For educators and students alike, "Hamlet" offers numerous avenues for exploration"from its rich language and intricate plot to its deep philosophical questions. Teachers can engage students…
Watching Jimmy Tingle is like encountering a fascinating guy at a bar :Â you listen, you're engaged, you're just enjoying the ride. Tingle has been at it a long time, and he has stories t…
'My True Love: A Perfect Musical Fairytale" is a musical fairy tale, written by Ben Boecker, about the choices made when the world is a place of dreams. Solid direction by Carolyn Popadin gu…
Christopher Caswell: "Listen to My Heart" took the audience into his confidence as he opened up about his personal life: friends, loves, children and, of course, show business. His show …
Ronnie Larsen, Allen Lewis Rickman and Jeni Hacker in a scene from Larsen's "The Actors" at Theatre Row (Photo credit: Russ Rowland) Playwright and actor Ronnie Larsen, best known for his se…
Christopher Caswell: Listen to My Heart took the audience into his confidence as he opened up about his personal life: friends, loves, children and, of course, show business. His show ha…
Dan Lauria's "Just Another Day" is quite leisurely in its delivery but Lauria and McCormack inhabit their roles. While the play could use some pruning, it is a charming portrait of two elder…
Playwright and actor Ronnie Larsen, best known for his series of erotic plays with titles like "Making Porn" and "Sleeping with Straight Men," has now switched to a charmingly humorous Neil …
For equestrian fans, "War Horse" holds a special allure beyond its theatrical merits. The portrayal of horses as central characters in the narrative resonates deeply with those who appreciat…
The eye-filling sets by Hannah Beachler and video and projection design by Daniel Brodie include subtle tributes to Black Culture that not all theatergoers may notice on a first look. When D…
If the play's goal is to pay homage to Wright, it misses the mark for most audiences. If one is unfamiliar with Wright, most of the symbols revealed in the play will not be understood in ter…
Christie Perfetti Williams' genial new play "Bettye and the Jockettes Spinning Records at the Holiday Inn" transports the audience back to the moment Elvis Presley became an international st…
The lead of the show is film star Eddie Redmayne, who won the Olivier Award for his performance as the Emcee in the London production and is also Tony nominated for this show. Director Rebec…
The play, taken by Phelim McAleer from witness accounts in interviews performed by Ann McElhinney and McAleer in Israel in the immediate aftermath of the attacks, is incredibly powerful, if …
"The Heart of Rock and Roll" at the James Earl Jones Theatre is one of the more pleasant entries in the jukebox musical derby. Using the musical catalog of Huey Lewis and the News, Tyler…
In fact, the play which ought to be hilarious is almost devoid of jokes as the premise which is politically incorrect will make many white playgoers uncomfortable " unless this is the point …
Koogler began writing "Staff Meal" in January 2020 and completed the first draft in April 2020…well, he certainly had time on his hands, but so did a lot of people. It's a wonder we didn't…
"Redemption Story," written by Peregrine Teng Heard, is an exploration into the psyche of Connie Lee, an actor with 20 years of experience acting in noir films of the 1940's and 1950's, who …
"Mother Play," though based on Vogel's own life, is her most schematic, more an outline barely fleshed out with lots of details rather than the intense emotional revelations of her earlier w…
Director Nicholas Viselli has done well with the characterizations but is unable to resolve the thinness of the backstories which are not fleshed out by the script. The shallow set which has…
Jessica Burr's Blessed Unrest production of Marguerite Duras' "La Musica Deuxième"Â in the 1992 translation by Barbara Bray is like a violent Jean Paul Sartre short story directed in the …
"David and Katie Get Re-Married" is the creation of David Carl and Katie Hartman. Using original songs, funny and timely commentary, and interesting props, they take a musical romp through t…
As we are instructed early on, the meal and the service are divided into 15 sections. The Seder is held in the midst, or as a significant part, of the whole of the play. It is then complemen…
"Fingers & Spoons" does have its titillating moments, with descriptions of sex and even mild simulations. (The show is sexual enough that it would probably be a hit at the Edinburgh Frin…
The play is an expression of the quiet whirlwind within Mary Jane's soul, exquisitely expressed by the warm McAdams, surrounded by the boundless support of the others. Director Anne Kauffman…