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Leave the Poor Princess Alone

Less than 30 years after her death, fictional reincarnations of Diana are everywhere. But even icons deserve more time to rest in peace.

‘Buena Vista Social Club’ Review: Bringing a Classic Record to Life

A new Off Broadway musical adds the thrill of intimacy and the weight of history to the Cuban songs popularized on a 1997 album.

‘Hell’s Kitchen’ Review: Alicia Keys’s Musical Is Ambitious

A promising Off Broadway jukebox musical features hits by the R&B star (including “Fallin’,” “If I Ain’t Got You” and “No One”) and a story...

‘Harmony’ Review: Barry Manilow Writes the (Broadway) Songs

The pop star of the 1970s and ’80s crosses over to musical theater with a dark story about pop stars of the 1920s and ’30s.

‘Pal Joey’ Review: Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildering

Joey is still a heel in this major revision of the 1940 antihero musical, but he’s now a Black artist trying to find his true...

Review: In ‘Stereophonic,’ the Rock Revolution Will Be Recorded

David Adjmi’s riveting new play, with songs by Will Butler, is about a ’70s band that nearly destroys itself making an epochal album.

‘Here We Are’ Review: The Last Sondheim, Cool and Impossibly Chic

This inventive, beguiling and not quite fully solved puzzle of a show is a worthy and loving farewell to the great musical dramatist.

‘The Shark Is Broken’ Review: A Bloodless Postscript to ‘Jaws’

Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the theater, a play about the making of Hollywood’s first summer blockbuster bobs up...

‘Back to the Future’ Review: The DeLorean Crash Lands on Broadway

The addition of 17 songs turns the 1985 sci-fi classic into a big “why?” musical with a big wow factor.

Review: Dancing With Dictators in David Byrne’s ‘Here Lies Love’

A new Broadway musical tells the disturbing story of Imelda Marcos by putting her, and the audience, in a disco.