Monday, March 12, 2012
Freddie Gershon, Artie Siccardi, and TDF Open Doors will receive Tony Honors.
SOURCE: Backstage at 11:42AMWednesday, February 15, 2012
Jack Canfora's new drama about a renowned poet and his family is held hostage by its own hyper-articulate characters, leaving the plot stuck in second gear.
SOURCE: Backstage at 07:33AMMonday, February 13, 2012
How “The Navigator” got nurtured into success – Welcome to the first installment of From Page to Stage, a column that explores how new plays make it to their first producti…
SOURCE: TDF at 02:03PMTuesday, January 17, 2012
This multimedia play about primatologists Jane Goodall, Dian Fossey, and Biruté Galdikas is overburdened with busy work, poor execution, and one-dimensional performances from its thre…
SOURCE: Backstage at 05:46AMSunday, January 8, 2012
This new one-person show about genetics and biology is also a darkly funny, hyper-theatrical exploration of the meaning of theater that is as smart as it is riveting.
SOURCE: Backstage at 09:00AMTuesday, January 3, 2012
The prominent theatre festival returns for another year For a city that boasts hundreds of theatrical productions each year, it stands to reason that New York should also host multiple theat…
SOURCE: TDF at 12:37PMMonday, December 5, 2011
Less Than Rent reimagines “Hedda Gabler” Henrik Ibsen’s classic Hedda Gabler is getting overhauled in theatre company Less Than Rent’s Friends Don’t Let Friends…
SOURCE: TDF at 01:41PMWednesday, October 12, 2011
Using pantomime, storytelling and music, Bill Bowers examines what it means to be a man in America—and uncovers very little that is new for 21st-century audiences.
SOURCE: Backstage at 08:00AMTuesday, September 20, 2011
Rich people have problems too, including an unhealthy dependence on alcohol and banal truth telling, in Molly Moroney's new play that's an endless sea of wine and whine.
SOURCE: Backstage at 07:00AMThursday, September 15, 2011
Most of the actors in Michael West's tonally confused comedy make no further effort at an Irish accent than applying a lilt to a word or two in each sentence.
SOURCE: Backstage at 04:32AMMonday, September 12, 2011
The New York Neo-Futurists stage nothing but O’Neill’s stage directions Eugene O’Neill and the New York Neo-Futurists seem like strange bedfellows. After all, he’s a venerate…
SOURCE: TDF at 12:56PMMonday, September 5, 2011
Please welcome back critic and editor Mark Peikert, who has some wonderful advice on how you can spend your Labor Day: It involves a cocktail, Shirley Jones, and the phrase “big-asse…
SOURCE: The Critical Condition at 01:18AMTuesday, August 2, 2011
How one play has captivated a director for a decade The best plays turn into ghosts, haunting audiences long after the curtain has fallen. But for theatre professionals, a new show is someti…
SOURCE: TDF at 12:22PMSunday, July 17, 2011
Elaine Del Valle's one-woman show is an attractively modest tribute to looking on the bright side of life and refusing to settle for less.
SOURCE: Backstage at 06:59AMFriday, July 8, 2011
A revival of Cindy Lou Johnson's 1989 play, director Adam Fitzgerald's game production nevertheless accentuates the common flaws inherent in writing two-character plays.
SOURCE: Backstage at 05:38AMMonday, June 20, 2011
How Jeff Key Traveled From Iraq to the New York Theatre You may be familiar with former Marine Jeff Key, who came out on CNN in 2004 and was the subject of the 2007 Showtime documentary Semp…
SOURCE: TDF at 02:20PMFriday, May 20, 2011
What director Paula D'Alessandris and her cast have created in this New York premiere is a low-fi production that puts the emphasis firmly on the fine performances.
SOURCE: Backstage at 03:00AMMonday, May 16, 2011
“Squealer” feels like a concerted effort on the part of playwright Jonathan Blitstein and director Daniel Talbott to approximate an early play by Adam Rapp or Tracy Letts.
SOURCE: Backstage at 04:48AMMonday, April 18, 2011
The interrelated stories of Kari Bentley-Quinn's funny, sexy play are brought to powerful life by a top-notch cast, including yet another terrific turn from Susan Louise O'Connor.
SOURCE: Backstage at 03:04AMWednesday, April 13, 2011
Scott Elliott and Wallace Shawn make a beautiful, brutal twosome
In 2004, director Scott Elliot and The New Group revived playwright Wallace Shawn’s Aunt Dan and Lemon to critical hosannas…
SOURCE: TDF at 01:25PMSaturday, April 9, 2011
Multimedia should never be used to paper over a weak script, but that's just what happens in Ivana Catanese and Kameron Steel's new drama.
SOURCE: Backstage at 09:00AMSunday, March 27, 2011
Intended as growth, Qui Nguyen's new play for Vampire Cowboys Theatre Company instead feels like an ambitious misstep.
SOURCE: Backstage at 08:00AMMonday, March 21, 2011
Whether you like it or not, ‘Priscilla Queen of the Desert’ will entertain you
SOURCE: www.nypress.com at 12:49PMMonday, February 7, 2011
How two Jewish New Yorkers went to the Middle East and came back with two musicals
For most people, e-mails from foreign countries written in broken English are an instant signal to hit dele…
SOURCE: TDF at 01:02PM 
