George Bernard Shaw’s 1905 play pits a Salvation Army officer’s “blood and fire” and against her munitions manufacturer father’s “money and gunpowder.”
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:52PMThe Godlight Theater Company brings a hero back to life at 59E59 Theaters.
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SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 01:03PMThe inaugural production by Ms. Kempson’s company, 7 Daughters of Eve Thtr. & Perf. Co., is a consideration of how stories are told and who gets to tell them.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:25PMJim Neu’s musical about four characters who form a doo-wop group based on nonattachment.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:18PMThis Vampire Cowboys show relies on westerns, samurai stories, action movies, blaxploitation flicks and vampire chillers.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 06:21PMRuben Santiago-Hudson’s drama, at Two River Theater in New Jersey, is less a play than a poignant, often powerful polemic.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:32PMBritish imports dominated the awards announcement, with The Curious Incident or Wolf Hall likely to win best play. But where is Hugh Jackman’s nomination? Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:41AMThe Public theater, New YorkHathaway gives a heightened performance as a drone pilot and director Julie Taymor turns up all the dials, in a chilling play about the effects of killing by remo…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:25AMA homeless Japanese woman inspired Ms. Godai’s performance in this play.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:31PMSamuel J Friedman theatre, New YorkLisa D’Amour’s play about life in a hopeless motel is an orgy of tinsel and beer with no sight of a story Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:59AMLyceum theatre, New YorkThis musical treatment of Dürrenmatt’s revenge satire has star turns from Rivera and Roger Rees, but a romanticised plot plays weakly beside its macabre twists Con…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:46AMThough it features a twerking Bard and a song called I Hate Shakespeare, this new comedy about his rival playwrights is too nice to be truly iconoclastic Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:10AMThe Broadway Theater, New YorkMore overblown than overwhelming, this melodramatic musical has minimal impact despite some good songs – and Lara’s wig is ridiculous Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:00PM“Emily Climbs” seems like a singular story, but it’s actually two stories told by three actors playing the same character.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 06:03PMCircle in the Square Theater, New YorkBased on a graphic novel memoir about growing up gay in a funeral home, this smart, sophisticated Broadway musical includes one astonishing performance …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:53AMIn this solo show at 59E59 Theaters, Matthew Zajac returns to Poland to spool back the lost threads of his father’s life.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 08:58PMA killer who has been hacking straight people’s arms off is the villain in this Animal Parts production.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 06:28PM“Se Llama Cristina,” by Octavio Solis at the Intar Theater, puts its two main characters through a series of flashbacks to reveal more of their calamitous pasts.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:16PMLincoln Center, New YorkIt takes a while to get to know the saturnine King, but this rapturous revival will have the audience whistling a happy tune Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:36AMClassic Stage Company, New YorkWith a constantly shifting emotional landscape and little sense of pacing or plot, this Hamlet is hard work Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:53AMLunt-Fontanne Theater, New YorkHarvey Weinstein has spent millions trying to make a film about Peter Pan’s author fly on stage – but though the child stars shine, the music is leaden Con…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:15PMPalace theater, New York CityChristopher Wheeldon’s retread of the 1951 musical may falter in its pacing but it’s funny and sometimes divineLet’s get some uncomfortable truths out of t…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:47AMThe drama, written and directed by Aya Ogawa for the Play Company, shows how the simulated can adjoin, infuse or ultimately replace the actual.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:00PMThe RSC’s six-hour production lands with a bang on Broadway – thanks to Ben Miles’ intricate portrayal of Tom Cromwell as a bruiser with brainsWinter Garden Theater, New York Ladies, g…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:01AMAt 82, Chita Rivera is back on Broadway, starring in the Kander and Ebb musical “The Visit” as a rich woman set on revenge.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 08:00AMNeil Simon Theater, New York The girls are now above the age of consent, but there’s still not much else to thank heaven for in this awkward stage version of the 50s film Continue reading.…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:00PMBooth Theater, New YorkA sock puppet turns Satanic in this savage, profoundly irreligious satire which is at its funniest when it’s at its most purile, and contains a masterful central per…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:05AMThe “Z” in the title stands for zombies in this gory riff on a Shakespeare tragedy by Melody Bates, at the New Ohio Theater.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 06:04PMPlato and Dante are name-dropped in this dance-theater piece staged by Dan Safer, but love and lust set the play’s libidinous heart aflutter.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:25PMGolden Theatre, New YorkDavid Hare’s play is about the state of the nation and matters of the heart, as two former lovers with differing political views are reunited 20 years after their a…
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