In her program notes for "You Got Older," playwright Clare Barron shares her "optimistic belief that there is profound comfort in just living privately together. Life and desire can persist …
Anna Ziegler's "Antigone (This Play I Read in High School)," currently at the Public Theater's Barbaralee Theater, is not the Sophocles tragedy I taught in high school"but then again, neithe…
It has taken a very long time, actually 27 years, but Richard Maltby and David Shire have decided that it was "About Time," their new musical revue, that completes the trilogy which began wi…
Abigail and Shaun Bengson welcome the audience to New York Theatre Workshop for "My Joy is Heavy." They introduce themselves, the band, the crew. They explain this is a relaxed house perform…
"Did You Write This Scene or Did I?" THE UNKNOWN at Studio Seaview When critics dismissed David Cale's "The Unknown" as a solo thriller with a "tired twist," they revealed more about their o…
It has been eleven years since the play "Every Brilliant Thing" penned by Duncan Macmillan with Jonny Donahoe, opened Off Broadway at the intimate 199 seat Barrow Street Theatre in New York.…
A Theatrical Rorschach Test: CHINESE REPUBLICANS at Roundabout Alex Lin's "Chinese Republicans" arrives at Roundabout Theatre Company with considerable ambition: a world premiere examining A…
"We're Here. Right Now: THE RESERVOIR's Hard-Won Grace" Jake Brasch's "The Reservoir," now playing at Atlantic Theater Company, operates through counterpoint: addiction and dementia, comedy …
Many plays are based on factual events that had a great impact on society during the time they took place and usually make the protagonist the person who was responsible for the course of ac…
Life can be compared to a fighting match, where once you step into the ring you are alone. You become a monster defending themselves and fighting for their life, suffering from cuts and brui…
"Parsing Joyce: ERS's ULYSSES Demonstrates Without Embodying" Good readers create images as they navigate dense text, constructing a personal vision of the world on the page. Elevator Repair…
Don't Look at Me: "The Other Place" and the Tragedy Critics Missed When Alexander Zeldin's "The Other Place" premiered at London's National Theatre in 2024, critics hailed it as "the outstan…
Calling all playwrights! We are excited to announce an open call for submissions for the 2026 Broadway Bound Theatre Festival . Showcase your new play in the heart of NYC Get support from…
Twenty-nine years after its London premiere, Tracy Letts' "Bug" has finally crawled onto Broadway at Manhattan Theatre Club's Samuel J. Friedman Theatre, and the question that matters most i…
The recent revival of "Chess "on Broadway comes nearly forty years after its first opening on London's West End in 1986, with a subsequent move to Broadway after major revisions, in 1988. Th…
Where do our memories go when we die? Jordan Harrison's "Marjorie Prime," now receiving its Broadway premiere at the Helen Hayes Theatre, asks this question with stunning simplicity and deva…
In late 2025, as wealth inequality reaches historic levels and millions struggle with housing costs, "The Queen of Versailles" arrives on Broadway at the St. James Theatre to ask: wouldn't i…
The recently opened new Broadway musical "Two Strangers Carry A Cake Across New York" leans towards the formula of a savvy rom com that is unassuming and charming, thanks to Christiani Pitts…
Most coming-of-age plays invite us to relate to individual characters as they navigate adolescent turmoil. We watch from outside, recognizing ourselves in their struggles. Else Went's "Initi…
Thornton Wilder wrote "The Skin of Our Teeth" in 1942 as the world burned. Ethan Lipton's musical adaptation "The Seat of Our Pants," now at the Public Theater, arrives as history repeats it…
In Samuel D. Hunter's "Little Bear Ridge Road," currently playing at the Booth Theatre, James, an astrophysics graduate student, explains to his boyfriend Ethan that the three stars forming …
After garnering mostly rave reviews in London's West End and Stratford-upon-Avon, "Kyoto" by Joe Murphy and Joe Robertson is currently running Off-Broadway at Lincoln Center Theater's Mitzi …
It is very rare that a revival of a musical is imagined better than the original production and exceptional that its message is more relevant now than when it first opened on Broadway nearly…
With HBO's "The Gilded Age" drawing record-breaking viewership, it's clear America remains fascinated by the elegance, extravagance and traditions of that dazzling era. Now, food writer and …
Jen Tullock's "Nothing Can Take You from the Hand of God" has been hailed as a searing examination of how evangelical Christianity wounds its queer children. Critics have called it "the best…