988 stories by "Darryl Reilly"
Darryl Reilly, Critic Paul Newman as The Stage ManagerCredit: Westport Country Playhouse/Everett Collection Recently on one of the NYC Subway Art Tours that IÂ conduct (www.nycsubwaytour.c…
Chris Doi winningly conveys Ichiro's anguish and holds attention as this leading character with his emotional performance. The personable Glenn Kubota is deeply gentle as Pa, and Mr. Kubota…
Ms. Feiffer's rudimentary characters communicate by the sledgehammer approach to comedy. Until the mawkish finale there is a barrage of zingers, one-liners and vulgarisms. If a theatrical …
"Blankets and Bedtime: 3 Restless Plays" is produced by the theater company A Pixie Theory and is presented as part of The Planet Connections Festivity.The stated theme of the three plays is…
First performed in 1979, this is a relatively early work by the supreme British dramatist Alan Ayckbourn (b. 1939) who is as of this writing up to his 79th play, "Hero's Welcome.' The new pl…
Since his youthful career heyday of the 1980's with major roles on Broadway in Neil Simon plays and starring in the enduring cultural touchstone film "Ferris Bueller's Day Off," Mr. Broderic…
There's a cascade of military interrogations, implied torture, romantic interludes, sex talk, political sloganeering, vague reminiscences, and other semi-comprehensible digressions that fill…
This production combines the simplicity of the 1967 Off Broadway original version with the additions from the 1999 Broadway revival, using two of Mr. Lippa's songs and much of Mr. Mayer's ad…
That's the familiar set up of author Dan Moyer's engaging contemporary romantic comedy of the two-character "Half Moon Bay." As Mr. Moyer's lost souls get to know each other, personal secr…
The book is an in-depth exploration of the lives, mentalities, and views of notable writers about theater criticism in the present. It's really only for those readers fascinated by an insid…
Above the stage on a screen throughout the presentation were projected photographs illustrating Rodgers' career and appropriate backdrops for the locales of the shows. Brief insightful video…
Playwright William Francis Hoffman offers a quirky, weirdly compelling if not totally satisfying take on contemporary American life. Mr. Hoffman's dialogue is richly expressive bordering on…
Wearing a black suit, white shirt and black tie, the mature Morton with his expressive face, smooth resonant voice and fluid physicality, vividly captures the essence of "The black Lenny Bru…
"Tales Of Tinseltown" is a bouncy and affectionate pastiche of 1930's Hollywood that was inspired by Kenneth Anger notorious exposé Hollywood Babylon. The plot is a zany spoof of behind th…
Ms. Errico gives a smashing musical theater performance. Her gutsy broad that's tough on the outside and unraveling on the inside characterization is quite captivating. Her singing of seve…
Many members of the American public and the journalism community continue to revere Edward R. Murrow as a paragon of integrity in the field of news reporting. Due to the skillfully writing…
Playwright Rick Pulos has crafted a well researched and emotionally involving documentary drama that goes overboard with its multimedia elements. The writing is a combination of fine simpli…
Before the fascinating biographical exploration "Gorey: The Secret Lives of Edward Gorey" begins, the audience is able to walk around the stage and see up close the totemic objects used in t…
Director and choreographer Kristin Marting masterfully coordinates everything into a spectacle with sensational movement and dance. Robert Lyons who is credited with "Text by" has done a ski…
Inspired by the musical Olivier! was "La Révolution Française" that was Mr. Boublil Mr. Schönberg's first collaboration. Created in 1973, this was the first French rock opera and dealt…
Jessica Lange and Gabriel Byrne joyously enter through a porch door after the sounds of the ocean have been heard. Their love and attraction for each other is palpable. Mr. Byrne embraces h…
The cheery Mr. Bowers also explains that in the mime tradition only mimes in whiteface are silent. He simply but breathtakingly mimes a multitude of actions, objects and situations that pre…
The show's creator and director Ramesh Meyyappan also plays a character named Nabokov. The Lolita author Vladimir Nabokov was a renowned butterfly enthusiast. Naomi Livingstone plays Butter…
Ms. Duffin portrays the heroine as well as a multitude of characters using a strong Irish accent, expert physical transformations and her strong presence. Barefoot, wearing plaid lounge pant…
Playwright Henry Naylor achieved prominence in Great Britain as a television writer most notably for the satirical program "Spitting Image." This work is not groundbreaking but it does very…
