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The chasm between our varied lives and theater’s capacity to reflect it is nothing to get down on; in fact, it’s a beautiful opportunity, and in many ways, is what this art form …
For their first foray into Shakespeare, Elevator Repair Service, New York's stalwarts of experimental theatre, tackle Measure for Measure at the Public Theatre. ERS delivers a screwbal…
It isn’t until the final scene of Debra Whitfield’s new play FIREÂ that the drama’s various threads intertwine and the playwright’s ultimate purpose becomes clear. …
"I think it is beautiful, what he did. I think he is brave." That was Maria Alyokhina's response during the interview section of the new performance piece by Belarus Free Theatre's Burning D…
Set in Donegal, Ireland in 1878, Brian Friel’s The Home Place (at Irish Repertory Theatre)Â dramatizes the racial tension between the native Irish and the ruling English. It also dep…
Sometimes, a play really surprises me. Tomorrow in the Battle, a high stakes drama on love and morality by Kieron Barry, directed by Tana Sirois, is an effective and fun piece of theater sto…
Dickie Beau's work is as personally spiritual as it is rigorous and inventive, as intimate as it is interesting, and his limited run at Abrons " part of the Crossing the Line Festival " was …
Whiskey Pants: The Mayor Williamsburg, a new musical directed and composed by Christian De Gre, is a remarkably silly new work, now up at the HERE Arts Center. And while some of the sillines…
Emmy Award-winning Letterman writer Ted Greenberg takes us back to December 18, 1987 in his taxi cab — a pivotal moment in the young Harvard student's life. It's the nine-year an…
For those who were weaned on Jackie Gleason's sitcom The Honeymooners, there's cause to rejoice. There's a new musical based upon the 1950s classic characters, directed by award-winning J…
The National Alliance for Musical Theatre will hold its 29th annual Festival of New Musicals on October 19 and 20 at New World Stages. Sam’s Room, by Trey Coates-Mitchell (book), Da…
The National Alliance for Musical Theatre will hold its 29th annual Festival of New Musicals on October 19 and 20 at New World Stages. Prom Queen, by Kent Staines (book), Akiva Romer-Segal (…
We probably don't need another reminder right now that a compact brain, the miracle of fire, and a few lines of iambic pentameter are pretty much all that separate us from our prehistoric an…
Why is it so hard to create a successful adaptation of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein? That was the question I pondered as I watched Eric B. Sirota’s new Frankenstein musical, direc…
The National Alliance for Musical Theatre will hold its 29th annual Festival of New Musicals on October 19 and 20 at New World Stages. The Passage, by David Darrow, is one of eight new music…
Despite being one of the first plays ever written in America, Robert Hunter’s Androboros: Villain of the State has never been performed on a stage. That is, not until just last year…
The National Alliance for Musical Theatre will hold its 29th annual Festival of New Musicals on October 19 and 20 at New World Stages. Persephone, by Marcus Stevens (book/lyrics) and Oran El…
Perhaps one mark of a great play is that it transforms not only the audience, but its actors as well. Only a few months after its world premiere at Yale Rep, Mary Jane, a collaboration be…
The National Alliance for Musical Theatre will hold its 29th annual Festival of New Musicals on October 19 and 20 at New World Stages. Klook’s Last Stand, by Ché Walker (book/lyrics),…
The National Alliance for Musical Theatre will hold its 29th annual Festival of New Musicals on October 19 and 20 at New World Stages. GIRL Shakes Loose, by Imani Uzuri (music/lyrics), Zakiy…
The National Alliance for Musical Theatre will hold its 29th annual Festival of New Musicals on October 19 and 20 at New World Stages. Fall Springs, by Peter Sinn Nachtrieb (book/lyrics) and…
The National Alliance for Musical Theatre will hold its 29th annual Festival of New Musicals on October 19 and 20 at New World Stages. Darling Grenadine, by Daniel Zaitchik, is one of eight …
John Doyle’s new CSC production of As You Like It features Hannah Cabell in the role of Rosalind: one of Shakespeare’s most indomitable and beloved heroines. The production al…
American musical theater has frequently had a political bent, from the satirical Gershwins-scored Of Thee I Sing (1931) through to Off-Broadway's current revue Me the People, which skewers t…
Every month we highlight the best programming available on BroadwayHD, a streaming service for theater around the world. Present Laughter If you missed Kevin Kline's Tony-winning Broa…
