By wisely devising "Top Secret" as a radio play with the actors seemingly reading from scripts, the authors and director create a distancing effect that gives both fluidity and credence to t…
"When the Rain Stops Falling" ultimately proves to be a terribly gloomy two hours with scant uplift aside from the poignant realization that fleeing one's past is a natural passage of life.
Martin McDonagh's bizarre new comedy scares up shocking laughs
Layered new comedy-drama explores truth and history
Voluble new comedy talks a lot about nothing
Bruce Norris' biting new off-Broadway comedy draws blood from bad behavior
A butterfly-on-the-wall staging of The Boys in the Band situates its gay New Yorkers at finger-tip proximity to the audience, providing a fresh, voyeuristic tingle to the birthday party doings of Mart Crowley's 1968 comedy-drama.
Hugh Dancy heads MCC Theater's smart premiere of a thoughtful British play
New British play pursues a joyless story
Under Marc Bruni's smooth direction, first-class artists generate a good deal of magic.
How the playwright resolves the conflict between Sarah and the people around her (as well as within herself) seems fairly obvious, but "Time Stands Still" remains a worthy though bleak chara…
Hot performances spark a new stage version of an erotic Victorian novel
Shepard writes of these serious matters with folksy ease so the conversation naturally rambles and eddies like a country stream.
Horton Foote's family trilogy is warmly distinguished by ensemble acting
Vivid performances illuminate Arthur Miller's 1950s Brooklyn tragedy
A lower-wattage Victor Garber insufficiently shines as Noel Coward character
Obviously some of the anecdotal charm of the original plays has been sacrificed for narrative speed, which is understandable but still a pity since the magic of Foote's writing lies in the a…
Looking as elegant as the musical she graces, Catherine Zeta-Jones makes a smashing Broadway debut in a wistful revival of A Little Night Music. Crafted as a chamber piece with less than a dozen characters and a four-member vocal ensemble, A Little Night Music is directed by Trevor Nunn in a particularly intimate fashion. Expect not a ton of fancy scenery and spectacular 1900s costumes.
I must confess that the supposed charm of the production left me cold in Brooklyn.
"Race" is familiar Mamet territory for his many fans. Yet the mordant humor Mamet mines from contemporary racial perceptions is refreshingly honest and funny.
Clever wordplay and ace performances makes 'This' an Off Broadway pleasure
A nearly three hour-long yawn, "The Starry Messenger" is a dull play about a dull man, duly and dully played by Matthew Broderick.