New York Theatre Shows & Tickets

'Grey House' review — Laurie Metcalf-led horror play falls short of fully chilling

One thing’s for sure about the first show of the 2023-24 Broadway season: Grey House has curb appeal. Actress Laurie Metcalf and director Joe Mantello each lend Tony Award-winning luster to the listing at the Lyceum Theatre. Moreover, haunted-house tales are rare commodities on stage, so that

'The Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window' review — Lorraine Hansberry's play holds a mirror to the world

The Broadway production of The Sign in Sidney Brustein’s Window, now running at the James Earl Jones Theatre, feels almost antithetical to the play’s debates about the morality and function of art: Two TV and movie stars (Oscar Isaac in the title role and [Rachel B

'New York, New York' review — Kander and Ebb musical is still searching for the very heart of it

There are neon marquee lights from days of old. There are bustling dancers showing off their prowess as they rush to work and back home. There are even a few classics from John Kander and Fred Ebb’s heyday. Unfortunately for New York, New York, now running on Broadway at the St. James Theatre, there isn’t much else. Loosely based on Martin Scorsese’s 197

'Wet Brain' review – an otherworldly look at generational trauma

John J. Caswell, Jr.’s Wet Brain is a kitchen sink drama with a running faucet. The play grapples with addiction and loss, and it builds and builds like water pressure. Set in Arizona, three wayward siblings converge in the family home to care for their ailing, alcoholic father. There is a steady stream of troubles for the family, all afflicted by addiction, and the leak cannot be fixed. Or, perhaps, no one is up for the chall

'Days of Wine and Roses' review — cheers to Brian d'Arcy James and Kelli O'Hara's talent

The return of Adam Guettel with the new musical Days of Wine and Roses is a cheers-worthy event. All the more so since the composer/lyricist has reunited with The Light in the Piazza writer Craig Lucas and star Kelli O’Hara. Based on a 1958 play and 1962 film adaption that share the same name, the [Atlantic Theater Company](https://www.newyorkthe

'The Comeuppance' review — old friends, and death, reunite

A specter of Death looms over The Comeuppance, the much-anticipated new play from Branden Jacobs-Jenkins at Signature Theatre, but the candidates all feel too obvious to be chosen. Will the depressed artist die, or the diabetic whose symptoms are rapidly increasing? How about the unstable, PTSD-laden veteran, or the anesthesiologist with an