Michael Musto

The plastic panache of “Barbie” won’t be enough to defuse Christopher Nolan’s epic.

Playing theater clichés for laughs, with heart.

Sondheim’s 1981 flop has aged into a successful revival on Broadway. 

Saluting those who do the serious and hard work of helping others in an America stepping backward.

The film’s transition to Broadway is big, loud, diverse, spectacular, and sometimes clunky — just like its hometown. 

Shades of ‘The Music Man’ — and ‘Hee Haw’ — as a huckster lands in the heartland.

Musto tells us how the big night will go.

The young organizer fights hate one small town at a time.

The new musical won’t make you forget the movie stars of the original romp, but you’ll see something new in all of their characters.  

The six-time Tony winner goes back to school and it is a chilling ride.