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& Juliet Broadway Reviews
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Doubt Broadway Reviews
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Hamilton Broadway Reviews
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Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Broadway Reviews
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MJ the Musical Broadway Reviews
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Six Broadway Reviews
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Spamalot Broadway Reviews
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Sweeney Todd Broadway Reviews
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The Book of Mormon Broadway Reviews
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The Lion King Broadway Reviews
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The Notebook Broadway Reviews
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The Who's Tommy Broadway Reviews
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Latest Review Roundups

Review Roundup: THE WHO'S TOMMY Returns To Broadway!
March 28, 2024

The Pinball Wizard has returned to conquer Broadway! The revival of the iconic rock n'roll spectacle The Who's Tommy is opening tonight at the Nederlander Theatre in a new production from original Tony Award-winning creators Pete Townshend and Des McAnuff. Read the reviews below!

Review Roundup: What Did the Critics Think of MJ THE MUSICAL in the West End?
March 28, 2024

The multi-Tony Award®- winning musical MJ has now opened at the Prince Edward Theatre.

Review Roundup: Clubbed Thumb's GRIEF HOTEL Opens At The Public
March 27, 2024

Clubbed Thumb's Grief Hotel has officially opened at The Shiva Theater at The Public Theater. Read the reviews!

Review Roundup: Ivo Van Hove, Rufus Wainwright Musical OPENING NIGHT Opens In London
March 26, 2024

Read reviews for the World Premiere of John Cassavetes’ OPENING NIGHT a new musical with book by Ivo Van Hove and music and lyrics by Rufus Wainwright, starring Sheridan Smith.

Review Roundup: PHILADELPHIA, HERE I COME! at the Irish Rep
March 25, 2024

The Friel Project continues at Irish Rep, where Philadelphia, Here I Come! just celebrated its opening night. Check out what the critics are saying about the production here.

Review Roundup: Laurence Fishburne in LIKE THEY DO IN THE MOVIES
March 22, 2024

Laurence Fishburne's Like They Do In The Movies, directed by Leonard Foglia, just celebrated its opening night at PAC NYC. Check out what the critics are saying about the new show.


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REVIEW: Guest Reviewer Hamavand Engineer Shares His Thoughts On A MIDSUMMER NIGHTS DREAM
Australia - Sydney: March 29, 2024

Shakespeare’s A MIDSUMMER NIGHTS DREAM held at Sydney Opera House was once again, a hit with the audience

Review: FENCES at Trinity Rep
Rhode Island: March 28, 2024

FENCES at Trinity Rep: Crisp production of the August Wilson classic

Review: BORN WITH TEETH at Santa Fe Playhouse
Albuquerque: March 28, 2024

Ever wonder what happened when two rivals, in this case, rising star of the theatrical world William Shakespeare and biggest playwright of the age thus far Christopher Marlowe, collaborated on the writing of Henry VI? Marlowe was officially credited as co-author of the three-play cycle in 2016. Born With Teeth, now playing at Santa Playhouse, creates the scenario of the two authors meeting in secret to pen the trilogy. Along the way, flirtation, fights and much wordplay ensues.

Review: JACEY'S JAZZ JOINT at The Blue Strawberry Showroom And Lounge
St. Louis: March 28, 2024

Fresh off her win for Outstanding Costume Design of a Musical at Monday evening’s St. Louis Theatre Circle Awards, Eileen Engel took the stage in JACEY’S JAZZ JOINT. For the next 70-miutes, Engel treated her audience to jazzy renditions of some of the most loved American standards. Her set included “Embraceable You,” “Fly Me to the Moon,” and “Misty,” among 10 other songs. Her work with this set of 13 songs suited her voice as she confidently entertained the club at Blue Strawberry Showroom and Lounge, playing club owner Jacey.  

Review: A Breathtaking, Poignant Lens Shines On GIRL FROM THE NORTH COUNTRY at Straz Center
Tampa/St. Petersburg: March 28, 2024

“Tonight’s story begins and ends at a guesthouse in Duluth, Minnesota, in the winter of 1934.” These were the opening words spoken by Dr. Walker, as he sets the scene. An evening of love, pain, suffering, interloped with a lush score based on the music of Bob Dylan. Girl from the North Country, is a dramatic musical with a book by Conor McPherson (The Weir), and songs with music and lyrics by the great Bob Dylan. The show made its Off-Broadway premiere at the Public Theatre from September 30, 2018- December 22, 2018. This transfer featured an all-American cast and was helmed after the successful run at London’s Old Vic a year prior, and following a limited 12-week run shortly thereafter at the Noel Coward Theatre in London’s West End.

Review: GIRL FROM NORTH COUNTRY at Straz Center
Tampa/St. Petersburg: March 28, 2024

What did our critic think of GIRL FROM NORTH COUNTRY at Straz Center? On March 27, I experienced GIRL FROM NORTH COUNTRY at the Straz Center, a production on stage until March 31. Conor McPherson's direction and Simon Hale's Tony Award-winning orchestrations breathe new life into 20 of Bob Dylan's legendary songs, including anthems like 'Hurricane' and 'Forever Young.'

Review: DON'T.MAKE.TEA, Soho Theatre
UK / West End: March 28, 2024

A pitch-black comedy thriller which gives Franz Kafka a run for his money, Don’t.Make.Tea doesn’t hold back in its excoriating view of modern Britain.

Review: APPRAISAL, Tabard Theatre
UK / West End: March 28, 2024

A cringy boss, a pricky employee and an annual review that goes rather wrong. Tim Marriott's sharp two-hander, Appraisal, now comes to the Tabard Theatre.

Review: ENGLISH NATIONAL BALLET - CARMEN, Sadler's Wells
UK / West End: March 28, 2024

Inger's Carmen is successful in two key ways: firstly it tells the existing narrative of Carmen incredibly clearly, secondly it actually does so with “new resonance' - who'd have thunk it.

Review: BEAR SNORES ON, Regent's Park Open Air Theatre
UK / West End: March 28, 2024

Bear Snores On is a musical adaption of the children’s book by Karma Wilson and Jane Chapman, in which a group of animals are hiding from a winter storm in a sleeping bear’s den. The show, written and directed by Cush Jumbo and Katy Sechiari with music and lyrics by Harry Blake, takes audiences on a journey through Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre.

Review: RAGNAROK, Platform, Glasgow
Scotland: March 28, 2024

A young girl and her brother battle forward, seeking a future in a promised land. Two souls in a sea of thousands, they move through a fractured world as dream and reality clash around them. A collision of ancient myth and modern spectacle, Ragnarok takes its inspiration from Norse mythology’s cyclical tale of the same name. It is a story about fate and self-determination, mortals and gods, the world’s end and its rebirth.

Review Roundup: What Did the Critics Think of MJ THE MUSICAL in the West End?
UK / West End: March 28, 2024

The multi-Tony Award®- winning musical MJ has now opened at the Prince Edward Theatre.

Review: MADAMA BUTTERFLY, Royal Opera House
UK / West End: March 28, 2024

There are few things more life-affirming than christenings, orgies and operas. And few works are more life-affirming and cathartic than Giacomo Puccini’s Madama Butterfly.

Review: THE EXPLORERS CLUB at Stirling Community Theatre
Australia - Adelaide: March 28, 2024

A gloriously silly show that will tickle your funny bone.

Review: WOMAN IN BLACK, Theatre Royal Glasgow
Scotland: March 28, 2024

Sometimes tactical stagecraft, talented actors and a minimalist set are all you need to evoke spine-chilling terror.

Review: PIERRE NOVELLIE: WHY ARE YOU LAUGHING?, Soho Theatre
UK / West End: March 28, 2024

Pierre Novellie: Why Are You Laughing? has an interesting question for a name, but the reason he is asking does not actually come into play until the end of the show. Novellie has a French first name, an Italian last name, is South African and moved to the Isle of Man, but, “there’s no time to explain that.”

Review: CAMBODIAN ROCK BAND at TheatreSquared
Arkansas: March 27, 2024

What did our critic think of CAMBODIAN ROCK BAND at TheatreSquared?

Review: MJ: THE MUSICAL, Prince Edward Theatre
UK / West End: March 27, 2024

This slathered-in-schmaltz hagiography is like watching the Zone of Interest: you know the disturbing stuff is always just out of view.

Review: THE PENELOPIAD at Women's Theatre Collective
Sacramento: March 27, 2024

Margaret Atwood’s play, The Penelopiad, is a fascinating glimpse into an oft overlooked character. The book of the same name was published in 2005 as part of the Canongate Myth Series, in which contemporary authors write their version of ancient myths. Atwood’s story concerns Penelope, wife of Odysseus, and recounts events from her point of view.

Review: HOME, I'M DARLING at Jarrott Productions
Austin: March 27, 2024

What did our critic think of HOME, I'M DARLING at Jarrott Productions? Now onstage at Trinity Street Playhouse is Jarrott Productions latest offering to our theatre scene: HOME, I’M DARLING. Winner of the Olivier Award for Best Comedy in 2019, playwright Laura Wade’s HOME I’M DARLING raises questions about the authenticity of nostalgia, the pressures of conforming to traditional gender roles, and the ways in which individuals construct their own identities.



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