182 stories by "Maya Phillips"
The film that’s been adapted into a new musical created a memorable aesthetic with its cast and outfits. Its ideas about the nuclear family also made it a movie for its time.
In new projects, the British actor of South Asian descent takes on two parts — James Bond and Hamlet — that have long been defining roles for white actors.
One hundred years after it was banned for its depiction of hedonism, the rhythmic, jazz-soaked poetry of Joseph Moncure March continues to find new life.
The Emmy-winning actress was especially adept at playing women who had been cast off but maintained an inflated sense of self, always with a great comedic payoff.
"Pluribus," "The Beast In Me" and "Die My Love" take viewers inside the minds and egos of their complex protagonists.
"Eddington," "One Battle After Another" and "After the Hunt" focus on young characters navigating the current political climate. The depictions aren't always flattering.
In honor of its 20th anniversary, Tarell Alvin McCraney's play gets a fiercely minimalist production at the Shed.
His works have been slow to come to stage and screen. But a new production of the novel "Giovanni's Room" shows how rewarding it can be when done right.
One of the most performed and reimagined works of English literature becomes a fourth-wall-breaking musical revue.
Written by Alice Childress in 1969, the play feels just as revelatory more than 50 years later in a new production from Classic Stage Company.
Joshua Harmon's new play features uniformly standout performances and tells a poignant story of family dynamics.
A new play about a group of college students putting in one last study session evokes recent stories about young women, but without the well-rounded characters.
The New Group production of Sam Shepard's classic tragicomedy comes off as disjointed and self-consciously stagy.
The relationship between Prince Hal and John Falstaff, a favorite of Shakespeare scholars, is the focus of this condensed adaptation.
Katori Hall's new play about sisters gathering after their mother's death features standout performances but an overabundance of themes.
Neil Patrick Harris, Jane Krakowski, Debra Messing and Constance Wu star in the vulgar and entertaining new work from Robert O'Hara.
Kenneth Branagh's production of the Shakespeare classic speeds through the material and can't quite figure out its tone.
"Attack on Titan: The Musical" showed what a crossover between two seemingly different types of fans could look like.
A new play from James Ijames, who won a Pulitzer for his "Fat Ham," has intriguing ideas about identity and community that never fully take shape.
A new theatrical experience in the Financial District is composed of 25 individual stories, but it's hard to make sense of any of them.
A somber yet witty play set in 18th-century England is a clever perversion of a courtroom drama that features strong performances from an ensemble cast.
Alternating between funny and bleak, the Public Theater's latest production tackles race and the modern workplace.
One of Shakespeare's most coveted roles for women gets different interpretations onstage in New York and Washington.
Almost 50 years after it debuted, this classic Black take on "The Wizard of Oz" tries to update its original formula.
For our critic-at-large, the year was marked by the Black excellence of "Purlie Victorious," the brutality of "Bottoms" and rage of "Beef."
