David Roberts

“‘School Girls; Or the African Mean Girls Play’ offers answers that cut deeper than the title suggests.”

“Fans of the original film and those drawn to dark musical theater will find much to appreciate in the craft on display.”

“‘The Balusters’ is a must-see production that accomplishes what the best social comedies do: it makes us laugh at petty squabbles while forcing us to confront the uglier truths underneath.”

“Reimagining Andrew Lloyd Webber’s ‘Cats’ through the lens of Ballroom culture and voguing is brilliant.”

“A play about queer survival that doesn't reckon with how much more precarious that survival has become isn't radical. It's nostalgia.”

“That fundamental misreading drains the play of its devastating impact.”

“‘Marjorie Prime’ ranks among the finest productions of the season.”

“Without moral perspective, without characters who earn our emotional investment, without formal innovation that justifies broken conventions, the evening just sits there—expensive, elaborately designed, professionally performed, utterly beside the point.”

“Hunter’s Broadway debut confirms what his Off-Broadway work has long suggested: he’s one of our finest writers of small lives rendered with enormous compassion.”

“‘ART’ turns that uncomfortable recognition into ninety minutes of brilliant theatrical warfare.”

“Under Danya Taymor’s meticulous direction, the cast of ‘John Proctor’ define the meaning of liberation in an exquisite fashion.”

“‘Purpose’ is an important deep dive into the dynamics of family, the power of forgiveness, and the need for redemption.”

“It is a risky business to write an entire scene in which the actors are upstaged by the silence of the hilarious stream of comments from a Live Screen session projected on the school library’s back wall.”

“...is a stark reminder of what happens when humankind refuses to accept mortality”

“‘Tammy Faye’ fails to celebrate Tammy Faye.”

“...about confession, forgiveness, and blessed balm of reconciliation.”

“This ‘wonderment,’ this tension drives the powerful movement forward in Max Wolf Friedlich’s psychological drama: a cat-and-mouse game at its best.”

“It is a smart revival that is fresh and certainly highlights the wonderful and skillful performances of Ms. Tomei and Mr. Elliott who ensure a great evening of entertainment.”

“The entire cast is remarkable, and Mr. Barford certainly turns in an impressive performance but at times the content diminishes the vulnerability of Wheeler, leaving only an angry, despicable, incorrigible moron with no redeeming values.”

“Florian Zeller's complex 'The Height of the Storm' is a must see this Broadway season.”

“This is the best of the Broadway productions of ‘Frankie and Johnny’ and Terrence McNally’s play is more relevant today that perhaps it ever was.”

“Joe Tracz’s book and Joe Iconis’s lyrics fail to address the depth of teenage angst and the tragic events that often erupt from deep despair and depression.”

“Janet McTeer, Dylan Baker, and Jason Butler Harner deliver towering performances under Moritz von Stuelpnagel's exacting direction.”

“The journey from soldier to prisoner to saint is beatified by Ms. Rashad’s authentic performance.”

“Glenda Jackson delivers a stunning performance as the quarrelsome A whose descent into senility provides the backdrop for ‘Three Tall Women.’”

“His performance in his ‘Stories By Heart’ is no exception to those expectations.”

“Under James Macdonald’s purposive and gentle direction, ‘The Children’ raises significant enduring questions left for the audience to grapple with.”

“Working against the performances, unfortunately, is Paul Steinberg’s cumbersome and oddly unimaginative set.”

“It is unfortunate that Mr. Willimon’s important rich and enduring questions get lost in his muddled script.”

“That said, what ‘Prince of Broadway’ does provide is two and a half hours of blissful entertainment, showcasing Hal Prince’s iconic directorial career and the music of at least thirty-six of Broadway’s best composers, lyricists, and book writers.”

“Listening to Michael Moore suggest ‘How We Got Here’…is gratifying and energizing. It would be better to hear more of Mr. Moore’s engaging stories with less interruption...”

“Despite the heroic effort of the creators to spin a musical tale that connects deeply with urban dwellers and their current challenging exigencies, the musical remains formulaic and less than distinguished.”

“This revival of William Finn and James Lapine's musical about love, family, and loss in the age of AIDS is both heartbreaking and uplifting, with stellar performances across the board.”

“Heisenberg meets the vicissitudes of the human condition and clarity convenes on the stage of life and on the stage of the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre.”

“That said, the named Cats and the Cats chorus provides sufficient energy to overcome this significant flaw in the current production.”

“‘Bright Star’ is a welcomed infusion of optimism into the veins of the Broadway stage and a delightful breath of fresh air in the current theatrical season.”

“‘Eclipsed’ is a redemptive and salvific story offered with distinctive grace and distinguished craft and not to be missed.”

“Lin-Manuel Miranda’s transformative and redemptive ‘Hamilton’ not only begins a conversation about a Founding Father whose legacy has been overlooked but also raises deep enduring questions that need answers from every generation.”

“Sam Rockwell and Nina Arianda capture the angst and desperation of their characters and bring their struggle to separate and individuate to a cathartic frenzy that make a deep and lasting impression on the audience.”

“The bitterest disappointment of the Broadway season.”

“Indecent” is a compelling piece of theatre that raises deep, enduring questions about the future of a society that refuses to accept differences and embrace those deemed to be “different.”

“‘The Great Comet’ could not be more timely and compellingly relevant.”

“The satire in Chayefsky’s iconic film transfers well to Lee Hall’s adaptation currently running at the Belasco.”

“This reimagining of ‘Oklahoma!’ adds very little – if anything at all – to the original musical or any of its previous revivals.”

“Thanks to the solid direction by Tony Michael Mayer, the choreography by David Neumann, the set design by Rachael Huack, the lighting design by Kevin Adams, and the sound design by John Shivers, the onstage shipwreck is as real as one could imagine.”

“The audience also exits the theatre with a new understanding of a disease where the familiar becomes unfamiliar, friends become enemies, and the worst nightmare possible becomes reality.”

“The themes of love, fortitude, old age, grief, cold-heartedness, hope, and redemption are woven throughout every scene making ‘Water for Elephants’ one of the most heartwarming productions on Broadway this season.”