Uncensored John Simon

One person’s critic is another person’s crackpot. That they are not united in their opinions is ascribable to the Latin...

We have here Robert, a publisher; his best friend, Jerry, a literary agent; Emma, Robert’s sassy wife, a gallerist, for seven yea...

MUSICALS ENDANGERED What Is happening to America's greatest contribution to the theater, musical comedy? Why so many jukebox musicals...

If you like splash, “Moulin Rouge!” is the show for you. Even more than the Baz Luhrmann movie, on wh...

It was clever of Encores! to revive Stephen Sondheim and John Weidman’s musical “Road Show,” a musical with some gorgeo...

Americans are almost always in a hurry, though rush is all too often rash. Even cars are often sold on speed disallowed by law, and...

Every year we get a “Broadway’s Rising Stars” show produced by Scott Siegel at Town Hall, a revue of songs performed by recent col...