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447 stories by "David Roberts"

Off-Broadway Review: The New Group's "Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice" in The Romulus Linney Courtyard Theatre at The Pershing Square Sign 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…

SOURCE: Theatre Reviews Limited at 1:54pm on February 7, 2020[SHARE]

Off-Broadway Preview: "The Bedwetter" at Atlantic Theater Company's Linda Gross Theater by David Roberts

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…

SOURCE: Theatre Reviews Limited at 6:18pm on January 16, 2020[SHARE]

Off-Broadway Review: "Greater Clements" at Lincoln Center Theater's Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater by David Roberts

"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 …

SOURCE: Theatre Reviews Limited at 12:25pm on January 1, 2020[SHARE]

Off-Broadway Review: "Pumpgirl" at Irish Repertory Theatre's W. Scott McLucas Studio Theatre by David Roberts

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…

SOURCE: Theatre Reviews Limited at 12:06pm on December 27, 2019[SHARE]

Off-Broadway Review: WP Theater/Second Stage Theater's "Our Dear Dead Drug Lord" at the McGinn/Cazale Theater by David Roberts

"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 …

SOURCE: Theatre Reviews Limited at 11:26am on December 22, 2019[SHARE]

Off-Broadway Review: "A Bright Room Called Day" at The Public's Anspacher Theater by David Roberts

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…

SOURCE: Theatre Reviews Limited at 11:47am on December 18, 2019[SHARE]

Broadway Review: "Slava's Snowshow" at the Stephen Sondheim Theatre by David Roberts

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…

SOURCE: Theatre Reviews Limited at 3:06pm on December 17, 2019[SHARE]

Off-Broadway Review: The New Group's "one in two" in the Alice Griffin Jewel Box Theatre at the Pershing Square Signature Center by David Roberts

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…

SOURCE: Theatre Reviews Limited at 7:00pm on December 10, 2019[SHARE]

Off-Broadway Review: "One November Yankee" at 59E59 Theaters by David Roberts

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…

SOURCE: Theatre Reviews Limited at 6:46pm on December 9, 2019[SHARE]

Off-Broadway Review: "Everything Is Super Great" at 59E59 Theaters by David Roberts

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…

SOURCE: Theatre Reviews Limited at 2:45pm on December 3, 2019[SHARE]

Off-Broadway Review: "Seared" in the Susan & Ronald Frankel Theater at the Robert W. Wilson MCC Theater Space by David Roberts

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…

SOURCE: Theatre Reviews Limited at 10:46am on November 30, 2019[SHARE]

Off-Broadway Review: "Bella Bella" at Manhattan Theatre Club's New York City Center Stage I by David Roberts

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…

SOURCE: Theatre Reviews Limited at 3:14pm on November 26, 2019[SHARE]

Off-Broadway Review: "The Underlying Chris" at Second Stage's Tony Kiser Theater by David Roberts

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…

SOURCE: Theatre Reviews Limited at 10:00pm on November 21, 2019[SHARE]

Off-Broadway Review: "One Discordant Violin" at 59E59 Theaters by David Roberts

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…

SOURCE: Theatre Reviews Limited at 5:15pm on November 18, 2019[SHARE]

New Jersey News: Jimmy Webb, Black Violin, Taylor 2 Dance Company, and Voctave Join Kean Stage's 2020 Season by David Roberts

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…

SOURCE: Theatre Reviews Limited at 9:53am on November 18, 2019[SHARE]

Off-Broadway Review: Ars Nova's "Dr. Ride's American Beach House" at Greenwich House by David Roberts

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 …

SOURCE: Theatre Reviews Limited at 4:23pm on November 12, 2019[SHARE]

Broadway Review: "The Sound Inside" at Studio 54 by David Roberts

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…

SOURCE: Theatre Reviews Limited at 4:41pm on November 9, 2019[SHARE]

Off-Broadway Review: "Macbeth" at the Lynn F. Angelson Theater at Classic Stage Company by David Roberts

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 …

SOURCE: Theatre Reviews Limited at 11:31am on November 9, 2019[SHARE]

Broadway Review: "Tina " The Tina Turner Musical" at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre by David Roberts

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…

SOURCE: Theatre Reviews Limited at 10:00pm on November 7, 2019[SHARE]

Broadway Review: "The Rose Tattoo" at the American Airlines Theatre on Broadway by David Roberts

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…

SOURCE: Theatre Reviews Limited at 6:38pm on October 30, 2019[SHARE]

Off-Broadway Review: "For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/When the Rainbow is Enuf" at The Public Theater's Martinson Hall by David Roberts

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…

SOURCE: Theatre Reviews Limited at 4:16pm on October 30, 2019[SHARE]

Off-Broadway Review: "Soft Power" at the Public's Newman Theater by David Roberts

"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…

SOURCE: Theatre Reviews Limited at 11:37am on October 29, 2019[SHARE]

Broadway's Circle in the Square Preview: THE CIRCLE SERIES Announces Conclusion of The Fall Season by David Roberts

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…

SOURCE: Theatre Reviews Limited at 11:00am on October 28, 2019[SHARE]

Broadway Review: "The Great Society" at the Vivian Beaumont Theater by David Roberts

"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…

SOURCE: Theatre Reviews Limited at 6:35pm on October 27, 2019[SHARE]

Off-Broadway Review: "Heroes of the Fourth Turning" at Playwrights Horizons Mainstage Theater by David Roberts

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…

SOURCE: Theatre Reviews Limited at 6:27pm on October 25, 2019[SHARE]
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