335 stories by "Nicole Serratore"
Things I learned watching K-dramas
My TV viewing in May was all over the map. This is probably a sign I'm not doing as well as I think I am doing. My brain pinging from place to place as I…
The one day I went for a big walk.
If March was a month of bittersweet longing (served up by Crash Landing On You) then April, when I started watching Mr. Sunshine, was more serious…
Talking someone into watching Crash Landing On You
March was the hardest month of the pandemic for me. Someone in my building was hospitalized with COVID-19 very early in the month. From …
Thinking of you all during this unprecedented moment.
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After nearly giving up playwriting altogether, Martyna Majok went on to win a Pulitzer for Cost of Living. She tells Nicole Serratore
Rebellious and fractious, this new musical never quite pulls off its intentional tonal dissonance. Nicole Serratore reviews.
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Conor McPherson's play with music, set to the songs of Bob Dylan, tells the story of a collection of woebegone characters living
Controversies have dogged Ivo van Hove's production of West Side Story, surrounding injuries, protests, and bold cuts to the material (the dropping
Alice Birch's beautiful, aching play depends on the careful delivery of synchronised and overlapping dialogue from characters in three time periods who
Best known for its revivals of musicals and the classics, the not-for-profit Roundabout Theatre Company branched out into new work more than
Director and adaptor Simon Stone's contemporary take on Medea shrinks the tragedy to such an individual level that the deeper questions surrounding
By the numbers for 2019:174 shows seen (down from 203 last year)27% of work seen by artists of color (up from 25% last year) 62% of work seen by underrepresented artists (up from 50% last ye…
Inspired by Alanis Morissette's debut album, this new musical uses her music to explore serious subjects " rape, addiction, transracial adoption and
Jack Thorne's adaptation of A Christmas Carol does not reinvent Charles Dickens' festive fable but it delivers an enjoyable holiday experience complete
Neither a fully formed musical nor a staged concept album, this adaptation of Edmond Rostand's play Cyrano de Bergerac, featuring music and
Playwright Adam Rapp's Broadway debut, The Sound Inside, is a slippery mystery featuring a subtle central performance from Mary-Louise Parker. Parker plays Bella, a
With its religious idolatry, white dress purity, red rose lust, and Sicilian superstition, Tennessee Williams' The Rose Tattoo is an unlikely comedy.
In his Broadway debut, Slave Play, Jeremy O Harris sharply explores how white supremacy interferes with interracial relationships today. Harris plunges the
Jack Thorne's compassionate new play, Sunday, is more experimental and complex than at first blush. With explosive dance breaks and Gatsby-style narration,
UK audiences were introduced to the Public Theater's Public Works programme through Kwame Kwei-Armah's production of Twelfth Night at the Young Vic
Finnish artists Essi Rossi and Sarah Kivi set out to educate themselves and the audience on women, sex, and desire in Ejaculation:
Watching Glory Die makes clear from its title where it is going to go. Based on a true story about a young
Getting a brief glimpse of the shattered, abused child within the aggressive adult woman standing before us is a remarkable achievement of
A Brief History of the Fragile Male Ego walks a wobbly line between poking fun at the oversensitivity of men and expressing
Imagine if Ivanka Trump had a heart! Suspend your disbelief. This is the fictional speculation that playwright Charles Gershman engages in for
