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‘Good Vibrations’ Review: The Saving Power of Punk

In a big-hearted musical about a 1970s Belfast record store owner and the punk movement he nurtured, music is the real hero.

Review: In ‘Days of Wine and Roses,’ Two Souls Lost in an Ocean of Booze

In Craig Lucas and Adam Guettel’s jazzy new musical, Kelli O’Hara and Brian d’Arcy James are a glamorous couple succumbing to alcoholism.

Playing Neil Diamond: A Dream Role, and a ‘Crazy Privilege’

Will Swenson, the star of “A Beautiful Noise,” has come a long way from his days as an eighth grader wooing girls with his Diamond...

Review: In This ‘Wuthering Heights,’ Music, Moors and Untamed Spirits

Emma Rice’s glorious stage adaptation of Emily Brontë’s novel is a feat of storytelling, with a singing and dancing chorus embodying the moors.

‘Four Saints in Three Acts’ Review: An Opera Becomes a One-Man Show

The actor David Greenspan is a tour-de-force, taking on all the roles of Gertrude Stein and Virgil Thomson’s large-cast opera from 1934, sans music.

Opening Old Wounds as the Man Who Warned About the Holocaust

In the solo play “Remember This,” David Strathairn portrays Jan Karski, a witness to the Nazi genocide during World War II.

Review: Billy Crystal Carries the Tune in ‘Mr. Saturday Night’

In a mishmash new musical based on his 1992 movie, he charms the audience as a has-been comic reconnecting with family.

After ‘Clyde’s,’ Lynn Nottage Just Has Two Shows Onstage. ‘Whew!’

With one play closed, Nottage can focus on “MJ” on Broadway and “Intimate Apparel” at Lincoln Center Theater. And maybe even catch her breath.

After Its Odds-Defying Run, John Cariani Says Bye to ‘Caroline, or Change’

The pandemic shutdown gave the actor time to reconnect with his clarinet, helping him fully realize his character, a lost-in-grief musician.

Review: ‘Wild: A Musical Becoming’ Is Finding Its Footing

Idina Menzel and a hummable pop score can’t camouflage the fact that this musical is half-baked. Still, it can make for an enjoyable evening, our...