37 stories by "Bill Crouch"
Though it may be somewhat unorthodox to mention the New York Times critic Jesse Green, I must concur with his final thoughts on Teenage Dick, developed by both the Apothetae and the Ma-Yi Th…
The Property, produced by New Light Theater Project and now playing at The Clurman Theatre on Theatre Row is an innocent light-hearted play with a bubbling cauldron of simmering rage just be…
Women on Fire: Stories from the Frontline, produced by Royal Family Productions, has a vibrant message to impart to young women today — vibrant, but tricky too, because it is as comple…
A great play is like a great voyage: terrifying in its vastness, simultaneously bewildering and thrilling. Such is the journey of Lindsey Ferrentino's This Flat Earth at Playwrights Horizons…
The Barrow Group has done it again, this time delving into Lee Blessing's brilliant two-hander, A Walk in the Woods, with a beautifully mounted, well-acted production that satisfies the sens…
In Urban Stages’ solo show Dogs of Rwanda a character who was witness to the 100 days of genocide in Rwanda struggles with the isolation that such knowledge brings. With exquisite writ…
The Laramie Cycle has a devastating new production mounted by The Wandering Theatre Company here in New York City. It's a bold, fresh take on the classic original play cycle. Company members…
At the end of Imperfect Love, written by Brandon Cole and playing now at The Connelly Theater, the most thrilling theatrical moment of the season occurs. A writer is cured of his writers' bl…
In Jericho, Michael Weller has created a provocative and disquieting expressionist narrative based on the beloved play Liliom, by Hungarian playwright Ferenc Molnar. Similar in tone to Eu…
I cannot think of a time that I've seen a more prescient piece of theatre than Sheila by The Associates, playing now at The A.R.T./New York Theatres. This dedicated company of players has mo…
Sarah Rothenberg's exquisite A Proust Sonata: 7 Tableaux En Musique debuted January 10th at The French Institute's Florence Gould Hall, produced by Da Camera of Houston Productions. It's eas…
Just when you thought you couldn't adore John Lithgow any more after his Emmy-winning performance as Winston Churchill in The Crown, well, now you can. Lithgow is currently playing to enrapt…
Man is not kind in Mankind, but he's funny, at least. Robert O'Hara, whose play is currently in residence at Playwrights Horizons, emphatically states this idea in his director's notes. "I'v…
There's a bewitching sense of history in the magical inner workings of A Regular Little Houdini, playing now at 59E59 Theaters. Daniel Llewelyn-Williams has created an entrancing tale out of…
Is self-love a really good trip on psychedelic drugs? A sweet lazy afternoon spooning on the sofa with the perfect mate? A great relationship with a therapist who knows our deepest fears? Al…
The truth hurts as they say and the devastating verbatim play De Novo, which is the inaugural production at New York Theatre Workshop's newly renovated Fourth Street Theater, had me tearing …
Tribal gangs may rule the mean streets of New York City but Mary Shannon, a drug addicted mother of two, rules the roost in Seth Zvi Rosenfeld’s gripping family drama, Downtown Race Ri…
A Pride and Prejudice that incites the senses and decries stuffy sensibility? Bring it. Or rather, bring them. Presented by Hudson Valley Shakespeare Company and Primary Stages in a co-produ…
Solstice Party!, presented by Live Source Theatre Group, poses an interesting question over the course of its examination of true love (which never did run smooth): Is love a midsummer ni…
With friends like these, who needs television? Friends! The Musical Parody is quick witted, good hearted, a tiny bit raunchy, and filled with laughs. At Central Perk, the players are w…
The House on Poe Street, playing now at the 14th Street Y, strives to create humor out of pathos. It's a tricky piece of work, living somewhere between black and romantic comedy. The challen…
Who needs eight actors when one can do it brilliantly? If the actor in question is David Greenspan, then I bet you already know the answer. David Greenspan is revelatory in his six-hour one-…
What if everything you believe is wrong? (I once asked this of very religious actress friend of mine.) What if there is no God? What if Jesus wasn't the Son of God? Her answer haunts me to t…
"I think it is beautiful, what he did. I think he is brave." That was Maria Alyokhina's response during the interview section of the new performance piece by Belarus Free Theatre's Burning D…
The sets are gorgeous, the costumes are gorgeous and frankly, Annette O'Toole is really, really gorgeous, too. Oh, sure, they've tried to tone her down, as the acidulous and earthy Mrs. Fish…
