995 stories by "Darryl Reilly"
The unison of Jason Robert Brown's accomplished score, Kate Whoriskey's exciting direction and Rennie Harris's vibrant choreography make this New York City Center Encores! Off-Center's re…
This is "God Save Queen Pam"'s world premiere and though spirited, it's sluggish at a full length of two and half hours with an intermission. There's repetitiousness, extraneousness and …
For 85 minutes, we get a take on the gay male experience that includes a randy Midwestern adolescence, waitering and escorting in Manhattan, crystal meth and recovery. Â The writing is wel…
With her honeyed and smoky Texan vocal inflections, wearing a short-haired lustrous brown wig and costume designer Rhonda Key's gleaming trim white suit, actress Lisa Hodsoll is phenomenal a…
Harrison's dialogue is well-crafted and often in setup punchline mode peppered with plentiful pop culture references that falls flat. The overall effect is of a rote accumulation of touchsto…
The audience is frequently called upon to participate onstage and from their seats with one elaborate portion involving their driver's licenses. London vacation photos of Mr. Beckman, a guar…
The show then become energized when Babatundé describes how Jefferson was discovered by a music executive when he was singing on the Texas streets while holding a tin cup. A recording contr…
"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…
