Golden Theater, New YorkDL Coburn's play about a cantankerous ageing duo is hardly a world-beater but Jones and Tyson's engaging double act saves it from itselfLet's put our cards on the tab…
Public Theater, New YorkSet in Liberia, Danai Gurira's play shows how women internalise and perpetuate their own oppression, while also offering some small measure of hopeIn Danai Gurira's d…
Mr. Ryan, 53, is making up for lost time. He went straight from "A Month in the Country" at Classic Stage Company into Anne Washburn's "10 Out of 12" at Soho Rep. He is now appearing in the …
After taking a break from theater last year, Mr. Ryan has pushed himself to take on more roles and more challenges, including comedy.
Bam, New YorkThe artist and filmmaker's immersive theatre piece isn't as original as it could be " so why were audience members weeping at the end?Nation-building is not easy. It is messy, i…
Manhattan Theatre Club, New YorkThe two leads have sex appeal to spare " but this Sam Shepard play only really sets sparks flying in its final 15 minutesOnce in a while Nina Arianda gets to …
Dwarfed by a vast set and featuring music by Thom Yorke, this Broadway production of a Pinter play intrigues but never really disturbs its audienceRoundabout Theater Company, New YorkIn a 19…
Atlantic Theater Company, New YorkSex has rarely been less erotic than in this revival of Caryl Churchill's dispassionate 1979 exploration of gender, class and colonialism An unusual fusion …
A Lower East Side theater celebrates its centenary with an artistic director, Jay Wegman, who aims to shock and unsettle.
This solo show at BAM Fisher conjures a variety of global journeys, many seemingly autobiographical and fraught with some small peril.
A hip-hop musical about the founding father didn't sound like a natural fit for Broadway's traditionally more conservative crowd, but Lin-Manuel Miranda's mix of rap and Sondheim could signa…
This musical adaptation of a 1912 novel is rooted in the correspondence between a girl and a man who pays for her college education..
The choreographer and visual artist are staging an installation at the New Museum inspired by Genet's chilling 1947 play.
Adrienne Truscott's one-woman show, which is both chirpy and blistering, rewards and invites a strong drink.
Brooks Atkinson Theatre, New YorkDeaf West Theatre's production of Frank Wedekind's play isn't the radical reimagining it's billed as but has something to say about modern communicationTeena…
Harold Chapin's work, directed by Jonathan Bank, is a comedy of marital ethics set in England.
Mr. Karam, who specializes in agonizing comedies that are funnier than their subjects would indicate, has a new play, "The Humans," that can also be viewed as a horror story.
This Mark Dendy cabaret explores the story of Ms. Manning, formerly Bradley Manning, who is serving a prison term for leaking documents.
MJ Kaufman's play looks at four would-be astronauts applying for a one-way trip to Mars.
Playwrights Horizons, New YorkA play about a charismatic pastor who has had a revelation that upsets his congregation asks difficult questions about belief and behaviour in AmericaWhether or…
Classic Stage Company, New YorkThis 'transadaptation' of a Greek tragedy by an experimental playwright charts the creation of the characters we recognise from the epics " with spine-tingling…
Mr. McGrath, a longtime character actor in theater, has won praise for his caricature-free portrayal of Tracy in Matthew Lopez's play.
Al Hirschfeld theatre, New YorkMost New Yorkers would hesitate to don the dazzling footwear displayed in the new Broadway musical Kinky Boots. When you live in a city of potholes, sloping si…
In Gabrielle Reisman's play, three sisters sort through their dead father's belongings in search of a will.
Inspired by a Jean Genet novel, this misbegotten mash-up includes nudity, cross-dressing and a bathroom break.