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It not altogether surprising that in "Fire in Dreamland," Rinne Groff's alternately haunting and banal new play at the Public Theater, the main character's dream of a new life is just as qui…
What will you see if you go to the Irish Repertory Theatre's revival " or should I say "revisal of Alan Jay Lerner and Burton Lane's 1965 Broadway musical "On A Clear Day You Can See Forever…
The moment Anika Noni Rose takes the stage as the title character of the 1943 musical "Carmen Jones," you will instantly recall how transcendent a performer this Tony Award winner can be...
Dennis Kelly's "Girls & Boys," being performed by the astounding Carey Mulligan at the Minetta Lane Theatre, is a must-see production.
The latest in a surprisingly long line of illusionists who have graced the New York stage, Russian-born Vitaly Beckman will definitely have you asking yourself (or your companion) "How did h…
What separates the "haves" from the "have nots"? It's certainly one of the most pressing questions facing Trump-era America, and one that the playwright Anthony Giardini seems to have though…
Football is much better known than basketball for its so-called trick plays, from the "Statue of Liberty" to "the Flea Flicker," so perhaps we need to invent a new term to describe what Laur…
High expectations, tinged with just a little bit of dread and a pinch of skepticism, may be in the minds of many people as they enter the Booth Theater for the first-ever Broadway production…
"Have you ever seen a worse family than this?", the rather sensible Rosie (Natalie Gold) asks a visiting social worker at the beginning of Act II of "Peace for Mary Frances," Lily Thorne's d…
This highly ambitious and extremely moving "dance play" is now mesmerizing audiences at the Vineyard Theatre.
In works as diverse as "Skeleton Crew" and "Pipeline," the playwright Dominique Morriseau can be heard clearly, often educating us about the truth of the African-American experience in the U…
Dance Nation opens a flood of physical and emotional changes and desires.
Yes, theater lovers, the long wait is over: the 2018 Tony Award nominations have been announced. And while we won't know the winners until Sunday, June 10, there is cause for celebration for…
The casting of superstar Denzel Washington in the lead role of glad-handing salesman Theodore "Hickey" Hickman will likely introduce this play to a whole new cadre of theater lovers.
Once again, there's magic to do on Broadway. Jack Thorne's "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child," has settled in for a long run at the Lyric Theatre. And there are way more witches and wizards…
I think I could I grow accustomed to seeing this "My Fair Lady" on a weekly basis.
Carousel isn't a musical that comes to Broadway very often, and maybe that's part of its power. This new Broadway revival reveals the haunting beauty of Rodgers and Hammerstein's lush score …
A middle-school student facing the aftermath of a terrible " and all-too-topical " tragedy proves not to be the only person dealing with grief in "This Flat Earth," Lindsay Ferrentino's affe…
"Calling other people stupid doesn't make you smart," says one of the characters in "Mean Girls." So keeping that in mind, this new musical adaptation of the popular 2004 film is indeed sma…
While I might have originally predicted a lengthy stay on Broadway for "Frozen," the result turns out to be an icy mess that seems unlikely to warm the hearts of either children or their pa…
Patrons at "Rocktopia," now at the Broadway Theatre for a six-week run, don't need to worry about such rock concert hazards as fog, haze or strobes. But they might be advised to bring a neck…
A quarter-century after it shook up the theatrical landscape with the force of an 8-point earthquake, Tony Kushner's two-part, 7 ½-hour, Pulitzer-Prize winning epic "Angels in America" ha…
While the new jukebox musical "Escape to Margaritaville" " built around the songs of the legendary Jimmy Buffett " may not be quite as exhilarating as an actual escape to your favorite islan…
Most audience members, unless they actually grew up in the world of Norman Rockwell, will recognize themselves somewhere within Lindsey Ferrentino's alternately hilarious, heartbreaking and …
Hammaad Chaudry's debut play, "An Ordinary Muslim," delves into the pain of not belonging, especially in a country where you were born and raised.
