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"Mother Play," though based on Vogel's own life, is her most schematic, more an outline barely fleshed out with lots of details rather than the intense emotional revelations of her earlier w…
Director Nicholas Viselli has done well with the characterizations but is unable to resolve the thinness of the backstories which are not fleshed out by the script. The shallow set which has…
Jessica Burr's Blessed Unrest production of Marguerite Duras' "La Musica Deuxième"Â in the 1992 translation by Barbara Bray is like a violent Jean Paul Sartre short story directed in the …
"David and Katie Get Re-Married" is the creation of David Carl and Katie Hartman. Using original songs, funny and timely commentary, and interesting props, they take a musical romp through t…
As we are instructed early on, the meal and the service are divided into 15 sections. The Seder is held in the midst, or as a significant part, of the whole of the play. It is then complemen…
"Fingers & Spoons" does have its titillating moments, with descriptions of sex and even mild simulations. (The show is sexual enough that it would probably be a hit at the Edinburgh Frin…
The play is an expression of the quiet whirlwind within Mary Jane's soul, exquisitely expressed by the warm McAdams, surrounded by the boundless support of the others. Director Anne Kauffman…
The new musical "Hell's Kitchen" has made a successful transition to Broadway from The Public Theater and the new version seems to have corrected some of the flaws from before. This juke-box…
The transfer to Broadway has brilliantly expanded the show. The new production designed by Riccardo Hernández (scenery), Paul Tazewell (costumes), Lap Chi Chu (lighting) and Charles G…
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As for previous theatrical takes on the classic Jazz Age novel--and a few cinematic ones, too--the understandable allure of Fitzgerald's breathtaking sentences has represented a deathly sire…
"The Frybread Queen," a unique narrative penned by Carolyn Dunn and brought to life under the direction of Vickie Ramirez, delves into an intergenerational conflict sparked by the death of a…
Things are not helped by Mini Lien's bland setting that looks more like a furniture showroom than the family manse held for decades and passed down to the present inhabitants. The new adapta…
While the ensemble cast is excellent throughout, we do feel Taylor Mac's absence when he goes offstage to change costumes (and that is quite a few times, one more sumptuous than the other " …
In the very first scene it becomes apparent that we are watching "The Pursuit of Happiness," a new play from the Good Company, an indie theater group that has been known for radical and expe…
"In the Common Hour" is a play with text by Marie Glancy O'Shea inspired by the writings of Italian author Italo Calvino of six stories about an other-dimensional place on the edge of realit…
If there's a compelling reason to see "Patriots," it's Stuhlbarg, a Julliard-trained actor who can elevate flawed material with the best of them. In "Patriots," his talent bridges a director…
David Adjmi's "Stereophonic" at the Golden Theatre, a transfer under the auspices of Playwrights Horizons, is a minutely detailed, almost minute-by-minute recreation of a recording session b…
A good deal of fun is had by Brian Pacelli's projection design which is shown on the modern and chic living room/dining room set by Christopher and Justin Swader. It takes us to the virtual …
The scenes establishing the outlines of the mystery tend to be episodic rather than tightly integrated narrative, building tension to a dramatic resolution. Colette Robert's direction of the…
The performances are quite stellar. Jayne Atkinson's Helen is simply gorgeous. We do see that woman who 30 years ago wore a red dress to a party…and that was enough for Mark and Lorraine t…
In attempting to make a feminist statement out of Shakespeare's "Macbeth", Harris has made Lady Macbeth into the same murderous monster that her husband became in the original. This does not…
The cast of "The Outsiders: A New Musica"l bring their own substantial charisma to the stage, but it's been dramaturgically constrained by Adam Rapp and Justin Levine's book, which sacrifice…
In telling the life story of Tamara de Lempicka, the show begins with a fascinating premise. Unfortunately, neither the score nor the book lives up to her high standards. Unlike "Sunday in t…
What makes this play such an extraordinary experience is how McCafferty's words are presented in a way that captures the intensity and stress of the three days of point and counterpoint. Wes…
