After mamboing into musical theater history in 1957, West Side Story has rumbled back again in a reimagined revival by Belgian director Ivo van Hove so packed with wall-to-wall and floor-to-ceiling... Read more
Broadway Reviews
The New York Theatre Guide employs a small army of talented critics, who cover a wide range of theatrical productions. So if you are unsure about which Broadway show you would like to treat yourself, your loved one or even the whole family to, then why not have a read of our humble opinions?
Although we understand that everybody has different tastes in theater, we are sure that you might find our comprehensive Broadway Reviews section helpful, or visit the reviews archive for closed shows.
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A comedy on Broadway, especially one that revolves around seniors who’ve been married for 50 years--portrayed by the likes of Jane Alexander and James Cromwell, no less--is such a rarity that it... Read more -
It’s real -- and it’s spectacular. Blair Underwood’s bare chest, that is, based on theatergoers’ reactions. And while a flash of the "L.A. Law" alum’s physique has been earning cheers at A Soldier’s... Read more -
One of the strengths of the quietly affecting My Name is Lucy Barton is that it’s refreshingly free of sentimentality. This moody monologue on Broadway deftly sidesteps power-sapping gooeyness as it... Read more -
It was a ritual in 1995. Friday nights, often feeling hopeless and ignorant about Slobodan Milošević, I would come home to my Brooklyn apartment. Diminished by a corporate day job, an unrequited love... Read more -
The arrival of The Inheritance at the Barrymore Theatre on Broadway is a momentous homecoming for a play that, despite receiving its world premiere in London last year (first at the Young Vic in... Read more -
The arrival of The Inheritance at the Barrymore Theatre on Broadway is a momentous homecoming for a play that, despite receiving its world premiere in London last year (first at the Young Vic in... Read more
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Tina: The Tina Turner Musical is not quite (Simply) The Best, to quote one of the 20-plus Tina Turner hits that are folded into this new book musical that details her life story -- but it's (Pretty)... Read more -
Donald J Trump famously invoked the prospect of "American carnage" in his inauguration speech in 2017, but rock musician (and occasional theatrical composer) David Byrne's reply, in his 7th solo... Read more -
In 2002 Baz Luhrmann, the idiosyncratic Australian film and theatre director, brought his stunning 1990 Opera Australia production of Puccini's La Bohème from Sydney Opera House to Broadway, a tale... Read more