Musical revisits an important and shameful past of the internment of Japanese Americans but story on stage fails to deliver distinctive and rich performances The forced internment of 120,000…
New York Theatre WorkshopAn army barracks provides a striking setting for Sam Gold's take on Shakespeare's classic that minimizes questions of race and amps up toxic masculinitySam Gold sets…
The year began downbeat and ended oddly, with Dear Evan Hansen and Heisenberg among the highlights as Cirque du Soleil fell flat with ParamourWhen history books come to discuss the Broadway …
This Douglas Turner Ward "satirical fantasy" from 1965 has been revived by the Negro Ensemble Company, performed largely by black actors in whiteface.
This play by Hillary Bettis, about a fictitious Florida tourist attraction, sits uneasily somewhere between gritty naturalism and magical realism.
The creators of the buzzy high school-set production talk about the dangers of the digital world for teenagers as their play hits BroadwayDuring its development, the creators of Dear Evan Ha…
Jason Bishop's "Straight Up Magic" and "The Illusionists: Turn of the Century" offer audiences a chance to feel bewitched, bothered and bamboozled.
The Longacre Theatre, New YorkSluggish songs, a plodding plot and a lack of urgency makes this adaptation of Chazz Palminteri's yarn of gangsters and forbidden fruit, frigid and forgettableA…
A trailer park in Ireland is the backdrop for this story of an unusual man named Pigeon and a woman dumped on his doorstep.
Neil Simon Theater, New York The girls are now above the age of consent, but there's still not much else to thank heaven for in this awkward stage version of the 50s filmIn a celebrated nove…
In "Alton Brown Live: Eat Your Science," the Food Network personality serves up a menu of challenging fare. Tequila and pumpkin spice liqueur with mouthwash, anyone?
Wherever we fall on the political spectrum, we're going to see our desires and fears reflected in the art we encounter, especially in theater.
Pershing Square Signature Center, New YorkThe latest production of the 1966 tale by Cy Coleman, Dorothy Fields and Neil Simon of a romantic optimist boasts thrilling choreography and a dazzl…
Lin-Manuel Miranda's hip-hop musical, Hamilton, has reignited Broadway. But his talent doesn't end there. Alexis Soloski finds out moreCreator and star of the musical phenomenon Hamilton, Li…
The former Saturday Night Live comedian is well cast as the rebellious teacher but the play's theme of straight white superiority has left it feeling dustyIt has been 27 years since Dead Poe…
St Ann's Warehouse, Brooklyn, New YorkThe awkward monologuist offers up a compelling and, at times, excitingly unpredictable one-man show about a small, furry protagonist The star of Mouse: …
He will play the title role in New York Theater Workshop's modern-dress production of "Othello," directed by Sam Gold.
This semidocumentary play at the Public Theater, from the spoken-word collective Universes, may be the most frightening and exciting piece of theater now up.
Imperial Theatre, New YorkIts storyline might come from the second volume of War and Peace, but this adaptation flips convention on its head to create truly unique musical theaterWhen the da…
Winter Garden theatre, New YorkWith a book by Julian Fellowes, this adaption of the hit film misses the charisma that Jack Black brought as Dewey FinnPay no attention to the title. School of…
The playwrights Jess Barbagallo, MJ Kaufman and Basil Kreimendahl discuss attitudes toward transgender artists, and their own recent works.
The characters in Caroline V. McGraw's play run up against a problem that makeup can't fix.
Lynn Nottage's moving play about the decline of industry might be set in the 2000s but its unintentionally topical plot makes it a necessary pre-vote watchThere is a specter haunting Lynn No…
Anna Deavere Smith's latest might be flawed, but there's enough energy and anger to make her exploration of racially motivated imprisonment a standoutEducators, activists, politicians, and a…
Booth Theatre, New YorkThe tale of love and revenge takes an intellectually provocative approach to the 1782 French novel but doesn't always serve the rather more salacious scriptWhen the po…