1,121 stories by "Charles Isherwood"
The revelation of Steppenwolf's production of "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" in Chicago is Tracy Letts's spellbinding performance of George.
Plays taking an irreverent look at American history aren't doing well at the theater box office.
The immersive decor at some Broadway theaters treads dangerously close to kitsch.
The immersive décor at some Broadway theaters treads dangerously close to kitsch.
Brenda Blethyn and Niall Buggy portray a long-married couple whose troubled ties are shaken by a young woman, in Edna O'Brien's play "Haunted."
A handful of new theater-related books make fine gift choices for a footlight addict.
I have decided to celebrate all the good tidings of the season so far, with the occasional backhanded swipe at the trials I've endured.
Charles Isherwood's reasons to be thankful.
The conflict over the redevelopment of the Atlantic Yards in Brooklyn is rhapsodized in song with style and wit in the spirited new show from the Civilians.
Truly inspired humor is doled out in stingy doses in "The Coward," a labored and overlong comedy by Nick Jones.
Fitfully funny, thanks primarily to the energetic efforts of Denis O'Hare, the new Broadway comedy "Elling" is mostly just a puzzling fizzle.
Thomas Ostermeier's stage version of "The Marriage of Maria Braun," at the Next Wave Festival, is essentially a line-by-line re-enactment of the screenplay.
A 1998 play by Adam Rapp shows a backwoods family being backward and woodsy.
Despite Michael Shannon's excellent performance, "Mistakes Were Made" is only fitfully entertaining and ultimately something of a grind.
Pee-Wee Herman, the adorable man-child in the skinny suit and red bow tie, has parked his playhouse on Broadway.
The Broadway musical "Elf," at the Al Hirschfeld Theater, is the latest seasonal stocking stuffer and pocket picker in the mold of "White Christmas."
"Long Story Short" is a snappy recap of human civilization as seen through the skeptical eyes of a standup comic, Colin Quinn.
In "After the Revolution," a fine and fiercely well-acted new play by Amy Herzog, the members of the Joseph clan are happier to argue the legacies of Stalin than to explore the pain they cau…
"Lombardi," the new play based on a biography of the legendary football coach, suffers from a lack of a strong focus on its central character.
This collection of new short plays inspired by our annus horribilis is a mostly low-interest evening.
The generally excellent new cast of "God of Carnage" brings a slightly blunter edge to the play.
