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Harps and Angels
feature Harps and Angels contains just enough story line to tie Randy Newman’s songs together.
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Mistakes Were Made
feature “I can’t remember the last time I laughed so hard and so often at the theater,” said Erik Haagensen in Backstage.
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To Master the Art
feature A new play about Julia Child juxtaposes Child's rise to master chef against her husband's struggles to keep his career from being derailed by the McCarthy investigations.
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Oklahoma!
feature Molly Smith’s take on the 1943 Rogers and Hammerstein’s warhorse could cure anyone’s recession blues.
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Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
feature The musical adaptation of Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown captures Almodóvar’s “exhilarating zaniness,” but forgets there was a point to his farce.
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Driving Miss Daisy
feature Two titans of Broadway—Vanessa Redgrave and James Earl Jones—give masterful performances in the first Broadway revival of Alfred Uhry’s 1987 play.
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The Seagull
feature Falls’ fresh take on The Seagull is a triumphant experiment in reinvigorating theater’s “primal” connections, said Chris Jones in the Chicago Tribune.
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La Bête
feature Matthew Warchus' revival of this “dazzlingly erudite comedy” should delight Broadway audiences.
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Henry VIII
feature When an esteemed theater mounts a version of Henry VIII that’s this “sturdily acted” and “becomingly visual,” attention must be paid, said Peter Marks in The Washington Post.
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Angels in America
feature The power of Tony Kushner’s seven-hour magnum opus “hasn’t dimmed,” said Mark Kennedy in the Associated Press.
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Theater: Forgiveness
feature In David Schulner's play, a daughter forgives her father, who raped her, and introduces him to her fiancé.
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Theater: The Miracle Worker
feature Ironically, in this revival of William Gibson's 1959 play, the most potent scenes between Annie Sullivan and Helen Keller are the wordless ones.
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Doctor Cerberus
feature Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa has written a “sweet and canny portrait of the artist as a young fanboy,” said Charlotte Stoudt in the Los Angeles Times.
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Theater: The Addams Family
feature In the musical adaptation of Charles Addams' cartoon clan, the family is led by marquee stars Nathan Lane and Bebe Neuwirth.
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