Theater Reviews

The actress stars as a haunted genius opposite Don Cheadle as her father in David Auburn’s 2001 drama. This revival, though, exposes the play’s lack of rigor.

By Helen Shaw

Adrien Brody and Tessa Thompson make confident Broadway debuts, but the uneven script makes for a narratively slippery prison drama.

By Helen Shaw

Daphne Rubin-Vega stars as a laid-off office worker who spins into a murderous rage in this update of Elmer L. Rice’s 1923 classic.

By Laura Collins-Hughes

This “Titanic” parody fueled by Dion’s hits, silly ad-libs and pop culture references had the humblest of beginnings. Now the show has docked on Broadway.

By Elisabeth Vincentelli

Arthur Miller’s classic tragedy returns to Broadway, starring Nathan Lane and Laurie Metcalf. Yet again, it is a triumph.

By Helen Shaw

For their 10th life, the cats strut and duckwalk in a reappraisal of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s 1981 musical, which has shifted to the queer ballroom scene.

By Helen Shaw and Sara Krulwich

Alden Ehrenreich makes a show-stealing Broadway debut in Gina Gionfriddo’s comedy about two old friends, one disastrous blind date and the dicey aftermath.

By Laura Collins-Hughes

The sincerity of the play’s two stars shines through in Robert Icke’s new London production.

By Houman Barekat

A raucous adaptation of a gritty portrait of New York stifles tension with comedy, leaving its stars, Jon Bernthal and Ebon Moss-Bachrach, adrift.

By Jason Zinoman

In her “Trilogy of Funerals,” the Spanish provocateur Angélica Liddell shows a sense of vulnerability that will surprise longtime watchers of her work.

By Laura Cappelle