350 stories by "Doug Marino"
Despite several decent aspects of this show, I could not shake the feeling that I was mis-sold on what I was going to see and it was not overcome by what I actually saw. The show is sold as …
Like many of the productions at New York Theatre Workshop, Hadestown is a superbly interpretive and entertaining work of story told through music. With a musical score by Anais Mitchel…
I've never felt so torn about the review of a show as I have after attending an evening at Second Stage to watch Dear Evan Hansen. The title represents a key document in the teen-angst…
I thought I'd be rolling in the aisle. I thought my sides would hurt from laughing too much. How could it not be good? A cute, funny, gay-boy playing the part of a haggered high-…
Peter Mills, a multi award-winning composer, is responsible for this magnificent, sweeping, and lush musical along with the artistic director of Prospect Theater Company …
The producers (and there are many) of this show have assembled perhaps the finest creatives available on Broadway and have made the best casting decisions possible. Book writers Claudi…
Playwright Andrew Massey stumbled onto Robert Moses in a car ride in the Bronx. He stumbled on Joseph Papp in his college drama class. I bet he never thought he would write a pla…
In the rehearsal room this show must come off like a a giant snooze fest with little entertainment value. The fact that is is even on Broadway is a testament to the people who sold thi…
The pure joy and toe-tappin' excitement over at the Laura Pels Theatre at Roundabout Theater Company is absolutely not to be missed. Brilliant director, Alex Timbers, brings …
I never doubted for one second that Langella would shine. In its American debut at Manhattan Theatre Club, The Father, by Florian Zeller is a master class in acting and story telling. …
Anne Washburn is at it again. I did not see her last play, Mr. Burns, which has been described as leaving you "dizzy with the scope and dazzle of its ideas". Antlia Pneumatica se…
Sometimes you have to venture out of milquetoast midtown to get a re-grounding in what it means to educate in the theatre. Having ventured up to the Harlem School for the Arts this Sun…
After a tremendously impactful showing at Playwrights Horizons this fall with Christians, Lucas Hnath bring another of his works to the New York Theatre Workshop stage with less than impress…
A true very raw and tender story penned by Anna Ziegler is being presented on stage by Keen Company at The Clurman Theater on Theater Row. At just over 90 minutes, this show packs a po…
Roundabout Theatre Company has taken a musical theater gem, polished it up in a new, delightful production, and is presently dazzling audiences nightly over at Studio 54 with a star-studded …
In its latest installment, The Atlantic Theatre Company is presenting a modern day tale of celebrities, their decisions, the bubble they live in, the people who surround them, and those that…
It's always a bright day on Broadway when brave souls pen a new musical. These brave souls are famous in their own right - none other than Steve Martin and Edie Brickell. …
Playwright, Danai Gurira, can have it any way she likes, but she will get some friendly advice here. She's penned a terrific story, Familiar, about the emotional struggles of an Africa…
In likely his most personal work, John Patrick Shanley bring us his own coming of age story in a touching, moving story of his years in attendance at a small private school in New Hamp…
The bad ones are easy to write. The worse they are the easier it is. This one is simple. Do not pay Broadway prices (the box office lists the ticket prices for REGULAR seat…
Second Stage has chosen to present likely the most self-absorbed, un-interesting, and indulgent play by what can only be described as a bitter, angry, ivy-leaguer stuck in academia-land with…
Over at the cozy stage at the Metropolitan Room, where we usually hear them crooning away into the night, this past weekend saw a giant of TV and Movies get back in the saddle and give a "te…
In what might be the most anticipated production of the season, Roundabout's 50th Anniversary, Noises Off hits the boards this week at the American Airlines Theatre. I saw the last NYC incar…
Doing what they do best, The Atlantic Theater Company is beginning a run of what might be the most compelling and culturally relevant play of the season. Written by Dominique Morisseau, Skel…
Over at the gorgeous Broadway Theatre we have another revival of a beloved classic. I've seen a prior revival - the Alfred Molina production last in NYC. This time around we have Bartl…
