🌟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.

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🌟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!

All reviews published. The Edinburgh Fringe Festival is the largest annual theatre festival in the world. See what was good, and what wasn't, here!

Oh, what a show” indeed. In the newest installment in what seems to be a never ending stream of shows on either side of the Atlantic, director Jamie Lloyd has created another stunning masterpiece.

🌟VERDICT'S PICK 🌟It’s rare to find a musical that toys with perfection—when it happens, it’s something truly special. Opening in October of 2024 at The Ambassadors Theatre in London’s West End following two critically acclaimed runs at the Southwark Playhouse, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button is a masterpiece in storytelling.

In a season of bold reimaginings of classic pieces in the musical theatre canon, some have stood out, highlighting different aspects of a known work and turning it into a new production. However, some have missed that mark by a large margin. 

If there was any more talent on stage at the Friedman Theatre, it might border on illegal. Originally devised by Sir Cameron Mackintosh as a one-night-only event in the West End in 2022, Sondheim’s Old Friends starred the biggest names in London, and celebrated the life of legendary composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim—fittingly held at the theatre named after him.

“Why love?” is the question that bookends Maybe Happy Ending, and is the driving emotional force of the show. In what was one of the most crowded seasons in the history of new musicals opening on Broadway, Maybe Happy Ending, a new musical by Will Aronson and Hue Park, has stood out from the very beginning.