Outside Inn reviewed by ROBERT WINDELER

This brief piece is so cluttered with gimmickry and repetition, its story is rendered remote and its four intensely competent actors are nearly irrelevant.

SOURCE: Backstage at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

Nowadays reviewed by RON COHEN

There are some contrived plot turns, but they're overcome by the generous nature of the writing, several winning portrayals and Alex Roe's well-paced direction.

SOURCE: Backstage at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

Room to Panic reviewed by ADAM R. PERLMAN

A swirling, often melancholy look at assimilation. I enjoyed the puppets, but found the production lacking.

SOURCE: Backstage at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

Two Rooms reviewed by RON COHEN

Lee Blessing's Two Rooms is a thoughtful, passionate examination of the negligible value placed on human life when political expediency and terrorism collide.

SOURCE: Backstage at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

A Man for All Seaons reviewed by DAVID SHEWARD

A fiery trial scene is always good for picking up an otherwise slow evening, and the climactic tribunal in Roundabout Theatre Company's mixed revival of Robert Bolt's 1960 historical drama A…

SOURCE: Backstage at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

The Fancy Boy Follies reviewed by MARC MILLER

This revue seeks to be another When Pigs Fly, but crashes.

SOURCE: Backstage at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

Eureka! reviewed by RON COHEN

If touchy-feely audience participation isn't your bag, you should stay away from Eureka!, the latest offering from the legendary Living Theatre. But if you're up to huddling, hugging and gen…

SOURCE: Backstage at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

I Come for Love reviewed by RONNI RIECH

An alien encounter of the bizarre kind.

SOURCE: Backstage at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

13 reviewed by DAVID SHEWARD

A smart, fun look at the joys and agonies of growing up, this little gem of a show should provide plenty of employment for kids both on Broadway and on tour.

SOURCE: Backstage at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

The Seagull - reviewed by DAVID SHEWARD

"How neurotic everyone is," cries Dr. Dorn in the latest revival of Chekhov's masterpiece--the third to hit New York in a year. Unfortunately, his description is too accurate.

SOURCE: Backstage at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

Mary Testa and Alison Fraser: Together Again - Reviewed by DAVID FINKLE

This show, which deserves better than a two-night booking, is a retrospective of songwriter Rusty McGee, and I challenge anyone to rack his or her brain for a better pair to demonstrate how …

SOURCE: Backstage at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

Cyclone and the Pig-Faced Lady - Reviewed by A.J. MELL

Any musical that rhymes "coup d'état" with "Wonderbra" obviously has something going for it, though this fantasy of Coney Island in the 1920s works better as a live-action cartoon tha…

SOURCE: Backstage at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

That Other Woman's Child - Reviewed by LISA JO SAGOLLA

A foot-stomping, Bible-pounding, down-home country musical set in the back hills of Kentucky, That Other Woman's Child features a delightful score of bluegrass dance tunes and country-wester…

SOURCE: Backstage at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

Fifty Words - Reviewed by GEW OREL

Have you ever been in the middle of a bickerfest between a couple you don't really know and can't get away from? Michael Weller's new play is a lot like that.

SOURCE: Backstage at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

Yvonne Constant: Paris on the Road to Piaf - Reviewed by DAVID FINKLE

The dedicated Constant gave strong boulevard renditions of the Piaf songbook.

SOURCE: Backstage at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

Flip Side - Reviewed by TOM PENKETH

Though billed in a press release as a "comedy of longing, misperceptions, and mismatches," "Flip Side" mostly avoids one crucial comic element: being funny.

SOURCE: Backstage at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

Fault Lines - Reviewed by ADAM R. PERLMAN

The prolific Edward Albee didn't actually write "Fault Lines," Stephen Belber did, but make no mistake - it's an Albee play.

SOURCE: Backstage at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

Aliens With Extraordinary Skills - Reviewed by JERRY PORTWOOD

Romanian playwright Savania Stanescu and director Tea Alagic (a Bosnian immigrant) have their hearts in the right place, but this world-premiere production needs to put its characters in gre…

SOURCE: Backstage at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

Wig Out! - Reviewed by DAVID SHEWARD

What a glamfest! Fashion, passion, and excitement illuminate the catwalk during the drag ball scenes of Tarell Alvin McRaney's new play.

SOURCE: Backstage at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

Tyran Parke: A Litte Knight Music...and Other Melodic Quests - Reviewed by DAVID FINKLE

At Don't Tell Mama, Tyran Parke became - oh, I don't know - the millionth cabaret wannabe pegging an act to personal show-biz ambitions and achievements.

SOURCE: Backstage at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

The Pearl Merchant - Reviewed by RONNI REICH

Cecilia Brie Walker's new play takes a fresh, thought-provoking story and turns it into a run-of-the-mill soap opera.

SOURCE: Backstage at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

Jason & Ben - Reviewed by DAVID A. ROSENBERG

Combine John Rechy and Tennessee Williams and you might come up with something like "Jason & Ben," the trivial and embarrassing New York Musical Theatre Festival work for which Matthew Loren…

SOURCE: Backstage at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

She Can't Believe She Said That! - Reviewed by MARK PEIKERT

Sometimes on-the-nose casting can be a show's downfall, and such is the case with Matt Prager's new satirical Kathie Lee Gifford bio musical.

SOURCE: Backstage at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

Twilight in Manchego - Reviewed by DAVID A. ROSENBERG

The strands of this promising new musical at the New York Musical Theatre Festival never quite coalesce.

SOURCE: Backstage at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

KT Sullivan: All the Things You Are - Reviewed by DAVID FINKLE

Were the persona that KT Sullivan presents in "All the Things You Are" a fictional character, she would have been written by Henry James or Edith Wharton - or nowadays by Louis Auchincloss.

SOURCE: Backstage at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑