Under Pam MacKinnon's direction, the superb cast enlivens Jordan Harrison's script as he meanders through perhaps too many issues for one play. The strength of his play lies not in the bicke…
The concert was more than just a song and dance routine: Ms. Rivera proved to be a wonderful storyteller, sharing anecdotes of her opportunities and professional relationships that occurred …
The themes of Miles Malleson's "Conflict," currently running at the Beckett Theatre at Theatre Row, could not be more relevant and the playwright's treatment of these themes could not be mor…
Under Christopher Murrah's deft direction, Angela Pierce leads a brilliant ensemble cast whose intricate conflicts drive a mysterious and often challenging plot with enough twists and turns …
Ms. Walker certainly captures the intriguing beauty of the chanteuse and deftly delivers each of the eight musical numbers intoxicating the audience with her pure, seductive soprano vocals.
Angelina Fiordellisi and Michael O'Keefe are wonderful together and give their respective characters a depth and authenticity that often rises above what they are given in Mr. Mee's script.
Mr. Byrnes' script does address the promised issues of the ascent of man, including snippets of BBC's Michael Parkinson's 1970s interviews with Jamie's grandfather who affirmed the constant …
After its previous three-time extended sold out run at the York Theatre Company, "Desperate Measures" is back Off-Broadway and the antics of rabble-rousing Johnny Blood are as bodacious and …
The playwright's attempt to find Martha at the end of Albee's play "destroyed by this idea of motherhood, of not living up to this very traditional idea of what it means to be a woman" and t…
Ms. Ensler attempts to continue that commitment in "Fruit Trilogy," Abingdon Theatre Company's final mainstage production of its twenty-fifth anniversary season. Currently in its "New York p…
Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI), global leader in music rights management, has extended the application deadline for The BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Librettists Workshop to Friday, June 8th…
This lyrical and lushly realized play is part of poet, filmmaker and playwright Donja R. Love's exploration of queer love at pivotal moments in Black history.
Condola Rashad explores the layers of Saint Joan's character with a finesse that leaves little of "The Maid's) personality undefined. The journey from soldier to prisoner to saint is beatifi…
There are no new insights into the common themes addressed, and the production feels more like an exercise for the actors, given the many fits and starts. Director Shira-Lee Shalit does litt…
The New York Theatre Workshop has revived this critically important 1976 drama at an opportune time. Like Tony Kushner's "Angels in America," Caryl Churchill's "Light Shining in Buckinghamsh…
Ciarán O'Reilly directs with his keen eye for subtlety and with his steady hand of encouragement. He teases from the exceptional cast the nuances of each character, especially important i…
The competent cast including such distinguished veteran actors as Johanna Day, J. Smith-Cameron, and Lois Smith attempt to dig deep into their characters, but it seems impossible to bring an…
This is a production that pushes boundaries of traditional musical theater relying on the melodic score by John Kander, sometimes reminiscent of his earlier work and always pleasing to the e…
The song list is wonderful with some less familiar delights, but it is the rapture of those disco warhorses that are unmistakably crowd pleasing. The revelation of the breakout "Love to Love…
There is quite a bit of foreplay but no actual winner in the sexual cat and mouse game farcically played out in Abingdon Theatre Company's "The Gentleman Caller" at the Cherry Lane Theatre.
In an explosive unison Greek-Chorus, the girls share their wish that society would urge the importance of their personal individuality as much as their sexually stereotyped identities. It is…
The beloved Rogers and Hammerstein "Carousel" has not often been revived on the Broadway stage since it first opened to critical acclaim in 1945, so this third incarnation, after a long hiat…
Miriam Buether's inventive set and Paul Gallo's surreal lighting allow the audience to be reflected in the set's transparent wall. The audience not only "listens in" to the conversation: the…
Under Jack Cummings III's careful direction, the cast captures the essence of Tennessee Williams' seminal work in the Classic Stage/Transport production. Each member of the ensemble cast dev…
Outer Critics Circle, the organization of writers and commentators covering New York theater for out-of-town newspapers, national publications and other media beyond Broadway, announced toda…