372 stories by "suzy evans"
Greg Kotis and Mark Hollmann's metaphorical musical is the hot ticket this Fringe for good reason. Their satirical romp through the primordial soup rocks out with unexpectedly lovable char…
Arlene Hutton patronizes her audience with this surface-level children's play, and director Mark Lutwak's succinct production never teaches the lessons it should.
Director Sherri Eden Barber delivers a compassionate production of this choppy, sometimes lagging, slice-of-life drama by Josh Koenigsberg.
Set in an airport terminal, this mess of a musical lacks concrete action and sympathetic characters. As the monotonous songs drag on, it feels like a long wait for a flight.
Les 7 Doigts de la Main is certain to leave a trace, or a blazing trail, with this high-energy, inventive twist on circus arts.
Kate Fuglei delivers a moving and empowering performance, but the heroine's depressing saga in Ken LaZabnik and Ellen S. Pressman's one-woman musical fails to engage for a full 80 minutes.
Michael Greif keeps the early '90s alive in his reinvention of Jonathan Larson's rock epic, and though the set and costumes have changed, the heart of the show still beats.
The Festival of New American Plays gives a voice to playwrights, new and established, and in four insightful short productions provides a compelling evening of theater.
"Visceral," "intimate," and "intense" don't begin to describe this stimulating and sometimes scarring production of two radically carnal plays that expose the visceral nature of the human …
Anna Moench's world premiere play takes nonlinear theater to its hilt, and David F. Chapman's direction cannot make this schizophrenic script comprehensible on stage.
This rabblerousing ode to black musical history is sure to delight audiences, but the production needs a little more honing to highlight the show's important historical elements.
Lawson Caldwell's predictable and slow play attempts to be clever and shocking but suffers from contrived plot twists and two-dimensional characters.
NCM Fathom and Arts Media Alliance's partnership with Shakespeare's Globe in London allows the Bard's plays to come alive in their original theatrical form in more than 275 movie theaters.
Theatreworks USA's latest show fuses a variety of children's tales and musical devices, and while the trite songs and scenes keep children rapt for 60 minutes, the musical struggles to fin…
With thousands of actors already in New York and many more coming each year, finding a community in this expensive and intimidating city can be daunting, particularly given New Yorkers' no…
Director Glenn De Kler showcases female comedians in his barebones production of Tom Stoppard's existential masterpiece, but his single-gender cast feels like a gimmick.
Former understudies, Steel Burkhardt and Paris Remillard get to go on together every night for the 2010–2011 "Hair" national tour, which makes a 10-week stop at Broadway's St. James …
Director Kathy Curtiss takes Shakespeare's mistaken identity comedy to Little Italy, and the casual comedy succeeds with its lighthearted nature and impeccable casting of the central twins.
This riotous romp through "Silence of the Lambs" turns horror into humor, making for a pleasing parody that deliciously highlights the story's most gruesome moments.
Two powerhouse performers turn Karoline Leach's otherwise tepid drama into an acting master class that all aspiring actors should witness.
Peter Brook's minimalist, abridged reimagining of Mozart's penultimate opera intends to bare the work's raw, passionate soul, but his central lovers lack the needed fervor to completely ac…
This delightfully light and entertaining comic contemplation of modern philosophy lovingly mocks and challenges six figure's groundbreaking ideas without reducing their scope.
Director Will Pomerantz firmly holds the reigns of Victoria E. Calderon's slow-moving drama, but a looser grip might have allowed the somewhat contrived material to breathe.
Full of rich voices, J.C. Hanley and James Olm's new musical feels like a high school play or a church production, and its easy-listening score would be more at home as an inspirational al…
Director Daniel Talbott's lighthearted open-air production succeeds with its casual and improvised nature, though the poor sound amplification makes it difficult to enjoy at times.
