When the curtain came up at the Imperial Theatre and as the stage directions say “Lights up on a stage exploding in lights and energy. Five men dressed in fly suits and hair slicked like bullets are... 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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Kiss Me, Kate!, now playing at Studio 54, is filled with such astonishing music that the show could carry itself on its own two legs clear across the ocean. The fact that mere mortals are allowed to... Read more -
Be More Chill couldn’t be hotter. The musical theater sensation went from being a flop in a little theater in Red Bank, NJ in 2015, to a viral internet sensation in 2017, that has over 170 million... Read more -
Take three parts Cher, stir in equal parts Sonny Bono, Bob Mackie and Gregg Allman, set it on fire and stand back. In the chemistry class that is The Cher Show at Broadway's Neil Simon Theatre, this... Read more -
At the end of the first act, and then again after the last curtain call at the Longacre Theatre, my guest and I turned to each other and blurted out: "So much fun!" Short reviews have intrinsic value... Read more -
King Kong has set a new bar on Broadway. It is a visual feast that does for stagecraft in 2018 what the movie did for filmmaking in 1933 – marks a new era of what’s possible. And it’s not all about... Read more -
At the near conclusion of this brilliant production of The Ferryman by Jez Butterworth at Broadway's Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre, we learn that there are two kinds of lost souls in the Universe. This... Read more -
Pretty Woman, the 1990 film that married the story of Pygmalion to the annoying trope of the 'hooker with a heart of gold,' has found its way to Broadway in a musical that aims high but falls short... Read more -
Today I’ve got magic on my mind. The Harry Potter kind. Apparently so does the rest of the world. After seeing this spectacular Harry Potter and the Cursed Child I decided to borrow a book from the... Read more -
This My Fair Lady is a winsome production. Don’t get to use that word in a sentence too often. But then you don’t see a confection of a show too often either. By now you all know the story. 1912 –... Read more