178 stories by "Deirdre Donovan"
Atmosphere galore, and Kenneth Branagh as a memorable killer king
This production won't make you forget other New York stagings but it does deliver all the comedy's essentials and a convincing Shylock.
this is a mug-in-hand fit for theatergoers who savor watching a Shakespeare play while drinking a draft or two.
Another Lear-- this one with just the Fool and the foolish king
One can almost smell the salt of the sea in Gardner McKay's poignant love story about a long-distance relationship between two middle-aged people
Shakespeare in Mandarin
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While this Workshop rendering is less ambitious than some productions I've seen, this one captures its life-enhancing message of rebirth and redemption
Pig Iron's sassy version of Shakespeare's beloved comedy, first staged at Philadelphia's Fringe Festival in 2011, is a bouillabaisse of Balkan and American music. . . . Read More
The Tranport Group brings John Cariani's wintry romance back to New York . . . Read More
Frank Langella makes yet another mad monarch worth seeing. .
-Big Mouth rounds up our Under the Radar Festival coverage
Perhaps the best way to sum up this production is to borrow a phrase from Shakespeare himself: "mingled yarn, good and ill together".
Julie Taymor's production provides a spectacular launch for TNA's new home in Brooklyn .
Dario D'Ambrosi's surreal journey through the protagonist's psyche is told from the Gravedigger's point of view . .
No balcony for Classic Stage's star-crossed teenagers
Shakespeare's most manly of plays with an all female cast
This mash-up of Virginia Woolf's A Room of One's Own and Marguerite Duras' La Vie Materielle is a dream of a dinner party where five women unpack their minds and hearts as they prepare a com…
Todd Almond's new musical adaptation of The Tempest at the Delacorte Theater in Central Park kicked off the Public Theater's exciting new community-based initiative Public Works program. .
Director John Dove does his best with Jessica Swale's wordy but historically engaging play.
Get out your sweat rags, murder mystery buffs! This musical whodunit musical, is 80 minutes of non-stop wackiness and killer suspense
our grazing coverage of the Festival continues. .
The NY Music Festival 2013: The Brontes. . .
Given up on reading James Joyce's Ulysses? Well, take heart. Patrick Fitzgerald has taken on the formidable task of adapting this literary juggernaut into a two-character play that scratches…
Erica Lipeza's new play gets an “A†for its smart dialogue and acting and “C†for its somewhat fuzzy plot. It’s a f…
