1,084 stories by "Matthew Murray"
A single figure, separated from its compatriots by barriers of time and necessity, and forced to exist without being able to fully embrace its purpose, is the primary focus of Willy Holtzman…
For a crystalline study of how two actors can triumph amid surroundings that don't, one needs look no further than 4000 Miles.
Do you prefer your bioplays to be more bio or play? Either way, you're likely to find something amiss about End of the Rainbow, which just opened at the Belasco.
Because personality is the driving force behind theatre and politics, it only makes sense that overtly political plays be full of it.
A theatre critic knows when he's beat. Nothing is going to stop Newsies.
In "All Kinds of People," the first song in Pipe Dream, Doc, a marine biologist, succinctly lays out the unintentionally guiding philosophy of this 1955 Richard Rodgers"Oscar Hammerstein mus…
"We're taking you with us on our quest for more life," explains Hunter Bell near the start of the new musical Now. Here. This., which just opened at the Vineyard Theatre. That statement is …
There are six good plays within Regrets, the new drama by British playwright Matt Charman that just opened at City Center in a Manhattan Theatre Club production.
Can the Greatest Story Ever Told also be the greatest love story ever told?
"This is for the 100%."
Can a play be both wonderfully ambitious and not ambitious at all?
Broadway frequently gives way to fairy tales, but they don't all end with a "happily ever after."
The air of nostalgia hangs heavy at the Ethel Barrymore, where Mike Nichols's revival of Death of a Salesman just opened.
Eavesdropping on the "underlings" takes on a new meaning in the Red Bull Theater revival of The Maids that just opened at the Theatre at St. Clement's.
The musical by Joe DiPietro and David Bryan continues to run, and in some ways run better than it used to, with its lead role of Huey Calhoun now being played by Adam Pascal.
"... there are two pieces of good news about An Iliad: One, it doesn't matter which you see; two, the drama isn't meaty enough to demand double viewings for all but the most incessant O'Har…
Is it fitting that a play about the fleeting nature and certainty of identity is confused about its own?
Raine fuels her gripping drama ... almost exclusively with surprises. And as directed by David Cromer ... each one of them comes across as effortlessly smart and affecting"as, for that matte…
Is this Carrie better than the original? In strict, black-and-white terms, probably. Is it anywhere near as interesting? Not a chance.
"... try as it might (and boy, does it try), the show is only about as funny as it is original " which is to say, not very."
You think human workers can be dedicated? You don't know the meaning of the phrase "burning the candle at both ends"
"The word "Africa" is not uttered until deep in the second act of Hurt Village, but the continent hangs like a specter over Katori Hall's new play..."
"Walking into the Classic Stage Company these days is a lot like drifting through space. . . ."
"... those taking in Shatner's World will undoubtedly have an excellent idea of what to expect upon entering the theater."
Even if it's frequently obscured, history is always lurking around the Signature Theatre's production of Blood Knot.
