Bryan Cranston makes his Broadway debut as the formidable Lyndon Johnson in this three-hour powerhouse.

A remarkable cast and the New York Philharmonic light up this special concert staging.

A strong book and lush score lend an air of immortality to an unlikely fling.

The musical version of the hit novel turned hit movie is about as flat as an Iowa cornfield.

The 1997 musical is finally being dredged from the bottom of the ocean.

The creative team made the kind of musical they wanted to make, without pandering to what middlebrow audiences might like.

Eric Simonson's latest sports tribute is just as uninteresting and unchallenging as the ones that came before it.

Pam MacKinnon directs an often-piercing revival of Donald Margulies’ Pulitzer Prize-winning relationship drama.

Amidst all the sex being thrown around in Thomas Bradshaw’s boinkathon, social conventions get clawed at and stripped away.

From the biggest stages and budgets to the Off-Off-Broadway productions, there was plenty to see in 2013.

The latest provocation from Thomas Bradshaw urges us squares to give up our hang-ups and accept the unacceptable.

Joe Orton's plays have been rarely performed in New York, partly because of the difficulty in finding the distinct rhythm and flavor of his writing.

Superb performances bring John Patrick Shanley’s delicious use of language to life.

Jessie Mueller softly wins us over in this pedestrian bio-musical about Carole King.

John Patrick Shanley’s new play allows you to take a trip to the Irish countryside without leaving Manhattan.

For this once-shocking period piece to have a strong effect, it would need different treatment than given here.

Fifty years later, this is still perhaps the best musical about the terrible cost of war.

Simon Russell Beale leads us through the violent unraveling of a king's mind.

Joan Littlewood'santi-war musical is still potent in its telling of the horrors of war.

Some familiar titles were refreshed with verve, but it was a mixed year for musicals and new plays.

If you go in knowing that nothing in this playful romp is meant to mean much of anything, a delightful evening of shenanigans awaits.

This story get an engaging turn here, with a faint rumble of the era in the background.