487 stories by "Cameron Kelsall"
Two young women reflect each other through a mirror. One is dark-haired and slight, with a deeply expressive face. The other is blond and fuller-bodied, with a guitar strapped to her back. T…
I find it hard to believe that Philip Ridley's Mercury Fur -- written in 2005, but just now receiving its New York premiere, under the auspices of The New Group -- caused such ire upon …
Not much happens in The Flick, but you probably know that already. The play's languid running time -- three-and-a-half hours, with the fist act clocking in at almost two -- and liberal use o…
The 2015/2016 theater season has already begun, with the much lauded Broadway premiere of Hamilton (and the less-lauded debut of Amazing Grace) and the first new shows of the Off-Broadway se…
photo: T. Charles EricksonAudra McDonald cemented her living legend status in 2014, when she won her sixth competitive Tony, becoming not only the first actor to achieve that feat but also t…
photo: Paul FoxMike Bartlett --whose Oliver-winning satire King Charles III will premiere on Broadway in the fall -- wrote his taut, often funny, surprisingly moving An Intervention for a ma…
photo: Matthew MurphyNo one path leads to an indelible, unforgettable performance. Sometimes an actor takes a classic, timeless role and makes it truly their own, to the point where anyone e…
There really is no such thing as a bad night at the Delacorte Theater, the venue nestled inside Central Park where The Public Theater has offered free Shakespeare (and Sondheim, and Chekhov,…
Photo: Joan MarcusLarry David may have left his hit play Fish in the Dark, but make no mistake: he's still up on that stage. And I'm not just referring to the fact that his replacement is hi…
Photo: Carol RoseggIrish theater values the act of storytelling as much as -- if not more than -- the story itself. The danger each playwright faces is that taken too far, this approach can …
photo: Joan MarcusThe trickiest part of crafting a memoir is getting your very personal story to speak to something universal and recognizable for a wide audience. The best works of autobiog…
Photo: Joan MarcusBruce Norris can write. His dialogue crackles, his jokes mostly land, and occasionally he creates surprisingly vivid, three-dimensional characters. He's also a polemicist, …
photo: Joan MarcusAn almost-bare stage, two actors, razor-sharp direction, simple lighting, a few props: sometimes this is all you need to create an absolutely magnetic piece of theater. Suc…
photo: Sara KrulwichEvery theater season has a "snob hit," according to William Goldman's classic 1969 insider's guide to Broadway, The Season. It's a play--usually British--that cultured Ne…
When the classic verismo double bill of Mascagni's Cavalleria Rusticana and Leoncavallo's Pagliacci last appeared at the Met, in 2009, it was clear that Franco Zeffirelli's war-horse pr…
Photo: Sara KrulwichThere's very little to say about Fun Home that wasn't enumerated by Wendy's spot-on comments, so I'll simply say this:I am glad that Alison Bechdel decided to t…
Renee Fleming, Jerry O'Connell, Douglas SillsPhoto: Sara KrulwichFull disclosure: I left Living on Love, the wretched attempt at drawing room comedy improbably playing at the Longacre Theatr…
Photo: Joan MarcusTo watch Chita Rivera in The Visit is to watch a great artist at the top of her game, fully in command of the stage and fully realized in the performance that she's giving.…
Ito Aghayere, Michael Izquierdo, and Kristolyn LloydPhoto: Joan MarcusAs with her previous offering earlier this season, And I and Silence (which Wendy reviewed), Naomi Wallac…
Alexandra Socha and Keith CarradinePhoto: Joan MarcusOne of the many worthy aspects of City Center's Encores is that it often provides a venue for musicals that would otherwise go unrevived.…
Tracee Chimo, Jason Biggs, Elisabeth Moss, and Bryce Pinkham.Photo: Joan MarcusPeggy Olson, the barrier-breaking copy chief on AMC's Mad Men, is surely kin to Heidi Holland, second-wave femi…
Carrie Coon and Florencia Lozanophoto: Joan MarcusI can't stand people who talk during a performance. It demonstrates rudeness in the extreme and an utter lack of consideration for the enjoy…
All aboard, ladies and gentlemen! The express train to musical theatre heaven is departing the station eight times a week. You can catch it at the American Airlines Theatre, where a sub…
The Winter's Tale is my personal favorite of Shakespeare's plays. It's also one of the hardest to stage well. Neither comedy nor tragedy, it's classified (alongside Cymbeline and The Tempest…
Robert Sella, Anna Camp, Matt McGrathPhoto: Erin BaianoI've seen shows that I disliked. Shows that bored me. Shows that confused and confounded me. Yet rarely have I seen a show that is…
