66 stories by "Jennifer Farrar"
NEW YORK (AP) -- The effervescent revival of the 1978 musical comedy "On the Twentieth Century" that just steamed into the American Airlines Theatre marks a bewitching Broadway return fo…
NEW YORK (AP) -- Love and sex are both pretty big topics, and while Bathsheba Doran's new play, "The Mystery of Love & Sex," illuminates both with gentle humor, it's also about how s…
NEW YORK (AP) -- In sagas about the American Wild West, pioneers were brave and true-hearted cowboys and homesteaders tamed the savage land while their womenfolk happily tended hearth an…
NEW YORK (AP) -- When the subject is racism, many people start to feel uncomfortable. Defensive or outraged; pick your side. It's not a neutral topic, and "Rasheeda Speaking,"a new play …
NEW YORK (AP) -- Why go "Into the Woods" through the musical play when the big, splashy Disney movie is everywhere? Because a streamlined, refreshingly irreverent version of the 1987 the…
NEW YORK (AP) -- Boy meets girl - again and again, with different outcomes each time. Constellations may be fixed in our universe, but beneath them, the human race just might be living i…
NEW YORK (AP) -- The loss of individuality in small-town America takes a beating in "Pocatello," a new play by Samuel D. Hunter, whose dark comedy "The Whale" was well-received off-Broad…
NEW YORK (AP) -- The thing about one-person shows is, you usually have to like the actor as well as the character they're portraying....
NEW YORK (AP) -- You don't have to be Jewish to love Shlomo - but it helps....
NEW YORK (AP) -- After the favorably reviewed musical "Side Show" closed its original three-month Broadway run in 1997, swallowing a $7 million loss for its producers, it still garnered …
NEW YORK (AP) -- A boy reaches out to pet a neighbor's dog. It sounds so cozy, except the dog onstage that begins the Broadway production of the National Theatre's "The Curious Incident …
NEW YORK (AP) -- That old saying about the meek inheriting the Earth doesn't remotely apply to the cutthroat world of Hollywood filmmaking, where an obsession with youth, beauty and shoc…
NEW YORK (AP) -- Deception, jealousy, sadistic insults and a lot of spit - it's all in a day's work for the downtrodden, sisterly duo of servants in French playwright Jean Genet's 1947 d…
NEW YORK (AP) -- Thorny disputes can erupt when traditional religious beliefs are publicly questioned. Ayad Akhtar, winner of the 2013 Pulitzer Prize for drama for "Disgraced," has writt…
NEW YORK (AP) -- Not many old people who fear being shipped off to a nursing home fight back with a home arsenal and bomb threats....
NEW YORK (AP) -- Richard Greenberg's new musical, "Far From Heaven" is actually pretty close to heavenly. Tightly staged by Michael Greif at Playwrights Horizons, it's smart, sophisticat…
NEW YORK (AP) -- Adopting a baby is a daunting endeavor, made even more difficult when other countries and cultures are involved, according to Tanya Barfield in her topical new play, "Th…
NEW YORK (AP) -- Going on a public bender doesn't generally end well for single ladies, even in a friendly local watering hole, but Anita Loos wrote a light-hearted comedy on the subject…
NEW YORK (AP) -- Sometimes it's better to leave your first childhood crush in the past, or you may spoil lovely memories....
NEW YORK (AP) -- If you're getting repeatedly passed over for promotion in a tedious job by younger co-workers, you'll find a lot to relate to in Annie Baker's latest play, "The Flick.".…
NEW YORK (AP) -- Even with the best of intentions, sometimes offering advice to help a friend can backfire. Badly....
NEW YORK (AP) -- Women's Project Theater has had a crackling start to their 35th season, celebrating their new home at New York City Center with the well-received, disturbing "Bethany," …
NEW YORK (AP) -- When a man goes courting, it generally doesn't involve shouting and flailing around in ice skates on rotten floorboards in the middle of summer. Yet the 1944 wooing of s…
NEW YORK (AP) -- William Shakespeare's comedy "Much Ado About Nothing" benefits from a lighthearted approach and an evenly-matched pair of verbal jousters to conduct a battle of the sexe…
NEW YORK (AP) -- When hoping for a dramatic change in your life, be careful what you wish for....
