Wednesday, February 27, 2013
Inside Rajiv Joseph’s new play The North Pool — If there’s one thing to know about a typical Rajiv Joseph script, it’s that there’s no such thing. The prolific …
SOURCE: TDF at 02:42PMSunday, October 14, 2012
Brian Friel's explosive 1974 play,
The Freedom of the City at Irish Repertory Theatre , is one of the Irish dramatist's most frankly political and poignantly character-driven works, and one…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:00PMFriday, October 5, 2012
A master class in acting, led by the inimitable Estelle Parsons, is currently on view in AdA - Author Directing Author at La MaMa E.T.C. Ellen Stewart Theatre , two one-act plays by Marco Ca…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:00PMThursday, September 20, 2012
In Red-Handed Otter, a quirky but chilly new comedy by Ethan Lipton at the Cherry Lane Theatre, lessons of love and death tend to come wrapped in fur. Odd bits of business revolve around top…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:59AMFriday, August 17, 2012
Reports on Pieces,The Underdeveloped and Overexposed Life of Deena Domino, and REDlight.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:20AMTuesday, August 14, 2012
Reports on Tail! Spin!, Gay Camp, and The Importance of Doing Art.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:38AMFriday, August 10, 2012
The Diverse City Theater Company offers up a disappointing revival of Lee Blessing's political drama.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:00PMMonday, August 6, 2012
Rain Pryor's autobiographical solo show needs to dig deeper to be truly satisfying.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:00PMSunday, June 10, 2012
This funny, moving, and sometimes frustrating work cleverly explores one of Anton Chekhov's great stage directions.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:00PMA first-rate cast lends grace to this lightweight farce about six characters in search of a way out of the increasingly bleak prospects of their lives.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:59PMThursday, May 31, 2012
The latest installment of the Spiegelword series is full of stylish, constantly amazing acts.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:00PMThursday, May 24, 2012
Athol Fugard's 1989 play about the struggle against Apartheid in South Africa receives a searing production at Signature under Ruben Santiago-Hudson's direction.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:00PMWednesday, May 9, 2012
This ambitious salute to the late choreographer is only intermittently successful.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:00PMSunday, April 22, 2012
Neil Armfield's terrifically smart and uplifting production at the New Victory is a wonder-filled stage adaptation of a unusual children's book set in 1951 Amsterdam.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:00AMWednesday, April 18, 2012
Brett C. Leonard's play about an unhappy Philadelphia family benefits from strong performances, but still remains something of an endurance test.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:00PMThursday, April 12, 2012
Jose Rivera's play about the nature of oppression is surprisingly mundane.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:00PMSunday, March 25, 2012
Glyn Maxwell's version of the Greek myth has some powerful ideas of violence, undercut by dull poetry.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:00AMWednesday, March 21, 2012
Monica Bauer's overstuffed play feels like more of a first draft, full of intriguing ideas.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:00PMWednesday, March 14, 2012
Begonya Plaza's new play is full of ideas, but they're not woven into the fabric of the characters' relationships.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:00PMSunday, February 12, 2012
Melissa Lorraine Hawkins gives an intense performance as an orphan girl abandoned in Romania.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:00PMTuesday, February 7, 2012
This theatrical evening based on the short stories of Anton Chekhov lacks the necessary richness and subtext.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:58PMWednesday, February 1, 2012
This sharply-acted, low-key satire takes place behind the walls of academia.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:00PMWednesday, January 18, 2012
Joel Drake Johnson's play starts out as a moving study of grief before running out of imagination.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:00PMSunday, January 15, 2012
Cate Ryan's play about the relationship between a wealthy white woman and her elderly black caretaker fails to live up to its own potential.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:00PMThursday, January 5, 2012
This timely satire of the world of insider trading could benefit from a stronger production.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:00PMThursday, December 15, 2011
Cathy Rigby still excels as the title character of the classic musical about the boy who won't grow up.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:00PMFriday, December 2, 2011
Zoe Caldwell gives a terrific performance as a society matron with some unusual world views in David Adjmi's beguiling 50-minute play.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:00PMThursday, November 17, 2011
Dael Oerlandersmith gives a stirring performance in this often riveting play about a family dealing with cocaine and heroin addiction.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:00PMSunday, November 13, 2011
Peter Brook directs a superlative production of five short Samuel Beckett plays.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:00PMSaturday, November 5, 2011
Joseph Gallo's new play about a man trying to win back his ex-girlfriend lacks both sufficient comedy and sufficient suspense.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:00PMSunday, October 30, 2011
The Irish Repertory Theatre presents a beauifully cast and directed production of Brian Friel's lovely memory play.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:00PM 
