The play depends especially on the strength of its leads, and here it has two eager thespians who make the most of its drama. The post Review: <em>Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lu…
Despite some realistic touches, Straight White Men, as directed by Anna D. Shapiro, goes to lengths to call out its artificiality. The post Review: Young Jean Lee's <em>Straight White …
As a performer, Joshua Jackson is sober and endearing, projecting goodness. The post Review: Joshua Jackson Soars in <em>Children of a Lesser God</em> at Studio 54 appeared first…
When Measure for Measure's noisy stage business quiets down, Simon Godwin's production is powerful. The post Theater Review: <em>Measure for Measure</em> at the Polonsky Shakespe…
The revival of Martin McDonagh's The Beauty Queen of Leenane is a funny and crushing production. The post Review: Martin McDonagh's <em>The Beauty Queen of Leenane</em> at BAM ap…
The show gravitates toward campy burlesque, but the creators have their fun and eat it too. The post Review: <em>Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812</em> with Josh Grob…
This production is shadelessly lit for much of its runtime, evoking the drama's openness, or at least its frankness. The post The Longest Day: <em>Long Day's Journey into Night</em&…
I was so stunned by how many fucks it didn't give that I stopped wondering if I was laughing with it or at it and wondered if my laughter transcended it. The post Totally Psycho: <em>A…
The stage is an icy expanse and the narrative and the lives of its characters are just as flat as this Midwestern freeze. The post Quiet on the Midwestern Front: Louis Jenkins's <em>Ni…
The aesthetic of the play flows into the acting by veterans of the Wooster Group and Elevator Repair Service. The post Charting an Even Unfeeling: Richard Maxwell's <em>Isolde</em&g…