193 stories by "Diane Snyder"
The acclaimed actor discusses working on Broadway's The Merchant of Venice and his upcoming film projects.
Adam Rapp's early play about an unusual family reunion is like a furious assault on the senses.
The award-winning actor discusses his collaboration with director Ivo van Hove on NYTW's The Little Foxes.
Elisabeth Gray gives a dazzling performance in this cleverly conceived "solo show" which examines the life of the late poet.
Samuel D. Hunter's eloquent new drama about a group of struggling craft store workers gets a superbly acted and directed production.
Am I the only one who thinks the Weisslers are hoping that doe-eyed Casey Anthony will be acquitted of filicide...so that they can sign her up as the next Roxie Hart in Chicago? And from wha…
When upper-middle-class couples start behaving like undomesticated animals, chances are good that you're watching one of Michael Weller's recent two-handers, Fifty Words or Side Effects, wh…
I waited for more than two hours to see Theatre for One yesterday, but it was worth it to have Dallas Roberts hold my hands and tell me a story. He is one fearless actor, and his powers of c…
Jonathan Marc Sherman's new play about expectant parenthood, Knickerbocker, isn't exactly a bundle of joy. Even the program note from the Public Theater's usually effusive artistic director…
Jonathan Marc Sherman's new play about expectant parenthood, Knickerbocker, isn't exactly a bundle of joy, even if you're familiar with the parent-child themes he digs into in previous wor…
‎"They're sort of tortured by music, and they can't make it come out of themselves the way that they want to--what a great idea for a show!" So says Joy Gregory, book writer of The Sha…
Amid all the Broadway openings of late I caught this charming little play at Ars Nova about a young woman coming to terms with widowhood, Be a Good Little Widow.
Movies are being turned into musicals with assembly-line efficiency nowadays, and watching Sister Act, based on the popular Whoopi Goldberg film, you can see the mechanics of creation.
Chris Rock makes his Broadway debut in a play with a fittingly foul title for a performer known for his raunchy comedy.
The fountain of youth must be located somewhere in the vicinity of the Stephen Sondheim Theatre. That's where the fabulous Sutton Foster is headlining the Roundabout Theatre Company's magica…
I read Michael Frayn's Benefactors many years ago, and it had such an impact on me that I could still remember assorted lines as I watched the Keen Company's smart revival.
Brian Bedford's sumptuous revival of The Importance of Being Earnest is definitely not a production marked by radical directorial reinterpretation. It's just pure jaunty, frolicsome fun to t…
Sixteen years after it premiered on Broadway, Arcadia, Tom Stoppard's masterpiece about the quest for knowledge, understanding, glory and love, is just as complexly brilliant as it was in it…
It's been eight years since John Leguizamo's last solo Broadway outing, and Ghetto Klown makes you wonder if he's been writing the entire time. A two-and-a-half-hour autobiographical tour de…
No doubt about it: Daniel Radcliffe is utterly adorable. That much is apparent from the moment he steps onstage--or dangles above it, to be exact--in this utterly charming Broadway revival o…
The photo above could very easily give you the wrong impression about Bring Us the Head of Your Daughter, the latest provocative production from The Amoralists. Based on the visual, I would …
The Broadway season is no longer a 12-month affair, or even a nine-month liaison. Aside from a smattering of shows that opened in the fall and winter, the overwhelming majority of Tony hopef…
Laurie Metcalf gives a splendid performance as a research scientist battling a mysterious illness in Sharr White's new play.
I don't usually get choked up reading about critics and other assorted theater journalists (even though I am one), but this tribute to Mel Gussow and Michael Kuchwara by Howard Sherman, the…
The only thing as good (or better) than seeing great theater in New York is seeing great theater out of town. My grandfather always said that food tastes better when you dine out, and the sa…
