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Elton John's $25 million Broadway show announces closing — just five days after opening night
Sir Elton knows his way around a flop. But even his 2006 vampire debacle "Lestat," which The Post's Clive Barnes declared as "bloody awful," ran a little longer.
‘Swept Away’ review: Strange Broadway shipwreck show has pretty folk songs — and cannibalism
Something I won’t be saying on my death bed: “I wish I would’ve watched more shows about boats.”
'Tammy Faye' review: Elton John's Broadway show is a disaster of biblical proportions
Unfortunately for Sir Elton, the godawful musical about flamboyant 1980s televangelist Tammy Faye Bakker is a lot more of a “Lestat” than an “Aida.”
‘Maybe Happy Ending’ review: Romantic robot musical is glorious on Broadway — really
The blissful, boundlessly creative gift of a musical from South Korea opened Monday night at the Belasco Theatre.
‘A Wonderful World: The Louis Armstrong Musical’ review: A lifeless Satchmo show on Broadway
What’s onstage at Studio 54 is largely a deflating and cobbled-together wife story that fails to capture Armstrong the artist.
'Romeo + Juliet' review: 'Heartstopper' star Kit Connor shines in hollow Broadway show
What an impressive, heart-stopping Broadway debut from the young British star of Netflix’s “Heartstopper.”
‘Left on Tenth’ review: Julianna Margulies’ Broadway show is a sappy slog
Delia Ephron’s play starring Julianna Margulies and Peter Gallagher wants to be a moving romantic comedy, but it's sluggish and awkward.
Nicole Scherzinger makes audience all but levitate in scorching, brilliant 'Sunset Boulevard' Broadway revival
Andrew Lloyd Webber's “Sunset Boulevard,” which opened Sunday night at the St. James Theatre, is Broadway’s most exhilarating show in years
A Broadway dud gets reinvented in Canada — and it's hysterical
What a joy it is to see “Something Rotten” transformed into something terrific. The caffeinated comedy, which played New York back in 2015, is the marquee musical of the Stratford...
I'm the nude lesbian Jesus in the shocking opera that's making audience members sick — my role is the 'thrill' of a lifetime
The scandalous show is coming to the US this month and follows the story of a suppressed nun embarking on a journey of sexual self-discovery.
Andrew Scott in 'Vanya,' Salomon sneakers in Soho, more NYC events
Each week, Alexa is rounding up the buzziest fashion drops, hotel openings, restaurant debuts and celeb-studded cultural happenings in NYC. It’s our curated guide to the very best things to...
'Our Town' review: Bland Broadway revival starring Jim Parsons and Katie Holmes doesn't hit home
Director Kenny Leon’s staging of “Our Town” is among the most uninvolving and anemic our critic has ever seen.
Robert Downey Jr.'s awful Broadway play about AI is a total wipeout
The tiresome Broadway play “McNeal,” starring Robert Downey Jr. at Lincoln Center, is about every windbag’s favorite topic — AI.
'Hills of California' review: A cutthroat new stage mother on Broadway
At the Broadhurst Theatre, where Jez Butterworth’s new play “The Hills of California” opened on Sunday night, lives Laura Donnelly's stern and captivating Veronica Webb.
Robert Downey Jr. on Broadway, fashion of the African diaspora and more NYC events
What’s making our luxury list this week? Robert Downey, Jr. on Broadway, a huge new Arc’Teryx store in SoHo, and a social sauna opens in Flatiron.
‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ edges ‘Alien: Romulus’ at top of charts as ‘Blink Twice’ sees quiet opening
“Deadpool & Wolverine” reclaimed first place at the North American box office in its fifth weekend with $18.3 million. Its cumulative international earnings now sit at over $1.2 billion.
'Once Upon a Mattress' review: Sutton Foster is a perfect princess on Broadway
A show and a star have aligned. Mary Rodgers’ 1959 musical comedy has found Sutton Foster.
'Job' review: A millennial cracks in tense Broadway two-hander
Max Wolf Friedlich’s spicy drama is a collision of all of those essays and studies you’ve read about that age group’s unique tendencies — especially their desire to get paid...
'Oh, Mary!' review: The funniest show on Broadway
The preposterously enjoyable non-musical play does the impossible —thanks to the irrepressible comic genius of playwright and actor Cole Escola.
Nancy Pelosi and AOC play 'N/A' is a predictable snooze
The behind-closed-doors scenes pitting the Speaker of the House against the upstart New York congresswoman are more like Disney’s Hall of Presidents — reverential and robotic — than Capitol Hill.