300 stories by "Jason Zinoman"
New York's best known white-collar criminal explores the underworld in "A User's Guide To Hell Featuring Bernard Madoff," by Lee Blessing.
"Mr. Burns, a Post-Electric Play," by Anne Washburn, tackles global disaster, adaptation and the peculiar power of stories passed down over generations.
The year on Broadway was light on comedy, with a few notable exceptions.
In "Unconstitutional," his stand-up show at the Barrow Street Theater, Colin Quinn digs deep into the historical weeds while keeping the audience in tow with jokes and barroom metaphors.&nbs…
The Aquila Theater's "Herakles" uses video clips of interviews with combat veterans in place of a classical chorus.
The puppet drama "Saga," about how Iceland's economic crisis affected a family, appears to push puppetry into new mature territory.
"The (*) Inn" is a century-old tempestuous Yiddish drama that the adventurous Target Margin Theater has revived at the Abrons Arts Center.
Nick Jones's play "Trevor" was inspired by the story of a Connecticut woman assaulted by a pet chimpanzee.
Upright Citizens Brigade Theater has become a major player in the comedy world partly by not paying some performers.
Four actors play all the roles in this Bedlam production of "Hamlet," which hews true to Shakespeare's verse even while cracking wise at Access Theater.
Benedict Nightingale's "Great Moments in the Theatre" is more a theater lover's journal than a history lesson, but it puts an engaging spin on the chronology of the Western stage.
"Bunnicula: A Rabbit Tale of Musical Mystery," a children's book adaptation with a script by Charles Busch, is a story of a curious rabbit who may be a vampire.
Works like "This Clement World," a new play at St. Ann's Warehouse, could start to transform the theater world's attitude about climate change.
"The Steadfast," written by Mat Smart and directed by Wes Grantom, tells stories of soldiers from eight eras in American history.
In "Tar Baby," Desiree Burch, an African-American comic and actress, has a neat solution for when she doesn't want to do a show about race.
The Irish company Pan Pan presents Samuel Beckett's "All That Fall," at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, in a production that immerses the audience in the music of the play's words.
In the Red Bull Theater's revival of "Volpone," Ben Jonson's 1606 comedy, Stephen Spinella, Tovah Feldshuh and Alvin Epstein provide Jacobean giggles.
Van Cougar, a troupe that bases its shows on found texts, re-enacts viral videos in "Tube," at St. Mark's Church.
In "Port Out, Starboard Home" a mystery is among the happenings during a luxury cruise in Sheila Callaghan's play.
David Mamet's "Glengarry Glen Ross" is a taut drama about ruthless real estate salesmen. It's also a master class in the art of persuasion.
A dance-theater piece about socially conscious green activism plays a new space at the Brooklyn Academy of Music.
The slight narrative of "Mojo," from the British troupe Theater-Rites, is about a girl growing up, told through the appearance of different-size puppets.
"AliceGraceAnon," by Kara Lee Corthron, combines the nostalgic aroma of 1960s experimental theater with the gee-whiz spirit of a high school musical.
Vampires, ghosts and other villains are noticeably absent at this haunted house on the Lower East Side.
Paul Thureen, Hannah Bos and Oliver Butler of the Debate Society prepare for their newest work, "Blood Play."
