The story has the earmarks of YA fiction: a community of dysfunctional adults contribute to the plight of alienated kids who, badgered by persecutors their own age, seek to escape their torm…
Like a magic show where you know you're being duped and enjoy it all the same, Reiser's act was something you just settled back and enjoyed without analyzing it too much.
Despite some missteps and miscasting bumps along the way, this staging faithfully captures playwright August Wilson's searing poetic vision.
Two stirring dramas hit Broadway, one weightier than the next
"Samuel Beckett's work speaks to me because he's a very visceral writer. And, because I have training as a clown, I think of him as a natural clown."
An experimental drama, no matter how tantalizing, has to come up with a payoff that makes its bewildering journey worth it. Lucas Hnath's doesn't.
You don't have to be a math wiz to enjoy Lauren Gunderson's engaging historical drama,which has been effectively staged by director Debra Wise.
It shouldn't be surprising that Heroes of the Fourth Turning is monotonously ironic. No happy warriors for Christ here.
Anna Deveare Smith's examination of racism in America remains powerful, 30 years on.
This dark and jazzy noir drama would be compelling if it just focused on dramatizing a jazz artist's quest for artistic perfection.
This is one of those 75-minute plays where you have to remind yourself to breathe.
Appreciating Stephen Sondheim's achievement does not mean loving all of his shows. A Little Night Music may just be one of his musicals that should be politely nudged aside.
When Hackmatack Playhouse closes, that will leave, by my count, just one non-equity, professional summer resident theater in Maine: Acadia Rep (founded in 1973) located in Somesville, near B…
Despite a seven-year record of artistic, social, educational, and organizational success, Junior Programs has, until now, been a forgotten chapter in the history of America's children's t…
Grand Horizons at the Gloucester Stage Company is a wild, funny, and sometimes wonderfully touching ride.
Shakespeare's text has been streamlined for easy consumption on a summer's evening -- there's no intermission, lots of physical comedy, and a party vibe.
Once it gets its bearings, Mr. Fullerton, Between the Sheets, tosses and turns its way through the throes of hidden romance, miscommunication, reconciliation and, eventually, heartbreak.
My point is obvious: real estate is key to the survival of the small theater scene.
This is an indelibly zany concoction: part homage, part esprit de corps, part mediation on screwball comedy as a form of modest but invigorating cheer.
What elevates An Iliad beyond the routine is MaConnia Chesser's dazzling performance as The Poet.
Common Ground Revisited infuses new life into J. Anthony Lukas's book, but it doesn't offer any easy answers. The play fills in the fine details, deepening our understanding of how we got he…
Woody Sez falls short as a compelling chronicle of Guthie's life and times. It becomes a sort of "greatest hits" round-up and the steady stream of music is moving and then some.
This is a quicksilver drama about how a loving couple reacts as devastating bolts of lightning strike.
Maybe I am an alarmist and the rich and powerful know something the rest of us don't. Perhaps the midterms will not put another nail in the coffin of democracy. Apparently, it will be busine…
A refreshing and witty hip-hop spin on Shakespeare's Comedy of Errors.