294 stories by "David Sheward"
Tony Award nominee Josie De Guzman stars as Arkadina in Anton Chekhov's "The Seagull" at Houston's Alley Theater.
You'll get more laughs by watching clips from classic TV sitcoms on YouTube than you will from 90 minutes of misery at Frank Strausser's flimsy excuse for a play.
Playwright Kate Fodor mixes strong dosages of satire and pathos in this piercing new comedy about our overmedicated society. It's the perfect prescription for an anemic theater season.
Taking a note from Vidal's 1960 drama about a presidential convention, the event was held like a press conference with cast member Donna Hanover, a reporter and TV host as well as an actor…
This revival of a short-lived 1974 revue derived from the absurdist oeuvre of Eugene Ionesco provides a few giggles but lacks the danger of the author's best works.
Erika Sheffer's drama about a Russian-American family contains some snappy dialogue, but the novice playwright gets bogged down by familiar plot twists and structural flaws.
Cynthia Nixon successfully challenges the memory of Kathleen Chalfant's original cast performance in a sterling revival of Margaret Edson's unflinching drama about a frosty academic facing…
The production was slated to begin preview performances at the Broadhurst Theatre on March 27 in advance of an April 22 opening.
The Pearl Theatre Company delivers a sparkling production of Shaw's rarely performed second play, a witty comedy satirizing then-scandalous views on the battle of the sexes in Victorian En…
Two one-acts from Israel explore the Jewish experience from different perspectives and meet with varying success. One is a comic fable, the other a sensuous dance of hunger and attraction.
Kevin Spacey is a fit candidate for the Royal Hospital for Overacting in a way-over-the-top interpretation of Shakespeare's blackest villain. Luckily, Sam Mendes' muscular production compe…
"Chinglish," David Henry Hwang's play about an American businessman coping with translation and romantic problems in China, will close on Jan. 29, the producers announced on Monday.
Zayd Dohrn's new play about an American man falling in love with a Chinese woman explores intriguing themes such as foreignness and isolation, but it ultimately devolves into a soap opera.
A cardboard puppet questions his existence in this screamingly funny and achingly sad Beckettian piece from Britain's Blind Summit Theatre that combines whimsy with pathos.
Intellectual giant Susan Sontag gets the solo treatment from actor-adapter Moe Angelos and director Marianne Weems. An intense performance and imaginative video design partially rescue a s…
This "live concept album" based on Judith Rossner's bestselling novel has a few effective moments but fails to evoke pathos for its desperate heroine.
Art and politics and ancient and contemporary culture collide in this jagged and ultimately moving collage about the shooting of a young boy in Athens.
David Hyde Pierce and company try their level best to pull Molly Smith Metzler's unfunny play about a harried book editor up from sitcom level, but they're only human.
As the boy who wouldn't grow up, the ageless Cathy Rigby soars into our hearts as easily as she flies over our heads in this warm and cheering yuletide treat.
This nifty little musical update of Aristophanes' classic comedy makes the leap from off Broadway to on without missing a funky step. It's a sassy, sexy, funny treat.
At first Michael Sexton's production of Shakespeare's bloody tragedy seems like a confusing visit to the ancient Roman Home Depot, but just before the end of the first act it takes off lik…
Jordan Harrison delivers a sharp and satirical portrait of a couple dealing with 21st-century angst by escaping into the past. Marin Ireland continues to be one of NYC's hottest stage acto…
In his New York theater debut, John Hurt's slightest twitch or gesture speaks volumes in Samuel Beckett's compact tragedy of regret and self-examination.
Ethan Coen offers unrelieved anger and depression in three one-acts. Aside from a funny and fascinatingly bizarre scene in a Japanese restaurant, the playlets go nowhere.
Director Andrei Belgrader transforms Chekhov's tender comedy-drama of a displaced Russian family into a manic one-ring circus. Even sterling performances can't save it.
