Monday, May 25, 2015
Two realities clash in Lucy Thurber's uneven comedy-drama about a young woman in mourning for her sister and the "fictional" world of the late sibling's last novel.
SOURCE: Backstage at 05:58PMA return engagement of this 70-minute satire is a rollicking romp through the works of Charles Dickens and a compact parody of the RSC's famous staging of "Nicholas Nickleby."
SOURCE: Backstage at 05:58PMPlaywright Sheila Callaghan examines America's lust for fame and indifference to violence in this on-target multimedia satire.
SOURCE: Backstage at 05:58PMCharles Busch gets back in the habit of writing and starring in devastatingly funny satires of Hollywood genres in this wacky lampoon of nun movies.
SOURCE: Backstage at 05:58PMSarah Ruhl continues her hot streak with a memorable adaptation of Virginia Woolf's complex novel of sexual ambiguity.
SOURCE: Backstage at 05:58PMMichael Frayn has established himself as a master of both slapstick farce and complex drama, but this 1975 play, which contains elements of both, fails to satisfy as either.
SOURCE: Backstage at 05:58PMThis a cappella musical revue features a talented cast and some bouncy songs, but the storylines take us down an overly familiar track.
SOURCE: Backstage at 05:58PMAdd Kim Rosenstock to the list of contemporary playwrights who combine comedy and pathos in their quirky and moving observations of modern life.SOURCE: Backstage at 05:58PM
At first the Elevator Repair Service's marathon adaptation of Fitzgerald's classic novel is forced and gimmicky, but once the company allows the novel to speak for itself, it's an absorbing …
SOURCE: Backstage at 05:58PMLaura Linney and company provide ample reason for another viewing of Donald Margulies' play, but are there enough theatergoers for a second engagement of a serious American drama that has al…
SOURCE: Backstage at 05:58PMPatrick Stewart and T.R. Knight are hilarious and touching as actors engaged in a series of onstage mishaps, but the real power of David Mamet's 1977 two-hander is in their changing mentor-p…
SOURCE: Backstage at 05:58PMThis wild history lesson and political cartoon blasts onto Broadway with an adrenaline shot of satire and a sexypants star turn from Benjamin Walker.
SOURCE: Backstage at 05:58PMSongwriter, book writer, and lead actor Jonathan Spottiswoode displays a great deal of promise, but his storyline is tired and confused.
SOURCE: Backstage at 05:58PMThis poem for three voices should have remained on the page rather than being put on the stage.
SOURCE: Backstage at 05:58PMA flop in 1991, David Hirson's erudite comedy in verse gets a second chance to dazzle Broadway. Mark Rylance gives a spectacular tour de farce performance, while David Hyde Pierce and Joanna…
SOURCE: Backstage at 05:58PMPlaywright Edward Anthony reduces poet Sylvia Plath to a desperate housewife. Elisabeth Gray does her best to rise above the heavy-handed script.SOURCE: Backstage at 05:58PM
An interactive tour of the Times Square area offers harmless, silly fun as well as ample employment opportunities for actors.
SOURCE: Backstage at 05:58PMJulia Cho's play has its funny and touching moments, but its central premise—a linguist unable to communicate with his wife—is too obvious.
SOURCE: Backstage at 05:58PMEric Simonson fails to score a touchdown with this lackluster bio-play. There are plenty of stats but little dramatic conflict.
SOURCE: Backstage at 05:58PMJan Maxwell soars to theatrical heights in this ingenious revival of Arthur Kopit’s 1978 play about a stroke victim. John Doyle’s imaginative direction turns the Second Stage The…
SOURCE: Backstage at 05:58PMIf you're an undiscerning Beatles fan, "Rain" will feel like a welcome shower of nostalgia. If you require more than retreads of classics and video images, walk on by.
SOURCE: Backstage at 05:58PMManhattan Theatre Club fumbles with this hybrid of a "Twilight Zone" episode and a Hallmark Channel TV movie. It's a mundane thriller/soap opera.
SOURCE: Backstage at 05:58PMDespite some eloquently expressed ideas, Lisa Kron's political drama drowns in a sea of words. Marin Ireland and Deirdre O'Connell do their best to bail it out, but their stimulus package is not enough.SOURCE: Backstage at 05:58PM
Shakespeare proves an excellent sitcom writer in this elegantly simple and simply elegant production from Shakespeare's Globe Theatre of London.
SOURCE: Backstage at 05:58PMThe residents of Will Eno's allegorical Everytown spout fortune-cookie philosophy and act like overtranquilized mental patients in this pretentious play about life, death, and all the Big Is…
SOURCE: Backstage at 05:58PMColin Quinn brings his low-key delivery and unique satiric perspective to a crash course on world civilization. It's pretty funny, but will audiences fork over Broadway prices for a 75-minute show? SOURCE: Backstage at 05:58PM
Paul Reubens brings his red-bow-tied man-boy to Broadway for an evening of kiddie nostalgia and double entendres. But if you are not a fan, you probably won't be converted.
SOURCE: Backstage at 05:58PMLike a batch of oversugared Christmas cookies, this adaptation of the 2003 film hit is too sweet. The professional cast does its best to overcome the deficiencies of this flimsy holiday card.
SOURCE: Backstage at 05:58PMLike a batch of oversugared Christmas cookies, this adaptation of the 2003 film hit is too sweet. The professional cast does its best to overcome the deficiencies of this flimsy holiday card…
SOURCE: Backstage at 05:58PMTwo shirtless hunks, four fabulous drag queens, and 90 minutes of high-camp comedy. What more could you want?
SOURCE: Backstage at 05:58PMPlaywright Eliza Clark takes a seeming ordinary fast-food restaurant and three normal kids and turns out a taut and scary examination of the effects of terrorism.
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