Critic's Notebook: Women on Stage Get Their Turn on the Playing Field
A spate of works like "The Wolves" and "The Wholehearted" use sports to explore ideas about femininity, self-image and power.
A spate of works like "The Wolves" and "The Wholehearted" use sports to explore ideas about femininity, self-image and power.
There's weird fun to be had in mash-ups of classical and rock music. But this show sticks to an overly familiar playlist.
A French cook demonstrates the art of living in the moment in this adaptation of an Isak Dinesen short story.
A new show draws on the art and writings of Leonora Carrington and Alejandro Jodorowsky, and gives viewers a peek into an expansive world.
In an overstuffed one-man show, Modesto Jimenez recalls a personal journey that includes gang life, a liberal-arts college and experimental theater.
The Damon Runyon adaptation from The Actors Company Theater could use more of his snap, crackle and pop.
Time runs in circles in Mr. Kelly's autobiographical memory play at La MaMa.
Joël Pommerat's visually abstract, sonically sophisticated adaptation will be performed this weekend as part of the three-week Tilt Kids Festival.
"Sound House" and "This Is the Color Described by the Time" explore a sense that too often falls by the wayside onstage " sound.
Ms. O'Connell delivers a heartbreaking performance as an older woman struggling with dementia in this drama infused with Southern Gothic horror.
A couple in Pakistan are always "listening to the sky," while an American captain becomes too invested in their lives.
The 2016 election changed the course of Nina Hoss's career. You may know this film and stage actress from TV, where she played Astrid on "Homeland."
Paul Calderon's play, about a robbery gone wrong, is almost nostalgic for the poetic theater of masculine bravado.
Rock is underexplored onstage, but two Under the Radar shows, "How to Be a Rock Critic" and "The Hendrix Project," grapple with its transformative power.
The psychedelic work of Bruce Haack, an electronic-music pioneer who died in 1988, is coming to the stage.
The longtime feminist duo Split Britches sets its new play in a situation room with "Dr. Strangelove" vibes and a general calling the shots.
Repertory companies have largely disappeared on American stages. But with an eye on Europe, and highly physical training, the Wilma Theater is going against the grain.
Dane Terry grew up wanting to be a magician and came to New York to play his songs. But the downtown cabaret scene came calling.
There are still goosebump-worthy moments in this Tony-winning Four Seasons bio-musical, but the show feels rushed and formulaic in a smaller theater.
The choice lines and the soundtrack hits are there in this enjoyable adaptation of the movie. Now it's time to make a full-fledged show out of a quasi concert.
The British panto tradition finds a welcoming home on the Lower East Side.
Cindy Lou Who has grown up bad in Matthew Lombardo's profane, rhyme-filled holiday-season take on Dr. Seuss.
Despite the presence of "American Idol" winner Candice Glover, this limp revue of carols and pop songs isn't likely to bring much Yuletide cheer.
Streaming services have more stage offerings than ever " from great actors in early roles to recent Broadway musicals, captured live. Plus "Hamlet" in Lithuanian.
Life and death, joy and poverty coexist in Emma Dante's wondrous show about a family in Palermo. And it only costs $20 to see it.