Zoglin, TIME’s theater critic and a former assistant managing editor, is the author of Comedy at the Edge: How Stand-up in the 1970s Changed America
The musical adaptation of Robert James Waller’s bestseller is graced with lush music and great voices, but not quite enough tears
What Sleep No More hath wrought: a lot of sound and fury signifying rather little
On the occasion of Sid Caesar’s passing, a look at the extraordinary longevity of many comics — and why they endure
Beautiful: The Carole King Musical is the latest show to regurgitate a generation’s playlist
Just how good is the new Shakespearean superstar?
‘A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder’ and ‘Little Miss Sunshine’: one sings, the other doesn’t
Bruce Norris’s terrific new play dissects a politician’s downfall
Classics by Harold Pinter and Terence Rattigan are back. They outshine two newcomers
Donald Margulies’ early work, long unseen, may be the most brutal family play ever written
To see what went wrong with Susan Stroman’s new musical, you have to go back to the source
