The New York Times – Music:
A promising Off Broadway jukebox musical features hits by the R&B star (including “Fallin’,” “If I Ain’t Got You” and “No One”) and a story much like her own.
Author: Jesse Green
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‘Pal Joey’ Review: Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildering
The New York Times – Music:
Joey is still a heel in this major revision of the 1940 antihero musical, but he’s now a Black artist trying to find his true voice.
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Review: In ‘Stereophonic,’ the Rock Revolution Will Be Recorded
The New York Times – Music:
David Adjmi’s riveting new play, with songs by Will Butler, is about a ’70s band that nearly destroys itself making an epochal album.
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‘Here We Are’ Review: The Last Sondheim, Cool and Impossibly Chic
The New York Times – Film:
This inventive, beguiling and not quite fully solved puzzle of a show is a worthy and loving farewell to the great musical dramatist.
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‘The Shark Is Broken’ Review: A Bloodless Postscript to ‘Jaws’
The New York Times – Film:
Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the theater, a play about the making of Hollywood’s first summer blockbuster bobs up on Broadway.
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Review: Dancing With Dictators in David Byrne’s ‘Here Lies Love’
The New York Times – Music:
A new Broadway musical tells the disturbing story of Imelda Marcos by putting her, and the audience, in a disco.
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Sheldon Harnick, Musical Theater’s Great Marriage Broker
The New York Times – Music:
In lyrics of rare humor, elegance and compassion, the man who put words to “Fiddler on the Roof” and “She Loves Me” explored the complex emotional architecture of love.