504 stories by "Mark Peikert"
Willy Holtzman’s “The Morini Strad” feels like a warmed-over Chicken Soup for the Soul entry, despite a fine performance from Mary Beth Peil.
Leaning heavily on whimsy, director Josh Hecht’s production of “Out of Iceland” badly miscalculates the humor of Lea DeLaria, to the play’s detriment.
Actor-author Brandt Johnson’s “Just Sex,” at Theater for the New City, was first seen as part of 2011’s Dream Up Festival—and it shows.
Annie Golden, Jason Tam, Curtis Hansen, and more join At Hand Theatre’s 3rd Broadway Recycled Earth Day Concert at Joe’s Pub on April 22.
Frank Tangredi’s disorienting new play “Lifeline,” at Abingdon Theatre Company, suddenly switches from sitcom to Lifetime two-thirds of the way through.
Freddie Gershon, Artie Siccardi, and TDF Open Doors will receive Tony Honors.
Jack Canfora's new drama about a renowned poet and his family is held hostage by its own hyper-articulate characters, leaving the plot stuck in second gear.
How “The Navigator” got nurtured into success – Welcome to the first installment of From Page to Stage, a column that explores how new plays make it to their first producti…
This multimedia play about primatologists Jane Goodall, Dian Fossey, and Biruté Galdikas is overburdened with busy work, poor execution, and one-dimensional performances from its thre…
This new one-person show about genetics and biology is also a darkly funny, hyper-theatrical exploration of the meaning of theater that is as smart as it is riveting.
The prominent theatre festival returns for another year For a city that boasts hundreds of theatrical productions each year, it stands to reason that New York should also host multiple theat…
Less Than Rent reimagines “Hedda Gabler” Henrik Ibsen’s classic Hedda Gabler is getting overhauled in theatre company Less Than Rent’s Friends Don’t Let Friends…
Using pantomime, storytelling and music, Bill Bowers examines what it means to be a man in America—and uncovers very little that is new for 21st-century audiences.
Rich people have problems too, including an unhealthy dependence on alcohol and banal truth telling, in Molly Moroney's new play that's an endless sea of wine and whine.
Most of the actors in Michael West's tonally confused comedy make no further effort at an Irish accent than applying a lilt to a word or two in each sentence.
The New York Neo-Futurists stage nothing but O’Neill’s stage directions Eugene O'Neill and the New York Neo-Futurists seem like strange bedfellows. After all, he's a venerated pl…
Please welcome back critic and editor Mark Peikert, who has some wonderful advice on how you  can spend your Labor Day: It involves a cocktail, Shirley Jones, and the phrase “big-as…
How one play has captivated a director for a decade The best plays turn into ghosts, haunting audiences long after the curtain has fallen. But for theatre professionals, a new show is someti…
Elaine Del Valle's one-woman show is an attractively modest tribute to looking on the bright side of life and refusing to settle for less.
A revival of Cindy Lou Johnson's 1989 play, director Adam Fitzgerald's game production nevertheless accentuates the common flaws inherent in writing two-character plays.
How Jeff Key Traveled From Iraq to the New York Theatre You may be familiar with former Marine Jeff Key, who came out on CNN in 2004 and was the subject of the 2007 Showtime documentary Semp…
What director Paula D'Alessandris and her cast have created in this New York premiere is a low-fi production that puts the emphasis firmly on the fine performances.
“Squealer” feels like a concerted effort on the part of playwright Jonathan Blitstein and director Daniel Talbott to approximate an early play by Adam Rapp or Tracy Letts.
The interrelated stories of Kari Bentley-Quinn's funny, sexy play are brought to powerful life by a top-notch cast, including yet another terrific turn from Susan Louise O'Connor.
Scott Elliott and Wallace Shawn make a beautiful, brutal twosome
In 2004, director Scott Elliot and The New Group revived playwright Wallace Shawn's Aunt Dan and Lemon to critical hosannas a…
