1,552 stories by "David Finkle"
★★★★☆ Jesse Tyler Ferguson in Jay Presson Allen's ingratiating script, Rob Ashford gleefully directing
The post Tru: Gossipy Truman Capote on the Uproarious War…
★★☆☆☆ Ro Reddick's Susan Smith Blackburn prize play with music, directed by Knud Adams
The post Cold War Choir Practice: Choir's Under-Rehearsed, Over-Rehearsed…
★★★☆☆ Daniel and Patrick Lazour examine a tough subject through song
The post Night Side Songs: Illness Musicalized, Showing Worrisome Symptoms appeared first o…
★★★★★ Playwright Michael Libby, director Tyne Rafaeli, and four actors in tiptop form score heavily in this new and significant drama
The post Data: Hot Headlin…
★★☆☆☆ Revue supposedly honoring Burt Bacharach songs, mostly with Hal David lyrics ,comes a cropper
The post Going Bacharach: Mishandling an Icon's Songs appear…
★★★☆☆ Hilary Bell, Greta Gertler Gold musicalize scary novel and movie, Portia Kreigler directs
The post Picnic at Hanging Rock: Tasty Picnic, Some Ants Intrudi…
★★☆☆☆ Sarah Benson's lively direction can't overcome adaptor Hnath's careless Molière treatment
The post Tartuffe: Lucas Hnath Runs Out of Rhymes on Molière'…
★★☆☆☆ American Dance Machine lacks sufficient flair reviving favorite choreographed numbers
The post Gotta Dance!: Gotta Dance Better Than This! appeared first…
★★★★☆ Musical import tells sweet-bitter tale of Brit and American finding each other and themselves
The post Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York): A Tas…
★★☆☆☆ Stephen Schwartz-Lindsey Ferrentino musical, Michael Arden directing, tell rich Jackie Siegel's tale
The post The Queen of Versailles: Kristen Chenoweth V…
★★☆☆☆ Eli Bauman's musical mistakes vulgarity for actual entertainment, with a hard-working cast vainly trying
The post 44 The Musical: The Obama Years, Satiriz…
★★★★☆ David Staller's Gingold Theatrical Group plays GBS fast, loose, and well, and the strong cast plays along
The post Pygmalion: Shaw's Classic Greek Myth Up…
★★☆☆☆ At City Center, this allegedly true story, musicalized a nearly decade ago, tells a too-dull tale
The post Bat Boy: Musical: Bloodsucker Tale Is Way Too B…
★★★★☆ The master playwright has his abandoned figures facing their usual hypnotic concerns in this Druid production at the Irish Arts Center
The post Endgame: U…
★★★☆☆ Heather Christian's acclaimed piece, directed by Lee Sunday Evens, in blurred delivery
The post Oratorio for Living Things: Musically Captivating, Text Ef…
★★★★☆ Jen Tullock performs a version of distancing herself from the evangelical church
The post Nothing Can Take You From the Hand of God: One Woman's Proof app…
★☆☆☆☆ Emily Breeze's supposedly funny satire is directed by Eric Tucker, to no avail
The post Are the Bennet Girls Ok?: Not in Bedlam's Jane Austen Send-Up appe…
★★★★☆ James Graham tells true story, Adam Penford directs theatrically, Will Harrison tour de forces
The post Punch: Sin, Redemption Delivered with Emotional Wa…
★★★☆☆ Leo McGann's circuitous drama, Matt Torney directing, actor Michael Hayden impressing
The post The Honey Trap: The Irish Troubles Dealt with Intriguingly …
★★★★☆ Musician-Songwriter-Actors Brian Quijada and Nigel D. Robinson speak up and sing out
The post Mexodus: Significant Take on Today's Immigrant Situation ap…
★★★★☆ Scott Ellis directs Yasmina Reza's click, with Bobby Cannavale, James Corden and Neil Patrick Harris
The post Art: Male Friends Argue on a Flashy Canvas …
★★★★☆ Simon Godwin directs a first-rate cast, including Nick Westrate and Alexander Hurt
The post The Wild Duck: Rare Ibsen Revival Not to Be Ducked appeared fi…
★★★★☆ Bijan Sheibani, Tarell Alvin McCraney co-direct McCraney's superbly-cast brotherhood play
The post The Brothers Size: As Forceful as Tectonic Plates Shift…
★★★☆☆ A strong touring company cast is undone by too-loud versions of Andersson-Ulvaeus Top 40 clicks
The post Mamma Mia!: Beloved Tuner Revival Not a Winner T…
★★☆☆☆ Elizabeth McGovern stars as the film star, Aaron Costa Ganis as biographer Peter Evans
The post Ava, The Secret Conversations: An Ill-Conceived Gardner G…
