Fruma-Sarah's slim premise isn't quite sturdy enough to allow its more substantial aspirations to take flight. The post Jackie Hoffman Shows Off Her Range in <em>Fruma-Sarah (Waiting i…
Enemy of the People could do more to challenge the assumption that majority votes work the way they're supposed to. The post <em>Enemy of the People</em> Is a Choose-Your-Own-Adv…
The phantoms of 2020 resurface with shivery impact throughout. The post José Saramago's <em>Blindness</em> Takes on Heightened Meaning in Our Pandemic Age appeared first on Slan…
The festival is now part-streaming and part-live on a variety of platforms. The post Under the Radar 2021: <em>A Thousand Ways (Part One): A Phone Call</em> and <em>Disclai…
THE JEWISH SOUL: CLASSICS OF YIDDISH CINEMA: Kino's essential set shows the diversity and range of Yiddish cinema, while commentary tracks from film critic J. Hoberman and Yiddish historians…
With this version of West Side Story, van Hove seems barely interested in the show itself. The post In Ivo van Hove's Hands, <em>West Side Story</em>'s Actors Are Mice in a Cinem…
It's hard to think of too many other productions that strive to stretch a Shakespeare play so far beyond its natural course. The post Review: <em>Hamlet</em> at St. Ann's Warehou…
Busch discusses his latest comic tearjerker, an homage to a rather unknown spate of movies from the early 1930s. The post Confessions of a Drag Legend: Charles Busch on <em>The Confess…
The singular nature of this play, brought to life by Kathryn Hunter's exceptional lead performance, is reason enough to see this production. The post Review: <em>Timon of Athens</em…
Experiencing the festival replaces the usual sense of familiarity with a sense of wonder. The post Under the Radar 2020: <em>The Shadow Whose Prey the Hunter Becomes</em>, <em…
This was the year of playwrights saying what they mean. The post The Best Theater of 2019 appeared first on Slant Magazine.
The Inheritance's attempt to speak for everyone muddies its ability to speak clearly to anyone. The post Review: <em>The Inheritance</em> Is a Radical, If Short-Sighted, Take on …
In the wake of Slave Play, immediate answers might sound neither comforting nor honest. The post <em>Slave Play</em> Review: A Searing, Satirical Takedown of White Supremacy appe…
Two twists on the typical range of possibilities for the musical theater writing process are playing out in two recent musicals. The post Review: <em>Broadbend, Arkansas</em> and…
On an almost bare stage, the scenes bleed into each other with little sense that the setting or situation has changed. The post Review: The Speed Is the Rub at Classic Stage Company's <em…
It's telling that the show gets its biggest laughs only after it's turned deadly serious. The post Review: <em>Scotland, PA</em> Finds Its Purpose When It Sticks to the Bard appe…
Letts trips over the line between objectifying women and satirizing the objectification of women. The post Review: Tracy Letts's <em>Linda Vista</em> Doesn't Make Enough Space fo…
As the stakes grow increasingly life or death, the production's campy structure becomes less capable of supporting it. The post Review: <em>The Lightning Thief</em> Struggles to …
Ultimately, it's the wrong man who animates the stage. The post Review: <em>The Wrong Man</em> Suggests a Concept Album Propped Up on Two Legs appeared first on Slant Magazine.
The play is too overstuffed and too easily distracted to say anything profound or potent about its subject matter. The post Review: As Anatomy of a Presidency, <em>The Great Society<…
The production gets out of the way and lets its stars do what they do best. The post Review: <em>Freestyle Love Supreme</em> Pumps You Up with Rhyme and Rhythm appeared first on …
Keith Hamilton Cobb's play offers a promising avenue into the future of Shakespeare performance. The post Review: <em>American Moor</em> Illuminates the Experience of Acting Whi…
Jamie Lloyd's gauzy new production of Harold Pinter's play aims for the abstractly lyrical. The post <em>Betrayal</em> Review: The Actors Are the Thing, the Stage-Craft Not So Mu…
If we're going to update Hercules for 2019, let's take Meg's dreams of independence seriously. The post Review: <em>Hercules</em> Wrestles More with Heroism Than with Female Libe…
This production's pacing is more deliberate than that of the film, leaving the characters with more room to breathe. The post Review: <em>Moulin Rouge!</em> Is a Great American M…