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Welcome to the manosphere! The philosophy behind this realm is best summed up by 21 Studios, a prominent anti-feminist and Men's Rights Activist (MRA) organization, which succinctly instruct…
In his 2000 Pulitzer-Prize winning drama Dinner with Friends, Donald Margulies dissected the institution of marriage and revealed the quotidian struggles, shifting affinities, and existentia…
When I first saw Sarah Ruhl's Eurydice at Second Stage Theater in 2007, I found the play mawkish and pretentious. What's more, its retelling of the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice seemed at the…
I'm no Molière authority, so I can't say how many liberties Jeffrey Hatcher has taken in his adaptation of The Imaginary Invalid, now being presented by Red Bull Theater at New World Stages…
One of the real gems to be found on YouTube is a collection of full episodes of "The Nat King Cole Show," which premiered on NBC in November of 1956. Originally a 15-minute program, then exp…
"Slim pickings of a post-pandemic industry," is the way an actor describes her current gig in the early moments of Christin Eve Cato's very funny, very topical, and very urgent O.K.!, the ne…
Swedish playwright August Strindberg's early plays explore fluctuating power dynamics, depicting relationships as volatile arenas where characters skillfully employ psychological manipulatio…
In his poem about the loneliness of a schoolteacher, playwright William Inge wrote, "Funny but being alone in a room full of people is more lonely somehow than/ Being left to your own device…
Emblazoned on a November 2006 cover of the New York Post was a photo of Paris Hilton, Lindsay Lohan, and Britney Spears in the front seat of a fancy car. The trio, dubbed "3 Bimbos of the Ap…
Broadway audiences might not immediately sense it from this vibrant new musical, but this year marks the 35th anniversary of Real Women Have Curves. Each iteration of Josefina López's gro…
Imagine for a moment that the giant lumberjack Paul Bunyan, the tornado-riding Pecos Bill, the "steel-driving" John Henry, and other figures out of the American tall tale tradition were real…
Just in Time, opening tonight at Circle in the Square Theatre, is what happens when two chameleons merge, where it is difficult to separate the character being portrayed from the performer i…
He enters, rising up out of the floor, back to the audience, in a pink spangled blazer, like a gaudier Velma Kelly about to launch into "All That Jazz." But Ryan J. Haddad has other things o…
In order to maximize your enjoyment of Kimberly Belflower's compelling and exceptionally well-acted play John Proctor is the Villain, opening tonight at the Booth Theatre, we really ought to…
The Irish Repertory Theatre is in an uncharacteristically jocular mood. Irishtown, Ciara Elizabeth Smyth's comedy, is a slight but merry look at Irish theatre's history, its nature, and let'…
Smash, the new(ish) musical adapted from the 2012-13 NBC series of the same title and opening tonight at the Imperial Theatre, can't seem to decide whether it wants to be a meta-musical stee…
Stephen Sondheim was such an extraordinary wordsmith, I wonder what single word he might have come up with to describe Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends, opening tonight at the Manhattan Theatr…
Boop! The Musical, the often delightful if overstuffed new musical at the Broadhurst Theatre, features a star-making performance by its lead, an appealing pair of veterans, an adorable puppy…
What's most impressive about Becoming Eve"and there's a lot"is its generosity of spirit. Emil Weinstein's play at New York Theatre Workshop's temporary quarters on Grand Street, adapted from…
Since it first appeared, Jason Robert Brown's song-cycle musical The Last Five Years seems to be in a continual loop. The short-lived Off-Broadway original in 2002 spawned countless regional…
During the 1950s, CBS TV was sometimes referred to as the "Tiffany Network," owing to its reputation of providing high-quality programming. A glittery jewel in its tiara was the news divisio…
Ah, spring is in the air. That can only mean one thing: 'tis the start of baseball season! At least, that's what comes to mind while seeking an analogy for what is now the fourth Broadway pr…
You know what they say about marriage: the first 150 years are the hardest. OK, while none of us will ever see that sort of longevity, wait until you meet Susan Cooper and her husband Samuel…
When Tommy Marie, a character in Alice Childress's Wine in the Wilderness (now playing at Classic Stage Company's Lynn F. Angelson Theater), first appears, she draws laughs. Her ill-fitting …
I'm smiling this morning. Who Is Jimmy Pants?, the second in New2NY's trio of staged readings at the York Theatre Company, is silly and inconsequential, but it's also one big long grin.
