The latest import from London is a perfect example of the broad slapstick comedy that British audiences are fond of across the pond, and it joins the ranks of several similar shows that have…
Two half-brothers half a world apart face the decline of their mother in Samuel D. Hunter's "Grangeville" currently on at The Pershing Square Signature Center's Alice Griffen Jewel Box Theat…
The first preview of the norm-disrupting production of "Julius Caesar" kicked off a promising start to this year's Oregon Shakespeare Festival, now in its 90th season. During the preshow ann…
The new play by Matthew Lombardo titled "Conversations with Mother" now playing Off-Broadway at Theatre 555, is a lighthearted and comical evening of entertainment, mostly due to the extreme…
There is nothing about liberation, nor is there anything liberating in Bess Wohl's "Liberation" currently running at the Laura Pels Theatre in the Harold and Miriam Steinberg Center for Thea…
Sam Shephard's iconic 1977 "Curse of the Starving Class" is enjoying its second revival production at The Pershing Square Signature Center. The 2019 Terry Kinney revival (also at Pershing Sq…
The new musical "Redwood," which recently opened at the Nederlander Theatre on Broadway, certainly lives up to the title, featuring the magnificent giant redwood tree that seamlessly moves o…
The full title of "The Antiquities" currently running at Playwrights Horizons is "A Tour of the Permanent Collection in the Museum of the Late Human Antiquities." The title contains two impo…
The widely anticipated revival of "Gypsy "on Broadway has finally arrived, along with the reopening of the Majestic Theatre after a healthy renovation, requiring the theatre to be closed for…
It is important to pay attention to the title of a play, especially in the case of Leslye Headland's well-crafted "Cult of Love" currently running at the Helen Hayes. The Dahl nuclear family…
What could go wrong at a private school whose five-member board of directors makes all decisions based on consensus and has what benefitted the community at heart as their guiding principle.…
Abby (Marisa Tomei) has co-produced records with Gus (Arliss Howard) for thirty-two years. She had been his right hand, but her name never appears on the album as co-producer. She finds tale…
Families of any number, age, or culture often meet for special occasions, some more special than others. Depending on the mix of those above descriptors, these get-togethers result in quite …
The charming new musical, "Maybe Happy Ending," now playing at the Belasco Theatre, with music composed by Will Aronson and the book and lyrics penned by Mr. Aronson and Hue Park, will certa…
Gone are the turban, the grand staircase, the jewels, the chandeliers, the drapes, and the viewing of Norma Desmond's monkey in the reimagining of "Sunset Blvd." currently running at the St.…
As the characters are pressured into having their dirty laundry aired in the new play "Shit. Meet. Fan." which is now in an extended run at MCC Theater, the list of reasons why the show does…
"Swept Away," currently on at the Longacre Theatre, was inspired by the 2004 album "Mignonette" by the American folk-rock band The Avett Brothers. Although the album was suggested by the …
"Our Town" by Thorton Wilder is recognized as a classic, and the revival now playing at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre on Broadway, directed by Kenny Leon is the perfect example of why it has a…
In Nancy Harris's "The Beacon," currently on at the Irish Repertory Theatre, four characters navigate through life's rough waters. Three make it. One is still lost at sea. The back wall of B…
"DRAG: the Musical" which was originally released as a concept album and had brief runs in Los Angeles in 2022 and 2024 has made its way to an off-Broadway theatre at New World Stages. The t…
The main problem with "Tammy Faye," currently on at the Palace Theatre is not the vapid lyrics by Jake Shears or the bland book by James Graham. Unfortunately, the "New Broadway Musical" has…
The Public Theatre is currently offering the North American Premiere of "Deep History," written and performed by David Finnigan, which addresses the critical subject of global warming and cl…
In a recent "New York Times" guest essay, Drew Lichtenberg writes that although "the American theater's relationship to the Bard might be fraying" with "a long history of theaters running fr…
Something old becomes new again with the current production of "Yellow Face" by Roundabout Theatre, which has been produced nationally, and internationally since it opened off-Broadway at th…
It has been a long journey for "The Roommate," the dark comedy by Jen Silverman, to finally arrive on Broadway since its premiere in 2015 at the Actors Theatre of Louisville, Humana Festival…