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Among the most amazing feats the very gifted solo artist James Lescene performs in "The Absolute Brightness of Leonard Pelkey" is turning the title character into flesh and blood, though we …
Watching "King Liz," Fernanda Coppel's ambitious if hopelessly muddled play about a high-powered female sports agent, is reminiscent of being at a recent Knick game.
Colin Quinn is extremely funny under Jerry Seinfeld's almost invisible direction.
Early on in "Ruthless!" Joel Paley and Marvin Laird's deliciously campy musical, now getting a superior revival at St. Luke's...
The laughs come as often, if not moreso, than the oohs-and-ahs at "Penn & Teller on Broadway...
Chris Noth is clearly attracted to playing men of power and arrogance. Noth is now making a return to the New York stage in the title role of Christopher Marlowe's "Doctor Faustus."
No contemporary playwright has taken a scalpel to the so-called morality and hypocrisy of modern-day America with the same efficiency " never mind, glee " as Bruce Norris.
In many ways, Shakespeare's "The Tempest" has always struck me as sort of a fractured fairy-tale, with its magician/protagonist Prospero, at its center, shape-shifting spirits, gruesome mons…
Madness and mania seem to suit Mary-Louise Parker in Heisenberg.
It would be easy enough to call Jesse Eisenberg's new play "The Spoiled," instead of its actual title "The Spoils." For that adjective seems to perfectly fit its main character, Ben (played …
If you were looking for someone to play Cagney, you simply could not do better than Robert Creighton, the Broadway veteran giving a star-making performance in the title role of the York Thea…
Benedict Andrews adaptation of this 1947 psychodrama makes bold choices, and most of them pay off.
Predictable as it may be, Joe DiPietro’s boulevard comedy sparkles with good-natured humor.
Sarah Treem s play reminds us how far we ve come on social issues over the last four decades.
Brian Dennehy and Mia Farrow bring life to a story told through a series of letters.
Despite the talented people working on this musical, including Sting, audiences are likely to leave the theater unmoved.
Superb performances bring John Patrick Shanley’s delicious use of language to life.
Wendy Wasserstein’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play looks back at the struggles women have faced in recent history.
Penelope Skinner’s brave play breaks apart stereotypes about women and their desires.
Jeffrey Hatcher s modernized version of Mark Twain’s classic novel is purposely laced with anachronisms and pop-culture references.
This modern adaptation leans more toward the comedy and comes up short on the more dramatic aspects.
There s a lot of talk crammed into the 30-year span of Anthony Giardina’s compelling new play, with the personal and political intertwined.
This larger-than-life magic show may drag at times, but it is full of fascinating feats and jaw-dropping moments.
Jez Butterworth’s murky play doesn t make it easy for the audience, but it is not without its rewards.
Ironically, a play about cutting a script down runs unnecessarily long.
