theater review
Nov. 2, 2023
Sabbath’s Theater Can’t Get Out of Its HeadAn adaptation of Philip Roth ends up feeling uncharacteristically tame.
casting call
Oct. 31, 2023
The Gilded Age Summons Broadway to Fifth AvenueCasting directors Bernie Telsey and Adam Caldwell explain how they fill the show with oh so many Tony nominees.
theater review
Oct. 29, 2023
Stereophonic Goes Its Own Way, and Finds Its GrooveA very Rumours rock saga immerses you in the act of creation.
Good Sex Can’t Save Fellow Travelers The Showtime limited series spends too little time with its messy, fascinating characters and far too much time on Gay U.S. History 101.
Still Popular: Chenoweth and Menzel Talk ‘Wicked’ For Wicked ’s 20th anniversary on Broadway, Kristin Chenoweth and Idina Menzel reunite to talk about high notes, low rumors, and onstage emergencies.
theater review
Oct. 11, 2023
A Long Hike in the Woods: The Refuge Plays Nathan Alan Davis’s three-part epic falls short of its big ambitions.
All That Effort for This ? Frasier is back and meh-er than ever.
some questions
Oct. 3, 2023
Some Questions for Only Murders in the Building ’s Season-3 Finale Who’s leaking Maxine’s reviews, and what exactly is the plot of Death Rattle Dazzle ?
theater review
Sept. 29, 2023
Melissa Etheridge Takes the Aw-Shucks Road to Broadway My Window is a night of songs and personal biography, loosely hung together.
announcements
Sept. 22, 2023
Stage Whisperer , Vulture’s Theater Newsletter, Extends Its RunWeekly theater news, delivered a little louder for the people in the back.
theater review
Sept. 20, 2023
Little Shop of Blah-Blah: Theresa Rebeck’s Dig A redemption play that betrays its own premise.
theater review
Sept. 17, 2023
In Swing State, Bleak Politics in the Tall Grass Rebecca Gilman’s story is hemmed in on all sides.
theater review
Sept. 14, 2023
fall preview 2023
Aug. 28, 2023
Leslie Odom Jr. Returns, in a Red-Hot American Satire The actor is back on Broadway for Purlie Victorious , a show more skeptical than the one that made him famous.
some questions
Aug. 22, 2023
How Is And Just Like That … Going to Wrap This Up? And most importantly, what Patricia Field outfit will Kim Cattrall wear?
fall preview 2023
Aug. 22, 2023
29 Plays and Musicals We Can’t Wait to See This Fall Our two new drama critics share and compare their enthusiasms.
emergency discussion
Aug. 11, 2023
The Brain-Breaking Dissonance of Red, White & Royal Blue Uma Thurman’s accent. Surprise Truvada sponcon. The tonal equivalent of a Disney Channel original gay porn. Make it all make sense.
theater review
Aug. 10, 2023
The Shark Is Broken Goes Chumming for Your AffectionIan Shaw’s play bemoans big action movies’ death grip on the culture — while also venerating the voracious progenitor of them all.
High School Musical: The Musical: The Series Gets Away With ItDisney+’s extremely meta sorta-sequel series goes out with its heart on its sleeve.
theater review
Aug. 3, 2023
You Made a Musical … Out of a DeLorean? Back to the Future: The Musical is a carefully faithful spectacle.
theater review
Aug. 1, 2023
Pregaming With Three Postcollege Brats (Plus a Dog) at Toros “The play keeps reminding you it’s a performance, which is nice in a time when many shows feel like they just want to be adapted into film or TV.”
theater review
July 31, 2023
theater review
July 24, 2023
The Cottage Needs More Doors to SlamLaura Bell Bundy and Eric McCormack lead a too-tidy farce.
theater review
July 20, 2023
theater review
July 20, 2023
Here Lies Love Is an Unsettlingly Good TimeA show that portrays Imelda Marcos as blithe naïf and corrupt co-tyrant—and also enabler of a rousing dance party.
Kit Connor Wasn’t Ready The star of Netflix’s teen rom-com Heartstopper was forced to come out by the show’s fans. He’s not letting them get to him anymore.
awards season
July 12, 2023
The Good, the Bad, and the Weird of This Year’s Emmy Nominations GOOD: Scandoval! Bad: No Reservation Dogs AGAIN. WEIRD: James Marsden for … being James Marsden?
theater review
June 28, 2023
A Hamlet in the Park That Puzzles the Will Kenny Leon’s production gestures at a lot without capturing any one thing.
Liz Kingsman Is Getting Famous for Being Not Famous Her One Woman Show is a monologue about writing a monologue to chase celebrity. It’s working.
theater review
June 26, 2023
Dropping by the Local Nazis: Alex Edelman’s Just for Us Plus: Liz Kingsman’s One Woman Show, and the state of solo comedy meta-theater.
theater review
June 22, 2023
Humiliating Carrie Bradshaw And Just Like That … stumbles into the future
backstories
June 16, 2023
theater review
June 15, 2023
Physicians, Preen Thyselves: The Doctor A play about the self-serving sanctimony of the newly canceled.
tony awards 2023
June 12, 2023
awards watch
June 9, 2023
What Should Win at the 2023 Tony Awards? A Vulture critic and staff writer unpack the “thin-feeling season.”
alternative viewing
June 9, 2023
Why Not Just Watch I Hate Suzie ? A question I often ask, but specifically in this case about The Idol .
theater review
June 6, 2023
theater review
June 5, 2023
Death Comes to the Reunion in The Comeuppance High-school friends, pregaming with jungle juice and angst.
theater review
June 1, 2023
Knock-Knock: Grey House Brings Horror Tropes to Broadway If you find Laurie Metcalf in a cabin in the woods, don’t go in.
finale thoughts
June 1, 2023
Succession ’s Alan Ruck Is Still Unraveling Clues About Connor“Jesse was like, ‘I don’t know … perhaps.’ That’s the whole show, to an extent. He loves that everybody has a different opinion about it.”
Mary Catherine Garrison Loves Growing With Tricia The Somebody Somewhere actor “lit up” at season two’s scripts: “She’s trying so hard to do her best and life just keeps toppling over.”
theater review
May 25, 2023
theater review
May 22, 2023
Monsoon Wedding Is a Lively Party But a Watery Musical“The songs tend to idle in neutral, repeating ideas already established in dialogue, never opening up into something more.”
finale thoughts
May 18, 2023
Betty Gilpin Is Still Pondering the Mysteries of the Mrs. Davis Finale “It’s not some evil ominous supercomputer, and it’s not a robot Mother Teresa. It’s a reflection of who we are. And that’s almost scarier.”
theater review
May 18, 2023
Basketball and Debutante Balls in King James and The Cotillion Plays about the codes of masculinity and femininity, LeBron and dance steps.
america decides
May 16, 2023
Is Jeryd Mencken Succession ’s Fortinbras? Hamlet might provide a glimpse into how Succession unravels.
america decides
May 14, 2023
Adam Godley’s Eyes Are Very Much Okay After Succession ’s Wasabi-LaCroix Incident “I got a call from my agents, ‘Can you get on a plane in a couple of days to shoot an episode of Succession ?’ I was like, ‘Yes, I can do that.’”
tony awards 2023
May 2, 2023
The Takeaways From Today’s Tony Awards Nominations A couple of notable snubs, a Bad Cinderella shutout, and a J.C. face-off.
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