This new play from Jez Butterworth, an epic tapestry set in Northern Ireland, starts to unravel once you pick at the threads. Dan O’Neil reviews.
Broadway
30 September 2018
Reviews • Broadway • NYC
Review: The Nap at Samuel J. Friedman Theatre
Samuel J. Friedman Theatre ⋄ 5th September to 11th November 2018
By Kev Berry
Richard Bean’s The Nap is a mostly funny comedy that loses it’s mirth with tasteless trans jokes. Kev Berry reviews.
4 September 2018
Reviews • Broadway • Dialogues and debates • NYC
Review: Head Over Heels–A Dialogue
Hudson Theatre ⋄
By Exeunt Staff
We convene a critics panel to discuss “the beat” and how it’s rendered in the new Go-Go’s musical Head Over Heels.
29 August 2018
Reviews • Broadway • NYC
Review: Pretty Woman at Nederlander Theatre
Nederlander Theatre ⋄ Through June 2019
By Nicole Serratore
You’re better off sticking with your worn out VHS copy of the film than delving into this new musical. Nicole Serratore reviews
20 August 2018
Reviews • Broadway • NYC
Review: Gettin’ the Band Back Together at Belasco Theatre
Belasco Theatre ⋄ 19th July - 14th July 2019
By Alison Walls
Moments of comedy and a talented cast cannot make this regressive and generic Broadway musical vital. Alison Walls reviews.
30 July 2018
Reviews • Broadway • NYC
Review: Straight White Men at Helen Hayes Theater
Helen Hayes Theater ⋄ Through 9th September 2018
By Patrick Maley
A sympathetic portrait of straight white men ends up one-note. Patrick Maley reviews.
7 May 2018
Reviews • Broadway • NYC
Review: Saint Joan at Manhattan Theatre Club
Samuel J. Friedman Theatre ⋄ 25th April through 10th June 2018
By Alex Barasch
Condola Rashad makes for a deeply human and charismatic Saint Joan. Alex Barasch reviews.
7 May 2018
Reviews • Broadway • NYC
Review: Summer: The Donna Summer Musical at Lunt-Fontanne
Lunt-Fontanne Theatre ⋄ 28th March through 18th November 2018
By Juliet Hindell
It crams in too much and skips salient issues but this jukebox musical still ends up being a lot of fun.
1 May 2018
Reviews • Broadway • NYC
Review: Travesties at American Airlines Theatre
American Airlines Theatre ⋄ 29th March to 17th June 2018
By Loren Noveck
Dizzying and dazzling, this superb Stoppard revival from director Patrick Marber zips along.
1 May 2018
Reviews • Broadway • NYC
Review: Harry Potter and the Cursed Child at Lyric Theatre
Lyric Theatre ⋄ From March 16th 2018
By Kev Berry
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child casts a spell. But Kev Berry asks at what cost?