Comedian and tragedian, bluegrass musician and art collector, brainy and goofy . . . this Long Wharf world premiere is all Steve Martin
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 06:13AMan overloaded kitchen sink drama having its world premiere at Long Wharf Theater before moving to the Roundabout in New YorkR
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 09:24AMthough still in need of a pointg of view this musical luckily has the superb Bobby Steggert as Toulouse-Lautrec.
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 07:55AMSamuel Beckett's play featuring a heartbreaking performance by Dianne Wiest blazes with life at Yale Rep . . . Read More
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 08:09AMSamuel D. Hunter's evocative, admirably realistic new play Long Wharf Theater is that familiar conflict between a new country's western expansion at the expense of devouring the land.
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 10:47PMClocking in at an intermissionless 95 minutes, Jen Silverman's melodramatic comedy is as adventurous and stylish as it is strained and vapid.
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 04:00AMDan O'Brien uses a true story to examine the lives of two men, their creative processes, the ghosts that haunt them, their search for themselves and their symbiotic need for connections.
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 10:08AMPaula Vogel's moving, full-scale, sometimes overstuffed, always fascinating new work at Yale Rep .
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 07:45AMbush-league knock-off of Gypsy with the mother and her rebellious daughter here Lela Rogers and movie legend Ginge
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 06:54AMC. P. Taylor's World War II story highlighted by fine acting at Westport Country Playhouse
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 08:14AMThough it flirts with grown-up irreverence, the lively tuner is a juvenile romp that should appeal to fans of television cartoons.
SOURCE: Backstage at 05:58PMWith enough material for a dozen plays, John Pollono's drama is an Italian stew, with moments both touching and volatile.
SOURCE: Backstage at 05:58PMThough it's a shallow work, a series of short scenes that doesn't get very far and raises more questions than it knows what to do with, writer-director Chad Beckim's play is sweet-natured.
SOURCE: Backstage at 05:58PMAs cleverly directed by Jesca Prudencio and acted by a knowing cast, Matt Owen's play has clarity issues but also distinct possibilities.
SOURCE: Backstage at 05:58PMThis often absorbing yet ultimately unfulfilling drama nevertheless marks Samuel Brett Williams as a playwright on the verge.
SOURCE: Backstage at 05:58PMJeff Cohen's adaptation of Christopher Stokes' short story is more a combination of dance and narration than a dramatic work that develops characters.
SOURCE: Backstage at 05:58PMThis confused mishmash stars a veteran of Yiddish theater, Broadway, and television, but it feels like amateur night at the local shul.
SOURCE: Backstage at 05:58PMKelly Younger’s ambitious stage adaptation of Peter Quinn’s sprawling novel about New York City’s Draft Riots during the Civil War misses the mark.
SOURCE: Backstage at 05:58PMActed with passion and commitment, this eloquent production is a rare chance to see one of Ibsen’s least-produced masterworks.
SOURCE: Backstage at 05:58PMDaniel Kitson's inventive and winning solo show centers on the massive correspondence of a lonely man contemplating suicide. But the replies postpone his date with the noose.
SOURCE: Backstage at 05:58PMJoe DiPietro wraps an explosive, lesser-known bit of history in a conventional framework. It makes for a safe, unchallenging, still entertaining work that resembles a Wikipedia entry
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 07:51AMDael Orlandersmith's soul-baring and often lyrical solo arrives at New York Theatre Workshop.
SOURCE: at 09:35AMSheila Callaghan's play, having its world premiere at Yale Rep, is, as of now, a muddle of themes and characterizations in search of a tone.. . .
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 01:19PMWhat's unsaid in this all too relevant solo play is as potent as what is.
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 09:41AMThose who've never particularly liked the plays of Bertolt Brecht, nor understood his appeal, will not have their minds changed by director Liz Diamond's Yale Rep production . . .
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 07:01AMA world premiere by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins at Yale Rep.
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 09:02AMGoodspeed's revival is little more than a jukebox musical, using Irving Berlin's catalogue . .
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 08:33AMThornton Wilder's classis is drastically reconceived at Long Wharf
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 07:00AMLynn Nottage play in fine revival in Westport
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 10:03AMlan Ayckbourn in fine form at Westport
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 07:15AM"Prison Dancer" is a jovial yet touching new musical at NYMF based on true events about transformation and reform.and featuring Jose Llana in a fine cast.
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