"Experimenting on yourself is insane. An experiment on a single person, with no controls, tells you nothing. It is incapable of predicting anything." Or… is it? Such is the premise of Spar…
In Dog Day Afternoon, playwright Stephen Adly Guirgis has adapted a play from a movie based on an actual event. I knew nothing about the movie except that it starred Al Pacino, and nothing a…
Though we understand their circumstances may have been a bit different, like Oliver and his clan of orphan boys, we've all fallen into a daze dreaming of "food, glorious food" at one point o…
Sometimes an actor gives such a commanding performance that he will always be that character. So it was with John Lithgow portraying Roald Dahl in the Olivier award- winning play Giant, rece…
The play Antigone (This Play I Read in High School) by Anna Ziegler is not the play you and I read in high school. Although the major characters are the same, the play, directed by Tyne Rafa…
How can you trust a man who lies about doing yoga? In the intimate one-man-show Touch, directed by Jonathan Silverstein and written by playwright Kenny Finkle, the actor Anthony Rapp deliver…
Why do couples stay together? Mutual comfort? Desire? Self-destructive neurotic drives? Is it because nobody else knows how to make that Cajun chicken alfredo just the way you like it? Or is…
In my role as a critic, I see a lot of shows. While I enjoy many of them, I rarely leave planning to buy tickets for my family. However, by the end of Every Brilliant Thing starring Daniel R…
Let's say you have all the money in the world. You've ruthlessly built a global corporate tech empire from nothing; it's taken you your whole life. Legions of employees do the hokey-pokey wh…
We've all heard of the mythical Bigfoot. He's a huge creature covered in fur and a popular figure in American and Canadian folklore. Now we can see and hear him at New York City Center Stage…
The versatile performer picks his favorite noshes in NoHo ahead of the return of his acclaimed solo show. Though we understand their circumstances may have been a bit different, like Oliver …
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How do you spell " enjoyable. Definition, please -The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. The revival of the musical at New World Stages, celebrating the 20th anniversary of the Tony awa…
"Haven't you ever just wanted a chance to prove you can do something really great? To prove everyone wrong?" Such is the question at the center of The Hula-Hoopin' Queen, the new musical set…
The intimacy of Bug makes the revival of Tracy Lett's play moving and powerful. Waitress Agnes White (Carrie Coon) lives in a seedy Oklahoma motel. Except for a certain amount of clutter, th…
Tartuffe, the womanizing fraud in the eponymous comedy by Molire, is like the man who came to dinner. It's next to impossible to get him to leave. In Moliere's play, Orgon, a wealthy man, is…
When you have trouble getting out of bed in the morning, just think about June Squibb, the 96 year old actress onstage each night performing 8 shows a week in Marjorie Prime at The Hayes The…
The Spelling Bee standout shares her favorite food spots for before or after a show. Though we understand their circumstances may have been a bit different, like Oliver and his clan o…
In Sophocles' classic play, Oedipus tries to circumvent the fate the gods have ordained for him. He will kill his father and marry his mother. Tragically, he can't because he has already ful…
The musical Chess premiered in London in 1986 and then on Broadway two years later. Despite its gorgeous score with music and lyrics by Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus (of ABBA) and Tim R…
Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York) He's the son of the groom he has never met. She's the sister of the much-younger bride. Together they are the main characters in Two Strangers (C…
Picture a small blonde tornado " bursting with energy and dressed in hot pink wearing high heels. That's Kristen Chenoweth portraying the real-life Jackie Siegel in The Queen of Versailles. …
Ever since he was a kid, Michael Domitrovich has had a passion for theatre. "[It was] always a necessary part of life and….community for me," he says, priding himself on presenting work th…
With only two main characters and a beige couch, Little Bear Ridge Road, a new play by Samuel D. Hunter (The Whale and FX's Emmy Award winning show Baskets) depends entirely on language, scr…
This Fall theater season presented two productions dealing with Archduke Ferdinand. At the end of Ragtime, he is assassinated, setting off the war to end all wars. More recently, I saw Archd…