The New York Times – Music:
In David Adjmi’s new play, with songs by Will Butler, a ’70s band’s success breeds tension, and punches up the volume on Broadway.
Author: Naveen Kumar
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Reviving ‘The Wiz’ Through ‘the Blackest of Black Lenses’
The New York Times – Music:
The beloved 1975 musical returns to Broadway this spring, with nods to Black culture like second-line parades and Underground Railroad quilts.
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Review: ‘Flex’ Hits the Right Rhythms on the Court and Off
The New York Times – Sports:
The writer Candrice Jones and the director Lileana Blain-Cruz show a mastery of the game in this play about a girls’ basketball team in rural Arkansas.
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Review: ‘The Whitney Album’ Looks to Theater to Remake a Painful Past
The New York Times – Music:
Eschewing a conventional narrative, Jillian Walker’s soulful show seeks to heal deep wounds through ritual and celebratory singalongs.
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Review: In ‘Misty,’ a Restless Artist Grapples With a Gentrifying City
The New York Times – Music:
At the Shed, Arinzé Kene mixes spoken word, music and comedy to tell a story of racial tension and male identity in a changing London.
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Review: In ‘The Butcher Boy,’ an Anti-Coming of Age Story
The New York Times – Film:
The new musical, based on the novel by Patrick McCabe, follows a boy in 1960s Ireland as he recounts a tale of boyhood mischief and alienation.