Thursday, December 7, 2017
Political themes inevitably emerged alongside star turns from Bette Midler and Kevin Kline but despite some promising new plays, disappointment lingered In 2017, Broadway broke record after …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:18AMMonday, December 4, 2017
The Palace Theatre, New YorkAn eclectic selection of original songs, written by everyone from John Legend to Aerosmith, meshes awkwardly with vibrant production design in this entertaining y…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:24PMIn this Public Theater Mobile Unit production, streamlining Shakespeare makes the plot turns and mood swings hard to comprehend.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 02:18PMSunday, December 3, 2017
Pershing Square Signature CenterSeth Zvi Rosenfeld draws on a real and frightening event from the bicentennial year but his play feels like an early draft, stronger on sensation than insight…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:06PMThursday, November 30, 2017
The Ripe Time adaptation of Haruki Murakami’s short story focuses on an unnamed housewife who finds exhilaration in sleeplessness
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 03:04PMWednesday, November 29, 2017
The comedian stars alongside Keegan-Michael Key and Laura Benanti in Steve Martin’s mixed bag of sitcom humor and raunchy jokesBooth Theatre, New YorkSteve Martin’s lump of sight gags, o…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:54PMMonday, November 27, 2017
He-said, she-said ambiguities are certainly dramatic. But they also ignore hard truths that we need to hear right now.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 11:33AMSunday, November 26, 2017
Susan Miller’s sweet but softhearted play finds old friends challenged when the photographer among them wants to display group images taken over 40 years.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 11:04PMFriday, November 24, 2017
A pair of magic shows set in unusual sites have even jaded New York audiences happily losing their minds.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 08:18AMMonday, November 20, 2017
Toggling between the years 2017 and 73, this play about American Jews on a trip to Israel seems confused about what it is trying to say.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 01:36PMThe Bedlam production of the J.M. Barrie classic is both too childish to tell the story properly and too adult to access its wonder.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:18PMSunday, November 19, 2017
An unconventional Primary Stages adaptation of the Jane Austen novel features gags, dance breaks and other cynical silliness.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:18PMThursday, November 9, 2017
Gerald Schoenfeld theatre, New York"Always be closing." That maxim of salesmanship seems positively caustic when projected on to the curtain during the Broadway revival of David Mamet's Glen…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:04PMWednesday, November 8, 2017
Hollywood’s “contempt and dismissiveness” toward women has led her to Broadway. In “The Parisian Woman,” she‘ll be onstage for every minute of every scene.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:12AMTuesday, November 7, 2017
Friday, November 3, 2017
This production of a minor play by Camus, about a bullied populace whose civil liberties are curbed, hits some Trumpian notes, but not too hard.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 03:06PMThursday, November 2, 2017
The Pulitzer prize winner’s stock market morality play zips by with speed but suffers from confused characterization and frustrating ambiguity Vivian Beaumont Theater, New YorkAyad Akhtar,…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:18PMWednesday, November 1, 2017
In works like “School Girls; or, the African Mean Girls Play,” Jocelyn Bioh aims to tell stories that buck expectation and defy stereotype.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 11:24AMThursday, October 26, 2017
A revival of David Henry Hwang’s audaciously imaginative play lands on Broadway but with the delicate poise between illusion and truth unbalancedCort Theatre, New YorkMost theater is a sed…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:06PMWednesday, October 25, 2017
Luis Alfaro’s “Oedipus El Rey” puts sex and violence front and center as it considers the fate of a young man shaped by the prison system.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:48PMTuesday, October 17, 2017
Monday, October 16, 2017
Two productions that draw on the Bard: an “As You Like It” with echoes of the refugee crisis and a goofy musical based on “Measure for Measure.” In this case, fun wins.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:04PMFriday, October 6, 2017
David Greenspan has been rehearsing his solo take on the epic “Strange Interlude” for four years. Now it’s show time.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:24PMFriday, September 29, 2017
This adaptation of Anthony Burgess’s word-drunk fantasy is notable less for its violent themes than for its often-shirtless cast.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 08:18AMMonday, September 25, 2017
“Beckett in the City: The Women Speak” powerfully articulates a theme of powerlessness in four short plays staged at a secret location near the Irish Arts Center.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:24PMFriday, September 22, 2017
Getting in character for “The Last Match,” the cast gets a tennis lesson from a former pro before taking the stage.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:12AMThursday, September 21, 2017
Loosely inspired by a true story, Dan McCormick’s play “The Violin” follows a lost Stradivarius that falls into greedy hands.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 03:24AMSunday, September 17, 2017
Thursday, September 14, 2017
The New Yiddish Rep production revisits Ionesco’s absurdist story about ordinary people seduced by fascist overtures.
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