8,501 stories from Backstage
This problematic drama tells us about but never quite evokes with visceral power the horror of the Spanish Inquisition.
There are many rewards to be gleaned from this achingly poignant portrait of a family in turmoil, and director Neil Pepe has elicited finely nuanced work from his three-member ensemble.
This tidbit of a play offers all the dramatic nourishment of a plate of hors d'oeuvres, but the set, costumes, and performances are stylish and fun.
Once word is out on the Transport Group's sensational site-specific production of Mart Crowley's landmark play, tickets are going to be scarcer than straight boys at Splash.
Though it's a reasonably engaging way to pass a couple of hours, one waits in vain for Bruce Norris' new satire to draw blood.
Using Kabuki movements, expressive dance, and broad comedy, Pat Kinevane inhabits four people forgotten in old-age homes in this show with a serious heart.
This personable young man from Buffalo can hold a stage, forging an easy rapport with his audience. But bravery and charm aren't enough to turn a familiar and rather naive story into rivetin…
Sam Shepard's epic drama about two warring families and the obsessive nature of love gets a toned-down treatment from the New Group but still packs a wallop.
Victor Garber on a career defined by 'incremental steps'
This predictable play bets too much on how interested audiences will be in watching two men behaving badly.
Najla Saïd examines politics, perception, and prejudice in this fascinating, complex stage memoir about her journey of ethnic identity as an Arab American.
"The Pride" is actor Alexi Kaye Campbell's first play, and it's an impressive debut. Still, upon leaving the theater, I had a nagging feeling that the play is something less than the sum of …
This downbeat musical theatre portrayal of the 1930s Dust Bowl victims is well-acted, strongly sung, and laden with stylized emblematic staging.
This brisk re-imagining of Brecht's "Mother Courage" by way of bicycles and Rodgers and Hammerstein surmounts some staging hiccups along the way.
Some plays teach, others celebrate, and a few simply entertain. "Black Angels Over Tuskegee" manages to do all three and one thing more: It inspires.
There are a few lessons to learn from this play about life, but its delightfully natural cast members make it a pleasant sojourn.
The Pearl Theatre Company has been seduced by Charles Dickens, apparently attracted by the prospect of playing multiple larger-than-life contrasting roles. But though all six actors are tale…
The quicker this exuberant, funny, and touching musical show with a societal message bursts out of these cramped quarters and finds a bigger stage and a broader audience, the better.
The talented director Arin Arbus reveals herself as a masterful storyteller in this clearheaded if antiseptic production.
Playwright Daniel Meltzer makes a game try at breathing new life into a bygone format, the well-made romantic comedy, but ends up with pretty weak tea.
This powerful drama of soldiers returning from Afghanistan and Iraq places hot-blooded life on the stage, a rare accomplishment that deserves to be lauded and, more importantly, seen.
Durang succeeds in making the grotesque funny through his anarchic approach to our typical notions of drama, creating a cartoonlike milieu.
An intergalactic adventure teaches a plucky princess about the true meaning of love in this impressively scored and imaginatively staged opera.
White Horse Theater Company makes a game attempt at injecting life into Tennessee Williams' ghost play, but the hotel is mostly empty.
