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1,121 stories by "Charles Isherwood"

Review: In 'The Total Bent,' a Father-Son Rift and a Sensational Score by Charles Isherwood

A preacher spars with his gay son in this fresh and funny if sometimes wayward musical filled with soulful music.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 11:02pm on May 25, 2016

Review: 'Hadestown' Reanimates a Well-Known Myth by Charles Isherwood

The classic story of Orpheus and Eurydice has been told for centuries, and now it has become a folk opera by the gifted songwriter Anaïs Mitchell.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:19pm on May 23, 2016

Review: In 'Turn Me Loose,' Raw Jokes That Still Sear and Bite by Charles Isherwood

The play, which stars Joe Morton as the comedian and civil rights activist Dick Gregory, feels as vital as Mr. Gregory's work did in the 1960s.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:25pm on May 19, 2016

Review: 'Indecent' Revisits a Play Colliding With Broadway Mores and More by Charles Isherwood

This powerful new drama by Paula Vogel sheds light on a time when history, Jewish culture and the depiction of lesbian love explosively intersected.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:19pm on May 17, 2016

Theater Review: Review: 'Daphne's Dive,' Where Everybody Knows You're Broke by Charles Isherwood

Quiara Alegría Hudes's ensemble drama, which opened at the Signature Theater on Sunday, sympathizes with Philadelphia waifs and strays.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:28pm on May 15, 2016

Review: 'My Paris,' a Portrait of Toulouse-Lautrec in Song and Dance by Charles Isherwood

Bobby Steggert portrays the French painter's bohemian days and nights in the Montmartre section of Paris.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 6:24pm on May 13, 2016

The Week Ahead: Penelope Skinner's 'The Ruins of Civilization' Looks to the Future by Charles Isherwood

A couple, played by Tim Daly and Rachael Holmes, are unsettled after one of them invites a guest to their home in this work, at City Center Stage II.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 8:11pm on May 11, 2016

Review: 'Happy Days,' an Unsettling Glimpse Into the Existential Abyss by Charles Isherwood

Dianne Wiest delivers a fearless performance in a play that examines the trap that human life can become, at Yale Repertory Theater.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 6:02pm on May 9, 2016

Review: 'Dear Evan Hansen' Puts a Twist on Teenage Angst by Charles Isherwood

In this play at Second Stage Theater, Ben Platt plays a student with no friends who suddenly finds people drawn to him for the wrong reason.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:43pm on May 1, 2016

The Week Ahead: In 'Dear Evan Hansen,' an Outsider Is Upended by Charles Isherwood

This musical, directed by Michael Greif, stars Ben Platt as a teenager whose life takes a sudden turn.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 3:38pm on April 27, 2016

Review: 'Tuck Everlasting,' a Lyrical Meditation on Life, Death and Immortality by Charles Isherwood

Casey Nicholaw's Broadway musical avoids flashy tricks and easy sentiment, showing a natural feel for this story about a secret fountain of youth.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:22pm on April 26, 2016

Review: 'Fully Committed,' on How the Elite Dine, Has a Different Flavor Now by Charles Isherwood

Becky Mode's one-man play has moved to Broadway, starring Jesse Tyler Ferguson as the poor guy who arranges five-star restaurant reservations for five-star people.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:24pm on April 25, 2016

Review: Jessie Mueller Serves a Slice of Life (With Pie) in Sara Bareilles's 'Waitress' by Charles Isherwood

This musical, set in a diner and scored by Sara Bareilles, centers on a woman stuck in an unhappy marriage.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:23pm on April 24, 2016

Critic's Notebook: Politics Takes Center Stage in 'Carlyle' and 'Hillary and Clinton' by Charles Isherwood

James Earl Jones II plays a Republican lawyer in "Carlyle," while "Hillary and Clinton" portrays a fictionalized Mrs. Clinton running for president.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 5:19pm on April 18, 2016

Review: 'Mary Page Marlowe' Traces a Woman's Evolution in Phases and Fragments by Charles Isherwood

This new drama by Tracy Letts follows the life of its title character at various stages, moving in a nonlinear progression.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 5:36pm on April 17, 2016

Review: 'Nathan the Wise' Brings a Morality Tale to Today by Charles Isherwood

This Gotthold Ephraim Lessing work, translated and updated, includes a loaded question as it focuses on the themes of faith and family.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:25pm on April 13, 2016

Review: In 'Exit Strategy,' Scrambling Before School's Out Forever by Charles Isherwood

Ike Holter's drama at the Cherry Lane Theater depicts a Chicago high school's faculty, and some students, trying to save their institution.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 11:25pm on April 12, 2016

Critic's Notebook: Humana Festival, Turning 40, Looks at Mortality, Dystopia and Change by Charles Isherwood

This year's Humana Festival of New American Plays includes "This Random World," "Wellesley Girl" and Sarah Ruhl's "For Peter Pan on her 70th birthday."

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 5:58pm on April 11, 2016

Review: Royal Shakespeare Company's 'King and Country' at BAM by Charles Isherwood

This cycle presents four Shakespeare history plays, both parts of "Henry IV" bookended by "Richard II" and "Henry V."

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 5:18pm on April 4, 2016

Review: 'Stupid _____ Bird' Is Chekhov for the 21st Century by Charles Isherwood

This Aaron Posner play loosely adapts "The Seagull" and notably breaks the fourth wall with regularity.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:24pm on March 28, 2016

Review: 'Bright Star' Beams Nostalgia Underscored by Fiddles and Banjos by Charles Isherwood

Steve Martin and Edie Brickell are behind this slice of vintage Americana that gives Carmen Cusack her Broadway debut.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 11:34pm on March 24, 2016

Review: 'Dry Powder,' a High-Finance Comedy Drama by Charles Isherwood

Claire Danes and John Krasinski are rival partners at a private equity firm in Sarah Burgess's play about shenanigans in the world of big money.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:28pm on March 22, 2016

Review: 'The Way West' Features a Cheerfully Defiant Plunge Into Financial Ruin by Charles Isherwood

This Labyrinth Theater Company production depicts a mother in denial about her insolvency and two daughters who seem to share her heedlessness.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 5:00pm on March 17, 2016

Review: 'Ironbound' Stars Marin Ireland as a Struggling Immigrant by Charles Isherwood

The New York stage veteran Marin Ireland gives a performance of beautiful complexity in Martyna Majok's quietly gripping play.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:22am on March 17, 2016

The Week Ahead: Money Zombies Without a Clue by Charles Isherwood

In the comedy-drama "Dry Powder," at the Public Theater, an equity firm and its top executives behave very badly.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:49pm on March 16, 2016
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