Review: Relevance
The large on-screen Twitter scroll that is used to aid the explosive conclusion to J.C. Lee's "Relevance," now being presented by MCC Theater at the Lucille Lortel, proves to be an all-too-a…
The large on-screen Twitter scroll that is used to aid the explosive conclusion to J.C. Lee's "Relevance," now being presented by MCC Theater at the Lucille Lortel, proves to be an all-too-a…
"How does she do this every night?" one patron said to her friend as we were exiting Eve Ensler's riveting solo show "In the Body of the World" at Manhattan Theatre Club at City Center.
Greg Pierce's new play "Cardinal," now premiering at Second Stage's Tony Kiser Theatre, has enough issues to fill a month's worth of New York Times' Sunday magazines...
John Lithgow brings the art of storytelling to Broadway.
Rajiv Joseph's ambitious, epic, and ultimately memorable drama "Describe the Night," now premiering at the Atlantic Theatre.
This exuberant, expensive and sometimes enervating spectacle is likely to give you whiplash, literally and musically (or at least metaphorically).
Beau Willimon's "The Parisian Woman," proves to be eminently watchable -- in large part due to the star power of Uma Thurman, making a long-overdue Broadway debut.
Are you ready to party like it's 1904? That's one question you should ask yourself before purchasing tickets to the Irish Repertory Theatre's immersive adaptation of James Joyce's classic no…
"Sometimes you just have to relax your standards," a character says partway through Steve Martin's anything-for-a-laugh comedy "Meteor Shower," and you can't help but wonder if Martin is som…
Questions of identity and self-identity abound throughout "Harry Clarke," David Cale's absorbing drama now at the Vineyard Theater.
While some theatergoers eagerly await the arrival on Broadway of the ultimate mean girl, Regina George, there's no need to sit at home until spring to get a dose of true nastiness.
In light of current events, Theresa Rebeck's "What We're Up Against," her 1992 screed about misogyny in the workplace, could barely be more timely.
The clash of East versus West " politically, economically, sexually, and philosophically " still makes a loud noise in Julie Taymor's revival of "M. Butterfly," now at the Cort Theatre.
This "romantic" comedy sometimes strikes comic gold, thanks both to John Patrick Shanley's sure way with a zinger and a completely committed five-person cast led by the equally wonderful Jas…
You may never watch competitive professional sports " especially a tennis championship " the same way after viewing "The Last Match," Anna Ziegler's intense, talky drama now premiering at th…
You have to admire Elizabeth McGovern for not fearing typecasting. In the Roundabout Theatre Company's revival of Time and the Conways she's once again playing the matriarch of an upper-crus…
The troubled mother-son dynamic has fascinated such playwrights as Tennessee Williams and Edward Albee; now Max Posner contributes to the dramatic discussion with "The Treasurer," an often m…
Actress Carrie Coon shines in Mary Jane.
It's hard to imagine a more spectacular New York stage debut than the one being given by English actor Jonno Davies as the menacing Alex deLarge in "A Clockwork Orange," now at New World Sta…
Even without reading the author's note in the program, it becomes quickly apparent that Sarah Ruhl's "FOR PETER PAN on her 70th birthday," now at Playwrights Horizons, is a highly personal p…
On the heels of "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time" and "Heisenberg," British playwright Simon Stephens is one hot commodity. And given his longstanding relationship with the…
In her often-searing 2000 play, "F**ing A," now being revived by the Signature Theatre Company, Pulitzer Prize winner Suzan-Lori Parks weaves elements of Nathaniel Hawthorne's "The Scarlet L…
It has almost as many memorable numbers as its namesake has Tony Awards. Yet the brisk and entertaining Prince of Broadway is a more of a light summer frolic than a substantially hearty show.
Bruce Norris has tackled some of life's thorniest issues and difficult questions with an almost unprecedented mixture of honesty, humor and fearlessness. Those qualities are in evidence once…