Torben Betts's "Invincible," Yes; Charles Ludlam's "Artificial Jungle," Yes-Yes; Lory Lazarus's "Attack of the Elvis Imperson by David Finkle

Marrieds Oliver (Alastair Whatley) and Emily (Emily Bowker) enter arguing in Torben Betts's Invincible, at 59E59 Theatres

SOURCE: Huffington Post at 11:43am on June 16, 2017☆⚑

Torben Betts's "Invincible," Yes; Charles Ludlam's "Artificial Jungle," Yes-Yes; Lory Lazarus's "Attack of the Elvis Imperson by David Finkle

Marrieds Oliver (Alastair Whatley) and Emily (Emily Bowker) enter arguing in Torben Betts's Invincible, at 59E59 Theatres

SOURCE: Huffington Post at 11:43am on June 16, 2017☆⚑

Kevin Spacey Wins His Case in "Clarence Darrow" at Arthur Ashe Stadium by David Finkle

Kevin Spacey, who keeps on proving he can play anyone and do anything, reveres Clarence Darrow. During his highly successful

SOURCE: Huffington Post at 12:53pm on June 14, 2017☆⚑

The Urgency Of Indecent Art: Paula Vogel On Love, Creation And Injustice by Helen Eisenbach

Any progress we make, to me, is fleeting because underneath it there's the smoldering coal about to break out in conflagration of a hatred of women.

SOURCE: Huffington Post at 12:58pm on June 9, 2017☆⚑

Franz Kafka's "Hunger Artist" Eats Up the Stage, "Woody Sez" Tells Guthrie's Folksy Tale by David Finkle

Performer Jon Levin, writer Josh Luxenberg and director Joshua William Gelb have taken A Hunger Artist, Franz Kafka's difficult

SOURCE: Huffington Post at 9:50pm on June 8, 2017☆⚑

Anthony Horowitz's "Magpie Murders" Is Two Hot Mysteries for the Price of One by David Finkle

Anyone reading this who's sold on Foyle's War and/or Midsomer Murders or, for that matter, the Sherlock Holmes follow-up

SOURCE: Huffington Post at 2:02pm on June 6, 2017☆⚑

Jordan Tyson Is a Winning Musical "Sweetee" by David Finkle

Drunk, streetwalker, apparently little educated Violet (Katy Blake) doesn't literally spell the name "Sweetee" any time during

SOURCE: Huffington Post at 10:17pm on June 1, 2017☆⚑

"The Boy Who Danced on Air" Dances on Air by David Finkle

Looking for an offbeat musical? A way, way offbeat musical? Look no further than The Boy Who Danced on Air, at Abingdon Theatre

SOURCE: Huffington Post at 6:53pm on May 25, 2017☆⚑

Broadway Stars Gather to Resist, Raise Money and Sing for A is For by Carey Purcell

Sunday night is the one night each week that Broadway actors have free. After a week of performances, including two-show

SOURCE: Huffington Post at 1:36pm on May 10, 2017☆⚑

Broadway Stars Gather to Resist, Raise Money and Sing for Planned Parenthood by Carey Purcell

Sunday night is the one night each week that Broadway actors have free. After a week of performances, including two-show

SOURCE: Huffington Post at 1:36pm on May 10, 2017☆⚑

Val Vigoda Is a Fiddling Firecracker in "Ernest Shackleton Loves Me," Saheem Ali Celebrates Shakespeare's "Twelfth Night" by David Finkle

Val Vigoda is a compact bundle of talent. She plays a strapped-on electric violin like a demon. She sings with a voice that

SOURCE: Huffington Post at 9:52pm on May 7, 2017☆⚑

J. B. Priestley's Rediscovered "The Roundabout" a Must-See, "Marry Harry," a Musical Less So, Randy Sharp's "Dead End" R by David Finkle

Here's great news. A forgotten J. B. Priestley play has just resurfaced. It's The Roundabout, and it hasn't been seen since

SOURCE: Huffington Post at 11:42am on May 5, 2017☆⚑

J. B. Priestley's Rediscovered "The Roundabout" a Must-See, "Marry Harry," a Musical Less So, Randy Sharp's "Dead End" R by David Finkle

Here's great news. A forgotten J. B. Priestley play has just resurfaced. It's The Roundabout, and it hasn't been seen since

SOURCE: Huffington Post at 11:42am on May 5, 2017☆⚑

Dianne Wiest's Winning Winnie in Samuel Beckett's "Happy Days" by David Finkle

Whatever else it is, Samuel Beckett's Happy Days is without doubt a test that many of our most formidable actresses give

SOURCE: Huffington Post at 9:51pm on May 4, 2017☆⚑

Stephen Karam's Nerds Revenge "Speech and Debate" Comes to Screens by David Finkle

The nerds have been having their revenge for a few decades, and Stephen Karam introduces three more in Speech and Debate

SOURCE: Huffington Post at 11:02am on May 1, 2017☆⚑

In Lucas Hnath's "A Doll's House, Part 2" Nora Finally Breaks Down That Door by David Finkle

Providing sequels to classics is a great temptation, particularly for authors who don't necessarily believe that characters

SOURCE: Huffington Post at 10:31pm on April 27, 2017☆⚑

"Bandstand" Boasts an Upbeat Downbeat by David Finkle

Bandstand is being promoted as "a swing musical," and that's what it joyfully is, as director-choreographer Andy (Hamilton

SOURCE: Huffington Post at 7:14pm on April 26, 2017☆⚑

"The Antipodes," Annie Baker's New Play About Story-Telling, Tells an Only So-So Story by David Finkle

What the hugely gifted Annie Baker is getting at in The Antipodes, her new play at the Signature Center, is something I think

SOURCE: Huffington Post at 6:30am on April 26, 2017☆⚑

Anastasia May Not Be an Imposter, But "Anastasia" the Musical Is by David Finkle

Full Disclosure: I have not seen the 1997 20th Century Fox animated cartoon Anastasia for which several screenwriters apparently

SOURCE: Huffington Post at 10:04pm on April 24, 2017☆⚑

"Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" Encounters Assembly Line Glitches by David Finkle

The 8- or 9-year-old girl farther along the aisle from me at Charlie and the Chocolate Factory told me she was having a good

SOURCE: Huffington Post at 11:58pm on April 23, 2017☆⚑

Zayd Dohrn's "The Profane" a Fair-to Middling Families Feud by David Finkle

American drama overflows with dysfunctional families, and those plays often require a living room set with a couch facing

SOURCE: Huffington Post at 4:01pm on April 11, 2017☆⚑

Patti LuPone, Christine Ebersole Slather the Make-Up Excessively in "War Paint" by David Finkle

Friedrich Schiller decided that even though Elizabeth I and half-sister Mary, Queen of Scots never actually met, they really

SOURCE: Huffington Post at 12:26am on April 7, 2017☆⚑

Harvey Fierstein Deftly Rows Martin Sherman's "Gently Down the Stream by David Finkle

Forty-two years ago with International Stud, Harvey Feinstein introduced the first of the three plays that eventually became

SOURCE: Huffington Post at 11:39am on April 6, 2017☆⚑

Kevin Kline in Perfectly Funny "Present Laughter" by David Finkle

At the risk of joining the critics crew who toss out the adjective "magnificent" far too frequently, I'm going to say that

SOURCE: Huffington Post at 7:45am on April 6, 2017☆⚑

Eugene O'Neill's "The Hairy Ape" in Richard Jones's First-Rate Vision by David Finkle

Let's get right to it: Richard Jones's grappling with Eugene O'Neill's The Hairy Ape (1922) is without question the production

SOURCE: Huffington Post at 10:06am on April 1, 2017☆⚑