165 stories from On Off Broadway
Marc Bruni, a longtime associate director on Broadway musicals such as "Legally Blonde" and "Grease," finally stands on his own with his staging of "Fanny," which is respectable and enjoyabl…
Something is missing in Donald Margulies' thoughtful new play "Time Stands Still," which is receiving a uniformly well-acted Broadway production directed by Daniel Sullivan. But what exactly…
Some people simply don't react well to annoyingly loud ceiling fans. In Sam Shepard's new tragicomedy "Ages of the Moon," one character is so disturbed that he takes a rifle and shoots a fan…
Let me stress that this is in no way a bad or even mediocre production. In fact, it's quite smart and occasionally engrossing. And I really look forward to checking out "The Tempest" next mo…
Gregory Mosher's realistic production focuses on psychological realism instead of idiotic pretension. It is straightforward, focused and uniformly well-acted.
The new Broadway revival of "Present Laughter," Noel Coward's 1939 farce about an egomanaical matinee idol in the midst of a midlife crisis, feels strangely deflated and stale. It's as if so…
"Lear" is still likely to attract a sizable crowd due to its title. What a shame that so many Shakespeare junkies will find themselves trapped at a terrible show that is not so much irrevere…
The narrow proscenium stage of the SoHo Playhouse is a less ideal space than the intimate Irish Repertory Repertory, where the production opened earlier this fall before transferring to a co…
The entire cast is superb, especially Bill Heck as the forlorn but resilient Horace. But it is the playwright's daughter Hallie Foote, often considered the foremost interpreter of his work, …
This being the first Broadway revival of "A Little Night Music," I get the feeling that many felt as if it should have been bigger and brighter and more expensive, rather like the Lincoln Ce…
It occasionally feels as if Rice's bizarre theatricality is competing against the intimacy of Alec and Laura's story. But more often than not, the bells and whistles and gags of this whimsic…
Besides some gratuitously graphic language, there's nothing shocking or even original about "Race."
Watching Blanchett's tragic turn from campy theatricality to manic desperation proves to be an intense and unforgettable experience.
The show's producers took a huge risk bringing a show with a relatively narrow niche appeal to Broadway. But in spite of its overflowing theatricality, "Fela!" falls short of providing a sol…
In spite of some issues with acting, "Dreamgirls" is still a lot of fun and a great musical.
In hindsight, I think I came to "Girl Crazy" with very high expectations, both due to the score itself and my love of the Encores! series. Yet this concert staging was seriously undercooked.
In the Next Room or the vibrator play, Sarah Ruhl's first play on Broadway following several major Off-Broadway mountings, is raw, fascinating and madly entertaining.
"Ragtime" is a show about optimism in the face of prejudice and poverty and the bright possibilities of the future. As its ballads are sung with fiery emotional force, it's impossible not to…
