Jeff Daniels and Gbenga Akinnagbe (photo: Julieta Cervantes)The good news is that Jeff Daniels is a terrific Atticus Finch -- without diminishing the memory of the sterling Academy Award-win…
Jon Barker and Erin Partin (photo: Jerry Dalia)You can really feel the chill of winter in the Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey's production of Shakespeare partly morose, partly magical "A W…
Nicholas Rodriguez (center) and companyForgive me if I am not playing fair when I say that this absolutely delightful production of "Holiday Inn" has the sparkles even if it is not generatin…
Kellie Overbey and Ann McDonoughphoto: T. Charles EricksonNora slamming the door at the end of Henrik Ibsen's "A Doll's House" has to be one of the most famous exits in all dramatic literatu…
Kerry Washington and Steven PasqualePhoto: Peter Cunningham I am pleased that "American Son" has found its way to the Booth Theatre on Broadway following its premieres at the Barrington Stag…
Emma Degerstedt and ensemblephoto credit: Joan MarcusIt's not that I wasn't listening to the radio during the 1950's and 1960's, but I just didn't think that such songs as "Baby Baby," "Pois…
Donna McKechnie photo: Jerry Dalia How often have we heard someone over sixty years old say, When you become a senior you become invisible? That may be all too true in some circles…
Jesse Mueller and Joshua HenryPhoto credit: Julieta Cervantes Nothing is going to change the fact that Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II's "Carousel" is unrelentingly sentimental…
Alison Pill, Glenda Jackson and Laurie Metcalf (Photo: Brigitte Lacombe) None of the disaffection for  a series of Edward Albee's plays that followed years of success and great acclaim …
Eric Tucker and Vaishnavi Sharma Remember "Pygmalion"? It's "My Fair Lady" without the Ascot Gavotte. If you share the English-speaking world's fondness for George Bernard Shaw's clever…
Nathan Lane Photo: Brinkhoff & MogenburgNew York is the recipient of the stunning and superb revival of the two-part masterpiece "Angels in America" from London where Tony Kushner's Puli…
.  The Fiasco Players Photo: Joan Marcus There is not a better way to celebrate the holidays than a visit to the Classic Stage Company where they are hosting the Fiasco Theater'…
Lauren Zakrin in "Cruel Intentions Photo credit: Jenny Anderson Sometimes the experience of being with an audience that is largely half your age and that knows not on…
The cast   photo credit: Joan Marcus Luis Alfaro's "Oedipus El Rey" is one of the more exciting of the new plays to open Off Broadway so far this season. A collaboration between Th…
Nia Vardalos (photo: Joan Marcus) Sincere but why? That is how I responded to the dramatic form given to a stream of popular inter-active on-line advice columns originally written by Ch…
Clive Owen and Jin HaPhoro Credit: Matthew Murphy Playwright David Henry Hwang made an auspicious Broadway debut in 1988 with M. Butterfly. The play and its original two stars - John Lithgow…
Mercedes Ruehl and Micharel UriePhoto: Joan Marcus Torch Song by Harvey Fierstein is making a sentimental if not quite a sensational  return to its Off-Broadway roots. This time uptown. O…
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Tony Yazbeck in solo dance segment from "Follies." Â In my youth, I recall going with my parents to the Jewish Y in New Jersey to an annual entertainment called "Bits of Hits." A wonderfu…
Oscar IsaacPhoto credit: Carol Rosegg Plenty of characters die in William Shakespeare's "Hamlet," but plenty of them live long enough to make us laugh at their misfortunes, smile at their m…