Rolling Thunder falls flat
The musical is all cliché – and not in a good way
Musical theater
Saturday
Monday
What will Elton John learn from Tammy Faye’s flop on Broadway?
Its failure mirrors that of American Psycho
Thursday
A new adaptation of The Great Gatsby is enrapturing and impressive
The songs explode. The passion overwhelms. It’s opulent when it needs to be, fun when it needs to be, and intoxicating
Tuesday
The birth, death and rebirth of American Psycho: The Musical
In the year 2023, improbably as always, the musical proved a success
Wednesday
Once Upon a One More Time is pat, prepackaged feminism
Authorized by Spears herself, the show revamps the tale of Cinderella, weaving in Britney’s own repertoire of songs
Friday
Here Lies Love is too scared to be serious
The musical is like the disco ball that spins above its audience: beautiful but fractured. And, at its core, hollow
Sunday
Taking in Good Night, Oscar and New York, New York
Good Night, Oscar takes us back to a time when, for better or worse, both foibles and felonies were targets for humor
Sunday
Bringing back Stephen Sondheim and enduring a new Andrew Lloyd Webber
Bad Cinderella is a pumpkin, while Parade becomes an exercise in emotional torture porn
Thursday
Broadway brings back Bob Fosse’s Dancin’
The first revival of Dancin’ on Broadway is a treasure trove for Fosse fanatics
Wednesday
The Some Like It Hot revival is cream-puff theater
It reduces a charged premise to something more mundane
Tuesday
An ingloriously dumb adaptation
Almost Famous fails to make the jump from screen to stage
Thursday
Michael Jackson on Broadway
MJ: The Musical reviewed
