1,092 stories by "Victor Gluck, Editor-In-Chief"
The Royal Shakespeare Company's latest "King Lear," as directed by Gregory Doran, is one that needs no explanation and no program notes. At one and the same time both medieval and contempora…
The Q Brothers Collective (made up of GQ, JQ, Jackson Doran and Postell Pringle) is best known in New York for their hip hop variations on Shakespeare: "Othello: The Remix" in 2016 and "The …
Ethical integrity versus moral turpitude is the theme of Kenneth Lonergan's "Lobby Hero" now having its Broadway debut at The Second Stage's newly renovated home, The Helen Hayes Theater. Al…
Rapp's plays are so different from each other that it is difficult to classify him. As of now he has written conventional dramas, experimental plays, futuristic and science fiction plays, an…
Disney Theatrical Productions' long anticipated stage version of the beloved animated film "Frozen" has arrived on Broadway in a lavish and faithful version of the screenplay by Jennifer Lee…
Under the assured direction of Maria Mileaf in a production which started at the Hartford Stage earlier this year, Sharon Washington is a captivating and entertaining presence both as she na…
Lauria, best known for his work on "The Wonder Years," makes Simon an immensely private and enigmatic figure. His erratic behavior changes by the moment, keeping Peter (and us) guessing. We …
Scenic designer John McDermott has turned the black box space at the Sheen Center into an intimate amphitheater with the audience sitting around three sides of Higgins' laboratory/study with…
aithful to the story and like the film, this stage adaptation uses narration from Dinesen's story. However, not only are the actors used as storytellers, some of the characters also narrate …
"Admissions" is often very funny like when Sherri has to try to explain why Melville's Moby Dick is not being taught anymore (a book about a white whale by a dead white guy) and when Charlie…
"Education," Brian Dykstra's new play, is an incendiary investigation into censorship, free speech and responsibility in electric theater. It purports to be about Art as a Weapon but its the…
Bruce Norris' plays are so different from each other that you have to take his fingerprints to recognize his hand. His recent New York plays have dealt with racism and gentrification ("Clybo…
It would be a pleasure to say that Musicals Tonight! is going out on a high but that would not be accurate. While the book by Ronald Hanmer and Phil Park based on the play by Charles K. Free…
On the basis of "Is God Is," Aleshea Harris is a new voice in the American theater whose work bears watching in the future. The play is the latest in a long line of revenge stories from the …
Casting of Brewer (best known for her several roles on "American Horror Story"), an individual with Down syndrome, is a real coup as she doesn't have to be inventing a role she knows intimat…
Except for the frustration level of the characters, there does not seem to be a movement towards change or catharsis which may partly explain why the play seems so long. Harris and Madigan r…
"Jerry Springer - The Opera" is not for opera purists nor is for people who are easily offended by four letter words and other bad language of which there is a multitude. However, its irreve…
Originally titled "A Test Case" when the play had its premiere in New York in 1892, it is one of Daly's many adaptations of European successes, this one based on a German comedy of Blumentha…
Jordan Harrison's "The Amateurs" is certainly an ambitious new play acted to the hilt by its cast of six. However, at times it bites off more than it can handle, at other times its anachroni…
"Subways Are for Sleeping" is a valentine to New York and projection designer Lacey Erb has created atmospheric slides and streaming video of such iconic locations as Grand Central Station, …
Although an interesting idea, James Inverne's "A Walk With Mr. Heifetz" has lofty ambitions which it is unable to fulfill. While the advertisement proclaims that these two encounters "change…
Marcus Gardley's "X: Or, Betty Shabazz V. The Nation" is a powerful indictment of forces within a movement which help to destroy it. Performed by The Acting Company under the direction of Ia…
The cast seems to have been mostly chosen for their comic skills rather than their singing skills. Nevertheless, Josh Waldren and Matthew Fairless as the visiting travelers turn "Dear Old Sy…
Stop me if you've heard this one before: three people walk into a bar where they are known by the drinks they order. Only in Kate Benson's new play "[Porto]," the unnamed bar is in a gentrif…
"Bar Mitzvah Boy" may not be a top-drawer Jule Styne musical, but Jack Rosenthal's original story and David Thompson's new book are excellently observed to have the ring of truth. The family…
