Matthew Wexler, Author at 1 Minute Critic

No body better: ‘Dead Outlaw’ is Broadway’s most unlikely hit

Matthew Wexler Apr 27, 2025 0

From bungled heist to carnival attraction, Broadway's "Dead Outlaw" kills it as 2025's best new musical about life after death.

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Forget what you think about biomusicals: Jonathan Groff changes the game ‘Just in Time’

Matthew Wexler Apr 27, 2025 0

Jonathan Groff brings crooner Bobby Darin to life, but don't expect a traditional tribute performance. This one stops time. Literally.

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FIRST LOOK: ‘Real Women Have Curves’ arrives on Broadway

By Editors Apr 25, 2025 0

"Real Women Have Curves" heads to Broadway. Here's a first look, including 12 performers making their Broadway debuts!

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Broadway’s secret sauce: How ‘Theater Kid’ Jeffrey Seller cooked up ‘Hamilton’ & ‘Rent’

Matthew Wexler Apr 25, 2025 0

Broadway producer Jeffrey Seller tells all in a new memoir that traces his early years to the biggest hits of…

Ryan J. Haddad wears a bright pink shirt in his solo play "Hold Me in the Water."

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Ryan J. Haddad’s measured monologue leaves us thirsty for more

Matthew Wexler Apr 23, 2025 0

Disabled writer-actor Ryan J. Haddad returns with another solo show, but is the glass half full or empty?

Jeremy Jordan in "Floyd Collins" at Lincoln Center Theater.

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Jeremy Jordan shines in ‘Floyd Collins’ despite cavernous challenges

Matthew Wexler Apr 21, 2025 0

Jeremy Jordan isn't the only one feeling stuck in Lincoln Center Theater's "Floyd Collins," about a cave explorer trapped underground.

Jasmine Amy Rogers and the cast of "Boop! The Musical."

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Betty Boop jumps dimensions, but gets trapped in a 1D Broadway plot

Matthew Wexler Apr 20, 2025 0

Jasmine Amy Rogers carries the weight of two worlds in her shoulders in "BOOP! The Musical."

Nicholas Barasch, Ramin Karimloo and Jinkx Monsoon in "Pirates! The Penzance Musical"

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PHOTOS: First look at this modern major ‘Pirates! The Penzance Musical’

By Editors Apr 18, 2025 0

A first look at Roundabout Theatre Company's jazzy reimagining of the Gilbert and Sullivan classic.

The cast of "Stranger Things: The First Shadow"

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PHOTOS: Broadway gets ‘Stranger’ with the biggest spectacle of the season

By Editors Apr 17, 2025 0

Are monsters born or made? Broadway audiences will have the chance to decide when "Stranger Things: The First Shadow" arrives.

Adrienne Warren and Nick Jonas in "The Last Five Years."

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‘The Last Five Years’: Nick Jonas, Adrienne Warren, and a temporally twisted love story

Matthew Wexler Apr 16, 2025 0

Nick Jonas and Adrienne Warren bring Jason Robert Brown's fractured love story to Broadway.

No body better: ‘Dead Outlaw’ is Broadway’s most unlikely hit

Forget what you think about biomusicals: Jonathan Groff changes the game ‘Just in Time’

FIRST LOOK: ‘Real Women Have Curves’ arrives on Broadway

Broadway’s secret sauce: How ‘Theater Kid’ Jeffrey Seller cooked up ‘Hamilton’ & ‘Rent’

Ryan J. Haddad’s measured monologue leaves us thirsty for more

Jeremy Jordan shines in ‘Floyd Collins’ despite cavernous challenges

Betty Boop jumps dimensions, but gets trapped in a 1D Broadway plot

PHOTOS: First look at this modern major ‘Pirates! The Penzance Musical’

PHOTOS: Broadway gets ‘Stranger’ with the biggest spectacle of the season

‘The Last Five Years’: Nick Jonas, Adrienne Warren, and a temporally twisted love story

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Broadway’s favorite new trick is showing you the trick

‘Blitz and Beyond’ captures the 80s fashion and music scene that dressed a generation

Raúl Esparza and Lily Rabe anchor a gloriously messy ‘Winter’s Tale’

In ‘An American Daughter,’ a woman’s ambition goes on trial