The moral turpitude of those who "consume" is in the spotlight in Lillian Hellman's 1936 "Days to Come" currently running at Mint Theater Company at Theatre Row's Beckett Theatre.
Under Joshua Bergasse's direction, the cast (five men and four women) fills Beowulf Boritt's towering Café set with solo numbers, duets, trios, quartets, quintets and full company numbers t…
The hype surrounding "Be More Chill," including its extensive marketing campaign, and the musical itself cannot and should not be a substitute for the real work required to discover who one …
During one of many sitcom scenes, crowded on the sofa in matching plaid pajamas provided by Ed, the father-sons quartet share Chinese takeout while trash talking, texting, and drudging up ch…
Since its original presentation by the New York Stage and Film Company and the Powerhouse Theatre at Vassar in 2012, Marcus Gardley's important play has been performed across the country and…
Under Lila Neugebauer's exquisite direction, the actors playing Mary Page each give intriguing performances that focus on the pastiche of one "ordinary" American facing the dangers inherent …
Under Daniel Aukin's carefully executed direction, the characters explore their individual pasts and their histories with family and friends with honesty. Their portraits are authentic.
Director Marissa Wolf and the three-member cast grapple successfully with Rinne Groff's demanding script which results in a sometimes mind-spinning tumble into the playwright's wonderland of…
Although Bertolt Brecht understood the importance and power of the comedic, his writings are overwhelmingly dark and, like a sharp scalpel, cut deeply beneath the facia into the "guts" of th…
Playwright David Ireland has pushed the plot driven by this character's maniacal temperament to the limit of moral turpitude and beyond.
Mike Lew has assembled characters whose conflicts are engaging and believable and the plot these "problems" drive is complex, layered, and relevant to the conversations about the dynamics of…
Melissa Errico gives her "split personalities" depth and authenticity and Stephen Bogardus serves as a formidable chauvinistic foil to both women.
Under Pam MacKinnon's direction, the superb cast enlivens Jordan Harrison's script as he meanders through perhaps too many issues for one play. The strength of his play lies not in the bicke…
The themes of Miles Malleson's "Conflict," currently running at the Beckett Theatre at Theatre Row, could not be more relevant and the playwright's treatment of these themes could not be mor…
Under Christopher Murrah's deft direction, Angela Pierce leads a brilliant ensemble cast whose intricate conflicts drive a mysterious and often challenging plot with enough twists and turns …
Angelina Fiordellisi and Michael O'Keefe are wonderful together and give their respective characters a depth and authenticity that often rises above what they are given in Mr. Mee's script.
Mr. Byrnes' script does address the promised issues of the ascent of man, including snippets of BBC's Michael Parkinson's 1970s interviews with Jamie's grandfather who affirmed the constant …
After its previous three-time extended sold out run at the York Theatre Company, "Desperate Measures" is back Off-Broadway and the antics of rabble-rousing Johnny Blood are as bodacious and …
The playwright's attempt to find Martha at the end of Albee's play "destroyed by this idea of motherhood, of not living up to this very traditional idea of what it means to be a woman" and t…
Ms. Ensler attempts to continue that commitment in "Fruit Trilogy," Abingdon Theatre Company's final mainstage production of its twenty-fifth anniversary season. Currently in its "New York p…
Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI), global leader in music rights management, has extended the application deadline for The BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Librettists Workshop to Friday, June 8th…
This lyrical and lushly realized play is part of poet, filmmaker and playwright Donja R. Love's exploration of queer love at pivotal moments in Black history.
Condola Rashad explores the layers of Saint Joan's character with a finesse that leaves little of "The Maid's) personality undefined. The journey from soldier to prisoner to saint is beatifi…
The New York Theatre Workshop has revived this critically important 1976 drama at an opportune time. Like Tony Kushner's "Angels in America," Caryl Churchill's "Light Shining in Buckinghamsh…
Ciarán O'Reilly directs with his keen eye for subtlety and with his steady hand of encouragement. He teases from the exceptional cast the nuances of each character, especially important i…