Hamlet (The SOB Review) - Broadhurst Theatre, New York, New York *** (out of ****) One of my life's little tragedies is that my ears have rarely been in sync with the Bard's old English. Typically, I'm faced with either foregoing revivals or bucking...

Memphis (The SOB Review) - Shubert Theatre, New York, New York *** (out of ****) If you like seeing all your money up on the stage, run, don't walk, to see Joe DiPietro and David Bryan's rhythmically-infused Memphis. With a whole heck of a lot of...

Random Thoughts & Tweets: Social Media And Criticism Yesterday, theatre blogger Joseph Anthony Gomez of I Can't I Have Rehearsal posed the following question to me via Twitter (@josephgomez): @SteveOnBroadway What do U consider pros/cons 4 writing...

Brighton Beach: Too Soon To Fade To Memories The new Broadway revival of Brighton Beach Memoirs that just opened at the top of this week will close Sunday. Over the past 15 hours, there has been a flurry of slightly varying news items about the...

Finian's Rainbow (The SOB Review) - St. James Theatre, New York, New York **1/2 (out of ****) You have to hand it to Warren Carlyle for taking that inspirational tune "Look to the Rainbow" to heart. He's practically pulled out every conceivable stop...