Latest Broadway Buzz

Did Peter and the Starcatcher Sink or Swim for Word of Mouth Panelists?

WORD OF MOUTH REVIEW April 16, 2012 | 6:08PM

Peter and the Starcatcher, a whimsical new play based on the novel by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson, has docked on the Great White Way starring Adam Chanler-Berat, Christian Borle and Celia Keenan-Bolger. Co-directed by Tony Award winner Roger Rees and Tony nominee Alex Timbers, the wildly imaginative prequel to Peter Pan features a company of 12 actors portraying some ...

Buy Tickets

Word of Mouth Wrap-Up! Our Real-People Critics Pick the Season's Best

FEATURES May 3, 2010 | 3:37PM

Broadway.com’s Word of Mouth panel has seen it all—literally. Be it dramas or comedies, musicals or plays, Hollywood stars or Broadway divas, our real-life reviewers have seen everything the Great White Way has to offer during the 2009-2010 season. Now with awards season in full swing, we’ve asked them to weigh in on the best of ...

Our Word of Mouth Panel Weighs In On Sondheim on Sondheim

WORD OF MOUTH REVIEW April 22, 2010 | 9:58PM

Composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim has dreamed up some of the most beloved musical tales in modern theater history (including Company, Passion, Into the Woods, Sweeney Todd, Sunday in the Park With George and A Little Night Music , just to name a few). His latest Broadway outing, Sondheim on Sondheim , however, tells a very different story—his own. Sondheim on ...

Was Our Word of Mouth Panel Moved by the Rhythm of Fela!?

WORD OF MOUTH REVIEW November 23, 2009 | 6:30PM

Of all the new shows to open on Broadway so far this season, none has been anything like Fela! , the tuner that tells the life story of pioneering musician and political activist Fela Anikulapo Kuti. Fusing Afrobeat music and the innovative staging and choreography of director/creator Bill T. Jones, the show is the sort of high-octane, high-brow, real-life musical ...

Did Word of Mouth Panelists Maggie, Tom and Ellen Find Magic in Finian's Rainbow?

WORD OF MOUTH REVIEW October 29, 2009 | 5:47PM

It has been nearly 50 years since Finian's Rainbow , the classic musical packed with jazz and American songbook standards, was last seen on a Broadway stage. On October 29 the tuner officially returned, bringing the story of Irishman Finian, his daughter Sharon, a stolen pot of gold and the topsy-turvy land of Missitucky back for audiences—including WOM panelists ...