Theater Review | 'The Human Comedy': World War II and Coconut Cream Pie
"The Human Comedy," a musical based on a story by William Saroyan, is an ambitiously staged production by a talented troupe.
"The Human Comedy," a musical based on a story by William Saroyan, is an ambitiously staged production by a talented troupe.
"One-Third of a Nation," a play about housing written for the Living Newspaper unit of the Federal Theater Project, still proves timely in the Metropolitan Playhouse's revival.
The Acting Company offers a zippy take on Shakespeare's "Comedy of Errors."
Experimental theater often requires your forbearance, and "Storm Still," a riff on Shakespeare's "King Lear," tests the audience's boundaries.
In "Molly Sweeney," at the Irish Repertory Theater, a woman who has been blind almost since birth undergoes an operation, with profound consequences.
"Carnival Round the Central Figure" is an absurd and macabre meditation on death.
"Momentum," from the Tel Aviv performance troupe Mayumana, has an infectious beat and physical pyrotechnics to match.
The Pearl Theater Company's production of Ibsen's "Rosmersholm" is compelling, as the characters grapple with unvoiced emotions.
In "Bintou," the child of African immigrants fights with her family when she's not roaming the streets with her gang.
Almost every line of "Do Not Go Gentle" is so lovely that when the whole proves to be less than the sum of its parts, the result doesn't feel as disappointing as it otherwise might.