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.
Author: Jesse Green
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‘Monsoon Wedding’ Review: Marriage of Musical Styles, With Mixed Results
The New York Times – Film:
Mira Nair’s 2001 movie about a couple brought together by their families becomes a song-filled pageant, with mixed results.
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‘Good Night, Oscar’ Review: Sean Hayes With Demerol and Cadenzas
The New York Times – Music:
The “Will & Grace” star is unrecognizable in a Broadway biography of Oscar Levant: wit, pianist and “Eeyore in a cheap suit.”
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Review: In ‘Shucked,’ a Glut of Gleeful Puns and ‘Cornography’
The New York Times – Music:
A countrified musical about corn, and filled with it, too, transplants itself to Broadway, with songs by Brandy Clark and Shane McAnally.
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John Kander’s Major Chord, Undiminished
The New York Times – Music:
The 96-year-old composer of “Chicago” and “Cabaret” is making a brand-new start of it with “New York, New York,” his 16th Broadway musical.
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Review: In ‘The Harder They Come,’ Innocence Lost to a Reggae Beat
The New York Times – Music:
A stage adaptation of the 1972 movie about a Jamaican singer turned outlaw hero sounds great but falls hard at the Public Theater.
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‘A Doll’s House’ Review: Jessica Chastain Plots an Escape
The New York Times – Film:
Jamie Lloyd’s compelling, surgically precise revival of Ibsen’s 1879 drama throbs like an episode of “CSI: Norway.”
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How Do You Measure a Season on Broadway? In Cast Albums.
The New York Times – Music:
From “A Strange Loop” to “Funny Girl,” most Broadway musicals of 2022 were recorded, offering listeners a chance to love or hate them again.