Review: A New ‘Wrinkle in Time’ Needs to Iron Out Some Problems Date Monday, June 30, 2025 - 3:01 AM Description Despite a gorgeous score and some fine performances, the musical adaptation of the Madeleine L’Engle classic gets trapped in a time loop.
Review: A Vocally Splendid ‘Ragtime’ Raises the Roof Image Date Thursday, October 31, 2024 - 2:21 PM Description Joshua Henry stars in an exhilarating gala revival of the 1998 musical about nothing less than the harmony and discord of America.
Review: A ‘Picnic at Hanging Rock’ Musical Is a Psychedelic Parable Image Date Sunday, December 21, 2025 - 9:42 AM Description At Greenwich House Theater, Greta Gertler Gold and Hilary Bell’s stage adaptation of Joan Lindsay’s novel hovers between reverie and reality.
Review: In ‘The Outsiders,’ a New Song for the Young Misfits Image Date Friday, April 12, 2024 - 9:33 AM Description The classic coming-of-age novel has become a compelling, if imperfect, musical about have-not teenagers in a have-it-all world.
Review: New International Books in Translation Image Date Sunday, February 18, 2024 - 3:00 AM Description A roundup of international fiction from Congo, Sweden, Bolivia and India.
Review: New Short Stories by Jeanette Winterson, Paul Yoon and More Image Date Friday, December 08, 2023 - 8:56 AM Description Three new collections by Jeanette Winterson, Paul Yoon and Louise Kennedy.
Review: Roald Dahl Is Antisemitic, but Not a Cartoon Villain, in ‘Giant’ Date Friday, October 04, 2024 - 12:12 AM Description A new play in London portrays the beloved children’s author as a rounded character, while making no apology for his bigotry.
Review: ‘Are the Bennet Girls OK?’ Well, Their Mother Is Magnificent. Date Monday, October 13, 2025 - 2:13 PM Description Bedlam’s sharply irreverent production of Emily Breeze’s comedy, a riff on “Pride and Prejudice,” has period dress, contemporary vernacular and a magnetic Mrs. Bennet.
Review: ‘Silver Nitrate,’ by Silvia Moreno-Garcia Image Date Monday, July 17, 2023 - 12:42 PM Description Silvia Moreno-Garcia’s new novel, “Silver Nitrate,” is about friends whose attempt to lift an old curse unleashes something even more terrifying.
Review: “The Palette and the Sword,” by Milo Manara Date Friday, July 18, 2025 - 7:52 AM Description A new graphic biography of Caravaggio draws a provocative line from the old masters to the outsider artists of today.