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MACK & MABEL

at New York City Center

MUSICAL MAKEOVER

Jerry Herman’s 1974 flop has been reborn and reformed into a splendid show.

Reviewed by: JEREMY GERARD

WEST SIDE STORY

at Broadway Theatre

NOT THE TIME,NOT THE PLACE

Ivo van Hove's revival attempts to reimagine the classic show but nearly shreds it to pieces.

Reviewed by: MERVYN ROTHSTEIN

WEST SIDE STORY

at Broadway Theatre

RECKLESS REVIVAL

Missteps in this production include cutting the show too short and using giant video projections that overwhelm the action onstage.

Reviewed by: JEREMY GERARD

DRACULA

at Classic Stage Company

FRESH BLOOD

This is one Dracula you can count on for an evening’s worth of worthwhile entertainment.

Reviewed by: BRIAN SCOTT LIPTON

BOB & CAROL & TED & ALICE

at Pershing Square Signature Center

FOUR ON THE FLOOR

This musical retelling isn't exactly intellectually stimulating, but it might resonate with anyone in the audience with FOMO.

Reviewed by: JESSICA BRANCH

PARADISE LOST

at Theatre Row

OPPORTUNITY LOST

If it weren’t for the valiant efforts of the six-person cast, this production might have come up completely lame.

Reviewed by: BRIAN SCOTT LIPTON

BOB & CAROL & TED & ALICE

at Pershing Square Signature Center

BED-HOPPING RETREAT

It's unclear why this carbon copy of the 1969 film has been transferred to the stage.

Reviewed by: JEREMY GERARD

BOOM

at 59E59 Theaters

UNQUENCHABLE EGO

Rick Miller provides a relentless recap of an era not exactly lost in the mists of time.

Reviewed by: SANDY MACDONALD

A NUMBER

at Bridge Theatre

THE CLONELY ONE

Caryl Churchill's play imagines the consequences if cloning technology were used on humans without moral consideration.

Reviewed by: NICK CURTIS

LEOPOLDSTADT

at Wyndham's Theatre

MARCH OF HISTORY

Tom Stoppard keeps one foot in the dizzying Stoppardian landscape we know so well while venturing into new territory.

Reviewed by: MATT WOLF

THE UPSTART CROW

at Geilgud Theatre

BARBS AT THE BARD

Transferring a TV comedy series to the stage rarely goes well, but this one has lots of laugh-out-loud moments.

Reviewed by: CLIVE HIRSCHHORN

FAR AWAY

at Donmar Warehouse

DYSTOPIAN NIGHTMARE

Caryl Churchill's apocalyptic 45-minute miniature isn't for everyone, but it should resonate with audiences more now than when it premiered 20 years ago.

Reviewed by: CLIVE HIRSCHHORN

LEOPOLDSTADT

at Wyndham's Theatre

NEVER FORGET

The most eagerly anticipated new play of the current London season is Tom Stoppard’s Leopoldstadt.

Reviewed by: CLIVE HIRSCHHORN

UNCLE VANYA

at Harold Pinter Theatre

TIMELESS AND TRAGIC

Chekhov’s rueful ode to lost love and fading hopes has rarely been so luminous and piercing.

Reviewed by: SAM MARLOWE

KUNENE AND THE KING

at Ambassadors Theatre

BEYOND APARTHEID

Despite the work of the two charismatic leading men, this South African story is at once predictable and hard to believe.

Reviewed by: CLIVE HIRSCHHORN

2019 YEAR IN REVIEW

AGELESS WONDERS

This was a year in London theatre that gave seniors and maverick directors pride of place.

Reviewed by: MATT WOLF

MAGIC GOES WRONG

at Vaudeville Theatre

COMEDIC CALAMITY

Mischief Theatre strikes again, this time taking on the world of stage magic and its incipient hazards.

Reviewed by: CLIVE HIRSCHHORN

THREE SISTERS

at the National (Lyttelton)

MATTER OF SURVIVAL

This version transforms the Chekhovian drama into something both faithful to the original and utterly fresh.

Reviewed by: SAM MARLOWE

CURTAINS

at Wyndham's Theatre

CRIMES AND MELODIES

This surefooted musical comedy is a whodunit that writes a love letter to musical theatre while also making fun of it.

Reviewed by: JOHN NATHAN

TASTE OF HONEY

at Trafalgar Studios

FALSE VIRTUE

Shelagh Delaney’s 1958 play broke all the taboos of its time, and this production stays true to its merits.

Reviewed by: JOHN NATHAN

THE DUCHESS OF MALFI

at Almeida Theatre

CONSUME AND DESTROY

There are some very stylish choices in this production, but it lacks the pace and grimness that the play demands.

Reviewed by: SAM MARLOWE

HENRY VI/RICHARD III

at Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, Shakespeare’s Globe

SHAKESPEARE ELECTRIFIED

This gripping, inventive production will make you see these works in an entirely new light.

Reviewed by: SAM MARLOWE

DEAR EVAN HANSEN

at Noel Coward Theatre

TAPPING ON THE GLASS

This is a sharp, sensitive work about family, mental health, loneliness and the two-faced frenemy that is social media.

Reviewed by: SAM MARLOWE

DEAR EVAN HANSEN

at Noel Coward Theatre

A GOOD-HEARTED LIE

Sam Tutty soars in the title role of this original, state-of-the-art musical.

Reviewed by: CLIVE HIRSCHHORN

SCHEDULE UPDATES -

Yes, Prime Minister contracts its run, while A Chorus Line expands its own.

POWERHOUSE OF THEATRE - After 11 years as the Almeida Theatre's artistic director, Michael Attenborough is stepping down to focus on directing.

SONGS FROM THE HEART - Once the Tony-Award winning musical is set to hit London in January.