Robins's 30-year career, with a new leading role season after season, is studded with indelible performances. The post Interview: Laila Robins on the Public Theater's <em>The Apple Fam…
In David Adjmi's satirical Marie Antoinette, the titular royal doesn't start using her head until she's in danger of losing it. The post Review: <em>Marie Antoinette</em> at Soho…
Watching Alison Pill's star turn should prove an effective remedy for the end of daylight savings time's darker afternoons. She lights up the stage. .
Unlike West Side Story and many other musicals based on the Bard's work, Michael Kimmel's libretto sticks largely to the playwright's iambs. The post Review: <em>The Last Goodbye</e…
This first large-scale Los Angeles revival brings Danny DeVito and Judd Hirsch together again for the first tim
What initially seems an obsessive-compulsive mash note to The Simpsons becomes a brain-teasing deconstruction of pop culture and more. The post Review: <em>Mr. Burns, a post-electric p…
Lorenzo Pisoni may bring a clinical approach to his adept clowning, but he makes a tremendous master of ceremonies to the scintillating circus of his life. By all means, step right up
Rogue Machine brings its usual high quality elements to John Pollono's new play .
This may not spark our deepest emotions. As a whip-smart report on contemporary womanhood though, it goes to the head of the class. .
All in all, Sacred Fools offers a sumptuous experience.
You don't have to agree with Bruce Norris's theorems to be dazzled by the way the proof has been worked out.
With lovely performances and a rousing score, the road show production earns its place in our good graces. . .
Lyle Kessler's Orphans has got some major daddy issues. The post The Kids Are All Right: <em>Orphans</em> at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre appeared first on Slant Magazine.
Ladies and gentlemen, don't be a sucker. Step right up to Pippin, the greatest homegrown show of the season. The post Climb on Board: <em>Pippin</em> at the Music Box Theatre app…
While all the elements have been cooked to perfection, what sticks to the ribs is the hint of rawness at its center of things. The post Holding Court: Bette Midler in <em>I'll Eat You …
Visionary musician and lyricist David Byrne takes a walk in Imelda Marcos's infamous shoes. The result is a great party
The best Off Broadway productions so far this year would probably make lousy movies. The post The Best of Off-Broadway's Theatricalization of Film: <em>The Flick</em>, <em>…
-London and New York were not the end of the rainbow for Tracie Bennett-- she's now Judy-ing up applause in LA ..
It's a high accomplishment that Roger Mathey and his audacious cast keep this terrific revival all under control
Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Donald Margulies gets into the yuletide act at the Geffen
Even when The Whale wanders into heavily fished waters, it still comes up with fresh revelations and bracing truths. The post Big Fish to Fry: Samuel D. Hunter's <em>The Whale</em&g…
It takes some nerve for a playwright to adapt a fellow playwright's work, especially since most reworkings come a cropper. The post A White-Hot Reworking: <em>Mies Julie</em> at …
Richard Nelson's Apple Family play unapologetically embraces the present moment in its set-the-table, clear-the-table daily trivialities and a lump-in-the-throat, clear-the-throat no-nonsens…
-The potential for harder-hitting emotional or social impact has been ignored, but if you want a brain-teasing play that tickles your funny bone, this production gets the job done. .
The Taper proves to be an ideal venue for John Logan's play.