1,000 stories by "Darryl Reilly"
"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…
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…
