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Visually impressive due to the inventive work of scenic designer Donald Eastman and director Arthur Adair's fine staging, "Chasing the New White Whale" is playwright Mike Gorman's muddled at…
"Life X 3" was first seen in 2003 at the Circle in the Square. This revival is tauter and funnier. Perhaps this smaller venue refracts the play in a different way, but these four act…
The attempt to draw comparisons between two disparate one-act plays by Brian Friel proves forced and effortful. In a program note for "Two by Friel," now playing at the Irish Repertory Theat…
While Alex Roe's minimalist production is both sharp and engrossing, the play offers viewers several problems. Aside from the three main characters, the play has 23 other speaking roles with…
Ostensibly about domestic abuse, the evidence is all offstage and we must surmise this from the defeated condition of the heroine Irene played by Ms. Daly. Her husband Gerry (John Procaccino…
Playing the developmentally challenged title character Bernie, Stephanie Gould captures the innocence and charm of this young woman, sometimes with broad strokes, but always with sincerity a…
In offering a window on a world most New York theatergoers know little about, Hansol Jung's Wild Goose Dreams is a fascinating look at Korean culture. On the other hand, what appears to be a…
Hall is not helped by an over-zealous production that, for some reason, turns the Signature's Irene Diamond Stage into a construction site, complete with drop cloths, ceiling netting and lot…
The New York Theatre Ballet performed the lovely, all-female, "Come to Me, Bend to Me" from that musical, a sweet look at pre-wedding preparations in the ancient village of Brigadoon. Th…
"Hip hop gave me my name" says Peep One, a captivating young mixed race woman who is a beat maker; the one who crafts the tune for a hip hop song. This is one of numerous pertinent details i…
A limited number of lucky fans will be invited to have pizza and cake with the cast of School of Rock from 5:30-6:15 PM inside the Winter Garden Theatre before attending that evening's 7:00 …
As Michael, the soulful and animated Michael Broadhurst enthralls as he rhapsodizes about his deceased wife, philosophically opines and stalwartly copes. Jonathan Judge-Russo has shattering …
Designed by Johnny Tilders, the puppet Kong is phenomenal, a 20-foot tall, 2,000 pound marionette operated by the ten-person King's Company, members of the cast assigned to operating the arm…
Both a theatrical surprise and a very accomplished dramatic work, Patricia Ione Lloyd's "Eve's Song" is one of the best theatrical experiences to be had in New York at this time. With a cast…
"The New One," directed by Seth Barrish, is about Birbiglia and his wife's decision to become parents, the struggles they go through to arrive at pregnancy, and his fretfulness about how bec…
Cute, whimsical and lightly enjoyable, the musical "The Other Josh Cohen" is hampered by its lack of a compelling plot. "This is the story of a strange piece of mail that changed my life." A…
The Classic Stage Company's current revival of Bertolt Brecht's "The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui" is not the first to draw comparisons between the sitting president and Hitler. In 2002, or …
As proven elsewhere, Steven Levenson is expert at depicting young people in crisis on stage. "Days of Rage" is very real in its handling of a group of people of similar beliefs living togeth…
This coming Monday, November 19th at 7:00 pm award-winning talent from Broadway and stage will join composer Stephen Schwartz for a special concert titled "Orphaned Songs for Orphaned Starfi…
Passion Nation is billed as immersive entertainment with integrated food and drink that tells an inspiring tale of American optimism and accomplishments. The experience follows a reverse chr…
Great Performances is produced by THIRTEEN Productions LLC for WNET, one of America's most prolific and respected public media providers. Throughout its more than 40-year history on publi…
"That's it?" is likely to be one's reaction at the conclusion of playwright Christopher Demos-Brown's tidy topical 90-minute racial drama "American Son." Theater enthusiasts often rhapsodize…
Kim Kardashian West, Melania Trump and Chinese popstar Bingbing Fan appear as wacky contestants on a philosophical gameshow hosted by Oprah Winfrey in the lighthearted, thoughtful and souped…
The legend of Sleeping Beauty has been retold by masters since the 14th century, but no one has explored what the princess was dreaming while she slept for 100 years. International prima bal…
Played by Pascale Armand, known for her Tony nominated Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in "Eclipsed," Angela is the heroine of Lauren Gunderson's new one-woman play, "Natur…
