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One of the beauties of the book by Mills and Reichel is that all of the characters in the large dramatis personae are very well defined and we have no trouble knowing who is who. Reichel's d…
Except for "Santa Baby" and "The Little Drummer Boy," virtually every Christmas song in existence is wonderfully performed during the pleasant holiday extravaganza, Ruben & Clay's…
This nonsensical, broad comedy is penned by the clever Greg Kotis ("Urinetown"). Songs and arrangements by Steven Gross are whimsical and entertaining, and costume designer Whitney Locher pr…
In 90 minutes, Ms. Raffo packs in a great deal. We learn about Iraq's past and present, religious lore, marital conflicts, unrequited love and the hardships of immigrants. The stiff treatmen…
It's a very presentational show. The six ensemble members comprise a sort of group narrator, working in tandem to relate the memories of the Thomas character for the audience"sometimes sorti…
Since 2010, Experiments in Opera, founded by composers Aaron Siegel, Matthew Welch and Jason Cady, has presented all sorts of new works that simultaneously affirm and challenge the very idea…
"Why did I marry such an idiot?!" exclaims Deanna about her goofy husband Keaton. Not only is he an inept drug dealer but he has also kidnapped a seal who is presently in human form and her …
Tom Stoppard, our most cerebral modern playwright, has finally written a play that one would have expected from him all along. "The Hard Problem," his first play in ten years, is literally a…
"Quicksand," Nella Larsen's 1928 award-winning first novel, has been given an ambitious, epical stage adaptation by Everyday Inferno Theatre Company working out of the IRT Theater. While Reg…
The flier for "Shadows," subtitled "A Dance Musical," calls it "a Gothic ghost love story," adding, "It's Twyla Tharp meets Stephen King."Â If only. "Shadows," written by Randall David Co…
Overbearing nuns, eccentric priests and confusing religious tenets are detailed with stand-up comedy gusto by performer Martin Moran in recounting his Colorado Catholic upbringing during his…
Although Chua is less interested in beauty for beauty's sake than Andersen, the look and sound of "The Emperor's Nightingale" is still stunning, drawing on a wealth of traditional Chinese ar…
Her quietly wry, gently self-deprecating autobiographical lecture demonstration, "Minimalism and Me," was the first half of a program devoted to her early works. These works more often than …
Pink's "Perfect" was the exhilarating finale of singer Christopher Caswell's vivacious cabaret act, "Step into the Sun." Fourteen eclectic, mostly unconventional numbers were performed in 75…
In a time of fake news, these timely and topical questions are raised in the delightful new Broadway play "The Lifespan of a Fact," a dramatization by Jeremy Kareken & David Murrell and…
Rattlestick Playwrights Theater is presenting a theatrical event by Idaho theater poet Samuel D. Hunter ("The Whale," "A Bright New Boise," "The Few," "Pocatello," "The Healing," "The Harves…
Visually impressive due to the inventive work of scenic designer Donald Eastman and director Arthur Adair's fine staging, "Chasing the New White Whale" is playwright Mike Gorman's muddled at…
"Life X 3" was first seen in 2003 at the Circle in the Square. This revival is tauter and funnier. Perhaps this smaller venue refracts the play in a different way, but these four act…
The attempt to draw comparisons between two disparate one-act plays by Brian Friel proves forced and effortful. In a program note for "Two by Friel," now playing at the Irish Repertory Theat…
While Alex Roe's minimalist production is both sharp and engrossing, the play offers viewers several problems. Aside from the three main characters, the play has 23 other speaking roles with…
Ostensibly about domestic abuse, the evidence is all offstage and we must surmise this from the defeated condition of the heroine Irene played by Ms. Daly. Her husband Gerry (John Procaccino…
Playing the developmentally challenged title character Bernie, Stephanie Gould captures the innocence and charm of this young woman, sometimes with broad strokes, but always with sincerity a…
In offering a window on a world most New York theatergoers know little about, Hansol Jung's Wild Goose Dreams is a fascinating look at Korean culture. On the other hand, what appears to be a…
Hall is not helped by an over-zealous production that, for some reason, turns the Signature's Irene Diamond Stage into a construction site, complete with drop cloths, ceiling netting and lot…
The New York Theatre Ballet performed the lovely, all-female, "Come to Me, Bend to Me" from that musical, a sweet look at pre-wedding preparations in the ancient village of Brigadoon. Th…
