1,092 stories by "Victor Gluck, Editor-In-Chief"
Hnath's new story is absorbing and twisty, interestingly creating an entirely new set of ethical and social questions than was handled by Ibsen in 1879. He has handled it in a similar fashio…
McCollum is both charming and charismatic playing among other characters the self-entitled and irresponsible Bruce, the hippie techie Sal, Kat's spaced-out boss Madison, and the intrepid and…
Retro Productions'Â 50th anniversary revival of Paul Zindel's "And Miss Reardon Drinks a Little" put the spotlight on an almost forgotten play that is worthy of revival. Shay Gines' produ…
The two leads David Spadora and Morgan Cowling are charming but that isn't really enough to carry the show. The script isn't too kind to their parents. As Big Harry, Lenny Wolpe is overbeari…
Although the play seems to have something to say about economics and political systems, it is simply a very light romantic comedy making use of elements of change during the Great Depression…
Written by the same team that created the musical version of "Grey Gardens" (Doug Wright, book, Scott Frankel, music, and Michael Korie, lyrics) which gave Ebersole the two best roles of her…
As the ageing matinee idol who never forgets to check his appearance in the mirror, Kline plays a man who is always acting, both on stage and off. His animated physicality in his roles has a…
The play seems to be in the genre of the classic Western movie though highly poeticized and slow-paced. It resembles the 60's films of Sergio Leone and Sam Peckinpah but with much less plot …
In between the scenes between the two men in Beau's living room, Rufus records Beau's reminiscences of his life and times. In this way, Sherman gives us a review of what things were like for…
Theaterworks NYC's stage version of Rick Riordan's best-selling novel, "The Lighting Thief," about Percy Jackson and other demi-gods, first seen in 2014, has returned in an expanded two act …
Tucker's production uses seven actors playing 20 named characters plus members of the ensemble: the women (Joey Parsons and Hamill play one each, good girl Amelia Sedley and bad girl Becky S…
The scenic design with original concept by the late Adrian Vaux, production design by Totie Driver & Matt Kinley, and projections by Luke Halls is as eye-filling as a movie would be. Th…
The show has a great many topical references to celebrities of 1939 (Minsky, Sophie Tucker, Tallulah Bankhead, Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt) not all of whom still ring any bells for most t…
Rob Nagle (who created the role in the Los Angeles production) plays "compassionate conservative" North Carolina Senator Charles Whitmore who is up for reelection in a statistical dead heat …
Don't blame singer Jo Lampert who gives a passionate performance as the Maid of Orleans. Unfortunately, she hasn't been given anything very interesting to sing in this mostly sung-through mu…
Bated Breath Theatre Company specializes in original works inspired by and in partnership with museum collections and exhibitions. However, this show about the fate of the "Haddie Weisenberg…
And what of the play which had its world premiere at the Public Theater in 2005? Parsons' uneven production cannot keep this long play from seeming unwieldy. In fact, using so many actors is…
The score which has been drawn from the four previous New York productions of Anything Goes plays like a Cole Porter greatest hits parade and almost all of the songs are among his most popul…
Although the play demonstrates a surface knowledge of the genre and the period, it wants to have it both ways: it takes place in 1840 in a desolate mansion on the Yorkshire Moors but the cha…
Steven Levenson's "If I Forget" is the kind of family drama that doesn't get written much anymore: one that has something to say other than just depicting a dysfunctional situation. Not only…
Sam Gold's revival of "The Glass Menagerie," the fifth major production of the play in New York since 2005, is such a one. He has decided to remove all of the historical relevance as well as…
Thornton Wilder's "The Skin of Our Teeth" with its benign belief in the resilience of the human condition is unlike any other American play you are likely to see. Both heavily influenced by …
In addition to the swiftness of the storytelling and the use of contemporary language, Jackson uses a sort of upstairs-downstairs approach. Aside from what is happening to the royals, we als…
It would be difficult to imagine anything darker than the content of the second musical collaboration by John Kander and Greg Pierce having its New York premiere at the Vineyard Theatre. Pos…
Based on a story by lyricist/bookwriter/producer B.G. DeSylva ("Good News," "The Best Things in Life Are Free," "The Varsity Drag"), this musical satire sends unworldly, teetotaler Oliver P.…
