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The New Victory's presentation is so visually inventive and the story so intriguing that the 70 minutes, like Zorro, gallops by
The Foundry Theatre, which has got a winner on its hands . .
not the same old Shakespearean spinach but a penetrating look at some of the Bard's most fascinating women. It goes a long way toward revealing how each female personage ticks
an ultra-timely reprise of the Pulitzer prize wining musical of a legenary Big Apple Mayor . .
Actor Hamish Linklater makes his playwriting debut with an at first funny but ultimately haunting modern fairy tale
with a season awash with revivals about by-gone days, this world premiere by Laura Marks is refreshingly timely if deeply disturbing
Mark Kudisch and Jeffrey Denman shine in a forget your troubles holiday show at the York Theater . .
Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Donald Margulies gets into the yuletide act at the Geffen
With jobs increasingly tight and relegated to robots, the songs in this new version of Studs Terkel's 1974 book have a new kind of poignancy
Melissa James Gibsn's plays are all buoyed by dialogue that reflects a truly original voice and her latest is no exception. . . .
if Amy Freed, in collapsing the two plays, loses some structural elements, she doubly drives home the bawdy wit and humor. . . . Read More
effrey Hatcher's adaptation adds a couple of plot "twists" to enhance the fun, but for most audiences the draw is seeing Kathleen Turner do her stuff . .
- Sir Arthur Wing Pinero's rarely revived sweet relic about theater and theater people .
Red Bull Theater's fast-paced and very funny revival of Ben Jonson's 1606 play about the consequences of greed . . .
For theater goers looking for holiday fare that's intellectually nourishing, Paula Vogel's unique Christmas story with music offers a satisfyingly tasty and enlightening entertainment
A special cheer is in order for the George Street Theater for presenting this production that had its world premiere at the Barrington Stage Company
Theresa Rebeck's you can/can't go home agan tragi-comedy is likely to make you wish Graeter's would open an ice cream chain in Manhattan.
Signature's production is a period piece but not dated, an intelligent look at a time, the 1960's, and its music .
Playwright Mark St. Germain's idea to posit this fictional encounter in a quiet study on the very day Chamberlain declared war on Germany, and King George VI delivered The King's Speech is a…
The musical/ based on the Jean Shepherd stories is dated, delightful fun
he short story that launched Englander as one of contemporary literature's best short story writers, and his adaptation now marks a promising debut as a playwright. . .
the 1990 Pulitzer Prize"winning drama by August Wilson, that is now having a stirring revival at the Signature Theater. . . .
- In a season dominated by musical revivals, a new musical that more than lives up to its title, has finally opened . . . Read More
Under the direction of Obie Award winner Jo Bonney this show has powerful moments, although it doesn't break any fresh theatrical ground for its activist author.
Richard Nelson's Apple Family play unapologetically embraces the present moment in its set-the-table, clear-the-table daily trivialities and a lump-in-the-throat, clear-the-throat no-nonsens…
