372 stories by "suzy evans"
Bruce Graham's new play is more about philosophy than football. It ultimately fails to score a touchdown, proving to be as indecisive as its protagonist.
Stacey Weingarten and David Levinson's depressing musical feels like an attempt to recreate "Les Misérables," and despite some pleasant voices, the show never fully takes flight.
James Lantz paints a stereotyped view of middle America. Though the leading actors deliver moving performances, the characters feel like tools to prove a point.
Carl Kissin and Rob Baumgartner Jr.'s cliché-laden musical takes us through trite, fluffy dating scenarios. However, the charismatic performers, peppy score, and generally insightful …
Mac Wellman is known for his experimental theater making, but "3 2's; or AFAR" takes obscurity to a new level. The piece never makes a semblance of sense.
Dan Collins and Julianne Wick Davis' score provides generally easy listening, but the story of a community of transgender individuals in Georgia is hard to hear at times. The complicated c…
Anyone who is or has a mother, a stepmother, a foster mother, or anything in between will be able to relate to and enjoy this insightful piece, conceived by Susan Rose and Joan Stein.
It may never be Broadway bound, but thanks to a little magic and imagination, Tom and Jack Megan's fun and endearing new musical appeals to the inner child in all of us.
With a dysfunctional score and cartoonish characters, "Man of Rock" proves that first-time musical writers Ken Flagg and Daniel Heath need more than just a good song to write an entertaini…
Powerful vocalists cannot save this haphazard musical, featuring a gospel-inspired score by Bill Wright and Dionne McClaine-Freeney, from a weak plot, redundant songs, and stereotypical ch…
The poignancy of Brandon Walker's new play has almost everything to do with Michael Stephen Clay's performance as William Turner and not the spotty script and direction.
Director Stephen Brackett keeps the suspense coursing through Chad Beckim's simultaneously moving and humorous piece about a wronged man embarking on a new life.
Language and understanding are core concepts of Broadway-bound "Chinglish." But when a quarter of the play is in Mandarin, how does the performance translate for both actors and audiences?
The Gallery Players' "The Drowsy Chaperone" and T. Schreiber Studio's "Balm in Gilead" took home the top prizes—for outstanding production of a musical and outstanding production of …
Fourteen-year-old actor Khadim Diop makes this 'Seed' grow to its full potential, and while the play drags at points, playwright Radha Blank's Harlem-set drama grabs the heart.
Playwright Sharyn Rothstein delivers a subtly engaging drama, and she doesn't patronize her audience with her intellectual topical content, while director Ron Canada keeps the action churn…
While it's refreshing to see women working in the male-dominated political world, playwright Victor L. Cahn still resorts to gender stereotypes, and Eric Parness' rickety direction inhibit…
While the performers' comic interpretations of O'Neill's stage cues please at points, the gags become stale, as none of the plays make sense without the playwright's sharp dialogue.
This silly, somewhat random layover in the fictional Eastern European country of Lapsburgh is theatrical cotton candy. It's undeniably funny but also a tad unruly, and there's little subst…
Books and birds flood J. Stephen Brantley's action-packed drama with unnecessary metaphor, while sharp dialogue and some standout performances can't save the play from its own allegory.
Erin Krom and Nikki Van Cassele deliver moving performances as Daisy and Violet Hilton, the Depression-era conjoined twins, but the production's sloppy music direction muffles what should …
With four authors, this clichéd New York–centric work has a surprisingly cohesive tone; however, the vignette form impedes character and plot development.
Mariah MacCarthy's lesbian take on "Romeo and Juliet" has talented lead actors and some funny moments, but the show is too long for its own good.
Playwright Sofia Johnson shows promise in her intriguing and deeply honest work about teenage peer pressure, and the concise production boasts an outstanding cast.
Series B must unfortunately refer to the caliber of the second cycle of the Festival of New American Plays. The actors make a valiant effort, but the drama is sub-par.
