Monday, November 24, 2014
Stephen Rea and Lloyd Hutchinson in A Particle of Dread (Oedipus Variations)
(©Matthew Murphy)
One part Greek myth and one part television procedural Sam Shepard’s newest play …
SOURCE: AmericanTheaterWeb at 06:26AMThursday, November 20, 2014
Claybourne Elder, Randy Redd, Elizabeth A. Davis, Malcolm Gets in Allegro
(©Matthew Murphy)
For anyone who is encountering Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein’s Allegro for th…
SOURCE: AmericanTheaterWeb at 10:20AMWednesday, November 19, 2014
Quincy Dunn-Baker and Deirdre O’Connell in By the Water
(©Joan Marcus)
In Sharyn Rothstein’s new play, By the Water, which Manhattan Theatre Club opened last night at City…
SOURCE: AmericanTheaterWeb at 06:31AMMonday, November 17, 2014
Nneka Okafor and Joaquina Kalukango (left) and company in Our Lady of Kibeho
(©Joan Marcus)
Faith is tested at a Catholic girl’s school in a remote section of Rwanda in Katori Ha…
SOURCE: AmericanTheaterWeb at 01:28PMHugh Jackman in The River
(©Richard Termine)
Hugh Jackman has returned to Broadway and brought neither his song-and-dance man persona nor his action hero Wolverine one. Instead, in Je…
SOURCE: AmericanTheaterWeb at 10:23AMWednesday, November 12, 2014
Tracie Thoms and John Hawkes Lost Lake
(©Joan Marcus)
Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning playwright David Auburn provides audiences with a delicate study of two damaged souls who f…
SOURCE: AmericanTheaterWeb at 08:21AMMonday, November 10, 2014
Tracey Ullman in The Band Wagon
(©Joan Marcus)
With such estimable talents as Brian Stokes Mitchell, Michael McKean, Laura Osnes, Tony Sheldon, and Tracey Ullman at its center, and wit…
SOURCE: AmericanTheaterWeb at 10:58AMTuesday, November 4, 2014
Gretchen Mol, Hari Dhillon, Karen Pittman and Josh Radnor in Disgraced
(©Joan Marcus)
Race and people’s uncomfortable relationship with it takes center stage in Ayad Akhtar̵…
SOURCE: AmericanTheaterWeb at 02:02PMMonday, November 3, 2014
A scene from The Last Ship
(©Joan Marcus)
A bounty of lush, evocative music, stunning visuals and heartfelt performances fill The Last Ship, which has laid anchor into Broadway’…
SOURCE: AmericanTheaterWeb at 01:29PMTuesday, October 28, 2014
Jay Armstrong Johnson, Tony Yazbeck, and Clyde Alves in On the Town
(©Joan Marcus)
It’s as substantial as a serving of cotton candy, and while you’re sitting at the Lyric …
SOURCE: AmericanTheaterWeb at 09:50AMThursday, October 23, 2014
Kyle Beltran, Carla Duren, Rebecca Naomi Jones, and Adam Chanler-Berat in The Fortress of Solitude
(©Doug Hamilton)
The musical sounds of the late-1960s and through the mid-1970s come…
SOURCE: AmericanTheaterWeb at 08:02AMMonday, October 20, 2014
Joely Richardson in The Belle of Amherst
(©Carol Rosegg)
Theatergoers have the unique opportunity to spend some time with the reclusive poet Emily Dickinson, courtesy of William Luce&…
SOURCE: AmericanTheaterWeb at 07:41AMWednesday, October 15, 2014
Orville Mendoza, Christina Anthony, Danny Pudi,Nick Blaemire, Molly Pope, Sandy Rustin, and Andrew Call in Found
(©Kevin Thomas Garcia)
A clever and potentially poignant idea gets str…
SOURCE: AmericanTheaterWeb at 07:09AMTuesday, October 14, 2014
Mercedes Herrero, Alex Sharp (above) Richard Hollis and Jocelyn Bioh in The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
(©Joan Marcus)
Director Marianne Elliott’s production o…
SOURCE: AmericanTheaterWeb at 05:31PMMonday, October 13, 2014
Sharon Washington and S. Epatha Merkerson in While I Yet Live
(©James Leynse)
Billy Porter’s new semi-autobiographical play, While I Yet live, tackles a lot of familiar territory…
SOURCE: AmericanTheaterWeb at 09:00AMSaturday, October 11, 2014
Michael Esper in The Last Ship
(©Joan Marcus)
A few years back, Cyndi Lauper crossed over from the world of pop music to Broadway with her Tony Award-winning score for Kinky Boots, joi…
SOURCE: AmericanTheaterWeb at 11:32AMWednesday, October 8, 2014
Margot White and Caitlin O’Connell in The Killing of Sister George
(©Marielle Solan)
Murder is announced both in the title of Frank Marcus’ The Killing of Sister George and…
SOURCE: AmericanTheaterWeb at 11:40AMKate Baldwin in Can-Can
(©Matthew Murphy)
The ingredients for a splendid musical souffle are all present in Paper Mill Playhouse’s new production of Can-Can, which opened over th…
SOURCE: AmericanTheaterWeb at 10:20AMMonday, October 6, 2014
Rose Byrne and James Earl Jones in You Can’t Take It With You
(©Joan Marcus)
Should you find yourself in Times Square around 10:30pm any time in the next few months and you see p…
SOURCE: AmericanTheaterWeb at 10:52AMMonday, September 22, 2014
Dallas Roberts, Roslyn Ruff, Alex Hurt, Susannah Flood, Tina Benko, and Arliss Howard in Scenes From a Marriage
(©Jan Versweyveld)
Any relationship---platonic or romantic---is informed…
SOURCE: AmericanTheaterWeb at 10:02PMFred Weller (foreground) and Gia Crovatin (background) in The Money Shot
(©Joan Marcus)
Playwright Neal LaBute, whose plays like In a Dark Dark House, The Distance from Here, and Wreck…
SOURCE: AmericanTheaterWeb at 09:46PMFriday, September 19, 2014
Mia Farrow and Brian Dennehy in Love Letters
(©Carol Rosegg)
A.R. Gurney’s Love Letters, which opened last night at Broadway’s Brooks Atkinson Theatre, rests on the simples…
SOURCE: AmericanTheaterWeb at 07:04AMJoe Lisi and Jonny Orsini in Almost Home
(©Carol Rosegg)
Fine moments of acting and some fine storytelling can be found in Walter Anderson’s new play Almost Home, which opened in…
SOURCE: AmericanTheaterWeb at 06:50AMWednesday, September 17, 2014
Cynthia Darlow and Kristin Griffith in The Fatal Weakness
(©Richard Termine)
George Kelly tucks some pretty contemporary ideas into his 1946 comedy, The Fatal Weakness, which opened la…
SOURCE: AmericanTheaterWeb at 09:21AMFriday, September 12, 2014
A scene from Juárez: A Documentary Mythology
(Photo courtesy of the company)
There’s something of a red herring to be found in the new show from Theater Mitu, Juárez: A Docu…
SOURCE: AmericanTheaterWeb at 11:20AMThursday, September 11, 2014
Phillip James Brannon, Jessica Frances Dukes, Benja Kay Thomas, and Lance Coadie Williams in Bootycandy
(©Joan Marcus)
Prepare to laugh long and loud during the course of Robert O̵…
SOURCE: AmericanTheaterWeb at 07:14AMTuesday, August 26, 2014
Samantha Soule and Rachel Nicks in And I and Silence
(©Matthew Murphy)
Naomi Wallace charts a friendship forged in the face of adversity in And I and Silence, which opened last night …
SOURCE: AmericanTheaterWeb at 07:30AMMonday, August 18, 2014
Kate Kreisler and Brian Avers in Poor Behavior
(©James Leynse)
Theresa Rebeck wants to explore some pretty big ideas in her new play Poor Behavior, which Primary Stages opened last ni…
SOURCE: AmericanTheaterWeb at 07:02AMThursday, August 7, 2014
Steven Boyer and John Lithgow in King Lear
(©Joan Marcus)
New Yorkers cannot say that they are wanting for productions of Shakespeare's King Lear. Two productions, starring Frank Lange…
SOURCE: AmericanTheaterWeb at 08:12AMFriday, August 1, 2014
Stephen McKinley Henderson and Elizabeth Canavan in Between Riverside and Crazy
(©Kevin Thomas Garcia)
There are marvelous theatrical riches in Stephen Adly Guirgis' darkly comic new p…
SOURCE: AmericanTheaterWeb at 07:53AMTuesday, July 22, 2014
Teal Wicks and Zak Resnick in Piece of My Heart
(©Jenny Anderson)
Who was Bert Berns? Chances are that pop music aficionados will know the answer, but the general public will not. B…
SOURCE: AmericanTheaterWeb at 07:34AM 
