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‘Pirates! The Penzance Musical’ review: Hilarious high-seas hijinks with David Hyde Pierce
This slaphappy, reworked revival of “The Pirates of Penzance,” which opened?Thursday night?on Broadway, shifts the absurd action some 2,800 nautical miles west to New Orleans, Louisiana.?
'Conclave' movie viewership explodes following the death of Pope Francis
Viewership of the 2024 film, which was nominated for Best Picture and won Adapted Screenplay, boomed 283% on Monday following news of the pope’s death from a stroke at age...
Netflix's 'Stranger Things' Broadway play is an assault on the senses
All of the blaring special effects are in service of a throwaway play in which the real villain?ain't Vecna — it's?the writing.
'Floyd Collins' review: Jeremy Jordan stars in a Broadway musical about a forgotten American tragedy
“Floyd Collins,” the real story of a trapped Kentucky cave explorer, is a musical split in two — and not for the better.
'Sinners' review: Michael B. Jordan plays twins in an intoxicating Southern vampire flick
The South and vampires go together like wooden stakes and undead hearts.?
This awesome 'Mission: Impossible' exhibit goes inside 29 years of extremely dangerous stunts
Agent Ethan Hunt has come to — da da duh! — Queens.
'John Proctor is the Villain' review: 'Stranger Things' star Sadie Sink leads likable, long MeToo drama
Kimberly Belflower’s often entertaining, mostly clever, frequently phony dramedy that opened Monday night at the Booth Theatre could have used another draft.?
The best Broadway restaurants for a bite, beverage — and an A-List celeb sighting
The best part of venturing out into jam-packed Times Square in the busy spring? Venturing inside into a somewhat less jam-packed bar or restaurant for a meal, a martini —...
Shocker — Broadway musical based on old flop TV show is terrible
“Let’s Be Bad” is a song from the Broadway musical “Smash.”?It is also the production's motto.
'Old Friends' review: Bernadette Peters and a glorious cast sing Sondheim
It’s a rare and special experience to watch performers of the calibre of Peters and co-stars like Lea Salonga sing Sondheim while backed by a sensational 14-piece orchestra in an...
‘Boop’ review: A Broadway star is born in new musical
Jasmine Amy Rogers, a 25-year-old actress, makes a marvelous Broadway debut in the Betty Boop musical “Boop.”
'The Last Five Years' review: Nick Jonas musical is the worst of the Broadway season
You’re five years older by curtain call.?
Will these summer blockbusters be hits — or more giant bombs?
With the summer movie season kicking off next month, everybody in Hollywood is on thin, melting ice.?
Why Betty Boop was once forced by Hollywood to be less sexy
Poor Betty was a victim of the Hays Code, or the Motion Picture Production Code, which in 1934 banned profanity and curtailed violence and sexual content in movies — even...
Clooney makes his Broadway debut in a sleepy 'Good Night, and Good Luck' newsroom play
It comes as a surprise that the impression left by the dusty historical drama as the audience pours out onto Broadway is so small and fleeting. Good Night, and What’s...
A messed-up 'Steamboat Willie' horror film was shot on the Staten Island ferry Pete Davidson and Colin Jost bought
In the demented new horror movie “Screamboat,” now in theaters, David Howard Thornton (Art the Clown from “Terrifier”) plays Willie, a killer rodent who brutalizes passengers at night aboard the...
'A Minecraft Movie' review: Idiotic video game film stomps on your brain
“This place makes no sense!” yells a character in the imbecilic green-screen gunk that is “A Minecraft Movie," starring Jack Black and Jason Momoa.
'Glengarry Glen Ross' review: Kieran Culkin and Bob Odenkirk's play is?bleeping?underwhelming
David Mamet's should-be scorcher of a story about sleazy, lying, ruthless Chicago real-estate salesmen who will commit crimes?and ruin lives?to close a deal is?as?laid-back?as a work-from-home Friday.
This list of best NYC neighborhoods is unbelievably stupid
Trust this guide if you want to ruin your life.
'Picture of Dorian Gray': Sarah Snook wows in technical marvel Broadway play
In a flourish of theatrical magic, with the help of mind-boggling technology, the surely exhausted “Succession” star Sarah Snook plays 26 roles in “The Picture of Dorian Gray,” which opened...