Though it features a twerking Bard and a song called I Hate Shakespeare, this new comedy about his rival playwrights is too nice to be truly iconoclastic Continue reading...
The Broadway Theater, New YorkMore overblown than overwhelming, this melodramatic musical has minimal impact despite some good songs " and Lara's wig is ridiculous Continue reading...
"Emily Climbs" seems like a singular story, but it's actually two stories told by three actors playing the same character.
Circle in the Square Theater, New YorkBased on a graphic novel memoir about growing up gay in a funeral home, this smart, sophisticated Broadway musical includes one astonishing performance …
In this solo show at 59E59 Theaters, Matthew Zajac returns to Poland to spool back the lost threads of his father's life.
A killer who has been hacking straight people's arms off is the villain in this Animal Parts production.
"Se Llama Cristina," by Octavio Solis at the Intar Theater, puts its two main characters through a series of flashbacks to reveal more of their calamitous pasts.
Lincoln Center, New YorkIt takes a while to get to know the saturnine King, but this rapturous revival will have the audience whistling a happy tune Continue reading...
Classic Stage Company, New YorkWith a constantly shifting emotional landscape and little sense of pacing or plot, this Hamlet is hard work Continue reading...
Lunt-Fontanne Theater, New YorkHarvey Weinstein has spent millions trying to make a film about Peter Pan's author fly on stage " but though the child stars shine, the music is leaden Continu…
Palace theater, New York CityChristopher Wheeldon's retread of the 1951 musical may falter in its pacing but it's funny and sometimes divineLet's get some uncomfortable truths out of the way…
The drama, written and directed by Aya Ogawa for the Play Company, shows how the simulated can adjoin, infuse or ultimately replace the actual.
The RSC's six-hour production lands with a bang on Broadway " thanks to Ben Miles' intricate portrayal of Tom Cromwell as a bruiser with brainsWinter Garden Theater, New York Ladies, get you…
At 82, Chita Rivera is back on Broadway, starring in the Kander and Ebb musical "The Visit" as a rich woman set on revenge.
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 film Continue reading...
Booth Theater, New YorkA sock puppet turns Satanic in this savage, profoundly irreligious satire which is at its funniest when it's at its most purile, and contains a masterful central perfo…
The "Z" in the title stands for zombies in this gory riff on a Shakespeare tragedy by Melody Bates, at the New Ohio Theater.
Plato and Dante are name-dropped in this dance-theater piece staged by Dan Safer, but love and lust set the play's libidinous heart aflutter.
Golden Theatre, New YorkDavid Hare's play is about the state of the nation and matters of the heart, as two former lovers with differing political views are reunited 20 years after their aff…
Golden Theatre, New YorkDavid Hare's play is about the state of the nation and matters of the heart, as two former lovers with differing political views are reunited years after their affair…
Famous for his indie film roles, the actor is finally giving his Hamlet in a manner intended to bust apart its over-familiarity: 'I'm trying to play Stairway to Heaven in a way somebody actu…
Twelve years after it opened in London, Punchdrunk's take on Macbeth is still packing them in in New York " with a bar and restaurant attached. Has success tarnished the magic " or does it s…
A neo-folk musician, Mr. Irving sets up in New York apartments and between songs tells stories of his travels so far.
The theater's first all-ages play, staged in a formerly vacant storefront, is a lightly absurdist take on a coin laundry.
A play by Cory Finley offers a surrealistic take on what lies beneath the drain.