A play about art that’s also a play about male friendship. Carol Rocamora reviews.
Broadway
16 October 2025
Reviews • Broadway • NYC
Review: Ragtime at the Vivian Beaumont Theater
Vivian Beaumont Theatre ⋄ 26 September-4 January
By Lane Williamson
The second Broadway revival of Ahrens, Flaherty, and McNally’s musical about America opens, powerful as ever, at Lincoln Center. Lane Williamson reviews.
10 October 2025
Reviews • Broadway • NYC
Review: Punch at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre
Samuel J. Friedman Theatre ⋄ 9 September-2 November
By Cameron Kelsall
A busy production overshadows the human element in this new play by James Graham. Cameron Kelsall 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.
9 May 2025
Reviews • Broadway • NYC
Review: Just in Time at Circle in the Square Theatre
Circle in the Square Theatre ⋄ 31 Mar - Open Ended
By Cameron Kelsall
This recreation of Bobby Darin’s nightclub act didn’t swing our critic. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
6 May 2025
Reviews • Broadway • NYC
Review: Pirates! The Penzance Musical at the Todd Haimes Theatre
Todd Haimes Theatre ⋄ April 4-July 27, 2025
By Lorin Wertheimer
A “thoroughly original and delightful reinvention” of a classic Gilbert & Sullivan operetta. Lorin Wertheimer 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.
14 April 2025
Reviews • Broadway • NYC
Review: John Proctor Is the Villain at the Booth Theatre
Booth Theatre ⋄ March 20-July 6
By Loren Noveck
Loren Noveck wanted a little more ambiguity as playwright Kimberly Belflower and director Danya Taymor take down Arthur Miller’s hero.
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.