3 First-Person Confessionals: A Round-Up LOST IN DEL VALLE Performed and Written by Ned Van Zandt Directed by Amir Arison Soho Playhouse • CRAZY MAMA By Sharon Scott Williams Directed by A…
SAFE HOUSE by L.B. Browne Directed by Benjamin Viertel Featuring Marc Kudisch and Karen Ziemba Theatre Row Official Website Reviewed by David Spencer The spectacularly successful comedy scre…
PARANORMAL ACTIVITY by Levi Holloway Directed by Felix Barrett August Wilson Theatre Official Website Reviewed by David Spencer Well, what’s to say, really, about Paranormal Activity, the …
THE REAL IVANOV by Anton Chekhov Adapted and Directed by Laura Strausfeld Lynn F. Angelson Theater (Location of Classic Stage Company) Official Website Reviewed by David Spencer Of all thing…
THE HOUSE OF THE NEGRO INSANE by Terence Anthony Directed by Daniel Carlton 59E59 (show page) Reviewed by David Spencer 1935. A work shack. Attius (Benjamin C. Rowe), a black man is building…
HERSHEY FELDER: THE PIANO AND ME Created and Performed by Hershey Felder 59E59 Theatres Reviewed by David Spencer It has always, for me, been a thrill and a rare privilege to see the (mostly…
THE WHOOPI MONOLGUES Written by Whoopi Goldberg Directed by Whitney White A Production of Lincoln Center Theatre at Lincoln Center’s Mitzi Newhouse Theatre LCT Website Show Page Reviewed b…
THE LOVED ONES by Erica Murray Directed by Nicola Murphy Dubey Irish Repertory Theatre IRT Show Page Reviewed by David Spencer It’s very difficult to discuss playwright Erica Murray’s Th…
SMALL Written and Performed by Robert Montano Directed by Jesse D. Hill At the Pershing Square Signature Theatre Center Official Website Reviewed by David Spencer Even with its very decent w…
KENREX: A True Crime Thriller Written by Jack Holden & Ed Stambollouian Composed by John Patrick Elliott Performed by Mr. Holden & Mr. Ellott Directed by Mr. Stambollouian Lucille Lo…
THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW (2026 Revival) Book, Music and Lyrics by Richard O’Brien Directed by Sam Pinkleton Studio 54 Official Website Reviewed by David Spencer I’m too old and I’ve seen …
BEACHES: The Musical Book by Iris Rainer Dart & Thom Thomas Music by Mike Stoller Lyrics by Iris Rainer Dart Based on the Beaches novels by Ms Dart Directed by Lonny Price and Matt Cowar…
THE FEAR OF 13 by Lindsey Ferrentino Directed by David Cromer Starring Adrian Brody and Tessa Thompson James Earl Jones Theatre Official Website and SCHMIGADOON Book, Music and Lyrics by C…
PROOF by David Auburn Directed by Thomas Kail Starring Ayo Edebiri and Don Cheadle Booth Theatre Official Website Reviewed by David Spencer There’s a severe limit on what I can tell you ab…
ULSTER AMERICAN by David Ireland Directed by Ciarán O’Reilly Featuring Matthew Broderick Irish Rep Reviewed by David Spencer Ulster American by the conveniently named David Ireland is a…
THE PUSHOVER by John Patrick Shanley Directed by Kirk Gostkowski Featuring Rebecca de Mornay Chain Theatre Reviewed by David Spencer John Patrick Shanley is a brilliant and unique American…
CATS: THE JELLICLE BALL Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber Based on Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats by T.S. Eliot Choreographed by Omari Wiles & Arturo Lyons Directed by Zhailow Levingst…
DATA by Matthew Libby Directed by Tyne Rafaeli Lucille Lortel Theatre Official Website Reviewed by David Spencer There's not much I can say about playwright Matthew Libby's Data without viol…
BUG by Tracy Letts Directed by Dabid Cromer Starring Carrie Coon and Ramir Smallwood A Production of the Manhattan Theatre Club Samuel J. Friedman Theatre Official Website Reviewed by David …
GOING BACHARACH: The Songs of an Icon Created by Will Friedwald, Adrian Galante, Tedd Firth & Jack Lewin Conceived by Jack Lewin Arrangements & Orchestrations by Adrian Galante Music…
DIRTY BOOKS Created and Directed by Mara Lieberman A Production of Bated Breath Theatre Company Venue location: 39 W 14th Street #301 Play Website Reviewed by David Spencer It takes place on…
MARJORIE PRIME by Jordan Harrison Directed by Anne Kaufman With Danny Burstein, Christopher Lowell, Cynthia Nixon, June Squibb A Production of 2nd Stage (Play Website) Helen Hayes Theatre Re…
ARCHDUKE by Rajiv Joseph Directed by Darko Tresnjak Laura Pels Theatre Roundabout's Archduke Website Reviewed by David Spencer This continues from my review of Gruesome Playground Injuries. …
GRUESOME PLAYGROUND INJURIES by Rajiv Joseph Directed by Neil Pepe Starring Nicholas Braun and Kara Young Lucille Lortel Theatre Official Website Reviewed by David Spencer For me, Rajiv Jose…
THE QUEEN OF VERSAILLES Music and Lyrics by Stephen Schwartz Book by Lindsay Ferrentino Based on Lauren Greenfield's documentary film The Queen Of Versailles and the life stories of Jack…