The New York Times – Music:
The show about the Comedian Harmonists, a real-life sextet that ran afoul of the Nazi regime, was first staged in 1997.
Category: Theater (Broadway)
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‘New York, New York’ Review: The Big Apple, Without Bite
The New York Times – Film:
Based loosely on the 1977 film, a show about performers making it in the big city comes to St. James Theater with the sharper edges of its source material sanded off.
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‘The Shark Is Broken,’ a ‘Jaws’ Comedy, Plans Broadway Run
The New York Times – Film:
The play stars Ian Shaw, whose father, Robert Shaw, played a shark hunter in the movie.
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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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In ‘Prima Facie,’ Jodie Comer Finds Her Light
The New York Times – Film:
The one-woman show, coming to Broadway, is the “Killing Eve” star’s first stage role. She dared herself to do it.
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The Broadway Star Phillipa Soo Sings Her Favorite Pop Song
The New York Times – T Magazine:
In a new revival of “Camelot,” updated by Aaron Sorkin, the actress finds humanity in the legend of King Arthur and Guenevere.
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To Become Oscar Levant, Sean Hayes Revisited His First Role
The New York Times – Music:
Years before “Will & Grace,” Hayes was a classical pianist. In the new Broadway play “Good Night, Oscar,” he returns to the piano to portray a famously troubled musician and witty guest of late-night TV shows.
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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.