Reviews of "Anatol," "Beautiful Thing," "1 to 10?," "The Speed of Darkness,"Diversions and Delights" and "Each Day Dies With Sleep."
Neil LaBute's ferociously funny "Reasons to Be Pretty," about fragile human relationships and the seemingly inconsequential details that threaten or even wreck them, has traveled successfull…
The troubled $65 million musical “Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark” is a national object of pop culture fascination.
"The Exonerated" is one of the most viscerally moving nights in the theater I have ever experienced. From the moment the lights come up on the dimly lit stage
In Bryony Lavery’s play “Beautiful Burnout,” at St. Ann’s Warehouse, amateur boxers have dreams of bigger things.
Second City's Limbaugh satire is largely predictable, unfunny and surprisingly outdated
The Rep, BirminghamIn Rosie Kay's taut, visceral, compassionate piece, the body is the frontline Continue reading...
This Russian-language co-production of Shakespeare's 'problem play' has Putin-era parallels that really hit home, says Dominic Cavendish
Bush, LondonBased on the life of Jack Johnson, the first black heavyweight world champion, this gritty tale of sporting ambition is something special Continue reading...
Their initial concept for Fight Night, where actors voted each other out of a performance, was almost forgotten by experimental theatre company Ontroerend Goed. Years later, the freeze in th…
Someone hitting it out of the park " theatrically speaking " is always a joy to watch. But I've long been an admirer of the all-important (and much rarer) successful follow-up. What's better…
What price glory? That is the ultimate, yet far from the only question posed in "The Royale," Marco Ramirez 's astonishing 75 minute play " a tightly laced glove of a drama about race, succe…
When a play is about race, should the playwright's matter? I found myself asking this question after seeing Rasheeda Speaking, a wild ride and a welcome surprise from the severely hit-or-mis…
Gina Gionfriddo’s “Rapture, Blister, Burn,” now receiving its Chicago premiere at the Goodman Theatre, bears ... The post ‘Rapture, Blister, Burn’ lacks emotion…
Drury Lane Theatre's grand-scale, emotionally wrenching production of "West Side Story" is a vivid reminder of the musical's enduring mix of tragic grandeur and streetwise savvy. The post &…
Currently playing at the Menier Chocolate Factory in London, England, this historical musical resonates in equal parts harrowing and hilarious with today's darkest nightmares.
Three hard-drinking Arizona retirees do not go gently into that silent night in Denny Guge's popular perennial.
Lucy Punch is back in the West End for the first time in well over a decade, having in the interim shot to fame in Bad Teacher, You Will Meet A Tall Dark Stranger and the forthcoming screen …
A week in the life of actor, radio and TV host, music director and writer Seth Rudetsky.
There's not enough punch in this puppet jaunt to Afghanistan.
Flaws and all, there's no denying that climax.