468 stories by "David Roberts"
In "Tambo & Bones," currently running at Playwrights Horizons, playwright Dave Harris ("Summertime," "Patricide") gives the audience a minstrel show with three variety acts whose timefra…
"Kimberly Akimbo" may be one of the best new musicals to appear on the New York Theatre scene this season, glorified by the music of Jeanine Tesori, and enhanced with the unequivocal book an…
The latest Broadway opening is the new musical comedy "Mrs. Doubtfire" based on the immensely popular 1993 film which starred Robin Williams in the leading role. The plot revolves around a d…
Racism, sexism, economic disparity, and stagnation roil beneath the surface Caroline Thibodeaux's (an embattled yet resilient Sharon B Clarke) deep unhappiness, disappointment, and resistanc…
The new musical "Trevor: The Musical" based on the 1994 short film makes a valid attempt to bring to light the issues and problems that adolescent gay teens face, which result in attempts at…
The new musical "The Visitor," now playing at the Public's Newman Theater, is based on the 2007 film sharing the same title, with a book by Kwame Kwei-Armah and Brian Yorkey, music by Tom Ki…
"I'm very scared. I'm very confused it's very bright here please just tell me whether or not I am safe." These are among the first words spoken by Charley McBride (an ethereal and impassione…
The new musical "A Commercial Jingle for Regina Comet" with music, book and lyrics by Ben Fankhauser and Alex Wyse, who also star in the Off-Broadway production now occupying the DR2 Theater…
Around the Sun, an episodic audio drama, created by Brad Forenza, has launched its first episodes via the Broadway Podcast Network. New episodes premiere each week, throughout fall 2021. The…
If you were to sit in the dark in the Nederlander Theatre at the appointed hour, with the security screen lowered, you would eventually hear Candida Caldicot begin to play the stage-left pia…
Had the playwright, director, and creative team of "Chicken & Biscuits" taken a cue from their "Oklahoma" colleagues who occupied the same Circle in the Square Theatre space in 2019-2020…
Bedlam's 2016 "Sense and Sensibility" was fresh, buoyant, engaging, and richly authentic. Kate Hamill's adaptation of Jane Austen's text was transformative theatre, groundbreaking theatre, i…
Since the controversy started about the destiny of so called "dreamers" and immigration moved to the forefront of the political spectrum, theatre has become a formidable platform, revealing …
In Antoinette Chinonye Nwandu's most recent iteration of "Pass Over," two "brothers" Moses (Jon Michael Hill) and Kitch (Namir Smallwood) engage in an interminable exchange of escapist fanta…
Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival 2021 Main Stage Review: "How I Learned What I Learned" (Through Sunday July 11, 2021 By August Wilson Co-Conceived by Todd Kreidler Directed by Christ…
Purdue University's Department of Theatre is presenting "Mother Courage and Her Children" by Bertolt Brecht. This weekend's production will be available virtually April 16-18 from the Nancy …
Don Clancy's play "Middletown" reflects on the lives of two couples who establish a close friendship, supporting each other through the trials and tribulations that life brings their way. Th…
David Staller, Artistic Director of Gingold Theatrical Group today announced that in lieu of the 2021 Golden Shamrock Gala, GTG would celebrate St. Patrick's Day with an IRISH POETRY SLAM, o…
Actors from Broadway and London's West End team up for the Shakespeare@ Home, all-free radio play Julius Caesar, which launches Monday February 22nd at 7pm EST. The Tony Nominated actor Patr…
The March-April cover for Encore Monthly, featuring actor Bradley Gibson (The Lion King, A Bronx Tale), was revealed today, announcing the publication's second issue that will hit mailboxes …
Lynne Meadow (Artistic Director) and Barry Grove (Executive Producer) are pleased to announce plans to produce two additional shows for Manhattan Theatre Club's 2021-2022 seas…
The Irish Repertory Theatre has been a leader in providing accessible online performances during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Digital Fall Season begam on September 22 featuring five Performan…
"Encore Monthly" is a new theatre magazine for the 21st Century. It celebrates everything we love about American theatre, whether it is happening on the stages on Broadway or on the pages we…
"Scrooge," Noel Langley's 1951 black-and-white film adaptation of Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol," is perhaps the most celebrated version of the holiday classic. Notable among the sever…
It is not at all news that theatre stages throughout the world have been dark and empty since the outbreak of COVID 19 and the rise of this virus to pandemic proportions, but it is also a re…