Though a gay man dishing about Patti LuPone at The Duplex is not an uncommon occurrence, Ben Rimalower's very funny and moving one man...

Patrick and David getting their Tony Awards on. Show Showdown has lost a cofounder and a dear friend. Patrick Lee, officially the most thea...

**** ( out of 5 stars ) Arden Theatre Co. Philadelphia, PA I think we can all agree that there's nothing like a well-executed Sondheim s...

****1/2 (out of five stars) The Amoralists Too many smart people have been urging me to catch playwright/director Derek Ahonen's giant ...

* (out of five stars) The Theater At St. Clements Circa 2002 the police were more apt to turn a blind eye to seedy East Village joints like ...

**** (out of 5 stars) Broadway This show fucking rocks. This ultra-modern pop/rock musical about a family dealing with mental illness is fu...

***1/2 (out of five stars) Kraine Christmas annoy the fuck out of you? Yeah, me too. Which is why I so wholly connected with this slappy , m...

***** ( out of five stars ) Ghostlight Records I completely agree with our Patrick when he calls this upcoming release of Patti LuPone's...

**** (...out of five stars) Shetler Studios Upon moving to New York, for approximately ten minutes, I fancied myself an actor. Many of the ...

It's been a long time since we here at Show Showdown posted anything besides reviews of the shows we've seen. But all three of us: 1...

*** (...out of five stars) Fringe Festival Silly silly silly! This madcap old school murder mystery had all the hallmarks of a Charles Busch...

***** (...out of five stars) Lyceum Manifest destiny: realized! From the New York Musical Theater Festival to off-Broadway at the Vineyard ...

***** (...out of 5 stars) The Public at the Delacorte This production kicks ass! After only ever seeing a couple of well-intentioned/poorly...

***1/2 (...out of 5 stars) The Essentials Two earnest, high strung High school acapella groups duke it out for the National championship in...

**** (...out of 5 stars) Signature Though I found the conceit (" Inside The Actor's Studio "- style-man-interviews-celebrity) ...

*** (...out of five stars) MCC Ah the world of Labute ... where all the women are hysterical bitches and all the men are douche-bags. For th...

*** (...out of five stars) Roundabout Though I've seen the film maybe ten times, this was my first visit to the play the film was ba...

**** (...out of five stars) Playwrights Horizons I agree with Patrick that this new musical is perhaps a little too precious for its own goo...

** (...out of five stars) The Zipper Theater With this, her second limited engagement in New York, Miss Richfield 1981 tries out her drag s...