Charlotte and Doug Walker's son Kai will be home from prison in three months to begin his court remanded probation. Kai is a white university student athlete who was convicted of raping a bl…
Because the playwright chooses to include a compendium of LGBTQ history, the script becomes didactic and cumbersome. Elise Forier Edie would have been better off allowing Trisha to take cent…
What a pleasant surprise to walk into the Studio space at Cherry Lane Theatre and see a fresh, new look developed for the exciting new production "Original Sound" by Adam Seidel. Scenic desi…
Happy talk " the type of verbal communication, replete with counterfeit smiles, that too often serves as a replacement for authentic connection between individuals " cascades across the stag…
Poet-playwright Aziza Barnes puts many ingredients into their script blender to whip up a "comedic look" at the lives of Octavia (Paige Gilbert), Imani (Alfie Fuller), and June (Antoinette C…
High school junior Jeremy Heere (an awkward and amiable Will Rowland) would like his chill factor to be higher. He does not want to be "special," but he just wants "to survive." From his ope…
Outer Critics Circle, the organization of writers and commentators covering New York theater for out-of-town newspapers, national publications and other media beyond Broadway, announced toda…
Daniel Fish's revival fails to deliver authentic characters with believable conflicts. Despite the admirable and important diverse casting choices, the characters are not interesting " they …
MIRACLE IN RWANDA " the play by Leslie Lewis and Edward Vilga " scheduled to premiere Off Broadway following an acclaimed world tour, with preview performances beginning April 4 prior to an …
As "The Mother" plays out, scene after scene " with scene/act changes indicated in projections on the back wall in French " Anne continues to give evidence of her shattered emotional state. …
Thanks to Tori Sampson's crisp writing style, it is evident from the start that the audience is being engaged in a retelling of an important Nigerian folktale. This retelling begins with a s…
The characters " all of them " are underdeveloped, mostly static, with less than interesting conflicts. So how could there possibly be an engaging plot? They seem not to care for themselves …
Manhattan Theatre Club's New York premiere of The Cake, written by Bekah Brunstetter ("This Is Us," "American Gods," The Oregon Trail) and directed by MTC's award-winning Artistic Director L…
AVENUE Q " winner of three 2004 Tony Awards including Best Musical " is extending its previously announced closing date 4 weeks, due to popular demand, with a new end date set for May 26 at …
After a successful and extended run at Manhattan Theatre Club's Samuel J. Friedman Theatre, Tarell Alvin McCraney's important and engaging "Choir Boy" closes on Sunday March 10, 2019. With o…
Afrikaans protagonist Mies Julie (Elise Kibler) and Xhosa antagonist John (James Udom), though childhood friends, are from vastly different social orders. Now in their twenties, they are sep…
The Clubbed Thumb, True Love, and New York Theatre Workshop production of "What the Constitution Means to Me: will come to Broadway this spring for a 12-week limited engagement, beginning pe…
Award-winning playwright and director Emily Mann, who has served as the Artistic Director and Resident Playwright of the McCarter Theatre Center in Princeton, New Jersey since 1990, will ret…
Abby Rosebrock introduces an interesting mélange of broken characters in her new play "Blue Ridge" currently running at Atlantic Theater Company's Linda Gross Theater. She drops these six d…
"Network" addresses important themes and raises equally significant enduring questions. "Network" parses the word 'network' in a variety of ways, adding richness and layered depth to the imp…
Josh Cohen's year long (Valentine's Day to Valentine's Day) struggle with the vicissitudes of life is chronicled in eleven musical numbers by an energetic and talented cast that not only sin…
In this revival of "Thom Pain (based on nothing)" at The Pershing Square Signature Center's Irene Diamond Stage, Will Eno steps over, under, and in between the resting places " and the writi…
"India Pale Ale" remains a stalwart attempt to "see" and "understand" and to stay woke to the social injustices extant just outside (and most likely within) the doors of the theater. The cas…
The journey to achieving Arnold's commendable goals is a universal one as are the hopes and dreams of the characters in "Torch Song." One wishes for even more relevant themes for the LGBTQ+ …
Rooms full of missed opportunities sprawl across Second Stage's Tony Kiser Theatre where Steven Levenson's new play "Days of Rage" is running through November 2018. Mr. Levenson, the award-w…