This revival proves that the show has only gained in popularity since its original production, achieving cult status, but losing its guts. Lane Williamson reviews.
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17 June 2025
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Prince Faggot at Playwrights Horizons
Playwrights Horizons ⋄ 30 May-13 July
By Lane Williamson
Speculative fiction about Prince George is surrounded by more personal stories in Jordan Tannahill’s new play. Lane Williamson reviews.
11 June 2025
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Angry Alan at Studio Seaview
Studio Seaview ⋄ 23 May-3 August
By Lane Williamson
John Krasinski deftly navigates a middle-aged man’s spiral into conservative hell in Penelope Skinner’s new play. Lane Williamson reviews.
31 May 2025
Reviews • Cabaret • NYC
Review: Joaquina Kalukango at 54 Below
54 Below ⋄ 23 May-24 May
By Lane Williamson
The Tony-winning star of “Paradise Square” brings an eclectic mix of songs to the stage at 54 Below. Lane Williamson reviews.
21 May 2025
Reviews • Broadway • NYC
Review: Stephen Sondheim’s Old Friends at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre
Samuel J. Friedman Theatre ⋄ 25 March-29 June
By Lane Williamson
A tribute concert to the late Stephen Sondheim veers toward an insult to his body of work. Lane Williamson reviews.
13 May 2025
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: The Last Bimbo of the Apocalypse at The New Group at The Pershing Square Signature Center
The Pershing Square Signature Center ⋄ 22 April-1 June
By Lane Williamson
This raucous new musical imagines a missing person in an early-2000s paparazzi photo and dives into the depths of the internet to track her down. Lane Williamson reviews.
7 May 2025
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: We Had a World at New York City Center Stage II
New York City Center - The Studio at Stage II ⋄ 25 Feb-11 May
By Lane Williamson
Our critic once again has an overwhelming emotional experience at a new Joshua Harmon play. Lane Williamson reviews.
21 April 2025
Reviews • Broadway • NYC
Review: Floyd Collins at the Vivian Beaumont Theater
28 Mar-Open Ended
By Lane Williamson
A chamber musical scales up for its Broadway debut and achieves greatness. Lane Williamson reviews.
17 April 2025
Reviews • Broadway • NYC
Review: Smash at the Imperial Theatre
Imperial Theatre ⋄ 11 March-Open Ended
By Lane Williamson
A zippy new musical comedy takes the songs from the cult TV show and refashions them for the Broadway stage. Lane Williamson reviews.
13 April 2025
Reviews • Broadway • NYC
Review: The Last Five Years at the Hudson Theatre
Hudson Theatre ⋄ 18 March-22 June
By Lane Williamson
A misguided revival of Jason Robert Brown’s chamber musical lands on Broadway, but at what cost? Lane Williamson reviews.