300 stories by "Jason Zinoman"
"The Method Gun" is a high-concept version of "A Streetcar Named Desire" with Stanley, Blanche, Stella and Mitch cut out.
"Invasion!", a translation of a Swedish-language play at Walkerspace, revels in wordplay.
Tina Satter's "In the Pony Palace/Football" dissects high school football with gender-flipped casting that reveals the sport's hidden dimensions.
Theater in the Dark, With Lights, a mini-festival in which three of his works are receiving short runs, provides an opportunity to judge whether Ashlin Halfnight has arrived.
Trista Baldwin's "American Sexy," at the Flea Theater, shows how a group of young people can interact but not connect.
"What the Public Wants," Arnold Bennett's 1909 play about the newspaper business, has resonance for today.
With each performance, the cast of "Baby Wants Candy" concoct a different musical comedy with a story idea supplied by a member of the audience.
The Pearl Theater's modest staging of Molière's "Misanthrope" believes in the material's comic power.
The Public Theater's annual festival of adventurous new works stretches theatrical forms and the imagination.
The English comedian Daniel Kitson explores questions about loss and love and the pursuit of meaning that are too complicated to answer completely.
Absent from the theatrical menu are original holiday dramas that are entertaining, accessible and even sentimental.
Absent from the theatrical menu are original holiday dramas that are entertaining, accessible and even sentimental.
"Mummenschanz," the granddaddy of wordless, whimsical nonsense spectacles, is back in New York for the first time since 2003, along with its beloved giant faceless puppets.
Inspector Sands, a smartly off-kilter British company, is making an attention-getting introduction to New York with two shows in repertory.
"My Last Play" by Ed Schmidt takes place in Mr. Schmidt's living room in Carroll Gardens.
"Let Them Eat Cake" dramatizes a debate among members of the left about the importance of fighting for marriage as opposed to other civil rights issues.
As shows by troupes like the Civilians inch closer to journalism, questions are raised about their responsibility to journalistic standards.
In "Lay of the Land," Tim Miller ruminates on gay politics, using various snapshots from his childhood and his travels.
A stage adaptation of Philip K. Dick's "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" unfolds at the 3LD Art @ Technology Center.
An impressive amount of melodrama, activity and funny voices is packed into "Being Sellers," a solo biographical play by Carl Caulfield about the actor Peter Sellers.
Steven Banks brings his secret life out of hiding with a new play, "Looking at Christmas," at the Flea Theater.
A play from Denmark examines how the experience of the Iraq war changes friendships.
More and more playwrights are writing for television, and in many ways this is a good thing for theater.
Talk of witches and spirits is woven into the fabric of Heidi Schreck's sturdy dining-room drama "There Are No More Big Secrets."
The "Radio City Christmas Spectacular" feels like an entertainment throwback, which is part of the appeal.
