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This current New York City revival, directed by Aimée Fortier, shifts the focus largely away from Jimmy and onto Alison (Elizabeth Scopel). Critics have described this character as passive,…
Could there be five more self-involved, selfish, self-deceptive characters than those who populate Lily Akerman's "The Commons" at the 59E59 Theaters? No, these five roommates aren't evi…
If it sounds challenging to do a two-performer version of "Frankenstein," it proves just that in the current production at the CSC, being performed in repertory with a new stage version of "…
Even before the playwright pays homage to William S. Burrough's "Naked Lunch" through this last line, one is already drawing comparisons to the psychotic, structureless existence of that nov…
The trite set-up makes all of the characters one-dimensional, with the Jewish Seth a "knish maker" and shop owner on "Hester Street, Angie groping to find herself--not to mention a partner--…
"Goy Friendly" is clearly meant as a light entertainment with lecture-demonstration components and succeeds as such. It's delightful spending time with this superb raconteur, even if he …
In making her professional stage debut courtesy of Page 73, Zora Howard has written a powerful kitchen sink drama in 'Stew," as much about making a literal stew as about the emotional stew t…
Mr. Droege's sharp and well-observed writing renders each of these familiar figures with biting depth, achieving grand mini-portraiture. Though preoccupied with comedy, an undercurrent of pr…
Amidst the hubbub that includes coerced audience clapping and singalongs, we attempt to discern what the point is. It appears to be the story of an outsider who takes up residence in a rural…
The Mint Theater Company has rediscovered and championed British actor/playwright Miles Malleson with Conflict and Yours Unfaithfully. Now they have combined two of his one acts adapted from…
The subject matter of "Chasing the River" is, of course, viable, but the play is not as nuanced and insightful as one would hope"nor is it particularly gripping. Sometimes the action feels s…
ICE raids, harrowing border crossing journeys and transferring money home are depicted in the rousing and moving play "Fandango For Butterflies (and Coyotes)." It's derived from undocumented…
Bookwriter Jonathan Marc Sherman has wisely kept the story in its period. However, his dialogue is almost word for word lifted from the screenplay which is rather old hat for those of us hav…
Bess Wohl's "Grand Horizons" opens with a pas de deux of marital inertia as Nancy (Jane Alexander) and Bill (James Cromwell), two near-octogenarians wasting their twilight days in a so-calle…
While Simon Stone's adaptation is engrossing for its surprising updates, it never captures the emotions, seeming more like a gimmick that a reworking of the Greek tragedy. With most of the a…
Hosted by the Graham Company's elegant director Janet Eilber, the program began with some historical comments after which two groups of dancers, one representing the Graham technique from Gr…
An author can be too close to his or her material so that the real story fails to be revealed. Inspired by his own family events, Buzz McLaughlin's Sister Calling My Name has a fascinating p…
Hoyle has brought his most recent play, "Border People," to New York City in a production directed by Nicole A. Watson. It's a work dedicated to people who dwell along borders of various sor…
"The legend returns" claimed the fliers and posters for "Matthew Bourne's Swan Lake"'s short season at the New York City Center. That proclamation wasn't far from the truth. "Swan La…
David Alan Grier, Blair Underwood and Billy Eugene Jones in a scene from Charles Fuller's "A Soldier's Play" at the American Airlines Theatre (Photo credit: Joan Marcus) Joel Benjamin, Criti…
Additional credit can be given to Simon and Wolkowitz's performances by the excellent supporting cast and Einhorn's writing. The script's one weakness appears to be an insistence on providin…
"Producing theatrical works that feature compelling stories created by emerging theater artists" is from the New Light Theater Project's self-description. Their vastly and thoughtfully enter…
Writer and director Renee Philippi's appealing scenario is simple, heartfelt and dramatic. It's realized by Ms. Philippi's supreme command of stagecraft that revels in theatricality. Designe…
The New York Pops' latest concert, Find Your Dream, was a glorious tribute to nostalgia. Not only was it an evening of the beloved songs of Rodgers and Hammerstein with selectionsfrom all 11…
"Really Really Gorgeous" has an often-amusing absurdist and surrealistic sensibility. Plot turns take on the illogical quality that exists in dreams or in kids' games of "Let's pretend." For…
