★★★★★ A high-octane, audience-pleasing vaudeville, spun out of a cinematic classic, creates a bunch of glittering new stars
Broadway
Some Like It Hot: Old-Fashioned Musical Comedy, to a Fault
★★★★☆ Christian Borle, J. Harrison Ghee, and Adrianna Hicks star in this new Broadway musical adaptation of Billy Wilder’s classic 1959 film comedy.
Ohio State Murders: Grabbed by the Throat—By Racism and Memory
★★★★★ Audra McDonald brilliantly brings to life a masterful examination of bigotry and violence by a 91-year-old Broadway novice
Ain’t No Mo’: Jordan E. Cooper Writes a First-Rate Political Comedy Revue
★★★★★ A funny, frightening, and important new play on today’s Black-lash
Ain’t No Mo’: Four Centuries of Oppression, packed with Pathos – and Laughs
★★★★★ Traversing the entire Black experience in the U.S., “Mo’” is a bumpy ride – one you don’t want to miss.
A Beautiful Noise: Reaching Out, Touching Neil Diamond, Touching You
★★★☆☆ Will Swenson shines in flashy bio-musical salute to the singer-songwriter with a voice like “gravel wrapped in velvet”
A Beautiful Noise: Neil Diamond on the Couch
★★★☆☆ Will Swenson and Mark Jacoby play the younger and the older versions of the pop star recalling his life through his songs in this jukebox musical.
KPOP: The Musical About the Korean Pop Music Phenomenon Doesn’t Translate Well to Broadway.
★★★☆☆ The acclaimed Off-Broadway production feels glossier but slighter in its new incarnation.
A Christmas Carol: Jefferson Mays Plays Scrooge, and Everyone Else.
★★★★☆ Mays delivers a tour-de-force performance in this theatrically dazzling one-person version of Dickens’ holiday classic.
A Christmas Carol: Jefferson Mays Gift-Wraps Charles Dickens, Astonishingly So
★★★★★ The many-times-told classic, tied with glittering ribbons by a highly creative production team