🌟VERDICT’S PICK🌟 Few plays are capable of keeping an audience laughing while simultaneously confronting the realities of mental illness. Duncan Macmillan’s masterpiece, Every Brilliant Thing, has finally made its long-awaited Broadway debut after countless productions across the globe in numerous languages. Opening in March at the Hudson Theatre, I finally caught this sizzling-hot ticket during the second week of Mariska Hargitay’s run.

🌟VERDICT’S PICK🌟 Author Roald Dahl wrote some of the most beloved children's novels. He created the classic characters of Matilda, Charlie Bucket, and the Big Friendly Giant, among others. All of these characters are kind and endearing, qualities that could not be further removed from the man who created them. In Giant, playwright Mark Rosenberg explores Dahl’s complex legacy as both the author of so many beloved children’s books and a raging antisemite.

🌟VERDICT’S PICK🌟 Lovers of Golden Age musicals such as Oklahoma!, The Music Man, and The Sound of Music would probably relish being dropped into a world where life is a musical. Meanwhile, the idea of a world such as this would make other people turn on their heel and run as far away as they can.

It's awards season for the New York theatre community! On Tuesday May 5, the nominees for the Tony Awards, Broadway's biggest night of the year, were announced. Among the nominees, records were broken, shows and artists were celebrated, and other, unfortunately, left out.

Sailing onto Broadway after a highly successful three-year Off-Broadway run, Titaníque is a “kooky crazy” musical that has made quite a splash.

Adapting a story as complex and beloved as The Count of Monte Cristo for the stage will always be a challenge. However, I am delighted to report that the world premiere production of Monte Cristo: A New Musical at The York Theatre is a smashing success.

🌟VERDICT’S PICK🌟There is not a musical out there that will have you laughing through tears as much as Come From Away. In the face of fear and uncertainty, it shows how strangers from around the world can come together and become family.

I admit, I’m a bit late to the party on this one! Cole Escola’s absolutely deranged farce, Oh, Mary!, is every bit as campy and hilarious as everyone says. Retelling the story of former First Lady Mary Todd Lincoln “through the lens of an idiot,” as Escola has said, this show characterizes her as a raging drunk and a former cabaret star.

10 performances, 5 productions, and countless invaluable memories later, Come From Away remains my favorite show of all time. Here's why...

New theater is a long process full of drafts and revisions, so it is always special to see the world premiere production of a brand-new musical. Falling Out is one such show that I was fortunate enough to see on its opening night earlier this week. Written by Josée Klein and directed by Anthony Logan Cole, this feel-good show excels in many areas, but like any new show, it still has room to improve.

Absolutely brilliant. As part of the International Fringe Encores Series, Awkward Productions is back at SoHo Playhouse with another of their gleefully unhinged shows! In its American debut, Diana: The Untold and Untrue Story is the most irreverent, energetic, and frankly absurd retelling of Princess Diana’s story.

2025 Year-End Roundup: recapping the year's best shows, standout stars, and more!

🌟VERDICT’S PICK🌟 If you’re coming to Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York) for an abundance of cake-carrying, you may be disappointed—but you’ll quickly find there’s something much sweeter on offer. What it lacks in cake, however, it makes up for tenfold in its brilliant wit and effervescent charm. The latest West End import in a seemingly unstoppable run of successes, Two Strangers is the kind of rom-com musical that pulls at your heartstrings while keeping a smile

🌟VERDICT’S PICK🌟 Here we go again! Mamma Mia is back and taking Broadway by storm! The 25th anniversary national tour of the fan-favorite jukebox musical set to the songs of ABBA is making a prolonged stop at the Winter Garden Theatre on Broadway, where it first opened in 2001.

Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice, Bee… nope. Not saying it. Back on Broadway in its third reincarnation, audiences are no strangers to Beetlejuice. Based on the iconic cult-classic Tim Burton movie, the musical originally opened at the Winter Garden Theatre in 2019, then again at the Marquis after the COVID shutdown. It closed in early 2023, seemingly ending its rocky four years in New York before setting out on tour.

Nearly forty years since its notoriously short and troubled original Broadway run, Chess is back in its first revival. With music by ABBA’s Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus and lyrics by Ulvaeus and the legendary Tim Rice, the musical has long struggled under the weight of its dense, multi-layered Cold War plot, undergoing numerous revisions since its London premiere in 1986.

After a sold-out run at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 2024, Awkward Productions’ Gwyneth Goes Skiing has crossed the pond and is now playing at the SoHo Playhouse. After seeing their newest show, The Fit Prince (...), in Edinburgh this summer, I couldn’t pass up the opportunity to see another of their campy productions—and it did not disappoint.

Ten years ago, Hamilton opened at the Richard Rodgers Theatre to some of the most unanimously effusive praise in Broadway history. Ten years later, it continues to remind audiences why it deserves every bit of that praise — and more.

How lucky are we that Lincoln Center has graced us with such a beautiful production! Lear deBessonet’s main-stem transfer of New York City Center’s 2024 Gala production of the stage adaptation of E. L. Doctorow’s seminal classic Ragtime, is perhaps the most anticipated opening of the 2025-26 Broadway season.

Out of the 24 shows I saw at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival this summer, find out which shows triumphed, which performers stood out, and more!