Pete Hammond

“McNeal seems rather like its been AI’d not with King Lear and Madame Bovary and Ibsen and The Book of Luke that Jacob McNeal so favors: In this comeuppance scene we sense that Akhtar has watched Fellini’s masterpiece 8 1/2 more than a few times.”

“Where we all ended up was a revelation.”

“Killing Eve star Jodie Comer claims Broadway as her own in her tour de force performance of Prima Facie, a scalding indictment of the law and its limits opening tonight at the Golden Theatre.”

“It doesn't, though there are a few flashes that throw enough illumination to let us see where he was going.”

“Chastain commands the stage with a performance that is both fierce and nuanced, bringing fresh energy to Ibsen's classic while honoring its timeless themes.”

“Parade is as commanding as any musical revival to hit Broadway in years.”

“Give all credit to the playwright, the director and this cast that when fate comes calling in this fine revival of a 20-year-old play, it’ll still steal your breath away.”

“Under Lloyd’s direction and Crimp’s pen, Cyrano is nothing so much as an alternately joyous and heartrending celebration of language.”

“The Music Man lives up to every expectation except the most crucial one: Surprise.”

“It’s just a regular, run-of-the-mill mess, a well-intended celebration of a beloved figure undone by one bad turn after another.”

“Aching, wistful and wounding, the director’s staging of Betrayal presents three friends and lovers trapped in an undoing of their own making, their inevitable self-destruction no less powerful for showing itself before the happier days.”

“Tootsie can stand on its own two heels.”

“A jukebox musical that could undo all the genre rehab delivered by superior shows built around Carole King and, if you want to stretch the definition a bit to include Lazarus, David Bowie, Broadway‘s Summer: The Donna Summer Musical, opening tonight, is as unimaginative as its title.”

“Time and the Conways should be equally unnerving, but here it’s simply undone.”

“It’s an exhilarating ride you’ll never forget.”

“There are no surprises, of either the negative or the especially positive sort.”