Ben Katchor, whom readers of Metropolis Magazine and other notable publications recognize and revere as a picture-story cartoonist of originality and wit, is responsible for the astonishing …
Billy Roche's award-winning play is set in a prosaic betting shop in Wexford, Ireland, in the mid-1980s and slashed with unaffected poetry that cuts to the souls of its people.
Heartily recommended for anyone interested in musicals with a score that's new and edgy yet richly melodic, a fascinating story fitted into a highly theatrical environment - with a director …
It's possible Lars Noren is trying to tell us that conflict begins at home and war is only a reflection of neurosis and brutality at the familial level. Or perhaps it is this brutality that …
With Lynn Redgrave as the unyieldingly angry and opinionated Grace, Goodwin and Oscar Isaac as her husband and son, and K.K. Moggie as Tom's girlfriend, there's plenty of emotional involveme…
The first in a new play initiative by the Public and the LABrynth Company, to be presented every month through Spring at an easy to take a chance on ticket price of $10.
A backstage story within the backstage story.
Glyn Maxwell's penetrating retelling of the last days of Mary Stuart, not only offers valuable insights on the nature of power and its abuse, but also gives the audience ninety minutes of ri…
Playwright Paul Cohen has tapped into the true story of Elisa, a frustrated poet and crippled schoolteacher, to create an intense three-character drama infused with emotion and radiating int…
Milcha Sanchez-Scott's play has been kicking around for over twenty years. With its macho themes and multicultural appeal it is not hard to see why feisty Theatre Exile has taken a chance an…
Neil LaBute directs his Some Girl(s) for the first time and gives it the sly sizzle it deserves, principally emanating from its star Mark Feuerstein.
While the playwright isn't on hand to direct, he couldn't wish for a director more attuned to his work than Scott Elliott, the artistic director of the New Group.
The words from George Packer's New Yorker article about the plight of Iraqis who worked for the U.S. in Baghdad as translators have made a grippingly dramatic leap to the stage of New York's…
This play augurs well for Lucinda Coxon's next new work which premieres next month at the Theatre Royal in Plymouth.
Dark power games, adultery, menacing comedy, deceit, fantasy and desire all feature in these Pinter companion pieces.
Wilde's comedy stands the test of time. The wit and charm need no translation and it is a lovely evening in the Vaudeville Theatre expertly directed by Peter Gill.
Interestingly for British audiences, the charismatic Bill Nighy has been replaced by a more cynical Anton Lesser, who looks not dissimilar to the playwright David Hare.
While Berman writes dialogue that's smart and funny enough to probably get her a well-paying TV comedy gig, Hunting and Gathering is more than an entertaining take on a group of singles rang…
Underneath the play's manic surface lies a solemn lecture but it is so chock full of rewards that watching it becomes a guilty pleasure.
Within the first few minutes the actors announce, "This is not a play." How right they are.
An Edith Wharton novel turned into a jazzy cabaret musical for a dinner-theater experience at the Algonquin's Oak Room? It IS jazzy and fun, even if the space and acoustics aren't exactly th…