1,542 stories by "David Finkle"
★★★★☆ The actor, new to the Manhattan Stage, makes himself known, as does director Nicola Murphy Dubey
The post The Black Wolfe Tone: Kwaku Fortune's Forceful S…
★★★☆☆ The Duffer Brothers go Broadway, Kate Trefry scripts, Stephen Daldry directs, Louis McCartney leads hard-working cast
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★★★☆☆ The often enigmatic playwright unfurls four one-acts, James MacDonald directing, Deirdre O'Connoll, others acting nicely
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★★★★☆ Adam Gwon's new musical is a pleasure, aided by cast and director Jonathan Silverstein
The post All the World's a Stage: Small Town Musical Grippingly Sta…
★★★★☆ The 1986 Nobel Prize-winner looks closely at Nigeria's swamp area, with Awoye Timpo directing
The post The Swamp Dwellers: Wole Soyinka's Significant Earl…
★★★★☆ Tommy Dorfman is the transitioning Chava in Emil Weinstein's adaptation of Abby Chava Stein's memoir
The post Becoming Eve: Transcendent Trans Father-Son,…
★★★★★ Stephen Sondheim's brilliance celebrated by Bernadette Peters, Lea Salonga, Matthew Bourne, other swells
The post Sondheim's Old Friends: Something Great…
★☆☆☆☆ Adapter-director Benedict Andrews offers a questionable new take on the classic
The post The Cherry Orchard: Anton Chekhov Gets an Unforgiving Axe appeare…
★★★★★ Clooney and Grant Heslov adapt their 2005 film to reflect not only the Joe McCarthy era but today
The post Good Night, and Good Luck: George Clooney Makes…
★★★★☆ London hit written and played by genius group SpitLip, directed by Robert Hastie, choreographed by Jenny Arnold
The post Operation Mincemeat: Satirical Wa…
★★★★☆ Jade King Carroll sharply directs an exceptional cast, led by Daniel Abeles and Molly Carden
The post Amerikin: Chisa Hutchison's Play Blasting Racism Is …
★★★☆☆ Phylicia Rashad keenly directs a first-rate six member-cast featuring LaTanya Richardson Jackson and Kara Young
The post Purpose: Tough New Branden Jacobs…
★★★☆☆ Jack O'Brien directs Mark O'Rowe's adaptation, with Lily Rabe and Levon Hawke acting like spectral blazes
The post Ghosts: Ibsen's Beautifully Acted Class…
★★★☆☆ Natalie Margolin's slightly hampered dramedy, well directed by Jaki Bradley and well played
The post All Nighter: Five College Seniors Face Graduation an…
★★★☆☆ D. A. Mindell is fired up on the subject, as are director Jess McLeod and raring-to-go cast of six.
The post On the Evolutionary Function of Shame: A Time…
★★☆☆☆ Calista Flockhart, Christian Slater, Cooper Hoffman, Stella Marcus, directed by Scott Elliott, end up dysfunctioned
The post Curse of the Starving Class: …
★★★☆☆ Harold Brighouse peers at North England politics, with the cast led by Daniel Marconi
The post Garside's Career: Hobson's Choice Playwright Careering Down…
★★★☆☆ Composer-lyricist Mark Hollman, book writer-lyricist Greg Kotis, director Teddy Bergman revitalize the unforgettable classic
The post Urinetown: The Once-…
★★★★☆ Krapp's Last Tape, Not I, Play, with F. Murray Abraham, Roger Dominic Casey, Kate Forbes, Sarah Street, Ciarán O'Reilly directing
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★☆☆☆☆ Director/adaptor David Herskovits misses the mark with Kern/Hammerstein/Ferber classic
The post Show/Boat: A River: The Seminal, Historical Classic Severe…
★★★☆☆ John Mulaney, Fred Armisen, Renée Elise Goldsberry and Richard Kind in an amusing evening
The post All In: Comedy About Love by Simon Rich " Hit & Mi…
★★☆☆☆ Actors McKinley Belcher III, Uly Schlesinger, director Shira Milikowsky distinguish Ken Urban's confusing drama
The post A Guide for the Homesick: 2 Actor…
★★☆☆☆ Megan Hilty and Jennifer Simard are the contentious bffs, with Christopher Gattelli directing-choreographing
The post Death Becomes Her: 1992 Streep-Hawn …
★★★★☆ Lileana Blain-Cruz directs a highly proficient cast hardly upstaged by a series of awesome quilts
The post The Blood Quilt: Katori Hall's Beautifully Stit…
★★★☆☆ Trimmed to two hours, the classic is directed by Branagh, Rob Ashford and Lucy Skilbeck with a young cast
The post King Lear: Kenneth Branagh Brings a Re…
