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Julia Jarcho's new play suffers under her affectless directing style, but a first-rate ensemble brings life to the otherwise chilly proceedings, resulting in an unfulfilling but still occ…
After casting its lead roles, "Funny Girl" has postponed the Broadway and Los Angeles runs due to financial issues. The show was supposed to star Lauren Ambrose and Bobby Cannavale.
Julie Taymor might have been fired from the "Spider-Man" musical, but she could still walk away with a Tony Award next year for directing the stunt-heavy mega-show.
The problems of wounded soldiers returning from war are portrayed in Rich Rubin's play with tepid comedy that doesn't come anywhere near reflecting the complexity and importance of the sub…
Alison Fraser is a beacon of light in Wendy Beckett's uneven adoption drama, which circles around a clichéd situation and never comes to a satisfying resolution.
Playwright Saviana Stanescu paints real problems facing immigrants in New York, but her personal beliefs sometimes get in the way of her play's effect.
With Rachel Griffiths and Judith Light stepping seamlessly into the tight five-person ensemble, Jon Robin Baitz's compelling family drama remains both grandly entertaining and deeply perce…
Despite a provocative premise and a first-rate cast, this new musical's clichéd story and forgettable music keep the memory of the Moulin Rouge at an unfortunate distance.
The cabaret icon's sunny disposition should be an ideal match for Jerry Herman's songs, but her startling inability to connect with lyrics left me unable to join in the audience's enthusia…
A remarkable achievement of multimedia artistry created by Phantom Limb, this spellbinding show is an imaginatively evocative depiction of British explorer Ernest Shackleton's 1914 expedit…
Franco will hold a seance to communicate with dead Tennessee Williams via a Ouija board; Fiennes will perform at the opening night benefit during the fourth biennial NYC Performa series.
Hugh Dancy was walking down the street, minding his own business, when he landed his first acting gig.
Though intelligent and well-intentioned, Andrew Hinderaker's new play on the subject of male suicide is bedeviled by an unbelievable premise and gerrymandered playwriting.
This play about the effect of a factory strike on three blue-collar guys who have been friends since the first grade is strongest as a look at camaraderie.
The actor will co-star in the project based on the experiences of Eric Lomax, who penned a memoir about his life during and after World War II.
Playwright Kirsten Greenidge paints a detailed and edgy portrait of a youth culture seeking identity through brand names, indiscriminate sex, and fast food.
The French film "Untouchables" takes the top prize, earning best actor honors for its two stars.
Producers said Friday that original stars Jennifer Damiano and T.V. Carpio will end their run in "Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark" next month when their contracts expire.
Karin Coonrod sets Shakespeare's seldom-performed comedy at an all-male college, and the cast mostly earns a master's degree in hilarity, although a few try too hard to make the grade.
A stage adaptation of the Oscar-winning 1954 Italian film of the same title, this is an enchanting, cunningly constructed production, performed in Spanish with English supertitles.
This artistic juxtaposition of the angelic and demonic realms has many beautiful moments, but though Ping Chong's choreography is intriguing, the production's continuity falters.
Edward Einhorn's misguided direction of Motti Lerner's political family drama skews the piece's timing and makes many moments feel forced.
For all its dropping of band names and wrestling with familiar indie-rock issues, Randall Colburn's Kurt Cobain–inspired drama doesn't muster much rock-'n'-roll cred.
Tennessee Williams' absurdist meditation on mortality, loneliness, and the general triviality of human existence, is in director Jonathan Warman's hands an outrageously entertaining grote…
Charlotte Moore's straightforward production captures the charm of Brian Friel's gentle play without ever being saccharine, but not its darker, more moving elements.
