3,560 stories by "Brian Scott Lipton"
Unless you don't have a funny bone in your body " or if you have a serious case of narcolepsy " it's impossible to fall asleep during the first act of Richard Bean's Brit-com "The Nap"...
Theresa Rebeck is bringing audiences to its feet with "Bernhardt/Hamlet" now at the Roundabout's American Airlines Theatre.
Edie Falco delivers the kind of riveting, tour-de-force performance that basically makes "The True" worth the price of your ticket.
Here are a few of the collective reactions audience members can expect to feel while watching Jen Silverman's provocative, intentionally messy "Collective Rage: A Play in 5 Betties," now bei…
Bernard Shaw s 1919 dramedy remains a multi-dimensional portrait of human nature.
Lillian Hellman s play gets off to a slow start, but it really comes alive in the second act.
Adults (especially those attending without the young ones) may be less inclined to swallow this Chill pill.
Is there anyone out there in either the comedy world or the theatrical scene capable of delivering more laughs per minute than Mike Birbiglia? I don't think so
"If music be the food of love, play on," is undoubtedly one of the most famous lines in William Shakespeare's comic romance "Twelfth Night," and there is equally little doubt that the brilli…
The House That Will Not Stand is "extremely thought provoking." You will enjoy "every tantalizing morsel."
Since not all of us can afford a summer getaway, a trip to "Head Over Heels" featuring the music of the 1980s girl group The Go-Go's, may be the brief but satisfying vacation we all need.
Hollywood heartthrob Armie Hammer makes his stage debut in "Straight White Men."
It not altogether surprising that in "Fire in Dreamland," Rinne Groff's alternately haunting and banal new play at the Public Theater, the main character's dream of a new life is just as qui…
What will you see if you go to the Irish Repertory Theatre's revival " or should I say "revisal of Alan Jay Lerner and Burton Lane's 1965 Broadway musical "On A Clear Day You Can See Forever…
The moment Anika Noni Rose takes the stage as the title character of the 1943 musical "Carmen Jones," you will instantly recall how transcendent a performer this Tony Award winner can be...
Dennis Kelly's "Girls & Boys," being performed by the astounding Carey Mulligan at the Minetta Lane Theatre, is a must-see production.
The latest in a surprisingly long line of illusionists who have graced the New York stage, Russian-born Vitaly Beckman will definitely have you asking yourself (or your companion) "How did h…
The Band’s Visit dominated the musical categories at an exciting night at the Tony Awards.
What separates the "haves" from the "have nots"? It's certainly one of the most pressing questions facing Trump-era America, and one that the playwright Anthony Giardini seems to have though…
Football is much better known than basketball for its so-called trick plays, from the "Statue of Liberty" to "the Flea Flicker," so perhaps we need to invent a new term to describe what Laur…
High expectations, tinged with just a little bit of dread and a pinch of skepticism, may be in the minds of many people as they enter the Booth Theater for the first-ever Broadway production…
"Have you ever seen a worse family than this?", the rather sensible Rosie (Natalie Gold) asks a visiting social worker at the beginning of Act II of "Peace for Mary Frances," Lily Thorne's d…
This highly ambitious and extremely moving "dance play" is now mesmerizing audiences at the Vineyard Theatre.
In works as diverse as "Skeleton Crew" and "Pipeline," the playwright Dominique Morriseau can be heard clearly, often educating us about the truth of the African-American experience in the U…
Dance Nation opens a flood of physical and emotional changes and desires.
