Tuesday, September 16, 2025
Bobby Cannavale, James Corden, and Neil Patrick Harris return to the stage in the first Broadway revival of the Tony Award®-winning play ART by Yasmina Reza. Directed by Scott Ellis (Take M…
SOURCE: Did They Like It? at 11:14PMThe play itself, however, is a lot more interesting than a mere star vehicle, and is proving to be remarkably resilient. It’s easy to picture similar arguments about buying NFT art, or a P…
SOURCE: Did They Like It? at 11:12PMThis first Broadway revival promises luxury and stars; its black-and-white poster has Bobby Cannavale, James Corden and Neil Patrick Harris suited-up and laughing expensively, politely. That…
SOURCE: Did They Like It? at 11:09PMArt is as smart a commentary on friendship, identity, and the unspoken expectations that tie them together as it ever was. Sure, it’s wrapped in the veneer of high-brow aesthetic debate, b…
SOURCE: Did They Like It? at 11:09PMCorden is reasserting himself as a major theater actor, and his turn as the wobbliest vertex of a friendship triangle would, alone, make the new production of this slippery social satire wor…
SOURCE: Did They Like It? at 11:09PMThe result is a slender but amusing 90-minute evening of Broadway entertainment. Is it art? Maybe not. But why argue?
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SOURCE: Did They Like It? at 11:08PMAs Art‘s three buddies set up their impending conflict, we know exactly where they’re heading. This production eventually rewards our patience, even if we sometimes wish for quicker brus…
SOURCE: Did They Like It? at 11:08PMIn this respect, “Art” is a poor man’s “Glengarry Glenross.” Here are plays that are often revived because stars want to appear in them so they can deliver these showy acting-class…
SOURCE: Did They Like It? at 11:08PMAs both the heart and the court jester for the show, Corden is superb, a perfectly calibrated level of hysterical, sincere and crisp. One blistering monologue sees him ranting, in the voice …
SOURCE: Did They Like It? at 11:08PMIt was hard to know if it was the play or the cast that prevented me from connecting with the characters on a level beyond smug satire.
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SOURCE: Did They Like It? at 11:08PMMonday, August 18, 2025
Legendary comic Jeff Ross returns home for his long-awaited Broadway debut in TAKE A BANANA FOR THE RIDE — a hilarious, heartfelt one-man show about laughing through the pain, the importan…
SOURCE: Did They Like It? at 10:56PM“Take a Banana” is, however, a willfully upbeat show; whenever it gets too dark, Ross detonates another joke. In his banana-yellow suit (by Toni-Leslie James), he takes us on a tour of h…
SOURCE: Did They Like It? at 10:56PMThis deeply personal, moving, and undeniably funny show is first and foremost a love letter to the chaotic people (and pets) that made Ross who he is. The experience of losing them is what h…
SOURCE: Did They Like It? at 10:54PMHere, though, laughs are not the final goal. Vicious comedy may be Ross’s superpower, but this show aims to reveal his secret identity as the nicest of guys: an über-mensch.
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SOURCE: Did They Like It? at 10:54PMDeath does not become him. Frankly, it’s a bore, as is his fixation on his own health, which went bad from the get-go.
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SOURCE: Did They Like It? at 10:54PMIt doesn’t take long before the evening begins to feel like an interminable evening with an elderly relative who insists on making you look through their photo albums. Ross can be a very f…
SOURCE: Did They Like It? at 10:54PMFor all of its appeal, the 90-minute attraction somehow seems a smidge overlong; perhaps Ross’ dog stories might be curtailed. Fans familiar with Ross’ skill at insult humor likely will …
SOURCE: Did They Like It? at 10:54PMHere and throughout, Mr. Ross is, for the most part, careful to balance his gushing with the gleefully impolite humor that is his bread and butter.
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SOURCE: Did They Like It? at 10:54PMBut he threads, or at least punctuates, each of these downer stories with one-liners, some of them funny, some of them just in bad taste. (About his baldness, he says: “I know I look like …
SOURCE: Did They Like It? at 10:54PMThus, it is pleasantly surprising that Ross’s new solo show Jeff Ross: Take a Banana for the Ride is very silly, disarmingly sweet, and engagingly straightforward. To have built a reputati…
SOURCE: Did They Like It? at 10:54PMFriday, August 15, 2025
Despite being slightly downscaled for the road — most notably in a set that feels a little flimsy — this is a fine iteration of “Mamma Mia!” It certainly is sprightlier than it was t…
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The story-telling magic of ABBA’s timeless songs propels this enchanting tale of love, laughter and friendship, creating an unforgettable show. A large cast, non-stop laughs and explosive …
SOURCE: Did They Like It? at 09:47PMThis is not a dark Brechtian take on a well-known musical, nor a queer reclamation of mainstream pop culture—but I’m not sure anyone needs that from Mamma Mia!, a show that knows what it…
SOURCE: Did They Like It? at 09:47PMYet “Mamma Mia!” remains what it always was: a feast for your pleasure centers. It’s a show that almost invites us to roll our eyes at it — until that moment or two later when we’r…
SOURCE: Did They Like It? at 09:47PMUnlike most of the jukebox musicals that have tried to replicate its formula, Mamma Mia! keeps its balance: It draws you just enough in while maintaining an amused sense of itself. It never …
SOURCE: Did They Like It? at 09:47PMThe current “Mamma Mia!” remains under the control of its original director, Phyllida Lloyd; production designer, Mark Thompson; and other creatives. Frankly, the show looks so tacky tha…
SOURCE: Did They Like It? at 09:47PMThe title still carries that big old exclamation point, but the fantasy is more than a little long in the tooth. Maybe it should be styled with a question mark, or just an ellipsis. Mamma mi…
SOURCE: Did They Like It? at 09:47PMIt’s been over 25 years since Mamma! Mia first took to the stage, and it’s abundantly clear that the fervor surrounding it isn’t going anywhere anytime soon. And it’s easy to see why…
SOURCE: Did They Like It? at 09:47PMBut the fact that it’s become such a beloved property anyway, spawning two (possibly three) movies and endless themed karaoke parties, feels like hope that art that’s imperfect yet earne…
SOURCE: Did They Like It? at 09:47PMOkay, you millions (billions?) of ABBA–Mamma Mia! devotees, your fave-rave musical gift is back on Broadway in a first local revival at, appropriately, the Winter Garden. It would be a ple…
SOURCE: Did They Like It? at 09:47PMThursday, June 12, 2025
Six-time Emmy® Award winner and Tony Award® nominee Jean Smart is back on Broadway for a limited time only, in a tour-de-force portrayal of a writer whose words are her greatest gift, her …
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