The New York Times – Music:
A new musical version of the 1980s tear-jerker comes to Broadway, but the production is too muddled to make an emotional impact.
Author: Laura Collins-Hughes
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‘Anna Christie’ Review: Michelle Williams on the Waterfront
The New York Times – Film:
The actress stars in Thomas Kail’s luminous revival of Eugene O’Neill’s play about a woman whose past threatens her future.
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Why Return to ‘A Christmas Carol’? To Find Something New.
The New York Times – Music:
Popping up once a year, works like Dickens’s holiday tale, “Amahl and the Night Visitors” and “It’s a Wonderful Life” help us gauge where we are in our lives.
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‘The Seat of Our Pants’ Review: Songs for the World’s End
The New York Times – Music:
Ruthie Ann Miles, Shuler Hensley and Micaela Diamond lead a dream-team cast in Ethan Lipton’s musical adaptation of Thornton Wilder’s “The Skin of Our Teeth.”
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In ‘The Queen of Versailles,’ Kristin Chenoweth Can’t Get Enough
The New York Times – Music:
Material excess can never be too excessive for the central character of this gilded Broadway musical, based on the 2012 film.
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‘Bull Durham’ Review: This Musical Version Is a Bunt
The New York Times – Film:
Adapted for the stage, the baseball rom-com is now less sexy and sophisticated than the ’80s classic.
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‘Oh Happy Day!’ Review: And God Told Keyshawn to Build an Ark
The New York Times – Music:
An urgent family mission propels Jordan E. Cooper’s pain-spiked supernatural comedy, a very loose riff on the biblical story of Noah.
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‘Caroline’ Review: Chloë Grace Moretz as a Mother Starting Over
The New York Times – Film:
The actress stars in a closely observed new drama by Preston Max Allen about addiction, class and the safety of a transgender 9-year-old.