995 stories by "Darryl Reilly"
Ms. McCarrick's appealing premise of redemptive romance is in fact subsidiary to the IRA angle as in the program she states that this event is the inspiration for her play. The two threads h…
In 14 concise scenes lasting 85 minutes, Ms. Lyman quite skillfully transforms the familiar premise of a resolute aged person clashing with her relatives over giving up her independence into…
Director Miranda Haymon's electric staging of her pared down yet faithful adaptation is filled with dialogue characteristic of Kafka and bracing sequences. Basketball is a key visual metapho…
Wearing a realistic period uniform and donning a metal helmet, the youthful and animated Mr. O'Regan recalls the electric persona of the young Tom Courtney as he vividly portrays numerous ch…
More in the style of informative advocacy event for the lecture circuit then a theatrical work, "Intrusion" wanly tackles the subject of rape. "I set out to create a show that addresses the …
This production is presented by The Flea and the cast is drawn from their resident acting company, The Bats. Exhibiting heartbreaking resilience Alana Raquel Bowers as Aisha dominates the pl…
War, time and death are hauntingly explored in the eerie high-tech performance piece "Remnant," a company project by Theater Mitu. It's based on interviews with a cross section of people tha…
With Tony nominations for "Rocky," "On the Twentieth Century" and "Groundhog Day," 44-year-old Andy Karl's charisma and considerable talents have been well demonstrated. In "Pretty Woman: Th…
Presented by NAATCO (National Asian American Theatre Company), it has a virtually all-Asian excellent cast of sixteen, several of whom play roles of opposite genders. Creatively conceived by…
Spirited, tuneful and fabulously performed but lacking a strong plot, the silly "R.R.R.E.D." might have made for a lively hour-long cabaret show. However, as a full-length musical, it's a ti…
Gambling, palace intrigue and poetry abounds in playwright Jonathan Leaf's imaginative and engrossing historical drama "Pushkin." In the course of two acts and numerous scenes, the eventful …
Translated into English from the Swedish by Charlotte Barslund, Ms. Langseth's trite sexual obsession scenario is reminiscent of the novels of Patricia Highsmith and the French thriller film…
That renowned man of the theater Austin Pendleton's concept to adapt and combine portions of William Shakespeare's "Henry VI, Part 3" with Richard III is intriguing and textually successful.…
Reveling in their grating vocal affectations, gesticulating at a fever pitch or moving catatonically and projecting snarky personas they hold forth on their revered subject in various permut…
This plotless, mostly sung-through exhibition conveys the tumultuous 20th century urban African-American experience through Micki Grant's dazzling score for which she wrote both the music an…
A central concern of the play is detailing Wellington's five love interests: a white guy he meets at a hilarious Brooklyn vegan party, an Indian young man, an 18-year-old Muslim food cart ve…
Its maddening structure, extraneous scenes and superfluous characters diminish but do not totally obliterate the potency of playwright Jerry Small's romantic drama, "Before We're Gone." What…
As the sleek and black-clad Tanya Marquardt vigorously wraps up her self-written 60-minute autobiographical show "Stray," with her giddy dancing and hurling her ponytail around, the aimless …
Mr. Gray infuses his straightforward 70-minute interview treatment with tension, suspense and drama. A third character, Norm Hansen is a 60-year-old straight married board member of Pendarvi…
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"I'll be delivering the longest soliloquy from any Shakespeare play," Mr. de Rogatis explained about the substitution of Richard III's celebrated opening line for a speech fr…
Rebecca Aparicio's book is a skillful fictionalization of the true story of Operation Pedro Pan, which facilitated the immigration of over 14,000 children from Cuba to the United States betw…
Structured as a series of confessional vignettes, Innit begins in the school psychologist's office and alternates between there and Kelly's home. Her 34-year-old mother works at a sandwich s…
Though designed as an agitprop exploration with one woman as "Bad" and the other as "Good," Ms. Brennan's simple yet effective writing elevates it into a quietly powerful work. The dialogue …
Filloux in collaboration with director Amy S. Green have distilled the raw data they gathered into a searing and poignant narrative containing absurdist flourishes that include a talking lab…
Mr. Kahn's dialogue is a witty amalgam of up to the minute lingo, well-observed lifestyle data, psychological insights and emotional depth that all realistically and artfully conveys the cha…
