| 单词 | theater critic |
| 例句 | He was an astronomer, historian, geographer, philosopher, poet, theater critic and mathematician. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z A theater critic went to a restaurant and a dance critic to Grand Central Terminal. The Art of Summer: Summer?s Over; the Game Begins 2011-09-07T22:27:57Z His character is a 60-ish ornery Irish theater critic who takes a leave of absence from his newspaper gig to work for a league of vampires in London. Two gentlemen optimistic about ‘Gentleman’ at Kennedy Center 2016-01-19T05:00:00Z There is no one theater critic in London who has the power that you have as the critic for The Times. Ben Brantley Answers Your London Theater Questions 2016-08-03T04:00:00Z But the play’s treatment of Caesar’s grisly assassination has also been questioned by theater critics, including Jesse Green of The New York Times. Et Tu, Delta? Airline Drops Sponsorship Over Trump-Like ‘Julius Caesar’ 2017-06-11T04:00:00Z His father is a longtime journalist at the Boston Globe, currently serving as a theater critic. Composer-conductor Matthew Aucoin is tapped to join L.A. Opera as an artist in residence 2016-01-14T05:00:00Z The Star-Ledger has also sent a music critic - not its theater critic - to critique the show. Reviews of 'Spider-Man' musical draw backers' ire 2011-02-08T07:02:08Z “He would just drop in,” said Mr. Seff, who is now a theater critic for DC Metro Theater Arts. For a Young Donald J. Trump, Broadway Held Sway 2016-03-06T05:00:00Z But most know Friedman through his work on “Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson,” which Times theater critic Charles McNulty called a “sardonically frolicsome, unabashedly sophomoric emo musical.” Remembering Michael Friedman: Interview from the earliest days of 'Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson' 2017-09-10T04:00:00Z When the show premiered Off Broadway last winter at Atlantic Theater Company, Jesse Green, the chief theater critic for The New York Times, called it a “funny and moving new musical.” How They Assembled the ‘Kimberly Akimbo’ Puzzle 2022-10-26T04:00:00Z Times theater critic Charles McNulty says it’s worth it to brave traffic for the “wrenching new revival” of August Wilson’s “Gem of the Ocean” at South Coast Repertory in Orange County. Essential Arts & Culture: Vampire weekend, a Mexican masterpiece reemerges (sort of), the rising Academy museum 2017-10-27T04:00:00Z The last few Labyrinth productions have been coolly received by theater critics and some audience members. Labyrinth Theater Is Said to Seek New Leaders 2013-02-04T23:50:44Z Even Clinton, hitherto unknown as a theater critic, jumped to its defense. Bono's "Spider-Man" musical still weak, critics say 2011-06-15T22:06:24Z The appointment has been welcomed on Twitter by London theater critics and playwrights: Donmar Warehouse Names Michael Longhurst as Artistic Director 2018-06-07T04:00:00Z As Times theater critic Charles McNulty noted, the touring production proves that the musical is as vital as ever. Clearing up confusion over 'Hamilton' tickets for L.A.: What you need to know 2017-03-31T04:00:00Z Jesse Green, the chief theater critic of The New York Times, proclaimed him “ferocious.” Alex Newell Finds Inspiration in Whitney Houston, Billy Porter and ‘Dreamgirls’ 2021-03-16T04:00:00Z Ben Brantley, chief theater critic for The New York Times, is taking readers’ questions about what’s happening in the London theater scene. Ben Brantley Takes Readers' Questions on London Theater 2010-07-30T14:30:00Z This week, Jason Zinoman, a freelance writer and theater critic for The New York Times, writes about the difficulty of defining success. Theater Talkback: How Do You Measure a Hit? 2010-08-26T19:02:00Z Since becoming a theater critic, I find myself on another tear beat, especially when I get to see plays by Samuel D. Hunter. Review: In ‘Greater Clements,’ the Tragedy of a Town that Closed 2019-12-09T05:00:00Z He wrote in “The Game Show King” that he told Lange newspaper critics were originally movie and theater critics, and “free TV is beneath them.” “Gonged at Last”: game show impressario and author Chuck Barris dead at 87 2017-03-23T04:00:00Z “It is musically vigorous and excellently staged,” wrote Michael Billington, the theater critic for The Guardian. ‘Company’ and ‘Come From Away’ Lead Olivier Award Nominations 2019-03-05T05:00:00Z The stage piece debuted on Friday, but theater critics were told that they were not welcome. 'Ferguson' writer wants to take play to Ferguson, Mo., and beyond 2015-04-29T04:00:00Z Still, I have a sworn obligation as a theater critic to give it to you straight: I had a good time. Embracing the chill in Jimmy Buffett's 'Escape to Margaritaville' 2017-06-21T04:00:00Z Morris arrives with a very long paper and pixel trail as former theater critic of the L.A. LA Stage Alliance picks longtime theater critic Steven Leigh Morris as executive director 2015-11-03T05:00:00Z The award is named after Clive Barnes, a longtime dance and theater critic for The Times and The New York Post who died in 2008. Clive Barnes Award Winner and Nominees Are Announced 2017-11-22T05:00:00Z But a theater critic can tell you the real reason "Macbeth" is cursed. 'Macbeth' succeeds in avoiding its onstage curse when it's on-screen 2015-11-28T05:00:00Z “The interplay of perspectives is lively,” writes Times theater critic Charles McNulty, “but the characterizations are ‘types’ led more by laugh lines than by psychology.” Essential Arts & Culture: Chicago architecture biennial, 'The Red Shoes' hits L.A. and more PST: LA/LA 2017-09-22T04:00:00Z Times theater critic Charles McNulty describes it as “a frolicsome introduction” to the work of Filter Theatre, the British company known for its “merry way with classics.” Essential Arts & Culture: Slashing the NEA, Deborah Borda leaves the L.A. Phil, a very sweet ballet 2017-03-18T04:00:00Z This month, Chris Jones, the chief theater critic for The Chicago Tribune, called “Burning Bluebeard” “the most distinctive holiday show in the entire city,” praising its “ragtag, outré aesthetic” and “emotional, existential echoes.” ‘Burning Bluebeard' Becomes a Holiday Tradition in Chicago 2014-12-29T05:00:00Z Ms. Hudson’s performance was praised by Ben Brantley, the chief theater critic for The New York Times, who said she “radiates a lush, supple stage presence that is echoed by her velvet voice.” Jennifer Hudson to Exit ‘Color Purple’; Enter Heather Headley 2016-04-07T04:00:00Z Kauffmann’s film criticism brought him an Emmy and a George Polk Award Kauffmann was briefly The New York Times’ theater critic, in 1966, and also taught at the Yale School of Drama. Film Critic Stanley Kauffmann Dead at 97 2013-10-09T16:19:46Z Next week, Charles Isherwood will write about what set him on the path toward becoming a theater critic for The Times. ArtsBeat: What Inspired You to Work in Theater? 2013-08-16T15:47:02Z Defenders of the production, including some theater critics, describe the Public’s “Julius Caesar” as nuanced, complex and loyal to Shakespeare’s text — a cautionary tale about the costs of political violence. Trump Supporters Drive an Effort to Bury the Public Theater 2017-06-12T04:00:00Z William Wolf was a longtime film and theater critic whose work appeared in Cue Magazine, New York Magazine and Gannett Newspapers. Luminaries Lost: A look at some of the artists lost to virus 2020-06-24T04:00:00Z I spent four years as a theater critic. Explorer: Crossing the Nation on 2 Wheels ? Again 2011-07-08T18:59:41Z Sparring with Gig Young, who played a comically wolfish character, Mr. Jones had “the right blend of sturdiness and lightness,” New York Times theater critic Howard Taubman wrote. Dean Jones, boyish-looking leading man of Disney films, dies at 84 2015-09-02T04:00:00Z The theater critics of The New York Times — Ben Brantley and Charles Isherwood — share their picks for the best shows of the year. The Best Theater of 2015 2015-12-08T05:00:00Z Howard Kissel, the longtime theater critic for The Daily News, died on Friday at his home in Manhattan. Howard Kissel, Daily News Theater Critic, Dies at 69 2012-02-27T06:57:42Z After a public campaign led by Brooks Atkinson, the theater critic of The New York Times, the show returned for an open engagement on Sept. Carmen Capalbo, Theater Director, Dies at 84 2010-03-17T05:04:00Z Shows returned around fall 2021, and theater critics predicted a rebound of New York’s cultural life. ‘Phantom of the Opera,’ Broadway’s longest-running show, to end after 35 years 2022-09-17T04:00:00Z Simon served as the chief theater critic at New York magazine for nearly 40 years before being dismissed in 2005. Fiery theater critic John Simon has died at 94 2019-11-25T05:00:00Z Even though newspapers are an endangered species in Britain as in the United States, London still has a broad and lively selection of them, and each of those has a theater critic. Ben Brantley Answers Your London Theater Questions 2016-08-03T04:00:00Z Times theater critic Charles McNulty says the show could use a bit more study: “Latin History for Morons,” as the show is titled, “hasn’t yet come into focus.” Essential Arts & Culture: The loss of an L.A. patron, the future of freeways, art in the time of unrest 2016-07-09T04:00:00Z A review by former Times theater critic Dan Sullivan concluded that the play "may be a useful first-draft for a later project, but it's awfully soft on its own." When John Cassavetes staged 'Love Streams' in Los Angeles 2014-08-28T04:00:00Z In his review of “Holler,” Charles Isherwood, a theater critic for The New York Times, lamented the quality gap between the show’s musical numbers and its storyline. Popcast: Can Hip-Hop Thrive on Broadway? 2014-07-18T04:00:00Z The producer David Merrick, faced with devastating reviews of “Subways Are for Sleeping,” in 1962 created an ad made up of laudatory quotes from New Yorkers with the same names as the city’s theater critics. ‘Something Rotten!’ Ad Celebrates Tony’s Best-Musical Defeat 2015-06-14T04:00:00Z So you would think that some of that language and sacrilegious commentary would perhaps color some theater critics' opinions of the show. Will "The Book of Mormon" save Broadway's soul? 2011-03-25T14:26:00Z Ben Brantley, then The Times’s chief theater critic, praised it as “remarkable and devious.” Branden Jacobs-Jenkins and Paula Vogel Are Broadway Bound 2023-06-15T04:00:00Z Seattle critics group announces Gypsy Awards From Misha Berson, Seattle Times theater critic: A group of seven Seattle drama critics joined forces to determine the second annual Gypsy Rose Lee Awards for local theater achievements. Seattle critics group announces Gypsy Awards 2013-02-06T22:52:40Z But within that framework, there’s room for jazzlike riffing, the sort of variation that gives forever-surprising joy to the theater critic’s task of returning to the same old shows. Theater: New Casts Enliven ?God of Carnage? and ?39 Steps? 2010-04-16T23:59:00Z The 56th annual awards are chosen by theater critics and writers to honor Broadway, off off-Broadway and off Broadway productions. "Book of Mormon", "Anything Goes" top Drama Desk awards 2011-05-24T04:11:11Z Many theater critics grew impatient and their reviews that appeared in early February - a violation of the established agreement by critics to wait for opening night to weigh in - were mostly savage pans. Broadway's 'Spider-Man' to open; Taymor to there 2011-06-14T18:48:08Z Ben Brantley Answers Readers’ Questions, Part 2 Yesterday Ben Brantley, the chief theater critic of The New York Times, answered readers' questions about new scores, populist theater and other topics. ArtsBeat: Ben Brantley Answers Readers' Questions, Part 2 2012-12-06T16:13:06Z Following the #OscarsSoWhite controversy and his much-shared column about how "Hamilton" holds lessons for the film industry, theater critic Charles McNulty returns to Broadway and is encouraged by signs of diversity beyond that hip-hop musical. Arts & Culture this week: The museum that isn't, a ballerina in the boardroom, diversity on the stage 2016-03-12T05:00:00Z We asked the theater critics Ben Brantley and Charles Isherwood for some guidance. ‘Hamilton’ Costs Too Much? You’re in Luck 2016-06-10T04:00:00Z The spat recalls the scene in “Birdman” in which Michael Keaton’s character unloads on a New York Times theater critic. ‘Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths’ Review: It’s a Stressful Afterlife 2022-11-03T04:00:00Z After seeing “Applause,” theater critic Walter Kerr wrote that she “ceases being a former movie star and becomes a star of the stage.” Lauren Bacall dies at 89; iconic film legend known as ‘The Look’ From your perspective as a theater critic, how does the opera “Porgy and Bess” work as theater? ArtsBeat: Critics Discuss 'Porgy and Bess' 2012-01-17T13:00:25Z I was a drama-besotted adolescent who became a college actress who became a theater critic. Devotion to the Stage, and to a Newborn 2016-08-15T04:00:00Z “He conveyed nothing so much as the sheer joy of watching movies — and writing about them,” Time theater critic Richard Zoglin said in an online tribute. Richard Corliss, Time magazine film critic, dies at 71 2015-04-24T04:00:00Z In my tenure as a chief theater critic at the Times, Janet McTeer was probably the first performer to make me rethink a classic character altogether. Theater Talkback: Just When You Think You Know Somebody . . . 2010-09-01T21:24:00Z Previously he was a television, film and theater critic. Lawrence Turman, Producer Behind ‘The Graduate,’ Dies at 96 2023-07-07T04:00:00Z “The Prom” begins when a theater critic for The New York Times writes a pan so poisonous that the show he’s reviewing dies on the spot. ‘The Prom’ Review: Bringing Jazz Hands to the Heartland 2018-11-16T05:00:00Z He is also a freelance theater critic and a founder of New York Stage Review, a digital publication. Jesse Oxfeld, William Strasser 2019-09-22T04:00:00Z January 13 All About London Theater Over on the ArtsBeat blog, readers are submitting questions for Ben Brantley, The Times's chief theater critic, who is in London to see several shows. 2010-01-13T16:25:00Z One Chicago theater critic went so far as to warn Bradshaw to get out of town. | Playwright Thomas Bradshaw on Race, Porn and Suburbia 2014-01-29T23:00:38Z In the New York Times, theater critic Brooks Atkinson called it “a delightful burlesque.” Sandy Wilson, composer of ‘The Boy Friend,’ dies at 90 The two staff theater critics for The New York Times are not members. ArtsBeat: Deliberative Theater Critics Honor 'Good People' 2011-05-10T21:00:56Z Mr. Barnes was a longtime dance and theater critic for The New York Times and New York Post who died in 2008. Clive Barnes Award Nominees Are Named 2015-11-19T05:00:00Z The show, which spawned a national debate about cultural appropriation, prompted theater critics and black activists to denounce it for masking black suffering. A Show About Slaves, With White Actors, Will Go On After Protests 2018-07-12T04:00:00Z Part of the fun of being a theater critic here is charting an actor’s journey from local favorite to global star. For Many Golden Globe Winners, the London Stage Came First 2021-03-02T05:00:00Z Before his appointment, music or theater critics wrote on dance, the stepchild of the arts, satisfying no one. Weekend Entertainments From the Archives of The New York Times 2015-12-03T05:00:00Z But Mitchell said the offer still stands – and that it has made at least some headway toward putting money in freelance theater critics’ pockets. That offer asking theaters to pony up $150 for pay-to-play reviews falls flat in L.A. 2015-10-15T04:00:00Z In The New York Times, the chief theater critic, Jesse Green, wrote, “You root for her to raise the roof, but she only bumps against it a little.” Beanie Feldstein to Depart ‘Funny Girl’ Earlier Than Expected 2022-07-10T04:00:00Z It’s not possible — or advisable — for a theater critic to hang around the rehearsal room as a new stage production takes shape. Dinner Theater Performed Backstage, in the Kitchen 2011-08-17T12:00:05Z The show also got panned by many theater critics who grew tired of the delays and reviewed the show during previews. 'Spider-Man' performance stops with stuck Goblin 2011-03-10T02:50:08Z The New York Times chief theater critics, Ben Brantley and Jesse Green, share their picks for the best shows of the year. The Best Theater of 2017 2017-12-05T05:00:00Z Sore from these rejections and the rather cramped seats, I am ashamed to say that I ate my meals surrounded by other theater critics. Confronting Demons: the play that forces theatregoers to talk to each other 2010-07-13T16:48:00Z Honorees of the ATCA/Steinberg prizes and the M. Elizabeth Osborn Award are chosen by a jury of 15 U.S. theater critics from a larger pool of nominated scripts. Seattle writer’s LBJ play wins $25,000 Steinberg prize 2013-04-07T01:57:21Z A revelatory new biography of the playwright by Lahr, theater critic for The New Yorker. Fall books: 37 new titles to add to your reading list 2014-09-10T04:00:00Z But a monsoon of praise from major theater critics — who noted the precision of the writing, the deft pacing and the superb performances — led to a commercial breakthrough. Frank D. Gilroy, playwright of Pulitzer-winning ‘The Subject Was Roses,’ dies at 89 2015-09-14T04:00:00Z TIME's theater critic picks this year's most-anticipated theater viewing Hopes are always high at the start of a new theater season. Broadway’s New Season: 10 Shows to See 2012-09-18T12:00:28Z But, the bigger question is why there are so few black theater critics in mainstream publications that have the power to make or break a show’s run or black playwright’s career? ‘Fairview’: Watching a Play in Black and White 2019-08-07T04:00:00Z In the months before The Los Angeles Herald Examiner folded in 1989, he served as its theater critic. Charles Marowitz, Director and Playwright, Dies at 82 2014-05-12T00:20:07Z Rose is a former Washington Post theater critic. Beyond Stonehenge, searching for Britain’s stone circles “The show is brought to life by a strong ensemble cast that features many different shades of masculinity,” writes Times theater critic Charles McNulty. Essential Arts & Culture: L.A. culture after the riots, a stirring Beethoven concert, controversial Carl Andre 2017-04-29T04:00:00Z It was almost exactly 16 years ago that I made my first visit to La MaMa in a professional capacity, as a new theater critic for The New York Times. Critic?s Notebook: Rocking the Cradle of Experimental Theater 2011-01-13T23:30:04Z The production has its weaknesses, including sound that is a bit “grab bag,” writes Times theater critic Charles McNulty. Essential Arts & Culture: Leonard Bernstein at 100, MLK tribute, peeling back the White House facade 2018-01-13T05:00:00Z Given the onslaught of reviews on Tuesday, several of the theater critics denied or shrugged off the notion that there had been some formal collusion to publish in concert or damage the show. ?Spider-Man? Early Reviews Set Off a Storm 2011-02-08T22:55:24Z Isherwood, a theater critic for The Times, on the abundant “heaving platters of angst” being offered up on New York stages this summer. Arts & Leisure Preview: Arcade Fire, 'Scrappers,' Patricia Clarkson and More 2010-07-30T19:03:00Z If you’re going to write a theater mystery, who better to bump off than a theater critic? Puzzles and Paradoxes: Marilyn Stasio’s Latest Crime Column 2018-11-16T05:00:00Z It has added a number of younger people of color to important staff positions in recent years, such as culture and TV critic Doreen St. Felix and theater critic Vinson Cunningham. A New Yorker staffer questions racial equality at the magazine — and becomes the talk of the town 2021-09-29T04:00:00Z TIME’s theater critic reviews four new productions that have landed on Broadway: Betrayal, The Snow Geese, A Time to Kill, and The Winslow Boy. Betrayals and Barristers: Broadway’s New Dramas 2013-10-29T09:45:58Z I’ll leave it to others to surmise what the biases, positive or negative, of us theater critics might be. Economix Blog: Reviewing the Movies: Audiences vs. Critics 2013-08-14T15:00:23Z Early on, despite his wispy physical appearance, he was singled out by theater critics for his magnetism. John Hurt, British actor who played desperate, eccentric characters, dies at 77 2017-01-27T05:00:00Z Below are answers to reader questions about the London theater scene from Ben Brantley, the chief theater critic of The New York Times. Ben Brantley Answers Your London Theater Questions 2016-08-03T04:00:00Z For us — Jesse Green, the chief theater critic, and Maya Phillips, a critic at large — that shared reflection often included the gift of disagreement. Welcoming Back Live Theater Doesn’t Mean Agreeing About All of It 2022-01-05T05:00:00Z Ben Brantley Answers Readers’ Questions Below are answers to selected reader questions about the theater world from Ben Brantley, the chief theater critic of The New York Times. ArtsBeat: Ben Brantley Answers Readers' Questions 2012-12-05T20:15:08Z "Woke signaling, blind compliance with public-health authoritarianism, deference to theater critics and tyrannical city officials — Mr. Mamet doesn't play along," the WSJ article concludes. David Mamet says teachers are "inclined to pedophilia," perpetuating right-wing grooming rhetoric 2022-04-11T04:00:00Z Ben Brantley, The Times’s chief theater critic, was one of the most negative, saying the musical may “rank among the worst” in Broadway history. ?Spider-Man? Early Reviews Set Off a Storm 2011-02-08T22:55:24Z Perhaps that’s why he takes a personal intermission to sketch his own path from theater critic to producer for Jujamcyn Theaters. ‘The Secret Life of the American Musical’ — from ‘Gypsy’ to ‘Hamilton’ 2016-02-22T05:00:00Z For a period of time in the early 1990s, Conway spirited around England claiming to be Kubrick and found willing listeners in theater critics, actors, and others in the entertainment industry. 21 of the wildest cons in history 2022-03-12T05:00:00Z We asked, and you answered: What one theater production would you have put on your best of 2018 list that our chief theater critics, Ben Brantley and Jesse Green, left off theirs? Upon Further Review: Readers Tell Us What Deserved to Be Top 10 2018-12-17T05:00:00Z Part of the attraction is that audience members are able to become lost in a world called "a voyeur's delight" and "a lovely evening in hell" by theater critics. Haunting New York show draws crowds, masked stars 2011-08-16T16:52:32Z So for the six-month anniversary of the shutdown, The New York Times asked its theater critics — as well as dozens of people who make theater every day — what those fixes might look like. How to Birth a New American Theater 2020-09-11T04:00:00Z Take it from a theater critic: There’s nothing more depressing than watching an unwilling actor trapped on a stage. God Loves a Show: Religious Satires Reveal the Art of Acting Faithful 2022-09-14T04:00:00Z Isherwood, a theater critic for The Times, on the poor ticket sales this season for plays with historical themes, like “The Scottsboro Boys” and “Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson.” ArtsBeat: Arts & Leisure Preview: 'True Grit,' Michael Jackson, Nicole Kidman and More 2010-12-10T21:16:00Z References to actors, singers, television stars, the Pope, Hillary Clinton and even New York Times theater critic Ben Brantley are sprinkled throughout the play. Nathan Lane shines in Broadway comedy 'It's Only a Play' 2014-10-10T04:00:00Z But in the end, Times theater critic Charles McNulty says, what matters is the work — and this work really matters. Essential Arts & Culture: 'Hamilton' hits Hollywood, Moore goes Broadway, Prager heads for the conductor stand 2017-08-12T04:00:00Z There seems to be a built-in tension between what audiences want — the songs the way they were — and what you, as theater critics, appreciate. Can Critics Learn to Love the Jukebox Musical? 2018-08-29T04:00:00Z Times theater critic Charles McNulty says it provides reason for genuflection. Essential Arts & Culture: Parsing Measure S, 'Fun Home' inspires genuflection, SCI-Arc goes to Mexico 2017-02-25T05:00:00Z That they reserve a slot in the “In Memoriam” segment for “The power of theater critics.” A Tonys wish list 2015-05-29T04:00:00Z Refresh this page for updates and commentary from Charles Isherwood, theater critic for The New York Times; Dave Itzkoff, a culture reporter for The Times, and other surprise guests of our own. Live-Blogging the Tony Awards 2010-06-13T23:58:00Z Claim to Fame Despite being grade school age, Iain made a name for himself as a theater critic through his popular YouTube channel, IainLovesTheatre, where he offers reviews of productions including “Othello” and “Cats.” The 8-Year-Old Theater Critic Who Stars in HBO’s ‘Big Little Lies’ 2017-02-22T05:00:00Z That production — a retelling of Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet” — was praised by the theater critic Brooks Atkinson in The New York Times as a “profoundly moving show that is as ugly as the city jungles.” Six Stars of the New ‘West Side Story’ Discuss Its Enduring Relevance 2019-12-18T05:00:00Z “Miss Duke, with never an instant’s hesitation, gives us the tortured, infuriated mind within the little child,” theater critic Richard L. Coe wrote in The Washington Post. Patty Duke, child star, Oscar winner and advocate for mental health, dies at 69 2016-03-29T04:00:00Z One of the great rewards of having been a theater critic for as long as I have is the privilege of seeing actors and plays change colors, shape and substance over the years. ‘Faith Healer’ Review: Michael Sheen Stirs the Embers in the Ashes 2020-09-20T04:00:00Z Isherwood, a theater critic for The Times, on the refurbished theater on 44th Street. Arts & Leisure Preview: Seattle Jazz, 'Arthur,' the Belasco Theater and More 2010-08-27T20:17:00Z Jesse Green, the new co-chief theater critic for The New York Times, was the theater critic and a feature writer for New York magazine. 5 Must-See Shows if You’re in New York This Month 2017-05-01T04:00:00Z The producers also want to cut “Deeply Furious,” which has been widely denounced by theater critics. ?Spider-Man?: Turn On the Changes 2011-03-10T22:33:44Z Here are five that I’m especially looking forward to on my first day as the new co-chief theater critic here at The New York Times. 5 Must-See Shows if You’re in New York This Month 2017-05-01T04:00:00Z It’s Tony Awards time and Times theater critic Charles McNulty kicks off the coverage with a piece that looks at why this year’s awards are impossible to predict. Essential Arts & Culture: L.A. Phil wraps up the season, Tony Awards coming up, reconsidering Frank Lloyd Wright 2017-06-09T04:00:00Z Mr. Barnes, for whom the award is named, died in 2008 and was a longtime dance and theater critic for The Times and The New York Post. Clive Barnes Award Nominees Include Stars of ‘Spamilton’ 2016-11-13T05:00:00Z "She touched millions of women, and I'm sure they share my loss," Zoglin, a theater critic for Time, said in a statement. Author-commentator Charla Krupp dies in NYC at 58 2012-01-23T23:16:09Z Recently, The Times’s co-chief theater critics put together a musical cast recording starter kit for those of us stuck at home — 10 cast albums they’d take with them to a desert island. A Cast Album I Love: ‘Hair’ 2020-04-23T04:00:00Z I am a theater critic in New York. Perspective | Listen in as Dan Rather anchors the story of his own highly theatrical life 2020-08-05T04:00:00Z Times theater critic Charles McNulty has been focused on the pageantry, reporting on an opening ceremony that, in true Brazilian style, "combined gravitas with gravity-defying bounce." Essential Arts & Culture: The theatricality of the Olympics, Wall Street on stage, a Luis Buñuel opera 2016-08-13T04:00:00Z “Behold them with wonder, humble theatergoer,” Ben Brantley, The Times’s co-chief theater critic wrote in a review of their performance in London last year, “for they are multitudes.” Acclaimed ‘Lehman Trilogy’ to Move to Broadway 2019-09-03T04:00:00Z That's left theater critics wondering where the line is between becoming patsies of producers or champions for consumers. Reviews of 'Spider-Man' musical draw backers' ire 2011-02-08T07:02:08Z Yet the producers, Bono, and Edge pressed for changes through the winter, especially after theater critics savaged it in reviews in February, after the often-postponed opening night was delayed once more. ArtsBeat: Just After 'Spider-Man' Reopens, Taymor To Deliver Theater Conference Keynote 2011-05-05T20:00:47Z And with its multicultural cast, wrote theater critic Charles McNulty, “‘Hamilton’ was the right recipient of adulation on this somber night.” Don’t expect “Hamilton: The Movie” anytime soon, though. Essential Arts & Culture: Monumental sculpture, 'Finding Dory's' fluid music and lessons from the Tonys 2016-06-18T04:00:00Z Every time a new show opened for review at the Belasco, my friend Michael Kuchwara, the Associated Press theater critic who died this year, used to lament the destruction of the theater’s lower boxes. A Temple of Drama, Burnished 2010-08-28T02:45:00Z As theater critic Charles McNulty writes, we know “Hamilton” will dominate Broadway’s biggest night, but will it match or surpass “The Producers’” record-breaking 12 Tony wins? Essential Arts & Culture: 'Hamilton' fever at the Tonys, Cindy Sherman at the Broad and the arrival of the Hammer's Made in L.A. 2016-06-12T04:00:00Z But a production by Paris’ Théâtre de la Ville presented by UCLA’s Center for the Art of Performance brings imaginative staging to a work about rising authoritarianism, reports Times theater critic Charles McNulty. Essential Arts & Culture: Parsing Kusama, outcry over Philip Johnson update, art's woman problem 2017-11-03T04:00:00Z Whatever theater critics think - and the play was roasted in Canada before changes were made - "Bullet for Adolf" is about the origin of something real: a deep friendship. Woody Harrelson's new play is about an old friend 2012-07-18T12:33:08Z Many of those theater critics, acting on their own volition, saw the musical in early February and published reviews; critics usually wait until a show ends previews and officially opens before publishing reviews. ArtsBeat: 'Spider-Man' Frozen, and Actors Are Relieved 2011-06-08T22:21:51Z The theater critic for The Los Angeles Times, Charles McNulty, said Thursday that he was in discussion with his editors. Pinter Estate Shuts Door on ‘The Room’ 2016-01-29T05:00:00Z “Reviving ancient comedy is nearly as difficult as resuscitating a mummy,” writes Times theater critic Charles McNulty, “and this refurbished old property engenders an impressive quantity of hilarity.” Essential Arts & Culture: Controversy over Carpenter Center show, underwater sculpture, fall preview everything 2016-09-10T04:00:00Z As theater critic Charles McNulty put it in the Los Angeles Times, both of these Shakespeare plays “reveal just how easy it is to transform anxious citizens into mobs.” The many ways pop culture warned us about the 2016 election 2016-10-28T04:00:00Z Charles Isherwood, a New York Times theater critic; Michael Paulson, the theater reporter; and Scott Heller, the theater editor, talk about how the awards derby shapes up from here. ‘Hamilton’ Aside, Where the Real Tony Competition Lies 2016-05-03T04:00:00Z The plot, writes Times theater critic Charles McNulty has its weaknesses, but Rashad “makes you forget all about that by tapping into a raw vein of grief and rage.” Essential Arts & Culture: Rage and grief at the Taper, art of color and movement, Obama's library 2017-09-29T04:00:00Z The Times’s theater critic, Jesse Green, wrote that she got the character’s “arc just right in a wonderfully rangy compelling performance.” LaChanze, a Tony Nominee, Is Casting Herself in New Roles 2022-05-17T04:00:00Z After the massacre in Las Vegas, Times theater critic Charles McNulty looks at what it means to have a gunman open fire on an audience at a concert. Essential Arts & Culture: A censored mural returns, PST: LA/LA is humming, learning from Las Vegas 2017-10-06T04:00:00Z The latest flood of reviews joins previous preliminary assessments by theater critics from Bloomberg, Newsday, the Toronto Star and The New York Observer. Reviews of 'Spider-Man' musical draw backers' ire 2011-02-08T07:02:08Z The original Broadway production received cool reviews from theater critics, but largely positive ones from music writers who came to its defense too late to save it. Susan Graham, Opera’s Sweetheart, Tries Something New: Being Nasty 2018-06-05T04:00:00Z The show, writes Times theater critic Charles McNulty, is “an affecting yet haphazard travelogue,” but serves as a touching showcase for the musical gifts of lead actress Daphne Rubin-Vega. Essential Arts & Culture: An immigration musical, self portraits fusing black and white, getting gender-bendy 2016-11-18T05:00:00Z But Laura Kressly, a freelance theater critic, said on Twitter that “it’s still a shame that a white man is replacing a woman.” Donmar Warehouse Names Michael Longhurst as Artistic Director 2018-06-07T04:00:00Z THE New York Times’s theater critics are not the only ones willing to opine on spring theater highlights. Spring Performance: Theater: Been There, Done That, and Now Going to This 2011-02-20T02:01:27Z In any case, it’s refreshing to have a Broadway show being part of mainstream conversation again, a rarity during my tenure as theater critic. ‘Hamilton’ Makes a Curious Cameo in Trump Impeachment Trial 2020-01-27T05:00:00Z “A tight budget has set the creative juices flowing,” writes Times theater critic Charles McNulty. Essential Arts & Culture: 'The Encounter's' circular time, L.A. Phil's Icelandic time, Center Theater Group's anniversary time 2017-04-14T04:00:00Z For the occasion, Times theater critic Charles McNulty caught up with Stoppard, who says that with his work he aims to “stretch your mind just a little bit.” Essential Arts & Culture: Stoppard's new play, L.A.'s Wrigley Field, Dudamel's best-ever L.A. Phil piece 2016-10-21T04:00:00Z The Times' theater critic, Charles McNulty, singled out Bergen as the musical's "breakout star. His charisma feeds off the spotlight." 'Madam Secretary' actor Erich Bergen moonlights in cabaret 2015-05-20T04:00:00Z By then, I had become a theater critic for The New York Times, and she was appearing in a revival of “The Gin Game” on Broadway. Critic’s Notebook: Luminous Julie Harris, Close Up and Afar 2013-08-25T21:50:35Z Here then, with names in each category listed in no particular order, are The Seattle Times Footlight Awards for 2013 theater, chosen by myself and Seattle Times freelance theater critics. And now: The 2013 Seattle Times Footlight Awards 2013-12-31T22:33:19Z Richard Zoglin, TIME’s theater critic and a former assistant managing editor, is the author of Comedy at the Edge: How Stand-up in the 1970s Changed America Volcanoes on Venus? Is Broadway Just for Tourists? 2013-01-02T15:30:11Z But I must admit that “Tick, Tick … Boom!” gave me pause when Larson’s work is being workshopped by Stephen Sondheim and a theater critic. How Jonathan Larson Taught Me to Become a Better Critic 2022-02-16T05:00:00Z The play doesn't delve deeply into the progressive layers of Asch's drama identified by theater critic Alisa Solomon in her book "Re-Dressing the Canon: Essays on Theater and Gender." 'Indecent' is a moving reminder of art's power to expose truths 2015-11-30T05:00:00Z It’s starting to look that way, though “Matilda” partisans are hoping that its unsurpassable reviews from theater critics will trump the feel-good momentum of its two competitors. Predictions From Tony Award Voters 2013-06-06T16:30:00Z Times theater critic Charles McNulty called a “bright, jocular, not at all offensive modernization.” The 99-Seat Beat: Aaron Posner, Anna Ziegler and the return of Tim Dang 2018-01-19T05:00:00Z The play, which officially opens on Saturday in London, has already generated ecstatic praise from theater critics. ‘Harry Potter and the Cursed Child’ Goes From Stage to Page on Saturday at the Witching Hour 2016-07-29T04:00:00Z That’s Ben Brantley, the theater critic for The New York Times whose review of the play in “It’s Only a Play” is being anxiously awaited. Matthew Broderick, Nathan Lane and Stockard Channing in 'It's Only a Play' on Broadway 2014-10-09T04:00:00Z “Spider-Man” recently delayed its opening night by four weeks, until Feb. 7, to provide more time for Ms. Taymor, Bono and others to make changes to the musical before theater critics review it. Spider-Woman Is Leaving Troubled ?Spider-Man? 2010-12-28T23:20:32Z And Chris Jones, the theater critic for The Chicago Tribune, is known for authoritative but also instructive reviews that producers say often help them persuade creative teams to make difficult but necessary changes. Before Broadway, Musicals Make a Detour to Test the Waters in Chicago 2016-01-12T05:00:00Z Drake is a former theater critic and columnist for the Los Angeles Times. 'Zoot Suit': How Latino theater born in the farm fields changed L.A. theater forever 2017-02-02T05:00:00Z New York Times theater critic Brooks Atkinson praised her “fire and skill” in the powerful Miller morality play that many have read as an allegory against the McCarthyite anti-communist witch hunts of the day. Madeleine Sherwood, actress in ‘The Crucible,’ ‘Cat on a Hot Tin Roof,’ dies at 93 2016-04-26T04:00:00Z Helen Shaw, a theater critic for 4Columns and Time Out New York, often writes about dance and performance. Balanchine and Cunningham: The Titans of 20th-Century Dance 2019-05-31T04:00:00Z Ben Brantley, the former co-chief theater critic, wrote more than 2,500 reviews for The New York Times over 27 years beginning in 1993, filing regularly from London as well as New York. How Helen McCrory Shone, Even in a Haze of Mystery 2021-04-17T04:00:00Z A discussion will be moderated by the Irish theater critic and scholar Fintan O’Toole. Spare Times for May 8-14 2015-05-07T04:00:00Z Andrea Tompa, a Hungarian theater critic who has written about the growing political influence on the performing arts in Hungary, said that she caught one of the remaining “Billy Elliot” performances after the firestorm. Hungary Turned Far Right. That’s Meant Millions for Its Opera. 2018-10-26T04:00:00Z The Drama Critics’ Circle is made up of 23 New York-area theater critics. 'Hamilton' Named Best Musical by New York Drama Critics' Circle 2015-05-04T04:00:00Z Some theater critics are weighing in on the $65 million musical even though it doesn't officially open until March 15, a move that violates the time-honored agreement between producers and journalists. Reviews of 'Spider-Man' musical draw backers' ire 2011-02-08T07:02:08Z “There are tasty hints of feminine vanity in him and masculine belligerence in her that make them seem all the better matched,” Times theater critic Ben Brantley wrote. Alan Rickman, actor who brought dynamic menace to ‘Die Hard’ and ‘Harry Potter,’ dies at 69 2016-01-14T05:00:00Z Jesse Green, The New York Times chief theater critic, called it “a wonderfully ungrand performance,” in which she wears flannel shirts, big jeans, work boots and “a look of sour contentment.” Phylicia Rashad wins Tony for best featured actress in a play for ‘Skeleton Crew.’ 2022-06-12T04:00:00Z In the wake of playwright Edward Albee’s passing, Times theater critic Charles McNulty pays tribute to what made him a standout on the American stage. Essential Arts & Culture: Photos that capture L.A., Dudamel's White House show, Trump's 'Les Miserables' moment 2016-09-24T04:00:00Z New Orleans lacks a big professional theater scene and full time theater critics. 'White Noise': Racism with a good beat 2011-03-26T14:08:30Z Britain's theater critics were largely enthusiastic about the version that opened this summer starring Andy Karl in the Bill Murray role. 'Groundhog Day' musical heading to Broadway 2016-09-13T04:00:00Z Mr. Cranston, who stars as Johnson, received strong reviews during an out-of-town run last fall in Cambridge, Mass. The play is set to open March 6, after which New York theater critics will weigh in. ArtsBeat: Strong Sales for ‘All the Way’ in Previews 2014-02-18T20:57:25Z Jones is the chief theater critic for the Chicago Tribune. In 'Dunsinane,' David Greig offers a timely play -- set in 11th century 2015-03-27T04:00:00Z Whereas the other productions were touring — safely distant from the withering glare of New York theater critics, who are not, as a whole, known for rocking out — “Moulin Rouge!” is perched on Broadway. The Pop Musical: Go Big (and Loud) or Go Home 2019-11-22T05:00:00Z It didn’t help that some theater critics were underwhelmed, including Ben Brantley of The Times, who said her delivery “sometimes has a flatness that I associate with cold readings of scripts.” Jessica Chastain Returns to the Stage With Nothing to Prove 2023-02-22T05:00:00Z She's in impressive company; also on the list are the theater critics at The New York Times, The Chicago Tribune, The Miami Herald, The Boston Globe and other major newspapers. Seattle Times critic honored 2011-11-01T02:01:06Z This is a particularly exciting time for London theater, said Michael Billington, theater critic for the Guardian newspaper since 1971 and probably the most qualified to issue that opinion. A theater-lover’s introduction to London’s multiplicity of stages 2017-01-19T05:00:00Z He is also president of the Outer Critics Circle, an organization of theater critics and reporters from outside of New York who write for national and digital publications. Felicia Pollack, David Gordon 2019-11-17T05:00:00Z “As an exercise in the art of expression, ‘Five Finger Exercise’ is superb,” theater critic Brooks Atkinson wrote in the Times. Peter Shaffer, acclaimed British playwright of ‘Equus’ and ‘Amadeus,’ dies at 90 2016-06-06T04:00:00Z He was previously the chief theater critic of The Financial Times, the chief dance critic for The Times Literary Supplement and the founding editor of the quarterly Dance Theatre Journal. Goodbye to All That Blaze: Joaquin De Luz Dances His Farewell 2018-10-16T04:00:00Z Over the next several weeks, Ben Brantley, the chief theater critic, will be reporting from London on the stage scene there. London Theater Journal: Feeling The Pain 2010-07-19T16:58:00Z The Drama Desk awards are chosen by theater critics and writers to honor Broadway, off-Broadway and off-off-Broadway productions, unlike the Tonys, which are limited to Broadway shows. Top Drama Desk awards for 'Oslo,' 'Come From Away' and Bette Midler in 'Hello, Dolly!' 2017-06-05T04:00:00Z In a review of a production at the Playhouse Theater in the West End in 2014, Ben Brantley, the chief theater critic of The New York Times, described it as “willfully assaultive.” ‘1984,’ the Hot Book of the Trump Era, Is Coming to Broadway 2017-02-03T05:00:00Z The escalating battle, writes Times theater critic Charles McNulty, takes on “Quentin Tarantino proportions.” Essential Arts & Culture: Arts District high-rises, culture critics on Trump and throat singing 2016-10-01T04:00:00Z As a theater critic in France, I’m used to sitting in auditoriums full of all-white, older spectators. As Paris’s Theaters Go Quiet, Its Comedy Clubs Are Packed 2022-08-18T04:00:00Z “This is a hugely exciting new play, and I’d say that Thornton is doing the best work of his career,” theater critic Chris Jones wrote in the Chicago Tribune. Olney’s smashmouth drama ‘Colossal’ tackles football, disability and sexuality His star turn in "Good Person of Szechwan" at the Foundry in New York made Times theater critic Charles McNulty's list of "Best of 2013." Art, not politics led to dissident artist Tania Bruguera's Herb Alpert award 2015-05-01T04:00:00Z Stoker, a government clerk who moonlights as a theater critic, is reeling from the visceral intensity of Irving’s performance in Dublin as Hamlet. How Did Bram Stoker Dream Up ‘Dracula’? A Novel Offers Hints 2020-06-16T04:00:00Z Not from me — I was sort of enjoying it — but from the rest of the New York theater critics. In Defense of Ghost: The Musical 2012-05-08T10:45:30Z The New York Times’s theater critics are not members of the organization. 'Hamilton' Named Best Musical by New York Drama Critics' Circle 2015-05-04T04:00:00Z Times theater critic Charles McNulty's picks for promising spring productions, compiled by Matt Cooper. Theatrical works to see in spring: From 'A Gentleman's Guide' to John Leguizamo to 'Shakespeare 400' 2016-03-18T04:00:00Z “There is simplicity and decency in this woman, who has always accepted the unadorned and unexciting realities of her ordinary life,” New York Times theater critic Howard Taubman wrote of Ms. Sherwood’s character. Madeleine Sherwood, actress in ‘The Crucible,’ ‘Cat on a Hot Tin Roof,’ dies at 93 2016-04-26T04:00:00Z One of the victims, it’s probably necessary to point out, happens to be a theater critic, but it’s not only for reasons of self-protection that I enjoyed the show. Review: ‘Breakfast at Tiffany’s,’ ‘The Plough and the Stars’ and ‘The Game’s Afoot’ 2016-08-11T04:00:00Z He was theater critic at Newsweek back when that meant something, and then at The Nation. Her Father Was a Drama Critic, Her Mother a Superstar Agent 2023-02-13T05:00:00Z In a year in which everyone seemed glued to a Twitter stream of political turmoil, Times theater critic Charles McNulty explores the role of art in responding to current events. Essential Arts & Culture: New Year's culture events, art and democracy, surviving the fires 2017-12-30T05:00:00Z Jesse Green, the chief theater critic for The New York Times, described it as “a performance of tremendous skill and improbable stamina.” Jodie Comer wins best leading actress in a play for ‘Prima Facie.’ 2023-06-11T04:00:00Z Of Shakespeare’s plays, “Love’s Labor’s Lost” is one of the trickier ones to pull off, writes Times theater critic Charles McNulty, with its arcane language and satire intended for devotees of Renaissance literature. Essential Arts & Culture: Norton Simon keeps its Cranachs, Doug Aitken lands at MOCA, the power of 'Carré' 2016-08-27T04:00:00Z The Gregory Awards are based on nominations by the public at large and a nominating committee of theater critics and academics. Altwies, Daniels, 'Cider House' honored at Seattle's Gregory Awards 2010-10-26T18:39:00Z But there’s something “slightly derivative” about the work, reports Times theater critic Charles McNulty. Essential Arts & Culture: NEA threats, the Lucas museum vision, minimalist music and the return of Zubin Mehta 2017-01-21T05:00:00Z Brooks Atkinson, the chief theater critic for The New York Times, poked fun at the gimmick, before locating the peculiar appeal of the circus. The Last Act for the Ringling Circus 2017-02-24T05:00:00Z Many theater critics grew impatient and panned the show in reviews that appeared in early February - a violation of the established agreement by critics to wait for opening night. Kisses, hugs for Taymor as 'Spider-Man' opens 2011-06-15T10:31:12Z It “has the feeling of a contrived acting exercise,” writes Times theater critic Charles McNulty, “but the experience deepens as the actors probe their characters’ contradictory hearts.” Essential Arts & Culture: Misty Copeland and Dudamel, 'Heisenberg' uncertainty, authenticity in casting 2017-07-14T04:00:00Z His debut production in 1976 of “Rex,” a Richard Rodgers musical about Henry VIII, was panned by a Times theater critic. Roger Berlind, Tony-winning Broadway producer, dies at 90 2020-12-26T05:00:00Z On Monday afternoon, theater critics in and around New York City received something they hadn’t seen in more than a year: an invitation to an in-person, indoor performance at an Off Broadway house. Go or No? An Indoor Theater Invitation (at Last!) Needs an R.S.V.P. 2021-03-19T04:00:00Z Mr. Jourdan won critical praise for bringing “stature and sincerity” to a conflicted role, theater critic Brooks Atkinson wrote in the New York Times. Louis Jourdan, who epitomized Gallic charm in Hollywood movies, dies at 93 2015-02-16T05:00:00Z In the cases of both shows professional theater critics ended up concurring with the prevailing views of the blogs and tweets. Taymor Tries to Reclaim a Reputation 2011-06-19T22:02:45Z Many theater critics got fed up with the constant delays in opening the show and reviewed it last month, largely panning the musical. New opening for 'Spidey,' Green Goblin gets stuck 2011-03-12T10:16:08Z By early February, most theater critics from Variety to the Los Angeles Times had had enough and decided to weigh in, a violation of the established agreement by critics to wait for opening night. Another injury rocks 'Spider-Man' Broadway musical 2011-03-22T22:38:23Z That was what New York Times columnist Paul Krugman objected to in September when he complained that political journalists were behaving like theater critics, describing the lively but hollow show. Notes on political theater: The perils of spectacle 2016-11-18T05:00:00Z In a review of the BAM production, the New York Times theater critic Jesse Green wrote that she “steals every scene she’s in.” Miriam Silverman Is ‘Unafraid of Embracing the Darkness’ 2023-06-06T04:00:00Z Brantley, Isherwood Answer Readers’ Questions About the Theater Season The theater critics for The New York Times answer readers’ questions about musical adaptations, their biggest disappointments of the season and what awards season means. 2013 Tony Awards 2013-05-12T17:38:38Z The all-mighty power of the theater critic was always a bit of a myth, though. ArtsBeat: Ben Brantley Answers Readers' Questions, Part 2 2012-12-06T16:13:06Z Benedict Nightingale, the former chief theater critic of The Times of London, is the author of “Great Moments in the Theatre.” Books of The Times: ‘Jack Be Nimble,’ a Memoir by Jack O’Brien 2013-06-20T21:34:04Z You go to a great deal of dance, perhaps more than any theater critic of the present day; and I go to a great deal of theater. Isherwood and Macaulay Spar Over ?Come Fly Away? 2010-03-31T22:26:00Z It was not his most successful work; the theater critic Michael Billington, writing in The Guardian, said it “gradually dwindled into implausible melodrama.” Donmar Warehouse Names Michael Longhurst as Artistic Director 2018-06-07T04:00:00Z In his review for The New York Times in 2006, the chief theater critic, Ben Brantley, called “Shining City” a “quiet, haunting and absolutely glorious new play.” Matthew Broderick to Star in Revival of ‘Shining City’ 2016-04-07T04:00:00Z Hilton Als, a writer and theater critic for The New Yorker, will also take part. Spare Times for Feb. 21-27 2014-02-21T00:20:20Z Rex Reed, film and theater critic for the New York Observer, was a close friend of Bergen’s for over 50 years. Polly Bergen, dead at 84, was strong women's rights activist 2014-09-20T04:00:00Z Michael Billington, who resigned in 2019 after nearly 50 years as The Guardian’s chief theater critic, said he felt “a degree of austerity” helped keep audiences awake. London Theatergoers Are on the Edge of His Seats 2022-10-24T04:00:00Z He attended Trinity College before working as a civil servant in Dublin Castle and as an unpaid theater critic for Dublin newspapers. Dracula creator's relative seeks Dublin memorial 2010-03-24T23:40:00Z “Loss, loneliness and physical pain are communicated through faces, breath patterns and collapsing postures,” writes Times theater critic Charles McNulty. Essential Arts & Culture: Ed Moses dies, a woman leads the L.A. Phil, architecture's award controversy 2018-01-19T05:00:00Z In his review, The New York Times’s chief theater critic, Jesse Green, said Ayite’s costumes helped the production look “especially grand.” Ankara Print Dresses? These Aren’t Shakespeare’s ‘Merry Wives.’ 2021-08-17T04:00:00Z It is not clear how theater critics will respond to the request that they not review the Los Angeles run, which begins performances on Thursday. Pinter Estate Shuts Door on ‘The Room’ 2016-01-29T05:00:00Z And a theater critic colleague from Los Angeles recommends “SHAHEED,” a one-woman show about the assassinated Pakistani leader . Week Ahead: Aug. 15 ? 21 2010-08-12T14:23:00Z Ben Brantley was the chief theater critic of The Times for more than 20 years. Glenda Jackson, an Unnervingly Energizing Presence at Every Age 2023-06-15T04:00:00Z Helen Shaw is a theater critic for 4Columns and Time Out New York. The Latest in Jazz, the Genius of Jerome Robbins, and Bernhardt vs. Duse 2018-10-19T04:00:00Z Times theater critic Charles McNulty writes that while the results are mixed, “this is a revival that no musical lover will want to miss.” Essential Arts & Culture: Days of Rage, art and inequity in Boyle Heights, 'West Side Story' refreshed 2016-07-17T04:00:00Z This year’s awards will be chaired by David Mendizábal, who is one of the leaders of the Movement Theater Company, and Melissa Rose Bernardo, a freelance theater critic. Citing Pandemic, This Year’s Obie Awards Will Include Streaming Theater 2022-01-28T05:00:00Z Onstage at the Geffen Playhouse, the play, says theater critic Charles McNulty, is sharp and very funny, but “a little too shallow to do more than intermittently divert.” Essential Arts & Culture: Monumental sculpture, 'Finding Dory's' fluid music and lessons from the Tonys 2016-06-18T04:00:00Z “I loved it. But it’d be committing theatrical seppuku to transfer it,” a theater critic mutters to another at the show’s after party. Is Jeremy O. Harris’s Play for ‘Gossip Girl’ Real? Now It Is. 2021-08-19T04:00:00Z Los Angeles Times theater critic Charles McNulty calls it “one of the freshest musicals to come around since ‘Rent’ burst onto the scene two decades ago.” A 'Hamilton' timeline: How a single song grew into a global musical juggernaut 2017-08-10T04:00:00Z Review: A theater critic’s letter to the creator of 'Letters From a Nut' Oh, the dreaded intermission: Long plays at a time when shorter is sweeter 2017-07-07T04:00:00Z Seattle Times theater critic Misha Berson contributed a nice roundup of holiday stage shows, including this one, to today's paper; don't miss it. 4 fun activities to put you in a holiday mood 2011-11-25T19:08:57Z Both Ben Brantley and Jesse Green, the theater critics of The Times, named the production as among the best theater of the year. The Biggest Breakout Stars of 2019 2019-12-19T05:00:00Z And Times theater critic Charles McNulty, who has been following the show’s evolution since it first debuted in New York, says the L.A. version would do the Founding Fathers proud. Essential Arts & Culture: 'Hamilton' opens, the debate over Confederate monuments, Mozart reimagined 2017-08-18T04:00:00Z Reviewing the Broadway production in 1981, New York Times theater critic Frank Rich lauded Mr. Rees for bringing “so much flaring sensitivity and intelligence that he takes the goo out of the young man’s righteousness.” Roger Rees, actor who won Tony for Nicholas Nickleby, dies at 71 2015-07-11T04:00:00Z In his live blog, the Times theater critic Christopher Isherwood noted Anna Wintour was in the audience, so perhaps we’ll see some changes next season. From DigiFest to the Tonys, Fashion's Major Missed Opportunities 2014-06-09T04:00:00Z "There was a genuine emotional charge when Rahm's presence was formally announced at the curtain call," said Steve Oxman, a theater critic for Variety who was at the theater, which seats only about 150 people. ... And he went! 2011-02-27T06:04:29Z She often calls plays movies, a beautiful way to troll her theater critic mother. Review: ‘Harry Potter’ Back Onstage, Streamlined and Still Magical 2021-12-07T05:00:00Z The musical’s singing, writes Times theater critic Charles McNulty, is “divinely inspired.” Esssential Arts & Culture: An operatic Steve Jobs, a museum of O.J. ephemera, Dudamel and Venezuela's crisis 2017-07-29T04:00:00Z In a 1948 letter to New York Times theater critic Brooks Atkinson, Williams worried about the dire living conditions of the Italians and expressed concerns that could have easily applied to contemporary Afghanistan. Rarely seen Tennessee Williams story set in post-WWII Italy 2021-09-14T04:00:00Z My diet as a theater critic has likewise flipped. The (Virtual) Theatrical Fringe Moves Front and Center 2020-08-03T04:00:00Z Our theater critic writes that “Springsteen on Broadway” is much more than just a good marketing ploy. Seth Meyers Can’t Believe Trump Is Talking About Pulling Troops From Puerto Rico 2017-10-13T04:00:00Z Brooks Atkinson, the New York Times theater critic, happened to be in the audience that night too. Peter Breck, 82, Actor in ?The Big Valley,? Is Dead 2012-02-11T04:20:12Z Here, the New York Times theater critic Charles Isherwood offers a look at two adventurous new musicals soon to open and a revival he calls pretty much “perfect.” 5 Must-See Shows if You’re in New York This Month 2016-11-01T04:00:00Z Times theater critic Charles McNulty says he wasn’t exactly “champing at the bit” for another “Hello, Dolly!” revival. Essential Arts: The Divine Miss M, an Ibsen sequel, everything Icelandic and charging bulls 2017-04-22T04:00:00Z As a theater critic, I see dozens of productions of Shakespeare in a single year. ArtsBeat Blog: Theater Talkback: Who Wrote Shakespeare? Who Cares? 2011-10-27T15:42:53Z Mr. Miller pointed to several anecdotes in “And Furthermore” to back up his point, including one that recounts the time Ms. Dench wrote a letter to the theater critic of The Daily Telegraph. Taking Her Art Seriously, Not Herself 2011-02-14T20:07:15Z Times theater critic Charles McNulty described "Building the Wall" as an exploration of the banality of evil. 'Building the Wall,' Robert Schenkkan's anti-Trump protest play, is one of L.A.'s hottest tickets 2017-04-18T04:00:00Z A former war reporter, foreign correspondent, theater critic and librettist, among other exploits, the Oxford-educated Mr. Fenton is also a scholar of architecture and interior design. A Story of Love and Obsession 2021-12-29T05:00:00Z “More needs to be done to maintain these buildings,” said Mark Shenton, a freelance theater critic, in a telephone interview. Ceilings in London Theaters Keep Falling Down 2019-11-26T05:00:00Z But Chris Jones, the chief theater critic for The Chicago Tribune, found the production “a long, meandering opus in desperate need of a vigorous, clear-eyed edit.” A Playwright?s Fictions Stay Close to Real Life 2011-02-15T23:45:12Z The New York Times theater critics Ben Brantley and Jesse Green attended the opening weekend of the Public Theater’s annual Under the Radar festival. Hate, Hope and Healing at Under the Radar 2019-01-07T05:00:00Z Ben Brantley, the New York Times theater critic, recently described it as “deep and dank and baleful, an exotic cousin of Vincent Price’s from-the-crypt baritone,” but with a diction that “stretches syllables into fluttering shadows.” Edgar Oliver, Actor and Raconteur, Hews to His East Village Past 2016-11-13T05:00:00Z He later worked at the Atlanta Journal as a sportswriter and a film and theater critic. Terry Kay, author of ‘To Dance With the White Dog,’ dies 2020-12-13T05:00:00Z A former theater critic for the Boston Globe, Hartigan brings a sharp critical perspective to bear that keeps “August Wilson: A Life” from crossing over into hagiography. Playwright August Wilson was ahead of his time. But would he have made it today? 2023-08-11T04:00:00Z Usually, this lack of enthusiasm from notable theater critics and Tony voters can swiftly shutter a stage show, no matter how beloved its source material. Commentary: How the 'Beetlejuice' musical beat bad reviews and became a Gen Z hit 2023-07-20T04:00:00Z Do you know what really scares a theater critic? Review: Geffen Playhouse's 'The Ants' reveals just how perilous the horror genre can be 2023-07-05T04:00:00Z It was, as The New York Times theater critic Frank Rich wrote in 1993, “the most thrilling American play in years.” The 25 Most Influential Works of Postwar Queer Literature 2023-06-22T04:00:00Z But as a theater critic, I couldn’t shake the nagging feeling that “Love All” is meant to be a musical. Review: A new play that traces Billie Jean King's inspiring story ought to be a musical 2023-06-20T04:00:00Z Times theater critic Charles McNulty is in the house, waiting to find out if Tonys voters echo his rankings of the best musical nominees. Tony Awards viewers report problems with live stream on Paramount+ 2023-06-11T04:00:00Z The Times’ theater critic, Charles McNulty, credited Comer with having “unflagging energy and grit” in her performance. Jodie Comer, choked up by N.Y. air quality, rallied for evening performance of 'Prima Facie' 2023-06-08T04:00:00Z You’d think that a theater critic would have been delighted by the idea of a big musical finish. Review: A compassionate 'Transparent' musical is stymied by its chaotic production 2023-06-02T04:00:00Z “John worked scenic miracles on Los Angeles stages throughout his long and distinguished career,” said Times theater critic Charles McNulty. John Iacovelli, beloved set designer for L.A. theatrical productions, dies at 64 2023-04-15T04:00:00Z In her new book “The Critic’s Daughter,” a memoir about her father, literary and theater critic Richard Gilman, Priscilla Gilman extends the discussion by considering whether it’s possible to separate the critic from the criticism. Commentary: Richard Gilman, the complicated subject of a new memoir, helped raise the bar for theater criticism 2023-03-14T04:00:00Z A porcine theater critic takes a shine to Darlene, however, and lauds the show for its “audience participation.” Amy Schwartz, whose books captured childhood on the page, dies at 68 2023-03-09T05:00:00Z Times theater critic Charles McNulty noted that her, “energy is miraculous” and called her “marvelous company.” Kristina Wong mobilized hundreds to sew 300,000 masks in 2020 — and wrote an award-winning play about it 2023-02-14T05:00:00Z The law was originally intended to stop Broadway venues from barring theater critics they didn’t like. NY bill would stop MSG from kicking out enemy lawyers 2023-01-23T05:00:00Z Just make the first part of this masterpiece by theater critic Charles McNulty required reading in every school of journalism. Letters to the Editor: A theater critic's masterful take on being a reviewer 2023-01-13T05:00:00Z But another respected theater critic colleague cogently argued over lunch that the production’s key performance is Mendez’s Mary Flynn, the wisecracking, heavy-drinking writer whose unrequited love for Franklin destroys something inside of her. Commentary: What a difference a revival makes: Two famously tricky Sondheim musicals shine in new outings 2023-01-05T05:00:00Z We had been colleagues for 17 years at The New York Times, where I was a theater critic and she was the sort of editor every writer dreams of finding but almost never does. Remembering a Revered, No-Nonsense Editor of Culture 2022-12-31T05:00:00Z Reports of the death of the jukebox form by theater critics are typically more of a wish than an empirical observation. Review: If the Razzies included theater, 'Invincible’ would be one of 2022's big winners 2022-12-09T05:00:00Z In 1971, Clive Barnes, The Times’s longtime theater critic, gave a largely positive, if somewhat patronizing, review of a New York production of the musical. After Half a Century, Prince Edward Island’s Musical Tradition Takes a Break 2022-12-03T05:00:00Z The novel is twisty and fast-paced, as Horowitz and Hawthorne race to find the killer of Sunday Times theater critic Harriet Throsby, who panned “Mindgame,” a play that the real Horowitz wrote. Review | Whodunit? In Anthony Horowitz’s new novel, the villain may be the author. 2022-11-29T05:00:00Z At lunch recently in New York with a retired theater critic, I asked if he’d care to join me later in the week for a matinee of the touted Broadway revival of “Into the Woods.” Commentary: What a difference a revival makes: Two famously tricky Sondheim musicals shine in new outings 2023-01-05T05:00:00Z The production places them in a largely white world, creating a tension that feels new and authentic, according to the Times theater critic Jesse Green. Russia’s Revenge 2022-10-11T04:00:00Z The Times’ theater critic speaks up for live theater: a chance to be part of a community — to see more, feel more and possibly understand more. Review: How the Black experience renews 'Death of a Salesman' on Broadway 2022-10-09T04:00:00Z Dan Sullivan, longtime theater critic for the Los Angeles Times, had a ready reply when people asked him what it was like reviewing theater for the paper. Dan Sullivan, longtime Times theater critic and one of the nation's most read, dies 2022-10-06T04:00:00Z Jesse Green, The Times’s chief theater critic, reviews four productions in Stratford and Niagara On The Lake, Ontario, and finds much to like in them all. A Photographer Who Has Always Worked on a Large Scale Goes Even Bigger 2022-08-06T04:00:00Z Jesse Green, the chief theater critic for The New York Times, has just returned from the Stratford Festival in Ontario, where the 2022 season started with the opening of a new theater. The Times’s Theater Critic Reviews Stratford’s New Theater 2022-07-23T04:00:00Z “Though she bravely acquits herself, she never makes the role her own,” wrote Times theater critic Charles McNulty. 'Funny Girl' producers quash rumors, say Beanie Feldstein's exit was mutual decision 2022-07-14T04:00:00Z “Mr. Brook, synthesizing all his previous theatrical inventions, did nothing less than attempt to transform Hindu myth into universalized art, accessible to any culture,” theater critic and journalist Margaret Croyden wrote in the Times. Peter Brook, towering theater director, dies at 97 2022-07-05T04:00:00Z As director of the Eugene O’Neill National Critics Institute in Waterford, Conn., from 1999 until retiring in 2013, he also mentored many of the nation’s current theater critics. Dan Sullivan, longtime Times theater critic and one of the nation's most read, dies 2022-10-06T04:00:00Z I’ve been fortunate to have met a number of geniuses in my years as a theater critic but only one who was a true sage. Appreciation: The radical majesty of British theater director Peter Brook 2022-07-03T04:00:00Z Jesse Green is the chief theater critic for The New York Times. The Times’s Theater Critic Reviews Stratford’s New Theater 2022-07-23T04:00:00Z Clive Barnes, theater critic for The New York Times, called the show “the first Broadway musical in some time to have the authentic voice of today rather than the day before yesterday.” James Rado, who co-created groundbreaking ‘Hair,’ dies at 90 2022-06-22T04:00:00Z “Hall is a wonder even before he speaks,” Times theater critic Don Shirley wrote in a review of the play. From 'Seinfeld' to 'Magnolia,' journeyman character actor Philip Baker Hall dies at 90 2022-06-13T04:00:00Z “Dan had a big influence on the whole country,” said Chris Jones, theater critic for the Chicago Tribune and New York Daily News as well as current director of the O’Neill National Critics Institute. Dan Sullivan, longtime Times theater critic and one of the nation's most read, dies 2022-10-06T04:00:00Z Washington Post theater critic Lloyd Rose found Mrs. Hansen “simply delicious, hitting her consonants with a resounding whack that knocks the lines over the fence.” June Hansen, prize-winning actress, dies at 95 2022-05-11T04:00:00Z One of the first shows I saw after becoming The Seattle Times theater critic in 1991 was an uproarious version of Molière’s “The Miser” at Seattle Rep. John Aylward, prominent Seattle theater, ‘ER’ and ‘West Wing’ actor, dies at 75 2022-05-19T04:00:00Z Every so often in the career of a theater critic, a production becomes a crime scene and the critic is thrust into the role of medical examiner to determine how the victim died. Review: In striving to be modern, the Wallis makes a mockery of 'King Lear' 2022-05-16T04:00:00Z Earlier this month, Times theater critic Charles McNulty praised LuPone’s stage presence, writing, “If anything, she has grown more comfortable in her Broadway divinity.” Get out of Patti LuPone's theater if you still can't figure out how to wear a mask 2022-05-11T04:00:00Z Sullivan worked closely covering the theater community with Sylvie Drake, the paper’s second-string theater critic who worked with him for about 20 years. Dan Sullivan, longtime Times theater critic and one of the nation's most read, dies 2022-10-06T04:00:00Z New York Times theater critic Walter Kerr raved about his performance: David Birney, who starred on ‘Bridget Loves Bernie,’ dies at 83 2022-05-06T04:00:00Z The nuances of Goodell’s performance are perhaps best evaluated by public relations professionals and theater critics, but it is also worth noting what Goodell’s job actually is. Opinion | Another Super Bowl week, another elusive Goodell performance on the NFL’s racial shortcomings 2022-02-11T05:00:00Z New York Times theater critic Brooks Atkinson singled out Mr. Poitier as “a remarkable actor with enormous power that is always under control.” Sidney Poitier, first Black man to win Oscar for best actor, dies at 94 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z While writing this story, I reached out to my colleagues, Times theater critic Charles McNulty and classical music critic Mark Swed, for their thoughts on what it currently feels like to be an audience member. Commentary: Sitting in the audience in 2021 required a dramatic trust fall 2021-12-18T05:00:00Z “Dan was a mentor by nature and a wonderful one,” said Drake, who served as the paper’s chief theater critic for several years. Dan Sullivan, longtime Times theater critic and one of the nation's most read, dies 2022-10-06T04:00:00Z Ben Brantley was the chief theater critic of The Times for more than two decades, writing more than 2,500 reviews before retiring from regular reviewing in 2020. Opinion | These Hirschfeld Drawings Capture Sondheim’s Shows Better Than Any Photo 2021-12-09T05:00:00Z Film critic Justin Chang and theater critic Charles McNulty explore what this year’s abundance of movie musicals says about the state of the form. How Lin-Manuel Miranda made a one-man show into a Hollywood spectacle 2021-11-18T05:00:00Z Who better than film critic Justin Chang and theater critic Charles McNulty to explore what this abundance says about the state of the movie musical? The highs and lows of the new movie musical boom 2021-11-13T05:00:00Z New York Times theater critic Frank Rich wrote that “if the curtain didn’t fall, the audience would probably cheer Jennifer Holliday until dawn.” Review: Jennifer Holliday, vulnerable and resplendent, shines at the Wallis 2021-10-10T04:00:00Z And coming from a theater critic in the Calendar section, no less. Letters to the Editor: Applause for theater critic's stand on COVID-19 vaccines 2021-09-11T04:00:00Z Trust me, your doubly vaccinated, tightly masked theater critic didn’t take this step lightly. Live theater is an obstacle course, but 'Hamilton' at the Pantages is worth it 2021-08-27T04:00:00Z Next, viewers get a 30-minute socially distanced conversation between Mr. Sondheim and orchestrator Jonathan Tunick, moderated by theater critic Frank Rich. Blu-ray TV review: ‘Original Cast Album: Company’ 2021-08-12T04:00:00Z Unlike many of my fellow theater critics, I wasn’t drawn to the theater through the musical. The highs and lows of the new movie musical boom 2021-11-13T05:00:00Z Her husband later became the New Yorker’s first off-Broadway theater critic, and Ms. Malcolm became a regular contributor to the magazine in 1966. Janet Malcolm, elegant and incisive writer for the New Yorker, dies at 86 2021-06-17T04:00:00Z I appreciated theater critic Charles McNulty’s commentary, and I was especially surprised and happy to see a reference to sociologist Erving Goffman, a name I hadn’t heard in a long time. Feedback: Will Golden Globes group keep up its charitable giving as it reforms? 2021-05-06T04:00:00Z I found evidence of that in the Annex archive, too, in old reviews and interviews I’d written, mostly for The Stranger, where I was the theater critic for more than a decade. Annex Theatre’s model proves that art — even bad art — is for all of us 2021-05-02T04:00:00Z “It’s a masculine take on one of the greatest novels of girlhood ever written,” wrote Times theater critic Charles McNulty in his review. Scott Rudin is no longer producing 'To Kill a Mockingbird' tour 2021-04-23T04:00:00Z Vinson Cunningham, a staff writer and theater critic for the New Yorker, is the author of the forthcoming novel “The Party Year.” The future of L.A. is here. Robin D.G. Kelley's radical imagination shows us the way 2021-03-17T04:00:00Z As the vengeful Medea at the National Theatre in 2014, she was “a time-bomb of smouldering fury,” wrote Telegraph theater critic Dominic Cavendish. Helen McCrory, gangster matriarch in TV’s ‘Peaky Blinders,’ dies at 52 2021-04-16T04:00:00Z Times theater critic Charles McNulty cited “An Octoroon” and Jacobs-Jenkins in a column about the renaissance in American drama delivered by gifted, young Black playwrights. Fountain Theatre's first play on its pandemic outdoor stage? 'An Octoroon' 2021-03-09T05:00:00Z Mankiewicz, the first theater critic for the New Yorker, came to Hollywood as the silent-film era was ending, working for studios as a script doctor. Gary Oldman knows Mank and those drinking issues: 'I used to sweat vodka' 2021-03-02T05:00:00Z Writing in the New York Times, theater critic Walter Kerr called Mr. Plummer’s portrayal “quite possibly the best single Shakespearean performance to have originated on this continent in our time.” Christopher Plummer, dashing grandee of stage and film, dies at 91 2021-02-05T05:00:00Z “Holbrook hasn’t actually become Twain, but he has reached a level of such commanding spontaneity that it nearly amounts to the same thing,” Washington Post theater critic James Lardner once wrote. Actor Hal Holbrook, indelible portrayer of Mark Twain, dies at 95 2021-02-02T05:00:00Z The dearth of female theater critics of color at major news outlets like The Times also contributes to the marginalization of Black creatives who aren’t anointed by predominantly white theaters. Feedback: A white gatekeeper listens to Black playwrights 2020-10-22T04:00:00Z The ensemble work was praised by Times theater critic Charles McNulty as “among the finest productions of a Wilson play I’ve seen.” Tony Award-nominated actor Anthony Chisholm dies at 77 2020-10-17T04:00:00Z The South Africa-born journalist wrote features and columns for London newspapers and became a theater critic and a TV critic. This week’s passages 2020-10-16T04:00:00Z But Schisgal was “one step ahead of the avant-garde,” theater critic Walter Kerr wrote in a review for the New York Herald Tribune. Murray Schisgal, playwright and screenwriter who helped create ‘Tootsie,’ dies at 93 2020-10-04T04:00:00Z While in quarantine, waiting for deliveries that don’t arrive, a theater critic discovers just how much Beckett captured the truths of our existence. What’s on TV This Week: 'We Are the Radical Monarchs' on 'POV' and more 2020-07-17T04:00:00Z He “starts off angry, soon gets furious and then skyrockets into sheer rage,” theater critic Frank Rich wrote in the New York Times, praising the play’s “unflagging, at times even hysterical, sense of urgency.” Larry Kramer, writer who sounded alarm on AIDS, dies at 84 2020-05-27T04:00:00Z “The show might be prohibitively expensive, but its embodiment of pluralism and diversity will touch anyone who longs to see America live up to its ideals,” wrote Times theater critic Charles McNulty in 2017. Commentary: 'Hamilton' on Disney+ is entirely on brand for this Broadway musical 2020-05-12T04:00:00Z In his profile of Harris, Times theater critic Charles McNulty found the writer to be “warm, funny, sensitive and acutely self-observing.” 'Slave Play' in L.A.: Mark Taper Forum will have the first production outside N.Y. 2020-04-30T04:00:00Z I switched off my laptop camera for much of the show for fear the visible reactions of a theater critic might throw off the performer. Perspective | In the midst of the virus, theater migrates to the web. The results are spotty. 2020-04-09T04:00:00Z The show was organized at the Yale Center for British Art by guest curator Hilton Als, theater critic for the New Yorker — appropriately enough, given these particular paintings. Review: At the Huntington Library, 'Blue Boy' and 'Pinkie' get new neighbors 2020-03-05T05:00:00Z These are politically and culturally strange times, and as a theater critic ensconced in the coastal progressive echo chamber, I thought it might be useful to hear what’s on Mamet’s mind these days. Column: David Mamet just tested a new play in L.A. Why you didn't hear about it 2020-02-24T05:00:00Z Associated Press theater critic Michael Kuchwara called her “an incandescent actress giving the performance of her career . . . ‘Master Class’ tops them all.” Zoe Caldwell, Broadway star who won four Tony Awards, dies at 86 2020-02-19T05:00:00Z Times theater critic Charles McNulty notes in an equally zingy story about the legacy of Andrew Lloyd Webber‘s smash musical: “Theater people resent ‘Cats’ not just because it made Broadway uncool. Essential Arts: 'Cats' is the stage-to-film cat-astrophe we can't stop talking about 2019-12-21T05:00:00Z Times theater critic Charles McNulty praised the show, calling it “singularly charming, politically urgent and cathartically necessary.” Free or $15 student seats for 'What the Constitution Means to Me'? Here's how 2019-12-13T05:00:00Z “It’s this vein of skepticism — cynicism, even, sometimes — that gives ‘Company’ its particular tang,” wrote Times theater critic Dan Sullivan in 1971. The importance of Adam Driver singing 'Being Alive' in 'Marriage Story' 2019-12-06T05:00:00Z Simon served as the chief theater critic at New York magazine for nearly 40 years before being dismissed in 2005. Fiery theater critic John Simon has died at 94 2019-11-25T05:00:00Z “What she is up to is extraordinary,” New York Times theater critic Walter Kerr wrote. Zoe Caldwell, Broadway star who won four Tony Awards, dies at 86 2020-02-19T05:00:00Z Times theater critic Charles McNulty dives deep into the current season of Broadway and finds that “the line between off-Broadway and Broadway seems to be blurring.” Essential Arts: MOCA becomes SoCal arts biggest unionization target 2019-11-23T05:00:00Z Yet this show was the one my fellow theater critics kept urging me to check out as we bobbed past one another in the churning sea of the theater district. Commentary: Everyone wants a piece of Broadway, but what is Broadway these days? 2019-11-19T05:00:00Z But, theater critic Charles McNulty writes, the play aims for more. Newsletter: How to address homelessness in L.A.? 2019-11-18T05:00:00Z Back in 2017, when “Summer: The Donna Summer Musical” had its world premiere at La Jolla Playhouse, Times theater critic Charles McNulty wrote, “When I first saw the poster for ‘Summer’ ... Essential Arts: Don't blame L.A.'s philanthropy culture for LACMA's stalled fundraising 2019-11-16T05:00:00Z Yes, my play has been widely written about by white theater critics and beloved by them. Jeremy O Harris: 'People say I wrote Slave Play for white people and not for a black audience' 2019-11-06T05:00:00Z A new adaptation of “Jesus Christ Superstar” is at the Hollywood Pantages through Sunday and Times theater critic Charles McNulty is on it. Newsletter: Essential Arts: How rent increases threaten a longtime art colony in downtown L.A. 2019-11-02T04:00:00Z “The surprises that happen are genuinely startling,” writes Times theater critic Charles McNulty. Newsletter: Essential Arts: 'Between Riverside and Crazy,' the Pulitzer-winning play you must see in L.A. 2019-10-26T04:00:00Z A theater critic learns his two elderly aunts serve poisoned elderberry wine to lonely gentlemen callers. Movies on TV this week: Sunday, Oct. 27, 2019 2019-10-25T04:00:00Z The first half plays “like a Canadian version of ‘The Office,’” writes Times theater critic Charles McNulty, and the second is “a queer version of ‘The Love Boat.’” Essential Arts: Desert X stirs controversy by staging its next show in Saudi Arabia 2019-10-12T04:00:00Z But I got to see there was validation from all the black theater critics as well. Jeremy O Harris: 'People say I wrote Slave Play for white people and not for a black audience' 2019-11-06T05:00:00Z Set in a London hospital ward for the terminally ill, it featured “gallows humor of a kind that makes us simultaneously gasp and laugh,” wrote New Yorker theater critic Brendan Gill. Peter Nichols, mordant playwright of ‘A Day in the Death of Joe Egg,’ dies at 92 2019-09-10T04:00:00Z The plot did its work, but something in Kaminski’s performance shocked me, even after years as a working theater critic — it didn’t seem like she was acting grief. Why go to the theater? It’s inconvenient. It can be uncomfortable. And here’s why I love it. 2019-09-16T04:00:00Z “Trump doesn’t figure prominently,” writes Times theater critic Charles McNulty, “but he’s the racist elephant in the room, the embodiment of the ignorance and bigotry Leguizamo is trying to correct.” Newsletter: Essential Arts: Will 'La Bohème' distract L.A. opera audiences from Plácido's troubles? 2019-09-14T04:00:00Z Times theater critic Charles McNulty is still waiting for a production that can “meet the challenge of Sophocles’ hard-nosed brilliance in ‘Philoctetes.’ Essential Arts: What's next for Plácido Domingo and L.A. Opera after more accusations? 2019-09-08T04:00:00Z Hold your program fairly far in front of you, and at a rakish angle, said San Francisco Chronicle theater critic Lily Janiak, 33. How Playbills became social media must-shares 2019-08-15T04:00:00Z New York Times theater critic Jesse Green remembers spending a summer as an apprentice to the director known as the “Dark Prince” — working on a notorious dud called “A Doll’s Life.” Newsletter: Essential Arts: Why are four L.A. spaces celebrating a radical San Francisco gallery? 2019-08-03T04:00:00Z I guess that’s because he’s a theater critic, and a cynically weary one at that. Reader Feedback: 'Big Little Lies' didn't need saving by Meryl Streep 2019-07-27T04:00:00Z “The Play That Goes Wrong” at the Ahmanson Theatre is all about a performance that is “a stage manager’s worst nightmare,” writes theater critic Charles McNulty. Essential Arts: Fiery missives for Peter Zumthor and the architects of the Miracle Mile 2019-07-13T04:00:00Z “The author considered ‘The Father’ midway between comedy and tragedy, and it is that dangerous borderline that Rip Torn walks with such precision,” New York Times theater critic Mel Gussow wrote. Rip Torn, volatile actor who gained comic renown on ‘The Larry Sanders Show,’ dies at 88 2019-07-11T04:00:00Z In 1991 a theater critic for the Houston Post described the vocal effects as including “glottal growls, keening ululations, stuttered monosyllables, yodely register shifts, vibrato manipulation and animal sounds.” Who brought a 36-foot orb into Disney Hall for ‘Atlas’? Yup, that guy again 2019-06-10T04:00:00Z Times theater critic Charles McNulty caught a “bewitching” performance of Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine‘s musical “Into the Woods” at the Hollywood Bowl. Newsletter: Essential Arts: Why are four L.A. spaces celebrating a radical San Francisco gallery? 2019-08-03T04:00:00Z This folk opera with a New Orleans soul is one of the most exquisite works of musical storytelling I’ve seen in my more than 25 years as a theater critic. Why ‘Hadestown’ deserves the Tony Award for best musical of the year 2019-06-03T04:00:00Z Times theater critic Charles McNulty analyzes what the nominations mean in an eclectic and erratic season. Essential Arts: Making sense of the Tony nominations in an eclectic, erratic season 2019-05-04T04:00:00Z Times theater critic Charles McNulty called “What the Constitution Means to Me” a “singularly charming, politically urgent and cathartically necessary play,” and praised it for being a “delightfully free-form theatrical experience.” 'What the Constitution Means to Me' will come to L.A.'s Mark Taper Forum in 2020 2019-05-02T04:00:00Z April, the cruelest month for theater critics contending with the stampede of openings, brought redemption to the musical categories. Tony nominations sort out an eclectic, erratic season — with mixed results 2019-04-30T04:00:00Z Publicist makes herself scarce while Sorkin, hearing that the theater critic strained his back, recommends a Beverly Hills surgeon, if it should come to that. Aaron Sorkin talks 'Mockingbird' and disavowing the white savior role 2019-04-30T04:00:00Z Over the years as a theater critic, I’ve seen both extremes of the gun question. Chekhov’s gun control: Seattle directors wrestle with staging violence in the age of mass shootings 2019-04-30T04:00:00Z Last spring, Times theater critic Charles McNulty had a disastrous tea with stage actress Glenda Jackson. Essential Arts: The fierce Glenda Jackson tackles King Lear on Broadway 2019-04-27T04:00:00Z Times theater critic Charles McNulty, says it “accurately describes a rupture that is happening not only in academia but also in politics, as establishment figures face off against a new generation of leaders.” Essential Arts: Notre Dame survives an inferno — but a difficult clean-up lies ahead 2019-04-20T04:00:00Z Times theater critic Charles McNulty says “the forecast for the spring season calls for a hurricane of tears, shot through with just enough laughter to keep theatergoers from going off the deep end.” Essential arts: Why ‘Art in the Age of Black Power’ is the show for right now 2019-03-23T04:00:00Z Times theater critic Charles McNulty has been doing the theater thing on two coasts. Essential Arts: Those curatorial changes at LACMA? Our critic says they do not bode well 2019-03-16T04:00:00Z Nearly a decade after her husband’s death, she confided in Edward Dutton Cook, a theater critic and her neighbor in Camden, north London. Charles Dickens Tried to Banish His Wife to an Asylum, Letters Show 2019-02-23T05:00:00Z It is a weekend of battle royales: “Avengers: Endgame” on the big screen, “Game of Thrones” on the small, and our theater critic and an acerbic stage legend over coffee in New York. Essential Arts: The fierce Glenda Jackson tackles King Lear on Broadway 2019-04-27T04:00:00Z Doctorow’s historical novel, is receiving a “stunning revival” at the Pasadena Playhouse, reports Times theater critic Charles McNulty — one that is just right for this political era. Essential Arts: Frieze fair! The art, the rain, the vegan chocolate and Brad Pitt 2019-02-16T05:00:00Z It is, writes Times theater critic Charles McNulty, a harmonizing with history that is “at once agonizingly harsh and perseveringly soulful.” Essential Arts: Destination Crenshaw, a bold outdoor museum plan inspired by black L.A. 2019-02-02T05:00:00Z A disastrous tea with Glenda Jackson by theater critic Charles McNulty was also a hit. Essential Arts: Adieu to Sister Wendy, Sri Lankan gems at LACMA and our most-read arts stories 2018-12-29T05:00:00Z In his review, Times theater critic Charles McNulty described Sorkin’s adaptation as “a masculine take on one of the greatest novels of girlhood ever written.” Aaron Sorkin's 'To Kill a Mockingbird' breaks box-office record for Shubert Organization 2018-12-26T05:00:00Z Times theater critic Charles McNulty has been hitting the shows in New York. Essential Arts: Whitewashing a mural, 'Mockingbird' on Broadway, Zubin Mehta hits L.A.s 2018-12-15T05:00:00Z No work of literature, writes Times theater critic Charles McNulty, has suffered from as much theatrical overexposure as Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol.” Essential Arts & Culture: An orchestra's political lesson, Hockney sets a record, Dickens refreshed 2018-11-17T05:00:00Z But prominent theater critics savaged the play for ostensibly inferring that the misdeeds of modern-day leaders were comparable to Hitler’s systematic genocide of millions. Tony Kushner’s ‘A Bright Room Called Day’ gets an animated staging by The Williams Project 2018-11-07T05:00:00Z Times theater critic Charles McNulty writes about how political news coverage is often likened to theater criticism. Essential Arts: the politics of theater criticism, a magnificent 'Satyagraha,' a theater reborn - Los Angeles Times 2018-10-27T04:00:00Z When a theater critic refers to an actor as “compelling,” it’s a clear sign that the reviewer wasn’t sufficiently inspired to reach for language capable of capturing the hue and texture of the performance. Perspective: Why political pundits give drama critics a bad name - Los Angeles Times 2018-10-26T04:00:00Z The paper gave a start to the theater critic Hilton Als and the novelist Colson Whitehead, both recipients of the Pulitzer Prize. The Village Voice, a New York Icon, Closes 2018-08-31T04:00:00Z When The Times started reviewing movies regularly — back in the 1930s, long before I was hired — the film critics emulated the theater critics. The One Thing A.O. Scott Doesn’t Use to Review Movies (No Spoilers!) 2018-08-29T04:00:00Z APT’s season runs from June to November, and national theater critics regularly crow about the theater’s programming and staging. Small-Town Theaters Worth the Trip 2018-08-16T04:00:00Z And Times theater critic Charles McNulty says the production pulls off the gender bending “with aplomb.” Essential Arts & Culture: Opera gets nuclear, a Boyle Heights exodus, a ballet honors Isadora Duncan 2018-08-11T04:00:00Z He got a law degree, promptly blew through a large inheritance, then became a theater critic and court reporter to pay the bills. How I learned to love ‘The Phantom of the Opera’ music while mowing a giant lawn 2018-08-01T04:00:00Z “I love going out to eat in the way a theater critic loves theater. I love going to farmers markets. I love sticking my hands in pots,” he said in an interview this year. L.A. Times restaurant critic Jonathan Gold loved food and his city, was beloved by readers 2018-07-21T04:00:00Z “Miss Montevecchi, herself a former Folies headliner, is a knockout — a glorious amalgam of music-hall feistiness and balletic grace, with Toulouse-Lautrec shadows about the eyes,” wrote New York Times theater critic Frank Rich. Liliane Montevecchi, French cabaret star who won a Tony for ‘Nine,’ dies at 85 2018-07-01T04:00:00Z “If there’s a better ensemble working in America right now than the extraordinary cast of ‘The Humans,’ ” writes Times theater critic Charles McNulty, “I’m unaware of its existence.” Essential Arts: Superb ‘Humans,’ 400 Fringe plays and Pasadena's Museum of California Art to close 2018-06-23T04:00:00Z Times theater critic Charles McNulty noted Ambrose’s smart, soulful portrayal, “honoring Eliza's alert mind as she lends dignity to the character's trampled upon feelings.” Lauren Ambrose on a 'My Fair Lady' for a new generation 2018-06-08T04:00:00Z It expanded into conversation with people they knew in the theater industry — Gunnels is a former theater critic — and soon playwright and audio dramatist Mac Rogers signed on to write the series. Steal the Stars is a pulpy audio drama about a secretive government UFO program 2018-06-03T04:00:00Z New York Times theater critic Brooks Atkinson praised Ms. Morison as “an agile and humorous actress who is not afraid of slapstick and who can sing enchantingly.” Patricia Morison, Broadway star of ‘Kiss Me, Kate,’ dies at 103 2018-05-20T04:00:00Z Washington Post theater critic David Richards described Mr. Pintilie’s Arena Stage production of “The Wild Duck,” in 1986, as “theatrical artistry at its most sublime.” Lucian Pintilie, Romanian theater director and filmmaker, dies at 84 2018-05-17T04:00:00Z Times theater critic Charles McNulty reviewed a 2015 Celebration Theatre production of the latter, writing that "O'Hara's play is all the more powerful for being so fearlessly unpredictable." 2018 Herb Alpert Award winners noted for explorations of race and social justice 2018-05-17T04:00:00Z "Washington's prodigious celebrity sometimes encumbers him onstage," writes Times theater critic Charles McNulty. Essential Arts & Culture: A new Iceman Cometh to Broadway, singing the blues at the Wallis, and paintings of history 2018-05-12T04:00:00Z A New York Times theater critic reviewing "The Beginning of August" in 2000 sensed this too, writing of Steenburgen's performance, "that dithery naivete is still there, but it seems somehow to have grown fangs." Mary Steenburgen knows how to coax a laugh but is equally at home with the dark side 2018-05-11T04:00:00Z According to Times theater critic Charles McNulty, she is “never more amusing than when exposing the monstrous self-interest of otherwise decent people.” The 99-Seat Beat: 'Improvised Musical' at Second City, 'Kitteridge' writer's adoption drama 2018-05-04T04:00:00Z When Times theater critic Charles McNulty snagged a dream interview with Glenda Jackson, now starring on Broadway in Edward Albee's "Three Tall Women," he got more than he bargained for. Essential Arts & Culture: Glenda Jackson's scalpel, Laurie Anderson's multiverse, losing Laura Aguilar 2018-04-28T04:00:00Z It was chaired by Brendan Gill, a great theater critic and architecture writer. What New York Was Like in the Early ’80s — Hour by Hour 2018-04-17T04:00:00Z The “Beetlejuice” book is by Scott Brown, a former theater critic for New York magazine, and comedy writer Anthony King. Musical version of ‘Beetlejuice’ to debut at D.C.’s National Theatre 2018-03-28T04:00:00Z Nonetheless, theater critic Charles McNulty’s objections to them were so well reasoned and beautifully stated that I felt I’d lost a debate club standoff. Calendar Letters: Oscar coverage omissions, screeners and more 2018-03-09T05:00:00Z Before joining The Times in 2017, he was the theater critic for New York magazine and a contributing editor. A Brief History of Gay Theater, in Three Acts 2018-02-26T05:00:00Z Times theater critic Charles McNulty, however, says the play doesn't offer Burrows much to work with: "This isn't a private Jackie but a contrived public version for the commercial stage." Essential Arts & Culture: #Oscars2018 and culture, the trippy Olafur Eliasson installation 2018-03-03T05:00:00Z TOPEKA, Kan. — The arts editor and theater critic at an Oregon weekly paper say they plan to run for governor and lieutenant governor of Kansas. 2 men from Oregon say they plan to run for Kansas office 2018-02-23T05:00:00Z In one, he thanks the New York Post’s theater critic Leonard Lyons for getting him Broadway tickets. 'Traumatized people don't talk about their past': how Danh Vo used art to move on 2018-02-12T05:00:00Z "Pirates of Penzance" has gotten an overhaul courtesy of the Hypocrites, a Chicago troupe that Times theater critic Charles McNulty describes as "vibrantly inventive," and it's currently on view at the Pasadena Playhouse. Essential Arts & Culture: Pirates on stage, the cult of Shakespeare, an actor investigates poverty 2018-01-26T05:00:00Z As artists fall into disgrace for a range of allegations having to do with sexual misconduct, Times theater critic Charles McNulty wonders whether their art must be consigned to oblivion. Essential California: Parents arrested after children are found shackled and malnourished in Perris 2018-01-16T05:00:00Z While theater critics found “The Terms of My Surrender” greatly wanting, the liberal audiences seemed grateful for some comic resistance to the Trump era. ‘Friends’ like Michael Moore do Democrats a disservice 2017-08-29T04:00:00Z One of our theater critics reviewed the musical, which opened Thursday night. Hurricane Harvey, Samsung, Tappan Zee Bridge: Your Friday Briefing 2017-08-25T04:00:00Z Like alt-Shakespeare, with the press doubling as theater critics and a rapacious audience, these White House characters swallowed airtime and countless front pages. White House palace intrigue is becoming an unhealthy obsession | Ross Barkan 2017-08-19T04:00:00Z The production — which won over even The Times’ bandwagon-shunning theater critic — has been good to many from its original cast and crew, and now there’s even more spotlight to go around. Did You Hear ... ? Taylor Swift goes to court, 'Hamilton' opens in L.A. and more from this week in entertainment 2017-08-12T04:00:00Z The film and theater critic Stanley Kauffmann once called their New York apartment “the best restaurant in New York.” Judith Jones, Editor of Literature and Culinary Delight, Dies at 93 2017-08-02T04:00:00Z In May, our chief theater critics predicted the winners, along with who and what deserved to win. Trump, Adam West, French Open: Your Weekend Briefing 2017-06-11T04:00:00Z The Broadway musical adaptation of the 2001 French film is unlikely to inspire passionate responses, our theater critic writes. Neil Gorsuch, Fox News, Tar Heels: Your Tuesday Briefing 2017-04-04T04:00:00Z A local theater critic called these performances “deeply humanizing and poetic.” Breaking stereotypes, a senior thesis becomes drama | Provided By Cornish College of the Arts 2017-03-24T04:00:00Z Seattle Times theater critic Dusty Somers writes: “Horror and hilarity are bedfellows” in “Scary Mary,” where the audience rides through the mind of a young, depressed woman who doesn’t want to leave her apartment. 4 theater recommendations for the week of March 3 2017-03-03T05:00:00Z Our theater critic argues that airing dissent is part of the purpose of art. Angela Merkel, Donald Trump, Andy Murray: Your Monday Briefing 2016-11-20T05:00:00Z But theater criticism is the job of theater critics; news reporting should tell the public what really happened, not be devoted to speculation about how other people might react to what happened. The Lying Game 2016-09-23T04:00:00Z Britain’s theater critics were largely enthusiastic about the version that opened this summer starring Andy Karl in the Bill Murray role. ‘Groundhog Day’ musical heading to Broadway 2016-09-13T04:00:00Z Save Starlight member Welton Jones, a longtime local theater critic who first reviewed “Flower Drum Song” there in 1966, said Starlight has had many periods of boom and bust. Fans of San Diego's Starlight Bowl hope to revive shuttered amphitheater 2016-08-14T04:00:00Z The publication coincided with the opening of the play in London, which drew rapturous reviews from theater critics and fans. Despite Sales, ‘Harry Potter and the Cursed Child’ Isn’t Magical to Some Fans 2016-08-03T04:00:00Z “The Humans,” Stephen Karam’s sad comedy-drama about an American family on the edge of the abyss, is the “finest new play of the Broadway season so far — by a long shot,” our theater critic writes. Your Friday Briefing 2016-02-19T05:00:00Z “St. Nicholas” Washington Stage Guild performs Conor McPherson’s play about an Irish theater critic who follows a young actress to London, where he has a chance meeting with a vampire. Going Out Guide for the District of Columbia, Feb. 18-24, 2016 2016-02-16T05:00:00Z “St. Nicholas” Washington Stage Guild mounts Conor McPherson’s comedy about a theater critic who follows a young actress to London, where he meets a vampire. Going Out Guide for the District of Columbia, Jan. 28-Feb. 2, 2016 2016-01-26T05:00:00Z The benefit was born from a tribute to Michael Kuchwara, The Associated Press' longtime theater critic who died in 2010 from complications due to idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. Tony Award-winners Judy Kaye, Cady Huffman, Annaleigh Ashford and Randy Graff to help raise money against pulmonary fibrosis 2016-01-07T05:00:00Z “I’m not going to play the role of theater critic, giving a running commentary on anything and everything Donald Trumps says or any other candidate,” Cruz said. Cruz accuses Rubio of false attacks to mislead voters 2015-11-29T05:00:00Z "I am not going to approach this election like a theater critic — giving my reviews of every word uttered by every other Republican," Cruz said. Ted Cruz Tries to Separate Himself From the Pack 2015-11-23T05:00:00Z The Times theater critic Ben Brantley told us that no other playwright’s work “is so rooted in the promise and betrayals embodied by New York City.” New York Today: Miller Time 2015-10-26T04:00:00Z “The institution of slavery just cannot play dramaturgical second fiddle,” theater critic Chris Jones wrote. ‘Amazing Grace’ is making its way from President Obama’s lips to Broadway’s stage 2015-07-16T04:00:00Z Evi Prousali, a theater critic who was among those celebrating in Syntagma on Sunday night, said Monday that she appreciated the richness of the varied European cultures. Greek ‘No’ May Have Its Roots in Heroic Myths and Real Resistance 2015-07-06T04:00:00Z LIFE’s theater critics were well aware of that fact when reviewing Arthur Miller’s Tony-winning play Death of a Salesman in 1949. See Photos From the Play that Won the Tonys Despite a 'Minimum of Sex' 2015-06-05T04:00:00Z Time theater critic Richard Zoglin said in an online tribute that Corliss, the magazine’s film critic for 35 years, “conveyed nothing so much as the sheer joy of watching movies - and writing about them.” Time magazine longtime film critic Richard Corliss dies 2015-04-24T04:00:00Z Time theater critic Richard Zoglin said in an online tribute that Corliss, the magazine's film critic for 35 years, "conveyed nothing so much as the sheer joy of watching movies — and writing about them." Time magazine longtime film critic Richard Corliss dies 2015-04-24T04:00:00Z Longtime San Francisco Chronicle theater critic Robert Hurwitt was among those who thought the depression angle was glossed over in Genuine, and Copeland began to contemplate giving the subject more attention in his follow-up piece. After Robin Williams’s Suicide, Brian Copeland Revives His Show About Depression 2015-03-06T05:00:00Z It's like a theatrical production — a performance of "King Lear" is not likely to be any better the night The Times' theater critic Charles McNulty has two seats on the aisle. Jonathan Gold drops anonymous restaurant critic mask 2015-01-24T05:00:00Z Mr. Lahr was the magazine’s chief theater critic until about two years ago, but is now a staff writer. David Denby to Step Down as New Yorker Film Critic 2014-12-14T05:00:00Z “My two years as a theater critic were enormously exciting,” he said. Richard Eder, foreign correspondent and arts critic, dies at 82 His father, Herman, was a onetime theater critic for the New Yorker magazine and a member of the celebrated Algonquin Round Table social set in New York that included Dorothy Parker and Robert Benchley. Frank Mankiewicz, political and media insider, dies at 90 Ben Brantley, the powerful theater critic for The New York Times, is mentioned several times and even becomes the butt of a prank. Review: ‘It’s Only A Play’ is wickedly funny 2014-10-09T04:00:00Z “Marvelous for a five-year-old,” wrote the Los Angeles Times theater critic. Mickey Rooney, 1920-2014: A Man Who Mastered ‘Putting On a Show,’ Dies at 93 2014-04-07T04:39:37Z New Yorkers, especially New York theater critics, like to complain that Broadway is being taken over by tourists — the primary target for those big, brand-name musicals we’re seeing more and more of. Is Broadway Only for New Yorkers? 2014-03-31T17:41:43Z Michael Feingold, The Voice’s longtime theater critic and a Pulitzer Prize finalist, also left. New Editor Says Village Voice Is Healthier Than It’s Been in Years 2013-07-09T21:02:08Z His eyelids were like cafe awnings, to steal a description from the theater critic Ben Brantley. | Ricky Jay: Straight Talk From a Professor of Flimflam (but Don’t Ask His Age) 2013-04-22T00:47:12Z The New York piece is by former theater critic Frank Rich. Klein: Two Ways to Look at David Petraeus 2012-12-11T22:05:24Z A spokesman for the production said the sales figure was in part due to many free tickets given to theater critics last week, and added that there were no plans to close "Chaplin." ArtsBeat: 'Chaplin' Off to Quiet Start at Broadway Box Office 2012-09-17T20:02:47Z "Remember when a play was just a play?" writes the IHT's theater critic Matt Wolf in his column this week. IHT Rendezvous: Shopping for London Theater Tickets? Read This. 2012-06-27T17:07:46Z "Indeed, it is so strong a piece of theater that you can't help but wonder about its journalistic soundness," Wall Street Journal theater critic Terry Teachout wrote in an October review. Radio Show Retracts Apple-China Story 2012-03-16T21:10:47Z In addition to her mother and her husband, Time magazine’s theater critic, Ms. Krupp is survived by a sister, Lora Nasby, and a brother, Jay. Charla Krupp, Self-Help Author on Women?s Looks, Dies at 58 2012-01-25T05:14:44Z That’s as in “What kind of man would be a theater critic?” ArtsBeat Blog: Theater Talkback: Plays About Plays, and How They Play 2011-09-29T16:01:40Z It’s worth analyzing, however, the substance of Mr. Lawrence’s letter since it rests on a revealing notion of the role of the theater critic. ArtsBeat Blog: Theater Talkback: The Good That Comes From Bad Reviews 2011-08-25T17:54:38Z This week, David Fox, who teaches theater at the University of Pennsylvania and is a theater critic for the Philadelphia City Paper, wonders if booing at the theater should make a comeback. ArtsBeat: Theater Talkback: Is It Fair to Jeer? 2011-08-04T16:45:02Z At the New York Times, theater critic Charles Isherwood's nose went north in Olympian disdain. Company The Movie: Can Dr. Doogie and Stephen Colbert Sing Sondheim? 2011-06-15T08:20:00Z “My constant fear is that we’re going to run out of writers in Chicago,” said Mr. Griffith, 27, who in his spare time is a theater critic for The Chicago Reader, an alternative paper. Funny or Die: Groupon?s Fate Hinges on Words 2011-05-28T17:14:49Z The Times theater critic Charles Isherwood, in his review of the Long Wharf production, described the set as “mouthwateringly luxurious.” ArtsBeat: A Drama of Art Attribution to Play Out at the Metropolitan Museum 2011-04-28T20:43:12Z New York Times columnist Frank Rich -- who started at the paper in 1980 as a theater critic -- is headed to New York magazine. 4 New York Times journalists missing in Libya 2011-03-16T17:58:00Z Today, I’m a theater critic with a platform to express myself. ArtsBeat: Theater Talkback: Is It Fair to Jeer? 2011-08-04T16:45:02Z Frank Rich, who over the course of a three-decade career at The New York Times was a theater critic, magazine essayist and Sunday Op-Ed columnist, is leaving the paper to join New York magazine. Media Decoder: Frank Rich to Leave The Times for New York Magazine 2011-03-02T00:53:05Z Ben Brantley, the chief theater critic of The New York Times, wrote in his review that “Spider-Man” may “rank among the worst” musicals in Broadway history. ?Spider-Man? May Be Postponed Again 2011-02-27T04:10:01Z This makes me the theater critic, and this a theater review. Press Sec Carney Tells Media Which Side He's On 2011-02-17T18:31:51Z New York magazine’s television, movie and theater critics will regularly write for Vulture. Culture Vulture Stands Alone 2010-09-20T02:59:00Z Eight jobs were lost in the latest terminations, which included Todd McCarthy, the paper’s chief film critic and a 31-year writer at Variety, and David Rooney, theater editor and chief theater critic. Papers Like Variety Fight to Survive 2010-03-15T04:10:00Z "What you see now are plays about the recession that people really want to see when they are trying to make sense of the modern world," says veteran theater critic Robert Gore-Langton. 2010-01-16T05:01:00Z |
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