988 stories by "Darryl Reilly"
"This is the world of Magritte," and indeed it is. The play opens with a young woman silently appearing and wearing a flowing white gown, a derby with a flower and a pipe. This takes place o…
Christopher McLinden as David and Patrick J. Ssenjovu as God's Blessing are both personable but the material inspires their overwrought characterizations to be overwrought. Musician Farai Ma…
"What a dump" is the immortal opening line of Edward Albee's dramatic masterpiece, "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?". In the inane spoof "Everyone's Fine with Virginia Woolf," it's spoke…
Blonde, of ample physique, and possessed of an appealing matter of fact vocal delivery that soars with range, Mollenkamp has an engaging everywoman persona. She veers from dry humor to raw e…
In the African-American Abigail, Ms. Quintana creates a complex protagonist who is sympathetic, exasperating and engaging. She is fascinated by the journalist Lorena Hickok who had a storied…
Artistic director, writer, arranger and host David Loud was at lectern off to the side onstage and passionately delivered his erudite and informative commentary at length. Mr. Loud grew up w…
Playwright Lizzie Stern has an ear for contemporary discourse and her dialogue is well-crafted. The characters are appealing and are finely detailed. The universal focus is on the relationsh…
Mr. Cruz realizes his scenario with his patented style. There's rueful humor, Chekhovian reveries and a sense of the mystical all with a demonstrative Latin sensibility. The dialogue is fill…
Director Shira-Lee Shalit provides breakneck pacing, swift scene transitions and compelling stage compositions that include the presence of the violinist.  The visual and the verbal ar…
Mr. Clements' treatment of these events is straightforward and confirms existing perceptions of these figures. Diana is charismatic but immature and self-aggrandizing, Morton is a go-getter,…
Bit and Otto recall tomboy Frankie Addams and Berenice the maid from Carson McCullers' "The Member of the Wedding" while Pigman and Missy parallel Pozzo and Lucky from Samuel Beckett's "Wait…
Conceived by Carrie Heitman and written by Cynthia Babak it was developed in workshops over the last three years by the Hook & Eye Theater company. According to Chad Lindsey's director'…
In the spirit of the loquacious Winnie in Samuel Beckett's "Happy Days," the animated Yuki Kawahisa beautifully portrays Honoka with sunny depth. Maho Honda as Arisa, the play's unifying …
"Hercules Didn't Wade in the Water" is the winner of the Negro Ensemble Company, Inc.'s 2017 Emerging Playwrights Competition and this is its premiere. Michael A. Jones' passionate eloquence…
Ms. Atik complements her engaging contemporary scenario with creative theatricality. Interspersed are vignettes with six performers depicting the members of a nationwide pregnancy Internet m…
Mr. Carlyle's giddy opening is a thrilling mise-en-scène of a chorus line of servants, floating props and a grand back drop of a miniature representation of the country estate where the act…
With a Judy Collins-style mane of blonde hair and wearing jeans and suede, the sleek Luba Mason as Joy certainly looks the part. That mien is reinforced by Ms. Mason's smoothly conversationa…
The one bright spot is the 15-minute segment "Without Precedent." It's the title of Trump's imaginary HBO comedy special and is the highlight of Ezra Barnes' terrific performance as Trump. K…
Ms. Barron's conception is more of an agenda driven fantastical tract rather than a well-crafted play with a cohesive plot. Her tone is of exaggeration and artifice with mannered dialogue th…
"Never judge a heifer by the flick of her tail" is just one of the many kernels of down home wisdom in playwright N. Richard Nash's lovely piece of Americana, The Rainmaker. It's been tender…
Angela Lansbury's electrifying surprise appearance was the grandest of the many highlights of the New York Pops' sensational 35th Birthday Gala, "Part of His World: The Songs of Alan Menken.…
With a contemporary sensibility, Mr. Patrick dramatizes the familiar situations with simplicity, lively dialogue and tasteful irreverence. There is also excessive philosophical speechifying …
Mr. McAnuff who worked wonders with his direction of "Jersey Boys" here offers a chilly vision that evokes a sterile landscape replicating a heavenly waiting room in connection with Robert B…
A speech of Madame Arcati's from Noël Coward's "Blithe" Spirit recited in Armenian is just one of the many highlights of Nicole Ansari's awesome performance as Victoria.  The long-hair…
"The Shakespeare Conspiracy" is based on Ted Bacino's novel of the same title that he and Rufus Cadigan have adapted for the stage. Their effort is not in the league of such highly skilled d…
