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Irreverent, Intelligent, and Broadway Bound: CK Reviews Oh, Mary

This is the show that this season captured theater cognoscenti like no other.

Eleanor Burgess’s insightful, moving play explores how the gospel should be spread.

This tale of the trials and tribulations of making great music is brilliantly in tune.

There is lots to hear and see in this Tommy, but little to feel.

Jason Robert Brown’s new musical falls for its own con man.

It seemed like such a great idea on paper.

What began as a planned sendoff to one man ended up as a testament to the valiant effort of another to realize it.

Part Cabaret, part Jersey Boys, Harmony cannot decide on its primary focus.

A fascinatingly varied program captured both intellectual rigor and palpable joy in music-making.

How did this slimly plotted show make it to Broadway? Four words: Josh Gad! Andrew Rannells!