This 75-minute musical cries out for more-expert performers and more-assured (or just more) direction, but it does leave one eager to see what adapter-composer-lyricist George Griggs tackles…
Despite brilliant acting in the lead roles, plus engrossing music by Jacek Ostaszewski, this Narodowy Stary Teatr production (in Polish with English supertitles), part of Lincoln Center Fest…
Watching Buck Henry and Holland Taylor romp through "Mother," Lisa Ebersole's new play at the Wild Project, gives new meaning to the word "overqualified." You're very grateful they're there,…
However flawed, Peter Nickowitz's new play is engrossing and ultimately provocative.
Playwright Mark Saltzman clearly loves the work of Irving Berlin and Scott Joplin. Unfortunately, the play he has fashioned, about a fictional encounter between the two musical titans, is a …
This solipsistic piece becomes too enraptured by its own commentary to offer anything worth commenting on.
Director Lon Bumgarner and his cast have found "Barefoot in the Park"'s sweet spot, turning what has recently been denigrated as a charming period piece into something infinitely funnier and…
Nicholas E. Calhoun and Wayne Stephens, the producers and stars of this Off-Off-Broadway showcase production of Tony Piccirillo's 1996 two-hander "The 24th Day," are doing what Back Stage of…
There is innocent fun to be had due to playwright Robin Hawdon's creativity and an energetic cast.
Howard Barker's 1990 historical drama receiving its U.S. premiere as part of the Potomac Theatre Project's program at Atlantic Stage 2 is too hectic to be educational and too pretentious to …
Though certainly overlong, this compelling offering from Ariane Mnouchkine and Le Théâtre du Soleil is overrun with stunning imagery and overwhelmingly thorough in its succinct depiction…
You don't have to be Hungarian to love "Ivanov" as rendered by the Katona József Theatre.
In the hands of director Jim Petosa, Neal Bell's adaptation of Emile Zola's classic novel is hopelessly mired in the frozen muck of bloodless academia.
All the words that best describe "The Bully" would damn with faint praise any other show. But in the case of this new children's musical, phrases like "utterly charming" and "totally adorabl…
Writer-performer Caridad De La Luz's power of impersonation recalls that of Whoopi Goldberg at her best as De La Luz portrays six characters, each a different stereotype with a comic sensibi…
Sponsored by Nobody's honest docudrama often transcends its outlandish high jinks, aptly replacing the genuine human needs for spirituality, love, and money with frivolous, unending wants.
Written, directed, and performed by David Collins and Shane Dundas, "Speedmouse" is a wonderfully wacky fusion of mime, slapstick, and standup comedy.
Imagine Les Stroud's "Survivorman" repurposed for the "Dora the Explorer" crowd, and you have a clear picture of "Life on a Desert Island," Theatre-Playground's open-air adaptation of "Robin…
"Darling" is a confusing mix of reverence and satire, making it hard for either audience or performers to invest in the proceedings.
Restaging his 2008 Atlantic Theater Company production, with three actors reprising their roles, director Doug Hughes pulls off a delicious diversion, powered by first-rate performances.
What this glorious mess boasts is Andre De Shields, a national treasure, who may not always possess the finest skill at choosing projects but is nevertheless one of our most fearless perform…
Director Nanette Asher can't seem to decide between a souped-up or scaled-down "Twelfth Night" or among a madcap, moody, or multigender take on the play. All are possible and plausible inter…
"If music be the food of love, play on." Director Daniel Sullivan takes the first line of "Twelfth Night" seriously by infusing his delightful production of Shakespeare's oft-produced classi…
Seldom has such fancy been put to use with such little imagination.
No, the weird, oblique title is never explained, much less hyphenated.