74 stories by "Jacob Horn"
"As smart as it is sexy" feels like a clichéd but apt description of Chiara Atik's new play
A show mired in aspirations to be a political thriller does a better job dealing with loftier issues of faith.
Even though this show offers plenty of real talk, it's still a play, artificiality and all.
this solo show takes a firm stance that in the face of hardship, that's when it's most important to celebrate what's brilliant in life. . .
With the assets of a strong cast and thoughtful direction, Heidi Shreck tackles challenging topics without trying to force any unreasonably neat conclusions
Conor McPherson's 3-monologue play gets a fine revival at the Irish Rep
Holistically, this offers a rich experience for nearly all the senses (taste is covered by the Polonsky Shakespeare Center's newly opened cafe, aptly christened Food and Drink)
It's not everyone's scene, but if you're down for a party, Wayra might be just what you're looking for. .
Stephen Belber's play is well-performed and entertaining, but where the cracks are visible, they prove unfortunately distracting.
a new musical is about the ambiguous moments where joy and sorrow meet, but it all comes together into a show that's unambiguously enjoyable.
here's a lot of interesting drama in Samuel D. Hunter's play and the production is well done.
Since Sheridan's play gives Mrs. Malaprop most of the good dialogue Everyone else can't help but be upstaged by Carol Schultz who plays her here
Director Christopher Loar once again separates O'Neill's very complete directions from the dialogue . . . Read More
Richard Maxwell's latest is at times strange, dreamy, stinging, and comic. It's a complicated show to digest, but well worth the energy.
Jean-Paul Sartre's play at the Pearl Theatre Company charmingly grapples with heavy existential questions by skipping ahead to the afterlife
Tom Noonan's new play is populated with complex figures who are simultaneously proud and vulnerable, sympathetic and distasteful, in touch with reality and completely removed from it
CBS News writer/producer Thomas F. Flynn's stage adaptation of his memores of the horrors of that "Forever September Morning" .
Moving Jonas Hassen Khemiri's play play is powerful but moving it to New York from its original European context creates some distracting implausibility. . . Read More
John Hodgman's I Stole Your Dad
clever puppets and other visually entertaining elements add up to a show that entertains with a well-balanced set of humorous and somber moments.
Marlane Meyer's new play may not always be pleasant to watch, but it's a cerebral and well-composed dramedy that is worth seeing.. . Read More
This musical knows exactly what it is, and it happens to be a lot of fun. Disaster? Anything but.
Chad Beckim is blunt in his indictment of a current state of affairs, and Hal Brooks' production fulfills the goal of the script in tackling its subject matter directly and forcefully. . .
And Miles to Go
Partial Comfort Productions at The Wild Project 195 E. 3rd Street www.partialcomfort.org
kicks off it's 11th season with the World Premiere of by Chad Beckim (A Bright New…
