Michael R. Jackson’s (Pulitzer Prize and Tony winner for A Strange Loop) newest musical White Girl in Danger is three hours long and basically repeats the same...
Take Me Out was critically acclaimed and closed the same day it won the Tony award for Best Revival of a Play and Best Featured Actor...
Jay Armstrong Johnson and Maulik Pancholy in Second Stage’s To My Girls. Photo by Joan Marcus. First off, I know, I know, I am soooo late...
Inside Clyde’s, it’s all about the recipe, the composition, and the layering. It’s a clever orientation, and as we watch these fine fine actors do their little...
Uzo Aduba, Kara Young, Ron Cephas, Edmund Donovan and Reza Salazar Photo by Joan Marcus Ain’t nobody gonna hire us, and she knows it. Lynn Nottage’s Clyde’s is...
Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick return to Broadway in Neil Simon’s “Plaza Suite,” on Feb. 25, 2022 at the Hudson Theatre with opening night set for March 28....
While Second Stage remains dark, the lobby lights highlight a special partnership with Crossroads Community Services, a women’s shelter and community center in Midtown. Their lobby’s...
Until the eating begins, the mirrored preparation and wordless interaction of that first pivotal scene is almost aggressive in its silence without being angry, overtly. It’s...
Helping move someone into an apartment eight shows a week is a trial for any friend, new or old, and in Steppenwolf’s production of Linda Vista, as they bring...
Cora Vander Broek, Ian Barford, Chantal Thuy Photo by Joan Marcus Tracy Letts’ new comedy Linda Vista has some very funny lines, which is surprising considering...
There are numerous funny stories that we all have about our childhood, so they say in Make Believe, the new play by Bess Wohl (Small Mouth Sounds)...
The creative juices of playwright constructs are molded together in the dynamic and thought-provoking play Dying City by Christopher Shinn (Where Do We Live) at Second Stage’s Tony Kiser...
Dying City opened last night, at Second Stage. Dying City is written and directed by Christopher Shinn Dying City stars Mary Elizabeth Winstead and Colin Woodell. Dying City, is...
The set up is cute and surprisingly nuanced, even with the loudly annoying pre-show music blasting our ear drums from the moment we walk into the...
There are six definitive and definitely talented actresses playing Tracy Letts’ title character, Mary Page Marlowe. Seven if you want to include the baby doll that cries...
The four intriguing characters that make up the square edges in Kenneth Lonergan’s Lobby Hero, the revival that ushers Second Stage Theater on to the Broadway scene,...
Greg Pierce likes to tell some captivating tales, especially as a musical co-conspirator with John Kander in The Landing and Kid Victory, so this lightly conceptual dramedy,...
It’s summertime in NYC and my battle with priorities is full on. Summer and sun versus Sunday matinees and theatre. It’s a difficult choice some days,...
A lot has been written about Ben Platt’s tweet from earlier this week (click here for a direct link) and I’m not sure what I can...
What are the top five things that a hamster does? Spin in his wheelie thing? Stay in his cage? Or does he break out? This is...
The best show that I have seen all year, hands down is the new musical by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul called Dear Evan Hansen at...
