Thomas Edison lit up the world. And Sarah Ruhl, whose reputation as a playwright of great imagination has been gilded with the stardust of prestigious awards and productions, has harnessed a…
Brian Kulick's The Age of Iron at Classic Stage is not for purists. Blending Thomas Heywood's Iron Age with Shakespeare's satirical Troilus and Cressida, Kulick retells the epic story of the Trojan War with a new twist. Kulick's concept panders its theatrical wares with a sharp-eyed intelligence and some fine acting, though the concept fails on several dramatic levels.
Zero Hour is an informed, absorbing, highly entertaining one-person play written by and also starring Jim Brochu. It happily serves not only as a showcase for the actor but also as a delectably insightful homage to the great comic/dramatic actor Zero Mostel.
It is a grand and glorious concert that should satisfy everyone who loves terrific singing and is able to feel the excitement that is stirred by this grand company.
In botched hands, Shakespeare's Love's Labour's Lost can be a labor indeed. Leave it to a proven company to make something very difficult look very easy
Brian Kulick merges Shakespeare with Heywood at Classic Stage
My Wonderful Day is a wonderful play about a less than wonderful day for one very unique character and a group of typical Ayckbournians.
The title of Mando Alvarado's new play is a location, a performance space, and a way of life - a delicately balanced hub of creativity
Theodore Bikel's loving tribute at the Folksbiene
With tickets at $20, this is a great way to not only discover a new and talented writer but also a play that covers new and uncharted territory
Can't help lovin' those songs in the Signature Theatre's revival.
The restaged musical adaptation of E. L. Doctorow's novel is better than ever!
Tarell Alvin McCraney's unique style affords a director ample opportunity to create powerful stage images and for the actors to shine in multiple roles
For the sheer number of belly laughs and for simply having a helluva good time, you can't beat the jovial and rambunctious carrying on by the three sailors on a 24-hour shore leave
Compliments to the Czechoslovak-American Marionette Theatre (CAMT) for demonstrating that puppets can deliver Shakespeare's work with charming inventiveness.
Until snow falls on New York there is a veritable storm of the fake variety ready to fall from the rafters upon the audience at the WaMu Theater at Madison Square Garden
The stuffy English seminars where I first heard about Aphra Behn should have been as much fun as this sexy, witty and irreverent take on history.
The Actors Company Theater is to be commended for taking Sidney Howard's 1932 comedy out of mothballs and give it a well-acted and handsomely staged production.
The message Theresa Rebeck has squeezed in between the chuckles of her backstage comedy is that life in the theater and the big bucks movie world can be more than a little Kafkaesque.
Danai Gurira's work is an interesting exploration of the victims of Liberia's war
Craig Wright's comedy about a zany producer
David Lee White has concocted a raucously philosophical farce, one that I concede, must be seen to be believed
A look at Jason Harner Butler as Our Town's Stage Manager
Richard Foreman has said (though not for the first time) that this is his final play. Do yourself a favor and get some of that apparent babble in your noggin.
Thea Sharrock's tense production is excellent at bringing out the volatility of the cross-over professional-personal relationships.