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In the hands of Michael John LaChiusa (music, lyrics and book) and George C. Wolfe (book), the feral, syncopated verse of Joseph Moncure March's Prohibition-era poem is not so much adapted a…
In persistently hopeful defiance of its heavy subject matter, the show strives for lightness. That's largely achieved thanks to Radcliffe's affability, which also swiftly inoculates the audi…
"Burnout Paradise" is the most unique show in New York right now and enormous fun. A sort of athletic performance piece, it is also an interactive circus competition. Four members from the A…
"Chasing Grace" is an original musical by writer/composer Elizabeth Addison ("In Between…," "This Is Treatment") that excellently combines compelling drama and biting satire. The narrative…
In "Entangled:12 Scenes in a Circle K off the I-40 in New Mexico," the beguiling and philosophically mischievous collaboration between Mona Mansour and Emily Zemba, the American desert becom…
James Caverly and Andew Morrill's Trash is a provocative play about two late 20s deaf roommates who have nothing in common except sharing an apartment. However, what is most intriguing about…
There was something inherently ambitious"perhaps even unwieldy"about The New York Pops' season finale, "United in Sound: America at 250." Spanning two and a half centuries of Ame…
The latest show about intolerance and social outcasts is the delightful "Bigfoot! A New Musical," now at New York City Center Stage I. Similar in plot to "Bat Boy: The Musical" but with a ha…
What begins as a satirical clash between corporate swagger and academic idealism gradually deepens into a more unsettling inquiry. The play's true subject, it turns out, is not merely the ar…
While not the classic that "Hobson's Choice" has become, Harold Brighouse's follow-up play "Zack" proves to be a charming Edwardian comedy drama in the Mint Theater Company's production whic…
Elliott's staging is often quite clever, making use of the space in interesting ways. The use of actual letters Lin received adds a degree of authenticity to an already very personal piece, …
Billed as a "comedy in two acts" on its title page, it is not funny nor does it deal with comic material, though the direction tries to emphasize its bitchier moments. Its plot involves homo…
If the show's point of view occasionally feels one-sided, that imbalance ultimately serves its chief purpose: entertainment. 'Body Count' may not function as a comprehensive treatise on cont…
Unlike "Glengarry Glen Ross" which also begins at luncheon meetings in a Chinese restaurant but then took us to the office in its second act, "Chinese Republicans" is mostly set at the month…
"The Mall The Mall The Mall" is a magical realist comedy about three teenagers traversing a suburban mall in search of stolen fandom merchandise. Along the way, they encounter a coterie of i…
Alcoholism and Alzheimer's wouldn't seem to have much in common. However, Jake Brasch cleverly links the two in his comedy drama "The Reservoir," the story of a recovering drunk on leave fro…
Slater's performance is a revelation of synthesis. Known for his buoyant athleticism in Broadway's "SpongeBob SquarePants" and his chilling portrayal of the Balladeer and Lee Harvey Oswald i…
Actors Kerry Ipema and Natalie Rich, joined by the live Foley artist Kelly Robinson, proceed to conjure Spielberg's dinosaur epic. They marshal an arsenal of materials so defiantly homespun …
In Lauren Yee's exuberant and stealthily devastating new comedy, "Mother Russia," history arrives not with a bang but with an order of fast food. Two young men, perched at the lip of a new w…
Not only does Phanésia Pharel's "The Waterfall" have a great deal to say, it is also very revealing of immigrant views on the American Dream. A tour de force for two actresses, Taylor Reyno…
Written and directed by Ngozi Anyanwu, author of "The Last of the Love Letters" (Atlantic Theater Company) and "Good Grief" (Vineyard Theatre), 'The Monsters" is a tour de force for two acto…
The premise"a radio broadcast"might seem theatrically inert, yet Rau ingeniously implicates the audience by issuing each spectator a set of headphones. We are not merely watching propaganda;…
Like Beth Wohl's Liberation, Jacob Perkins' "The Dinosaurs" follows a group of women who meet weekly to discuss a problem that interests them, in this case alcoholic addiction. Covering many…
To enter the performance space of Paul Pinto's "MANO A MANO" is to find oneself seated not before a proscenium, but around a giant Arthurian round table, a scenic choice that immediately dis…
Tata's staging is also problematic making almost every scene look like every other. The mob scenes have been reduced to five actors (other than the lead characters) which does not sugges…
