MAX VON ESSEN HAS A KNOCKOUT CARNEGIE HALL DEBUT Max von Essen is no spring chicken, having made his Broadway debut in the 2000 revival of Jesus Christ Superstar. Nevertheless, when he bounc…
SWEENEY NOD By any measure, Irish playwright Brian Friel (who died in 2015) is one of the 20th-century's great dramatists, whose works are among the lasting treasures of Irish literature. Ir…
THE CHOSEN FEW There is an impressive collection of talent on display in The Lonely Few, a rock musical making its New York debut at MCC after a run in Los Angeles at the Geffen Playhouse. C…
A GROUNDBREAKING ACHIEVEMENT INDEED The short take on this play is that Jake Shore " as they say at the website The Rumpus " WRITES LIKE A MOTHERFUCKER. He is new to me, but he's not an unkn…
SCARLETT FEVER Kevin (Andrew Keenan-Bolger) used to be a hunk, and a successful playwright with an off-Broadway hit. But lately, he's become a couch potato, much to the chagrin of his husban…
All of Me is a rom-com in which the central couple is wheelchair bound and unable to speak; they use text-to-speech technology. The New Group's production, which opened last night at Pershin…
EYEWITNESS ACCOUNTS OF OCTOBER 7 BECOME A SHATTERING THEATRICAL EVENT After the October 7 Hamas attack on Israel, the husband-and-wife team of journalists Phelim McAleer, playwright, and Ann…
ALL IN A GOLDEN AFTERNOON Dan Lauria's gentle two-hander, which opened today at Theater 555, is a sly variation on Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot. Two characters, named simply "man" and …
REMEMBER, THERE ARE NO SMALL PARTS, ONLY HILARIOUS ACTORS Ronnie Larsen, a prolific stalwart of Queer theatre, Off-Broadway and around the country, has made what clearly qualifies as a trium…
TASTY BUT FLAT FRYBREAD Carolyn Dunn's new play The Frybread Queen features three generations of Navajo women gathered at the reservation home of the family matriarch for the funeral of Paul…
NEW DANCE-THEATER MAKES A BIG (ILLI)NOISE For countless millennial hipsters, Illinois (2005) is THE album of their coming of age, as well it should be. Now, New York City Ballet's wun…
IT WON'T WIN A PULITZER, BUT IT WILL REMIND YOU TO "BELIEVE IN LOVE" It is the fashion nowadays to present musicals with legitimate claims to sophisticated art, with elegant musical settings…