294 stories by "David Sheward"
Donnie Mather performs Allen Ginsberg's long autobiographical poem as a solo performance with mixed results. There are moments of moving tenderness, but also rambling repetition.
What could have been a soapy version of "Will and Grace" is instead a poignant and well-observed portrait of a changing friendship.
Despite its subject matter of adolescent aimlessness and its rudderless characters, this rock musical about the legendary teenaged bandit packs quite a punch.
Inconsistent staging and uneven acting in this fumbling revival mar Robert Lowell's eloquent indictment of the tragic legacy of slavery.
Ripe Time delivers a breathtaking fusion of text, dance, and design in this insightful adaptation of Virginia Woolf's classic stream-of-consciousness novel.
Despite complicated scientific jargon and a cheap theatrical ploy in the second act, Itamar Moses' modern romantic comedy earns laughs and touches the heart.
The Apple family from Richard Nelson's "That Hopey Changey Thing" last season returns in a reflective, subtle rumination on the state of the nation 10 years after Sept. 11.
Enjoying your vegetables was never easier with this wildly funny two-person clown act. Nancy Trotter Landry is goofily engaging, thanks to her expressive eyes and uninhibited physicality.
Elevator Repair Service transforms Ernest Hemingway’s classic novel of expatriates in Europe into a riotous, drunken party where everyone is putting on a performance.
Mark Weston's historical docudrama has its heart in the right place but fails to convey the passions behind the founding of the Jewish homeland.
This solo show briefly ascends into the clouds near its climax, but for much of its 70 minutes the play is an earthbound history lecture.
Ballroom moves and childhood memories mix in Kay Scorah's delicate and sweet dance-theater piece as terps Erin Hunter and Faith Hunter Kimberling step out like a pair of graceful ghosts.
This adaptation of Roland Topor's Kafkaesque novel, which also inspired Roman Polanski's 1976 film, is more confusing than intriguing. Gabriel Hainer Evansohn's production design is the mo…
Snooki, JWoww, and the Situation come in for a merciless parodying in this riotous riff on the excess of reality TV.
In Mark Jason Williams' new play about dealing with terminal illness, the prognosis is not great when lead roles are less interesting than supporting characters.
Tweets, texts, and status updates are the unlikely subject matter of this insightful overview of coming of age in the digital era.
Simon Russell Beale demonstrates that he's one of the most sensitive actors working on either side of the Atlantic in this intensely moving profile of a lonely taxi driver.
Theater and reality make a powerful mix in this searing documentary on the effects of violence on children in Mexico's border towns.
Clumsily directed, broadly acted, and feebly written, this lame comedy featuring a gay couple and a phony religious beauty pageant resembles an underrehearsed sitcom.
Playwright-director Tony Georges tries for "August: Osage County" territory with this deep-fried melodrama but only comes up with an overcooked mess.
Playwright Stan Werse constructs an intricate tribute to the moody detective movies of the late 1940s and early '50s, delivered by a snappy cast who treat the material seriously—dead…
This parody of Broadway's most expensive musical and its controversial director is worth a few insider laughs, but the plot web is stretched too thin.
This parody of two popular teen genres is just short enough not to overstay its welcome, and the able cast overcomes technical problems.
Vaudeville comedy blends with epic despair in Tony-winning director Garry Hynes' chilling and funny production of Seán O'Casey's rarely seen 1928 anti-war play.
The worlds of opera and musical theater merge in a lovable and full-bodied production of this Irving Berlin classic. Once she relaxes, soprano Deborah Voigt delivers a warm-hearted Annie.
