995 stories by "Darryl Reilly"
Mr. Wills' demonstrates a facility for dramatic writing with his snappy dialogue and fast-paced scenario that inspires laughter and also incites thoughtfulness. Amidst the merriment are keen…
Within five brisk opening minutes, playwright Domenica Feraud crisply establishes her characters, imparts exposition and creates tension in her shattering and finely written contemporary fam…
"Paradise by the Dashboard Light" exuberantly conceived as the memory of a middle-aged married couple's first time having sex provides a few enjoyable minutes in the execrable "Bat Out of He…
As the romantic, tubercular and charismatic Satine, the magnetic Ms. Olivo delivers a ferocious, sensual and grandiose performance that's one of the most memorable recently seen on Broadway.…
Ms. Murphy's writing is a rich amalgam of biographical data, pivotal incidents and humane observations. The monologue structure has the three characters alternately expressing themselves in …
"Pour Some Sugar on Me"Â by Def Leppard in a smashing live rendition accompanies a lusty production number at a seedy Los Angeles strip club with scantily clad pole dancers and creepy patr…
Wearing a green prison uniform, the tall athletic blonde curly-headed Mr. Stewart who is in his early 20's delivers an enthralling performance. Speaking in smooth rich tones that convey a yo…
The power and majesty of the theater are affirmed by this ravishing production of the acclaimed English playwright Philip Ridley's two-character play, "Tender Napalm." For 75 enchanting min…
Dressed in gray jeans, a gray T-shirt and white sneakers, the gutsy seasoned comic Ms. Novak expertly paces, gesticulates and does wild double take after double take while clutching a microp…
Cluttered, lively and quaint, the zany musical comedy "I Spy A Spy" is reminiscent of the sort of lightweight material directorial legend George Abbott would have had a go at in the late 196…
Dedicated to "creating socially and politically acute theatre for the 21st century" the PTP/NYC (Potomac Theatre Project) for their 33rd season offers this exuberant revival of Tom Stoppard'…
If ever a play needed a talkback afterwards, Joseph Scott Ford's bewildering, grating and slight "Not Even the Good Things" does. By the end of its gobsmacking 75 minutes, the eerie ever-pre…
Playwright Winter Miller offers a shakily hollow mélange of Genet, Beckett and Pinter with her two women in a prison cell scenario taking place in an unnamed foreign country. Ms. Miller's d…
Packed with emotion, adolescent angst and eventfully picaresque, "The White Dress" is playwright Roger Q. Mason's passionate autobiographical saga of a "gender non-conforming queer person…
Gracefully clomping around in silver pumps and clad in a short-sleeved black jumpsuit, the upper portion adorned with shimmering multi-colored sequins in the configuration of the rainbow, th…
Passero's expressive tenor voice, twinkling eyes, seasoned character actor presence which recalls that of Michael Tucker and jovial personality enables him to entertainingly chronicle his in…
Employing her charming accent with its expressive vocal cadences and exhibiting her alluring sleek physicality and charismatic presence, Moloney totally embodies Molly Bloom as she forcefull…
This first-ever revival of "Galas" intentionally coincides with World Pride and the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Uprisings. It honors the memory of Ludlam who died of AIDS in 1987 at th…
The perennial tale of a noble servant exploited by a self-absorbed upper class family is given a bewildering and tedious treatment by playwright Amina Henry in "The Great Novel." It's an ene…
Living up to its title, a racially and physically diverse game company of ten male performers really are nude throughout "Camp Morning Wood: A Very Naked Musical." It succeeds as a joyous fl…
Twenty-five-year-old African-American Michigan native and New York University graduate Usher is an usher at a Disney Broadway musical who is writing an autobiographical musical about his tro…
Today is the centennial of that irascible and preeminent American film critic and I offer my thoughts and reminiscences upon this significant occasion.
The post Pauline Kael: Reflections …
Regrettably these achievements are marred by hollow tangents, diluting the play's potential power. Having come up with a such a novel premise, Rocco is carried away by a concern with form ra…
"It's best when each performer is older, or younger, or of a different gender- expression, ethnicity, or ability than you might expect. This keeps the play vibrating in your imagination" are…
Eliza Lynch (1833-1886) was an Irishwoman who grew up in France and became a courtesan. In 1854 she began a relationship with Francisco Solano López, the son of Paraguay's president. He l…
