466 stories by "Michael Sommers"
The play remains a well-written drama about an obsessed artist and a slowly imploding relationship, but it also remains a character study of relatively intimate scope.
Backstage musical about making a musical in the Middle East aspires to be funny
Sure, "Bells Are Ringing" may be a pretty familiar show to fans of old musicals, but the expertise of Marshall's smart production makes it an enjoyable occasion.
Red Bull Theater vigorously brings a 1621 British drama to life
Shakespeare’s rarely-staged “Timon of Athens” looks mighty nice at the Public Theater in a crisp, smartly shaped production starring a well-cast Richard Thomas as a blissfu…
Longtime fans will find LaBute in prime form while Duchovny's followers will see him excel in a challenging role at the heart of an absorbing drama.
Capable actors, good direction, fine design and stretches of nice writing cannot disguise the inevitable realization that "After the Revolution" is a lot of fuss over not much of anything.
Whatever, a stuffed equine suspends upside down over spectators' heads inside the garishly decked-out auditorium of the Jacobs Theatre, ...
A drama crafted in a minor key, Lindsay-Abaire’s latest piece is a character study that proves to be small in scope but sharp in its emotional regrets and prickly conversation as McDor…
Two River Theater Company’s production of the in Red Bank lacks persuasive visuals and a fine sense of spontaneity.
Bourne's inventive mix of drama and dance revitalizes an old favorite and offers theatergoers an unforgettable time.
New musical based on a Will Ferrell movie packs jolly holiday entertainment
Vampire classic fails to fly in a misguided production
I was so bored by it that I could scarcely wait to get out of the theater and into the subway for home.
Fitzgerald's classic American novel gets an absorbing marathon staging
With performances so variable in quality, "Angels in America" doesn't fly as high as might be hoped. Or perhaps the waning of middle-1990s society's pre-millennial jitters in the ugly face o…
Ultimately, "A Free Man of Color" proves to be more exhausting than exhilarating in spite of the heroic efforts of its company to animate Guare's overstuffed monster of a play.
Currently in noisy residence at Playwrights Theater of New Jersey, "MoM" is an intimate rock musical with a cool concept, so-so songs and an O.K. production that does not completely fulfill …
No question that Johnson is a talented writer — his plainspoken language sounds very natural — but his new play does not sufficiently develop its intriguing premise.
Not so much a fumble as an incomplete pass, "Lombardi" is a new play about Green Bay Packers coach Vince Lombardi that presents a limited impression of the gridiron giant and his famously dr…
Funny solo show spins through world civilization in 75 minutes sharp
Kurt Weill musical mixes a powerful score with a sorrowful South African story
A compact, tautly-written drama set at the conclusion of the Civil War, "The Whipping Man" studies two recently-freed slaves and their former master, all of them Jews, dealing with...
