Monday, May 25, 2020
The loss of incubators for emerging stage talent will be devastating if Off-Off Broadway venues can't be saved.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 08:00AMThursday, May 21, 2020
In this dazzling one-person show, Simon McBurney tells a series of nested stories about a wild ride into the depths of the Amazon.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 12:09PMWednesday, May 13, 2020
When the text is as good as in Brian Friel’s 'Molly Sweeney,' even actors emoting at their computer screens with blank backdrops can be engaging viewing.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 02:34PMThursday, April 30, 2020
Playwright Richard Nelson shows how a thoughtful script and superb actors can make for an hour of online drama that is touching, funny, and deeply satisfying in 'What Do We Need to Talk Abou…
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 03:24PMFriday, March 27, 2020
Get comfortable, turn off the lights, use headphones and give the screen the same attention you would 'the real thing.'
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 11:37AMFriday, March 20, 2020
After you've finished streaming some favorite musicals or plays from the comfort of your home, consider these ways of supporting out-of-work actors and theaters that have been forced to clos…
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 07:30AMThursday, March 5, 2020
This Bob Dylan jukebox musical is an interesting experiment in historical mood-setting, but it suffers from too many characters and plot lines.
SOURCE: Theater News Online at 08:48PMMonday, March 2, 2020
This spring on and Off Broadway, the best shows are revivals and memory plays, presenting a window into the past—and maybe also the future.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 10:00AMThursday, February 27, 2020
Despite vibrant acting and intimate scenes, the narrative threads sag in the second half of this coming-of-age drama.
SOURCE: Theater News Online at 02:24AMMonday, February 10, 2020
Ruth Negga's must-see turn as Hamlet is so fresh, capturing an essential quality of the melancholy Dane that too many others have lacked.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 08:00PMThursday, January 30, 2020
Rose Byrne and Bobby Cannavale face off in a modern rewrite of the Greek tragedy at BAM.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 08:00PMTuesday, January 21, 2020
Although it takes place during World War II, the racism at the heart of this revival feels very relevant today.
SOURCE: Theater News Online at 08:48PMSaturday, January 18, 2020
Heroes peered into the murk and found the white gaze staring back at us.
SOURCE: Theater News Online at 05:48PMThursday, January 16, 2020
15 ways to get seats for $40 or less to opera, dance, theatre, music, and more.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:27PMWednesday, January 15, 2020
Despite the talent of Laura Linney, this inert monologue drags.
SOURCE: Theater News Online at 09:36PMAn uprising that starts in a small Massachusetts town takes over the country in Richard Maxwell's 'Queens Row.'
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 12:06PMThursday, January 9, 2020
Heroes peered into the murk and found the white gaze staring back at us.
SOURCE: Theater News Online at 10:36PMMonday, December 16, 2019
Based on John Carney's '80s-set film from 2016, 'Sing Street' makes a leaden, uninspired Off Broadway debut.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 08:00PMThursday, December 12, 2019
'The Thin Place' is a welcome appearance of Hnath the creepy fabulist, the haunted magician who revels in the uncanny and liminal.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 08:00PMAn obscure German drama about guilt and mob mentality is the latest play to take on the test of filling the Armory's massive space.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 08:15AMWednesday, December 11, 2019
Stephen Adly Guirgis new work is messy, crude and puts the characters through hell – in all the best ways.
SOURCE: Theater News Online at 06:42PMThursday, December 5, 2019
Diablo Cody weaves the songs of Alanis Morissette's 1990s megahit into jukebox musical that tries to harness the power of its source material.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 08:00PMWednesday, November 20, 2019
Tuesday, November 12, 2019
Kristin Chenoweth’s combination of sensuality and chastity is in full force.
SOURCE: Theater News Online at 06:06PMThursday, November 7, 2019
Adrienne Warren, playing Tina Turner, is deserving of applause, but the show around her borders on sacrilege of a living goddess.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 08:00PMSunday, October 20, 2019
An amalgam of dance, concert and TED Talk, the sweet, quirky piece comes across as David Byrne’s literal brainchild.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 08:00PMThursday, October 17, 2019
Mary-Louise Parker plays a solitary Yale fiction professor who develops a relationship with a first year student. But it doesn't lead where you might think.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 08:00PMTuesday, October 15, 2019
For all its wit, structural sophistication, and still-resonant political punch, 'Soft Power' is probably still too weird and freethinking to convert the masses.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 09:00PMThursday, October 10, 2019
A story of one man's toxic masculinity and the humiliating wake-up call he needed.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 09:00PMMonday, October 7, 2019
At times it's overwritten, easily distracted and a bit glib, but for what he manages to do, Jeremy O. Harris deserves a standing ovation.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 09:53AMTuesday, September 24, 2019
Despite the fact that it keeps you guessing as to what s real or not, this play fails to achieve any dramatic intrigue.
SOURCE: Theater News Online at 10:12PM 
