The art seems to emerge from the artifice.
SOURCE: Clyde Fitch Report at 12:21PMCan Broadway get away with being this dumb about race?
SOURCE: Clyde Fitch Report at 01:29PMOne of the glorious problems that keeps a play from a second life as a book of poetry (or most plays; I’ll give you the Greeks and the odd, rule-proving exception like Ntozake Shange) is t…
SOURCE: Parabasis at 12:10PMWriter-actor Victor L. Cahn's "Getting the Business," at the Clurman Theatre, hasn't much to offer except for the redoubtable Susan Louise O'Connor.
SOURCE: Backstage at 10:58AM"Skippyjon Jones," the new children's musical from Theatreworks USA, is more for kids than parents, but it has a beautiful Kevin Del Aguila–Eli Bolin score.
SOURCE: Backstage at 06:49AMWill Eno's tender "Title and Deed" gets a solid American premiere at the Signature Theater, starring Conor Lovett.
SOURCE: Backstage at 09:48AMMark Ravenhill's "pool (no water)" comes to New York in a disjointed production from One Year Lease.
SOURCE: Backstage at 11:03AMTimberlake Wertenbaker's 2003 retelling of the Cinderella story, "The Ash Girl," is getting a mixed-bag production from the young Pipeline Theatre Company.
SOURCE: Backstage at 08:00AM“Elephant Room,” the final show at St. Ann’s Warehouse’s current location, works well as comedy while amazing in the execution of its magic tricks.
SOURCE: Backstage at 08:00AMDavid S. Craig’s adaptation of Michael Ende’s “The Neverending Story,” from Canada’s Roseneath Theater, is unfortunately more about the movie than the book.
SOURCE: Backstage at 06:17AMThe Gate Theatre's adaptation of Tolstoy's great short story "The Kreutzer Sonata," now at La MaMa, puts the astonishing Hilton McRae in the driver's seat.
SOURCE: Backstage at 08:34AM