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908 stories by "Laura Collins-Hughes"

Review: Lee Krasner Gets the Upper Hand in 'Pollock' by Laura Collins-hughes

This bio-play about the married artists Jackson Pollock and Lee Krasner is a surreal sparring match, steeped in alcohol and dripping with paint.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 2:31pm on February 19, 2018

So You Know Nothing About 'Harry Potter'? Let's Catch You Up by Laura Collins-hughes

A primer of the books and films to get you ready for the Broadway opening of "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts One and Two."

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 2:17pm on February 15, 2018

Review: 'Flight' Has No Live Actors. But Its Story of Two Afghan Boys Feels So Real. by Laura Collins-hughes

It may not be typical theater, but this immersive show is pulse-pounding and intensely affecting.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 9:45pm on February 12, 2018

Critic's Notebook: Return Editions, with Magnetic Additions, Off Broadway by Laura Collins-hughes

Roslyn Ruff and Jeff Hiller bring new dimensions to plays about Betty Shabazz and a chatty wedding guest.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 9:22am on February 9, 2018

Critic's Notebook: Women's Voices Festival a Potent Reminder of Who Goes Unheard Onstage by Laura Collins-hughes

From a historical drama to an updated Restoration comedy classic, Washington, D.C., theaters make a case for evening the playing field.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 3:11pm on February 5, 2018

Review: An 'Our Town' With Sex Offenders, in 'America Is Hard to See' by Laura Collins-hughes

This smart, troubling piece of documentary theater spends time with men cordoned off from regular society, and those who believe they can be redeemed.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 8:30pm on February 2, 2018

Review: An Online Chat Turns Unnerving in 'The Thing With Feathers' by Laura Collins-hughes

Alexa Shae Nizak is uncannily persuasive as an adolescent girl who gets more than she bargained for in Scott Organ's play.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 1:51pm on January 28, 2018

Review: In 'Jericho,' Another Spin of the Romantic Carousel by Laura Collins-hughes

Michael Weller resets "Liliom," the play that inspired Rodgers and Hammerstein, in Coney Island. But the central romance remains problematic.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 9:45pm on January 25, 2018

Critic's Notebook: Exponential Festival: Unexpected Theater in Unfamiliar Real Estate by Laura Collins-hughes

This New York-based showcase offers the kind of experimental plays, like "Pillowtalk," that thrive in more obscure performance spaces.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 3:26pm on January 24, 2018

Review: In 'Hindle Wakes,' Should a Fling Lead Straight to the Altar? by Laura Collins-hughes

The Mint Theater's handsome, rough around the edges production makes a better case for this 1912 play as a curiosity than as a forgotten gem.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:39pm on January 19, 2018

Fighting for Native Americans, in Court and Onstage by Laura Collins-hughes

In her new play "Sovereignty," Mary Kathryn Nagle brings together her legal activism and her family history.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 11:13am on January 17, 2018

Review: 'Undesirable Elements,' Documentary Theater for Uncivil Times by Laura Collins-hughes

In this gentle, humane show by Ping Chong + Company, young New Yorkers share their real-life victories and fears.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 2:34pm on January 15, 2018

Review: Without Singing, the Moth Hits the High Notes in 'The Echo Drift' by Laura Collins-hughes

Stark, intricate and often exciting, the two-character chamber opera finds a prisoner tormented by the insect in her cell.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:28pm on January 14, 2018

Toronto Theater Company Leader Steps Aside Amid Harassment Suits by Laura Collins-hughes

Four women have sued the company and its artistic director, Albert Schultz, accusing him of sexual misconduct and creating a "culture of fear."

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 7:20pm on January 3, 2018

Review: In 'Mary Shelley's Frankenstein,' a Monster to Love by Laura Collins-hughes

The dancer Robert Fairchild's creature has a delicate, disarming beauty in Ensemble for the Romantic Century's ambitious but awkward production.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:12pm on December 27, 2017

6 More Shows to See if You Still Need Holiday Spirit by Laura Collins-hughes

If you missed the preholiday rush, fret not. There is still time for festive theater.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 5:33am on December 25, 2017

Don't Despair, Protest: Playwright Lucy Kirkwood Sees No Other Choice by Laura Collins-hughes

In acclaimed works like "The Children," now on Broadway, the British writer argues for collective responsibility in the face of environmental and other challenges.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:18pm on December 22, 2017

Critic's Notebook: When Disenfranchised Lives and American Ideals Collide Onstage by Laura Collins-hughes

Three small, powerful pieces of political theater consider those wounded by racism and xenophobia.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 3:04pm on December 18, 2017

Review: 'Bulldozer,' a Robert Moses Musical With a Rickety Foundation by Laura Collins-hughes

The sprawling life of a New York titan is given superficial treatment " and set to rock music " in this show.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 4:04pm on December 17, 2017

He Was a Snob About Musicals. Then He Tried Out to Play Hamilton. by Laura Collins-hughes

Twenty-five-year-old Londoner Jamael Westman has definitely come around, now that he's starring in Lin-Manuel Miranda's hip-hop smash.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:33am on December 13, 2017

Review: 'Counting Sheep' Has Great Songs. But They're in Ukrainian. by Laura Collins-hughes

This multimedia show, featuring the Lemon Bucket Orkestra and set during the Maidan revolution, doesn't translate its protest anthems, which the audience is asked to join.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:06pm on December 5, 2017

A Theater Visionary 'Nourished by the World' by Laura Collins-hughes

Cultural appropriation isn't a worry for the director Ariane Mnouchkine, who, at 78, isn't slowing down, but knows she won't be here forever.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 4:04pm on December 1, 2017

Review: Good Art, Bad Men and Samuel Pepys in '17c' by Laura Collins-hughes

Big Dance Theater's animated investigation of Samuel Pepys reads like a refraction of our recent monster parade.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 3:33pm on November 15, 2017

Review: 'What We're Up Against,' a Sexism Story More Timely Than Ever by Laura Collins-hughes

Theresa Rebeck's furious play looks at what happens when a young architect fights back against colleagues who don't take her seriously.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:04pm on November 8, 2017

Review: Distant Storytelling Leaves 'Man to Man' Cold by Laura Collins-hughes

The Wales Millennium Center's take on this dark, dreamy 1982 play, part of BAM's Next Wave Festival, seems to prize atmospherics over narrative.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 4:04pm on November 8, 2017
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