987 stories by "Darryl Reilly"
A young German immigrant couple in the past, and two young present day Tenement Museum guides' lives intersect; two actors dazzle as the four characters.
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A woman's death in a car accident instigates this absorbing, fiercely performed and vividly presented psychological fantasia, her husband and son clash.
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Agatha Christie's 1923 whodunit is brought to the stage in this highly entertaining and zesty theatrical adaptation; Hercule Poirot is grandly portrayed.
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Steve Epstein's heartbreaking and humorous solo show chronicles his life after the death of his wife, the actress Naimah Hassan; they were a comedy team.
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Martin McDonagh's unsettling black comedy masterpiece of governmental oppression of a writer is given an exhilarating revival by a Queens-based troupe.
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The all-female political satire about a murdered President is uproariously revived in Woodside, Queens, with a dynamic cast and a snappy presentation.
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A beguiling and striking performance piece featuring a talking bear, old family photographs and Holocaust overtones; it's vividly performed and presented.
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James Joyce's only play is a jaunty examination of free love among two Irish couples in 1912; a sparkling cast perform in this scintillating revival.
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An aging, unsuccessful male rock singer is audited by the IRS, and a young woman crosses the U.S. border illegally, in these exceptional one-act plays.
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An amiable memory play about a young U.S. Peace Corps worker losing his innocence to an older, female State Department official amidst foreign intrigue.
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Christian Slater, Calista Flockhart and a mesmerizing sheep, appear in this rousing revival of Sam Shepard's 1977 dysfunctional family saga.
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A wild, neo futuristic performance piece satirizing the past and present U.S. political scene; the dynamic cast spouts swirling, comic dialogue.
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Charlie Chaplin's relationship with his Japanese immigrant chauffeur is the spine of this engaging, historical fantasia that is charmingly performed.
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F. Murray Abraham dazzles in Krapp's Last Tape; a trio of magnetic actors also perform Not I and Play, in this entrancing triple bill by the Nobel laureate.
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Librettist Madeline Myers and lyricist Benjamin Velez received this joint award during a NYC ceremony co-hosted by Richard Maltby, Jr. and Maury Yeston.
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Young Marlon Brando auditions for Tennessee Williams in this smart, enchanting and moving fantasia; it is impeccably written and grandly performed.
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Heroin addicts, sex workers and a jaded cop, people Richard Vetere's searing and vividly presented underclass drama set in the seedy Brooklyn of 1971.
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U.S. banker Jacob Schiff's battle against Russian antisemitism is depicted in this theatrical fantasia, Mark Twain and other celebrities appear as well.
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Bill Irwin and Jessica Hecht are featured in this topical satire; an elementary school committee grapples with vaccine policy during a mumps outbreak.
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Zachary Quinto is among the name cast members in this confounding and unsatisfying Christmas Eve dysfunctional family drama which is smoothly presented.
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A white, straight recent Harvard graduate goes up to an older, Black gay man's Amsterdam hotel room in this fiercely performed psychological drama.
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An adaptation of a horror novel, a majestic performance by Len Cariou and a powerful play in Spanish, were highlights of the New York stage this year.
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Australian performer Sam Kissajukian's hilarious and thoughtful solo show contains projections of his arresting artworks amidst his confessions.
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Marisa Tomei is incandescent as a veteran music company executive in this scorching David Mamet-style drama; a young new female hire upends a corporation.
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Neil Patrick Harris, Jane Krakowski and Debra Messing, appear in this twisty Manhattan comedy where party guests' smart phones reveal dark secrets.
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