998 stories by "Darryl Reilly"
Similar to a flatly serious youth exploitation flick circa 1970, playwright Phoebe Nir's utopia-in-the-wilderness yarn "Eco Village," is likeably inept. There's a hallucinogenic drug dinner …
At the center of "Secret Identity" is Keith Weiss who plays JT. The proverbially baby-faced Mr. Weiss is physically, emotionally and vocally entrancing. With his rumbling low voice and expre…
Amidst the flamboyance, Mr. Calderon significantly explores topical issues. The depiction of post-traumatic stress disorder, the eternal dramatic clash between brothers and the plight of the…
Though exhibiting its source material's young adult sensibility, Ally Sheedy's highly effective stage adaption is totally absorbing for adults as well. Ms. Sheedy shrewdly captures the sense…
"Emmenez Moi" was the stirring opening number performed by the French Ms. Constant as she majestically strode through Don't Tell Mama's cabaret room and onto the small stage. With her expres…
An exhilarating trio of short plays by that noted cultural provocateur Neil LaBute make their New York City premieres in this edition of the LaBute New Theatre Festival 2019. Â Since 2013,…
A spirited cast and a talented director do their best to bring playwright Katelynn Kenney's heartfelt but leaden "Wendell & Pan" to the stage. It's an unsatisfying family secre…
Whether being pushed in a wheelchair or hobbling around on a cane, Mark Peters is an excellent Lear. Mr. Peters forcefully captures all of the character's pathos, humor and despair with his …
Do you have any objection to being touched?" asks the theater representative of audience members when they check in at the Brooklyn basement where British playwright Dan Ireland-Reeves' "Ble…
Mr. Brader's writing on this fascinating subject is sharp, insightful and well-observed. As a performer, Brader's breezy personability endows his personal odyssey with an appealing everyman …
Mr. Brader is an engaging and soulful performer with a smooth and pleasing vocal delivery. Brader is an admirer of Spalding Gray and channels that monumental artist's impassioned sense of st…
Employing humor, documentary detail and suspense, Bachner offers an emotional detective story. Wit and whimsy meld with poignancy as the picaresque quest begins in present day New York City.…
Darryl Reilly, Critic "I'm not a real dancer but in this play, I celebrate my health." Bina Sharif emotionally said to the audience following the curtain call of her self-written play, Dream…
A hard-edged picaresque fable is what playwright Lynn Nottage came up with in her enjoyable, "Fabulation, or The Re-Education of Undine" that premiered in 2004. A two-time Pulitzer-Prize win…
Darryl Reilly, Critic There were so many exceptional original plays among the 144 productions that I reviewed for Theaterscene.net in 2018. In addition, several solo shows were outstanding, …
Mr. Goode's structure is creatively simple, the eight reindeers offer their foul-mouthed sometimes conflicting testimony one by one. Rudolph is unable to appear as he is confined to a padded…
Darryl Reilly, Critic "Nothing brings you closer than almost breaking a hip together!" cracks performer John Burns about his later in life romance that culminated in marrying his husband. "Y…
Except for "Santa Baby" and "The Little Drummer Boy," virtually every Christmas song in existence is wonderfully performed during the pleasant holiday extravaganza, Ruben & Clay's…
In 90 minutes, Ms. Raffo packs in a great deal. We learn about Iraq's past and present, religious lore, marital conflicts, unrequited love and the hardships of immigrants. The stiff treatmen…
"Why did I marry such an idiot?!" exclaims Deanna about her goofy husband Keaton. Not only is he an inept drug dealer but he has also kidnapped a seal who is presently in human form and her …
Overbearing nuns, eccentric priests and confusing religious tenets are detailed with stand-up comedy gusto by performer Martin Moran in recounting his Colorado Catholic upbringing during his…
Pink's "Perfect" was the exhilarating finale of singer Christopher Caswell's vivacious cabaret act, "Step into the Sun." Fourteen eclectic, mostly unconventional numbers were performed in 75…
Visually impressive due to the inventive work of scenic designer Donald Eastman and director Arthur Adair's fine staging, "Chasing the New White Whale" is playwright Mike Gorman's muddled at…
"Hip hop gave me my name" says Peep One, a captivating young mixed race woman who is a beat maker; the one who crafts the tune for a hip hop song. This is one of numerous pertinent details i…
As Michael, the soulful and animated Michael Broadhurst enthralls as he rhapsodizes about his deceased wife, philosophically opines and stalwartly copes. Jonathan Judge-Russo has shattering …
