Against the backdrop of recent dull movie musicals, Les Misérables shines surprisingly brightly.

Although fans of the movie will get the classic scenes they came for, the show feels more like a Christmas-themed revue than a finished work.

The musical stays very faithful to the film, with a strange narration device but a strong score.

The Red Bull company boldly takes on Ben Johnson's 1606 satire of greed, but misfires for the most part.

Although some of the characters don't get fully fleshed out in this one, Amy Herzog shows again that she can take on heavy issues.

Clifford Odets’ play Golden Boy is being given a first-class, much-deserved revival by Lincoln Center Theater.

August Wilson’s family drama has lost none of its resonance, and likely never will.

Giant has a vast and complicated structure, but also a wonderful score by Michael John LaChiusa.

David Mamet's painfully didactic The Anarchist makes theatergoers wonder what happened to the ink in his pen since his better plays.

The cast and director have done what they can, but there isn't much to work with in Theresa Rebeck's script.