988 stories by "Darryl Reilly"
In the mode of vibrant Broadway leading ladies of the likes of Donna Murphy is the red haired and vivacious Kaitlyn Baldwin as the home economics teacher, Ms. Benson and as Private Jayne, th…
Darryl Reilly, Critic Hume Cronyn and Jessica Tandy. “The Fourposter transformed our lives and we were here!" reminisced the actress Tandy Cronyn at New York City's Historic Landmarks …
The epic myth of the Trojan War gets a fanciful treatment in playwright Nina Kethevan's "Dress of Fire." Â Lasting about 95 minutes, it still packs in a lot of incidents with 12 actors som…
Scenic designer Dedalus Wainwright utilizes a simple assortment of benches and office furniture for the first act. For the second, Mr. Wainwright creates a configuration of gray wood platfor…
Wearing a funereal suit, a black topcoat and a black fedora, Matthew Broderick as Mr. Lockhart has initial dry pleasantness giving way to chilling steeliness as he takes on the persona of a …
The white-haired O'Hare's appealing tenor voice with its regional cadences is expressive. His instrument is in the realm of a tuneful storyteller who mines laughs and emotions with vocal flo…
A regular on the television series "Dawson's Creek" and currently appearing on "The Affair," the affable Joshua Jackson plays James. Mr. Jackson's talents are not showcased in this productio…
War, guns, Vietnam, the excesses of capitalism, toxic masculinity, blind American patriotism and feminism are among the targets of Mr. Vonnegut's characteristically overloaded satire. Such c…
In 70 gripping minutes, Keller takes this familiar premise in a compelling direction. His biting dialogue reflects the divisive era during the mayoralty of the African-American David Dinkins…
Zoe Farmingdale's book is a tart and good-natured treatment of the salvation of a high school misfit. The cheery, witty and melodious score has lyrics by Ms. Farmingdale and Toby Singer and …
Michael Roberts' music is a tuneful assortment of melodies some of which have an appropriate ethnic flavor. Mr. Roberts' lyrics range from inspired to rudimentary with the overall score bein…
Besides depicting the upper crust, the lives of the servants are harshly detailed with inspiration from social documentarian Jacob Riis' muckraking journalism. There are searing descriptions…
Michel Foucault and Walt Whitman are quoted offstage at the beginning of "Dinner With Georgette." It's riddled with pretentious nonsense masquerading as profundity and this bit is a harbinge…
This biographical survey concert fused together several strands. There were the zesty performances by Danny Gardner, Emily Hsu, Holly Butler, Richard Riaz Yoder, Jada Temple and Bryonha Mari…
Eleanor Roosevelt gets the biggest round of applause during the projected cultural icons slideshow as Queen's "We Are The Champions" is histrionically performed in "Rocktopia." It's a hokey …
Noted theater artist John Jesurun wrote the opening sequence. From 2014 to 2017, Mr. Jesurun engaged in a collaboration with Japanese playwright and director Takeshi Kawamura. They each wrot…
"We'll Take a Glass Together" is an exhilarating production number. Brandon Uranowitz's animated youthfulness is up to the task of equaling the impact of Michael Jeter's legendary turn in th…
The lithe and silvery-haired Ms. Gilbert dazzles for 90 minutes as she addresses the audience directly with her warm and joyous presence. She tells jokes, sings, and dances, all while convey…
Mr. Graber's trite scenario is rendered as a superficial by-the-numbers treatment and the presentation is overwrought. Â Near the end there is an exchange between Jim and Gavin as they sit…
Dan Hodge commandingly plays the American narrator who has written a book about his youthful experiences in Rwanda during its 1994 civil war and genocide. Mr. Hodge created the role in the 2…
One sits there for two hours numbed by the experience of watching the talented cast often vigorously playing for laughs that aren't there. They are Rand Guerrero, Ralph Guzzo, William Laney,…
Hilariously impersonating Marlene Dietrich while playing an accordion, singing and trotting about, is one of the grand highlights of performer Phoebe Legere's "Speed Queen."Â Spanning fro…
Esperance Theater Company's artistic director Ryan Quinn directed the production. Mr. Quinn's inventive staging is vigorous and aesthetic yielding in visually charged sequences that energize…
They're friends in the present. Someone picks up yellowed newspaper articles from the past. Then we're in New York City's Lower East Side in 1911. We meet the spunky 13-year-old Roselia.…
"Candide"'s giddy overture was of course the euphoric opening number of the 92nd Street Y's Lyrics & Lyricists Series: "Lenny's Lyricists." This was a splendid concert celebrating…
