Friday, April 22, 2016
This brief piece marks Alice Birch as a writer worth following. . .Read More
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 09:04PMThursday, April 21, 2016
Lacking the acute sense of danger that effective horror stories must have, the musicalized bersion of the Bret Easton Ellis novel relies for thrills on the Grand Guignol pleasures of its top…
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 10:46PMThursday, April 14, 2016
This 18th century pla is an admirable valedictory for Classic Stage Company's Brian Kulik, demonstrating as it does his dedication to first-rate acting, devotion to underappreciated texts, a…
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 07:10AMMonday, April 4, 2016
the choral passages are the most engaging aspect of this fact-based musical by the Prospect Theater Company .
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 10:18PMThursday, March 17, 2016
Mona Mansour aptly characterizes her play as "tall-tale realism". . .it's also a distaff True West and a state-of-the-nation play with bad news about life in the years since the economic cri…
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 09:20AMMonday, March 14, 2016
- a new drama by Marco Ramirez, is inspired by the career of Jack Johnson, the heavy-weight fighter whose life was fictionalized, almost 50 years ago, in The Great White Hope
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 07:20AMSunday, March 13, 2016
Barry Malawer portrays the fallout from a confrontation between a white police officer and an African-American youth, 13 years of age, in a seedy park in Washington Heights
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 07:32PMThursday, February 18, 2016
Despite game performers this fails to provide a sense of the cumulative power of O'Neill's magnum opus or the complexity of the Mannons.
SOURCE: at 07:06AMMonday, February 1, 2016
New York actor Jared Reinmuth has embraced the challenge of adapting Dumas' literary behemoth.
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 09:57AMThursday, January 28, 2016
the most striking aspect of Lauren Gunderson's play is the the ex machina device with which she ties things up, though audience members are bound to differ as to the effectiveness of this na…
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 08:01AMWednesday, January 20, 2016
Kecia Lewis, hurriedly recruited to replace Tonya Pinkins, is not yet in command of all her lines; but she is offering a resolute sketch of the formidable Mother Courage she's capable of cre…
SOURCE: at 08:49AMThursday, December 24, 2015
Steven Friedman combines aphoristic justifications for philosophy with autobiography
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 01:52PMSaturday, December 19, 2015
a family-friendly entertainment tailored to the season and appropriate food for reflection at the outset of a new year.
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 01:05PMThursday, December 10, 2015
a traditional book musical featuring a vibrant score with African, African-American, and Broadway sounds. The libretto conveys Griffin's odyssey with utmost economy, one scene blending fluid…
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 07:55AMThursday, November 12, 2015
This long running romp is now storming the barricades of Off-Broadway with hurricane velocity.. . . . Read MoreThis long running romp is now storming the barricades of Off-Broadway with hurr…
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 09:05AMFriday, November 6, 2015
Lloyd Suh's play commissioned by NAATCO evokes plenty of laughter with its portrayal of ignorance and bigotry but, ultimately, in this mystery, it's the age-old stereotypes that are put to d…
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 08:43PMTuesday, November 3, 2015
Sarah Ruhl's epistolary play is structured like Love Letters, but doesn't work as well . . . . Read More
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 08:31AMThursday, October 22, 2015
the Grand Guignol concoction brewing at the Labyrinth Theater Company this Halloween season, is a nine-character thriller in which Daphne Rubin-Vega plays all the roles
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 07:42AMFriday, October 9, 2015
This gemutlich little show and the intimate, recently renovated Davenport Theatre seem meant for each other.
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 08:29AMFriday, October 2, 2015
Playwright John McManus is fortunate in his cast for this United States premiere of his comedy. .
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 09:13AMTuesday, September 29, 2015
the new play by Sibyl Kempson with Elevator Repair Service (ERS) is a high-style, high-energy affair . .
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 09:54AMFriday, September 25, 2015
American culture may have reached its transgender moment but, at the 4th Street Theater it's evident that some New Yorkers (ordinarily a blasé lot) are squeamish about the science of sex re…
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 09:47AMMonday, September 7, 2015
covers immense territory; but neither the script or the production penetrates the sparkling surface that the authors and directors have contrived
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 08:14PMWednesday, June 17, 2015
This streamlined production is an introduction to Shakespeare's lighter side. It's resourceful, entertaining and, most of all, accessible to all ages and any budget.
SOURCE: at 08:01AMFriday, June 12, 2015
David Rhodes's stark title is the first clue that his characters aren't in yum-yum tree territory. .
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 11:50AMFriday, May 22, 2015
Elevator Repair Service is back at the Public with its highly kinetic staged reading of a portion of William Faulkner's novel
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 02:28PM 
