★★★★★ David Adjmi and Will Butler’s studio-set play moves to Broadway with a cast in perfect harmony and every note intact
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Stereophonic: Birthing a Rock Album With Playfulness and Passion
★★★★★ David Adjmi takes us behind the music to reveal how the magic gets made
Suffs: Shaina Taub Wins By a Landslide
★★★★★ Nikki M. James, Grace McLean, Jenn Colella, Emily Skinner, and an exceptional cast spark this new musical about the battle for equal voting rights in America, circa 1915
Suffs: The Brilliant New Musical That Demands to be Heard
★★★★★ Shaina Taub’s suffs are young, scrappy and hungry in their heroic battle to win the vote.
The Wiz: Revival Doesn’t Ease Down the Road Easily
★★★☆☆ Nichelle Lewis is Dorothy in Amber Ruffin’s revamping of the audience favorite
The Wiz: Not an Oz-Picious Revival
★★☆☆☆ A revival’s choices elicit more head-scratching than cheering
Lempicka: Admired Artist Tamara de Lempicka Musicalized, With Limited Artistry
★★★☆☆ Eden Espinosa stars in Carson Kreitzer and Matt Gould’s tuner, directed by Rachel Chavkin
Lempicka: A Paint-by-Numbers Old-School Musical
★★☆☆☆ Daubed with broad strokes, this sweeping bio-musical proves at once arty and inept.
The Outsiders: The Popular Novel and Film is Now a Killer Musical
★★★★☆ The S. E. Hinton classic gets the Broadway treatment courtesy of a gang of talented young guns led by director Danya Taymor.
The Outsiders: Let’s Get Ready to Rumble!
★★★☆☆ The classic YA novel, previously made into a hit 1983 film, has been unconvincingly adapted as a Broadway musical.