447 stories by "David Roberts"
The question that remains in my mind is why anyone would attempt to create a musical based on the dated 1969 motion picture "BOB & CAROL & TED & ALICE?" Granted the meant to be c…
Atlantic Theater Company (Neil Pepe, Artistic Director; Jeffory Lawson, Managing Director) is proud to announce casting for the world premiere production of "The Bedwetter," a new musical wi…
"Greater Clements" is a testament to what happens when societal structures and safeguards disintegrate, when mental illness challenges societal and familial norms, and what happens when the …
The strength of Abbie Spallen's "Pumpgirl," currently running at Irish Rep's W. Scott McLucas Studio Theatre, lies in the playwright's authentic characters and their believable conflicts tha…
"Our Dear Dead Drug Lord" is a stunning and unsettling piece of theatre that will stay with audience members long after the curtain call. The memory will either result in dramatic shifts in …
Tony Kushner's dystopian vision has a firm grounding in the history of the rise of fascism in Germany in the early 1930s and in the methodical and somewhat meteoric rise of Adolf Hitler to C…
There are plenty of holiday shows that enter the New York theatre scene to provide some special seasonal entertainment for tourists, locals and avid theater goers alike fulfilling a wide spe…
The title of Donja R. Love's play "one in two," currently running in The Alice Griffin Jewel Box Theatre at The Pershing Square Signature Center, is reflective of the alarming 2016 study rel…
Veteran actors of screen, stage, and television Harry Hamlin and Stefanie Powers do their best to bring Joshua Ravetch's "One November Yankee" to the stage at 59E59 Theaters on Manhattan's U…
Loss looms large over four Texas residents in Stephen Brown's "Everything Is Super Great" currently running at 59E59 Theaters. Nineteen-year-old Tommy (a sullen and hapless Will Sarratt) has…
Successful entrepreneurs like Harry (an overzealous but hypersensitive Raúl Esparza) typically attempt to guard their "art" from "commerce" for as long as possible. They feel frightened b…
Harvey Feinstein wisely chooses to "be" Bella Abzug and not simply "portray" her. There are no gimmicks here, no backups, no filters, no frills " just Bella. Mr. Fierstein draws on his skill…
A three-month-old infant named Chris looks up from his stroller at his thirty-something mother (Hannah Cabell) as she makes an appointment with his pediatrician for the next day at 11:15. Ch…
As a whole, "One Discordant Violin" satisfies the theatergoer's palate with an enchanting story that rings true, is compellingly relatable, and plucks the strings of the heart with cosmic vi…
Kean University continues to offer exciting and eclectic performances to the public, adding four new shows to its lineup for spring 2020 in Wilkins Theatre and the intimate Enlow Recital Hal…
Commissioned by Ars Nova in 2016 and currently playing at New York City's Greenwich House, "Dr. Ride's American Beach House" claims to be one thing but delivers something markedly different …
Under David Cromer's austere and esoteric direction, Ms. Parker and Mr. Hochman skillfully navigate the corners of the audience members' minds projecting sound and sight on the empty canvase…
There has always been a curiosity and appreciation for bold attempts at new interpretations or the reimagining of the classics and it seems there have been endless attempts on putting a new …
There are two major elements that undeniably contribute to the success of the entrancing new Broadway Show "Tina " The Tina Turner Musical" now playing at the Lunt- Fontanne Theatre. The fir…
Following in the footsteps of Maureen Stapleton in the original and first revival and Mercedes Ruehl featured in the second revival on Broadway comes Marisa Tomei as Serafina Delle Rose in t…
Since its premiere at The Public in 1976 and its subsequent transfer to Broadway later that year, much has happened to continue to impact the lives of the women of color celebrated by Ntozak…
"Soft Power" " the culture-bending, plot-twisting musical within a play currently running at The Public's Newman Theater " challenges the notion that the only effective parameters of power a…
Over the past several weeks, The Circle Series has brought the theatre community together on Monday evenings to explore developing works and celebrate the classics in a new way. Concluding t…
"The Great Society," the second installment of playwright Robert Schenkkan's biographical account of the years Lyndon B. Johnson spent as president in the White House, is less a drama and mo…
This is a frightening group of devotees hell bent on prying open the gates of hell to usher in all who would disagree with their conservative polemic. In "Heroes of the Fourth Turning," curr…