Margaret Edson’s 1999 Pulitzer prize-winning play Wit has made it to Broadway, starring Tony winner Cynthia Nixon as a strong-willed English professor facing Stage IV ovarian cancer. Directed by Manhattan Theatre Club artistic director Lynne Meadow, the play opened on January 26 at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre. Broadway.com sent Word of Mouth panelists Jill, Matthew and Carol ...

Athol Fugard’s 1987 drama The Road to Mecca has taken up residence in the American Airlines Theatre in its first-ever Broadway staging. Starring Tony winners Rosemary Harris and Jim Dale and stage and screen vet Carla Gugino, the play is based on the true story of Helen Martins, an elderly and radical visual artist who turns her home into ...

The Gershwin opera Porgy and Bess has returned to Broadway in a new production that puts the romance of the story center stage. Broadway.com Word of Mouth panelists Marlene, Peter and Kim headed to Catfish Row by way of the Richard Rodgers Theatre to check out director Diane Paulus' take on this tragic love story, starring Audra McDonald, Norm ...

The new basketball musical Lysistrata Jones has bounced its way into Broadway's Walter Kerr Theatre, and Broadway.com sent Word of Mouth reviewers Jill, Kean and John to see it and let us know if they think the show is a slam dunk. A modern update of Aristophanes' comedy Lysistrata, the musical follows a lively college cheerleader as she ...

A surprising love triangle is happening at the St. James Theatre, where director Michael Mayer’s reimagined On a Clear Day You Can See Forever officially opened on December 11. Word of Mouth panelists Mariene, Peter and Tara Ann traveled back in time with stars Harry Connick Jr., Jessie Mueller and David Turner to watch the drama and hijinks unravel ...

Family secrets are always a recipe for stage drama, and Stick Fly’s LeVay Family certainly has more than enough dirty laundry to keep things interesting. Broadway.com Word of Mouth panelists Michelle, Kean and John headed to the clan’s Martha’s Vineyard home (at Broadway’s Cort Theatre) to check out this explosively funny story, starring Tracie Thoms ...

Two of America’s most famous criminals are currently in residence at the Schoenfeld Theatre, where Bonnie & Clyde officially opened on December 1. Word of Mouth panelists Carol, Kim and Matthew took their seats in the Broadway house to see Laura Osnes and Jeremy Jordan bring this shootout-filled story from composer Frank Wildhorn to life on stage. Were they captivated ...

They skyrocketed to Broadway fame more than 30 years ago in Evita, and now Patti LuPone and Mandy Patinkin are re-teaming for a very special series of Broadway concerts. Broadway.com sent Word of Mouth panelists Michelle, Marlene and Jill to the Ethel Barrymore Theatre to see the Tony-winning stars, who perform numbers from South Pacific, Carousel and, of course ...

Four aspiring writers place their fiction in the expert hands of a literary legend named Leonard, and await the verdict: That’s the premise of Seminar, starring stage and screen legend Alan Rickman. Broadway.com sent Word of Mouth reviewers Scott, Matthew and Tara Ann to the Golden Theatre to see Rickman in action opposite Lily Rabe, Jerry O’Connell ...

There's plenty of passion between Kim Cattrall and Paul Gross in Private Lives as a divorced couple who, after coincidentally meeting again while honeymooning with their new spouses, decide to re-boot their relationship for a second time. It doesn't take long for old habits to re-emerge, however! Broadway.com sent Word of Mouth reviewers Carol, Marlene and Matthew ...