By Scott Penn... Melissa Errico brings wit, warmth, and glorious vocals to Provincetown in The Streisand Effect, her deeply personal homage to Barbra Streisand.
A Month in the Country, Donmar Warehouse review - a Turgenev revamp with fizz and wit Helen Hawkins Thu, 09/03/2026 - 14:09 Lindsay Turner gives Brian Friel…
There are few playwrights better equipped than George Bernard Shaw to remind us that politics can be deadly serious and extremely funny at exactly the same time. On Monday evening, August 10…
Love's Labour's Lost / Much Ado About Nothing, Orange Tree on the Hill review - confident innovation, technical skills and lively wit Gary Naylor Mon, 08/10/2026 - …
GOOD PEOPLE, GREAT SHOW David Lindsay-Abaire’s poignant drama delivers a powerful reminder that luck, circumstance, and class often shape lives as much as talent or determination In an all…
COYOTES, KILLERS, AND SECOND CHANCES Tim Kough’s unconventional thriller finds surprising humanity beneath its violence Theater comes wrapped in all manner of trappings, and it’s often t…
THE WEIGHT OF HERITAGE A thoughtful work that doesn’t always come together An unusual and ambitious production, L.M. Feldman’s A People is a sort of theatrical mosaic. Mounted by Arts Ju…
By JESSICA NEU Not many plays open with the storyline of the President of the United States (POTUS) using a controversial four-letter word that begins with the letter C to describe his wif…
Sadly, Stephen Sondheim is no longer with us, but his body of work lives on. If anything, the prolific, groundbreaking American lyricist and composer – often credited with reinventing the …
ICE FISHING, MALE BONDING, AND ONE VERY TALKATIVE FISH An uproarious and unexpectedly poignant Midwest comedy that finds connection in the unlikeliest of places. “There are only two or thr…
Suzzy Roche, Grace McLean, Alana Raquel Bowers (center), and Nina Ross in Cold War Choir Practice. Photo by Maria Baranova. A child asking for a nuclear shelter for Christmas should feel li…
The Off-Broadway Review: Ro Reddick's genre-bending play turns absurdity into something unsettlingly familiar.
The Off-Broadway Review: Ro Reddick’s genre-bending play turns absurdity into something unsettlingly familiar By Ross A child asking for a nuclear shelter for Christmas should feel like a …
THIS SLOW-BURNING, DEVASTATING DRAMA REFUSES EASY ANSWERS The Sugar Wife is a gripping and complex examination of morality and the individual's responsibility towards society The Sugar Wife …
ARGUMENTS WITHIN ARGUMENTS A fiercely intelligent play that challenges ideas more than it deepens character A large, welcoming room lined with stained wood bookshelves greets you when you wa…
Bristol Old VicThe Reduced Shakespeare Company returns with a frantic mix of pratfalls, audience participation and lightning-flash characterisations A classical actor who appeared in a recen…
The Ontario Theatre Review: A bold, design-driven Earnest that celebrates Wilde while stretching its emotional grounding By Ross After an insightfully hilarious lesson in the "Language of Fa…
Frontmezzjunkies reports: Jake Brasch's The Reservoir Delivers a Hilarious and Deeply Moving Off-Broadway Debut By Ross He lies there. Sprawled beside a large suitcase, still and silent, as …
A POST-PANDEMIC RECKONING WITH ISOLATION AND MENTAL HEALTH A moving character study elevated by a nuanced central performance The oddest thing about Kirsten Greenidge's Morning, Noon, and Ni…
Joshua Harmon's play offers numerous instances of familial turbulence, moments of rhapsodic relief and -- to avoid spoilers -- revelations of how guilt and hostility fuse to create irreparab…
By JESSICA NEU Before renowned singer and actress Jessica Vosk took the Cabaret stage, the theater staff introduced her as a “secret superstar.” If that’s the case, it seems that the…
Laura Benanti's luminous evening at 92NY reaffirmed the power of cabaret as storytelling, memory, and joy. With Todd Almond and a stellar ensemble, she reminded audiences why live performanc…
A new London production of the playwright's masterpiece has extra poignancy just months after his death.
When Broadway's tireless chronicler Harry Haun joined Observer's roster in 2012, he was already a legend in arts journalism.