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Exactly the bowl of delicious frothy ice cream we need to lift our spirits at a time when the daily headlines give us little to laugh about. Its arrival on our shores is as well timed as the…
Rebecca Gilman's haunting comedy is an exploration of success, identity, and the nature of insanity.
To paraphrase the famous commercial about Levy's rye bread, you definitely do not have to be Indian to have a rip-roaring time with the Dutts and the Patels of Ayub Khan Din's family comedy.
Like everything in the LAB series, this has a very limited run and is still a work in progress.
According to the the press materials, Anton Dudley wrote this play especially for Jan Maxwell who has repaid this questionable favor with a wonderful performance.
Dear World remains thin fare in a too large package, a musical in search of a raison d'etre. It died on Broadway almost 40 years ago, and I'm afraid it should have been tagged "do not resuscitate."
This family play incorporates music, dance and video. But what is most fascinating is the way it melds Jewish and African traditions of family, song, dance and storytelling.
This new play commissioned by INTAR Theater takes a look at the fate of a Cuban family that was on the right side of the revolution.
There's plenty of movement and, being much older than these agile performers, I felt a twinge of envy watching the easy leaps up and down those bleachers. However these are athletic rather t…
Laura Linney's tightly reigned performance is fascinating to watch and highlights the feminist aspects of this sexy villainess.
Tony Harrison's new play can hardly be called unambitious: encompassing ancient tragedy, polar exploration and humanitarian aid.
Tennessee Williams's extensive and aggressive re-write of Summer and Smoke is something of a revelation. It is also a rare treat for Williams's fans to see this lovely but under-loved play given a fine and respectful production.
In David Grimm's new play, Idi Amin pulls playwright Steve out of a potentially career-ending slump. His obvious character flaws aside, he actually makes a great motivational force.
Simon Stephens' new play is about the impact on family life when a wife has to become the main wage earner because her husband has lost his job through confessing to a crime.
Yes, you may well give a damn!
The interracial marriage actually adds an extra dimension to the marital difficulties at the play's center. However, it's the flavorful dialogue, not the interracial aspect of the troubled m…
Although there are several reasons to see this production, anyone even vaguely interested in Beckett ought to see Epstein while they can; it's a master class of the highest order.
What Laurence Fishburne aims for is not a look-alike portrait. What he's after, and achieves, is to capture Thurgood Marshall's humor and charm as a raconteur, as well as his fierce passion …
The cast as a whole is clearly committed to this undertaking, and one gets the feeling that directing it demanded that John Collins summon skills as a referee as much as those of a conventio…
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While the play is full of speeches, they are provocative and compelling and written to not to sound like polemics.
The production does an admirable job in letting Wilde speak for himself. And the result is a nuanced play which manages to poke fun at society without being mean-spirited.
Writer/actor Ty Jones and director Christopher McElroen make a tight and memorable team.
