: A Play About Writing a Play Gets Tangled Up in the Seaweed
Celine Song’s absurdist comedy mixes Edward Albee dramas with Esther Williams movies
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‘Girl From the North Country’ Broadway Review: Bob Dylan’s Songs Get Tangled Up in Melodrama
Conor McPherson stuffs so much lurid drama into a Duluth boarding house that this property needs to be condemned
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‘Coal Country’ Theater Review: A Steve Earle Musical With a Huge Carbon Footprint
A new show digs coal because, hey, somebody’s got to do life’s dirty work and destroy the planet
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‘The Perplexed’ Theater Review: Why the Really Rich Don’t Really Deserve America
Richard Greenberg skewers the wealthy, as well as his put-upon audience
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‘The Hot Wing King’ Theater Review: Katori Hall Blends Sticky Schmaltz With Spicy Sauce
Playwright mixes ”The Boys in the Band“ and ”Torch Song Trilogy“ with a cooking show. More than one character gets indigestion
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‘We’re Gonna Die’ Theater Review: Quick, Pull the Plug Now!
Young Jean Lee tells us the obvious over and over again in a show that’s good only because it’s very short
