987 stories by "Darryl Reilly"
''Atkinson was the conscience of the theater. He rediscovered Off-Broadway in the 50's when other critics did not want to bother going off the beaten path. His standards were tough, but his …
Tennessee Williams' full-length play's titles, characters and dialogue have been part of the consciousness since "The Glass Menagerie"'s 1944 premiere. During his peak years of the 1940's an…
The animated Aline Salloum fearlessly embraces all of Najaf's unsettling complexities, delivering a riveting performance. In the early sexually frank verbal exchanges, Ms. Salloum marvelousl…
Can a 27-year-old Black gay professional journalist and a 21-year-old Blatino bicycle messenger with an out of wedlock son find love and happiness together in Brooklyn? That is the crux of a…
In four scenes spanning a few months, Ra renders his gay family trio's life events, medical situations, numerous clashes and resolutions with pungent topicality. The pandemic is referenced, …
Written by Renee Philippi, this witty mockery of authoritarianism is derived from Friedrich Schiller's play "The Robbers" and the Korean novel "The Story of Hong Gildong." Compos…
This premiere five-performance Off-Off-Broadway showcase run of "The Oracle" is best viewed as a tryout, and the production's presentational flaws are cited with that belief. Co-author El…
This charming show comes from the acclaimed Spanish troupe, Kulunka Teatro. The ensemble of Jose Dault, Garbiñe Insausti and Edu Cárcamo all offer awesome physically commanding silent …
Though there's two well-delineated characters and a compelling plot, "A Case for the Existence of God" plays out like a 90-minute cerebral exercise, reaching an unsatisfying pseudo-fantastic…
Anyone else may find this decent show to be a tired affair which just about sustains its two-and-half-hour running time. The memory-piece book by Crystal, Lowell Ganz and Babaloo Mandel is b…
Beanie Feldstein's clunky rendition of "I'm the Greatest Star" crystalizes the absurdist dimension of this off-kilter first Broadway revival of the 1964 musical, "Funny Girl." With her nasal…
A lure of this Broadway premiere revival is 25 years later experiencing the acclaimed performances of much of its original cast. Being a memory play, their current ages are irrelevant, espec…
Lee peppers his worn scenario with plenty of pop, cultural and political references, well-crafted zingers and familiar conflicts. Dating apps, "Dancer from the Dance," "Sex and the City" are…
Whether frenetically dancing, rhapsodizing over Nancy Drew, fretting about when she'll wear a bra or reacting horrified upon learning about sex, Ms. Curry performs with the verve of Lily Tom…
An astronaut in a space station, a YouTube cooking show, evicted apartment residents and a romance on the rocks are a few of the dramatic and antic incidents depicted in "Take Shape," an ent…
Audience laughter abounds during Matthew Broderick and Sara Jessica Parker's uproarious performances in this splendid first Broadway revival of Neil Simon's 1968 hit comedy, "Plaza Suite." T…
Presentational flourishes abound in director Ralph B. Peña's gorgeous physical staging which combines small-scale spectacle with humanity. Scenic designer Junghyun Georgia Lee provides a…
Unfortunately, Huff the author of the psychological puzzler "A Steady Rain" in which Daniel Craig and Hugh Jackman starred in on Broadway in 2009, and who has written  episodes of the tel…
Nina Simone's vocal talents, physical presence and spirit are all dazzlingly channeled by Laiona Michelle in her engaging self-written biographical concert-style musical, "Little Girl Blue."…
Puns, witty repartee, double entendres, verbal wordplay out of Abbott and Costello, sight gags and slapstick all abound in playwright Talene Monahon's zany, edgy and accomplished historic…
Conceived and directed by Les Waters, his staging of Out of Time is of purposeful simplicity. The actors are seated, standing or in motion fulfilling the intentions of each author. The stage…
So rages legendary Right Wing Hollywood gossip columnist Hedda Hopper in playwright Claude Solnik's well-observed historical fantasia about the 1950's anti-Communist Blacklist, "The Unameric…
A woman's arm falls off soon into playwright Charly Evon Simpson's engrossing allegory, "sandblasted." Ms. Simpson's tone beautifully mixes the comic with the wistful, her dialogue is glorio…
Lisa and The Other Lisa are the two characters in acclaimed Irish playwright Enda Walsh's haunting short play, "The Same." The conceit that The Other Lisa is Lisa 10 years ago is soon discer…
The dynamic W. Tré Davis and Tyler Fauntleroy deliver rousing performances as Tambo and Bones. Each is possessed of a limber physicality, superior comic timing and dramatic depth. Their imm…
