988 stories by "Darryl Reilly"
The score is comprised of Jerry Garcia & Robert Hunter's Grateful Dead music and lyrics with additional music and lyrics by Phil Lesh, Mickey Hart, Bob Weir, and Bill Kreutzmann. It's a…
Billed as a "cinema musical," there is extensive use of film clips. Much of these are reminiscent of cheesy, 1960's-style, dubbed European co-production Middle Ages epics, with dashes of…
Set designer Charlie Corcoran ingeniously has the small stage's walls adorned with sections of a yellow cab. Off to the side is a piece containing the steering wheel from where McDonagh …
Nicolai Khalezin wrote Burning Doors with dramaturgy by him and Natalia Kaliada. Their aim is to bring attention to currently jailed artists Petr Pavlensky and Oleg Sentsov by weaving…
The audience sitting on three sides of the airy playing area on wooden benches is part of Clifton Chadick's super, environmental scenic design. The floor is covered with wood chips, logs…
Mr. Njikam offers a witty take on the classic mythology of a hero's episodic journey with a lively African-American slant. There are a lot of high school and college scenes with wise teacher…
Marinelli's performance also contributes to the ennui. Heavy set, possessing a sullen countenance, speaking in a light voice, and lethargically shuffling around, he's not the most charismati…
Possessed of a soaring tenor baritone voice that forcefully hits every note, an immensely likeable persona and boundless energy as he dances with brio, Moss commands the stage for 70 minutes…
Mr. Hagins has crafted an involving and affective take of a perennial scenario that captures the nostalgic essence of wartime films and plays of the past. There's the spirit of "Casablan…
In 85 minutes, we really don't learn much Rebecca, Nolan or Sukey as Mr. Donnelly imparts scant biographical details about them, but strangely does for Padgett. Donnelly takes the perennial …
Director Charles Weldon acted in the 1983, Mark Taper Forum's Los Angeles production, and besides his meticulous casting he has perfectly rendered this revival. Mr. Weldon's physical staging…
In terms of the atmospherically detailed writing and Mr. Moad's enjoyably intense performance that recalls a Sam Shepard hero, "Quittin' Meth" is the most powerful of the program and its con…
There are plentiful comic one-liners and also sharp observations in Mr. Giles' well-crafted dialogue. Giles perfectly renders all four characters with personality details and traits. …
With her slim physique, flawless diction, melodiously husky voice and imperious bearing, Dunagan is commanding. She conveys the character's arrogance, selfishness and harrowing mental declin…
Barnes' choreography is a delightful blend of ballet, modern dance and stylized movement. She and Bass are highly skilled and have a great chemistry together that recalls that of an accompli…
Darryl Reilly, Critic "I have to go to LA, to lose the Oscar to Don Ameche," was William Hickey's explanation about his upcoming absence from his scene study class at HB Studio in New York C…
The affable Gerardo Rodriguez is hilarious as José and brings great dramatic depth to the role. As Joe, the personable Andrew Blair utilizes his geeky but appealing persona to humanize the …
Dazzling hand puppets, stick puppets, marionettes and shadow puppets that are projected onto screens, which were all created by Godwin, depict this gallery of archetypal characters. Thes…
Sigourney Weaver, who acted in Gurney's plays Mrs. Farnsworth and Crazy Mary, periodically appeared onstage with her husband Jim Simpson. Mr. Simpson was the former Artistic Director of The …
Luis-Daniel Morales as Charlie, David Triacca as Guy, and Jeb Kreager as Manning in a scene from "In a Little Room" (Photo credit: Zachary Zerlin Photography) Darryl Reilly, Critic It's 30 m…
In interviews, Ruhl says she intends this play as a gift to her mother who played Peter Pan in Iowa as a teenager. As noble as this goal is, "For Peter Pan on her 70th birthday" never co…
Ms. Zelman-Doring's cryptic scenario of deeply close twin siblings (Ana offers to masturbate Simon when he is tied up in a chair)  is out of Sam Shepard and her dialogue is a pleasing …
As in one of Alan Bennett's "Talking Heads" monologues, Stapleton offers a richly detailed portrait of an ordinary person that revels in the mundane. She also adds the arresting device o…
Mr. Klingenstein beautifully and simply renders his fictional account with exquisite detail and emotion. Klingenstein's dialogue is precise and filled with sharp epigrams. It's all a…
Billed as a "bio-epic," playwright Zachary Desmond emphasizes the epic in his uneven though compelling approach. Mr. Desmond affectionately imparts biographical details of Einstein's lif…
