1,549 stories by "David Finkle"
★★★★☆ Jen Tullock performs a version of distancing herself from the evangelical church
The post Nothing Can Take You From the Hand of God: One Woman's Proof app…
★☆☆☆☆ Emily Breeze's supposedly funny satire is directed by Eric Tucker, to no avail
The post Are the Bennet Girls Ok?: Not in Bedlam's Jane Austen Send-Up appe…
★★★★☆ James Graham tells true story, Adam Penford directs theatrically, Will Harrison tour de forces
The post Punch: Sin, Redemption Delivered with Emotional Wa…
★★★☆☆ Leo McGann's circuitous drama, Matt Torney directing, actor Michael Hayden impressing
The post The Honey Trap: The Irish Troubles Dealt with Intriguingly …
★★★★☆ Musician-Songwriter-Actors Brian Quijada and Nigel D. Robinson speak up and sing out
The post Mexodus: Significant Take on Today's Immigrant Situation ap…
★★★★☆ Scott Ellis directs Yasmina Reza's click, with Bobby Cannavale, James Corden and Neil Patrick Harris
The post Art: Male Friends Argue on a Flashy Canvas …
★★★★☆ Simon Godwin directs a first-rate cast, including Nick Westrate and Alexander Hurt
The post The Wild Duck: Rare Ibsen Revival Not to Be Ducked appeared fi…
★★★★☆ Bijan Sheibani, Tarell Alvin McCraney co-direct McCraney's superbly-cast brotherhood play
The post The Brothers Size: As Forceful as Tectonic Plates Shift…
★★★☆☆ A strong touring company cast is undone by too-loud versions of Andersson-Ulvaeus Top 40 clicks
The post Mamma Mia!: Beloved Tuner Revival Not a Winner T…
★★☆☆☆ Elizabeth McGovern stars as the film star, Aaron Costa Ganis as biographer Peter Evans
The post Ava, The Secret Conversations: An Ill-Conceived Gardner G…
★★☆☆☆ Playwright Zak also directs a cast willing to go for broke from the get-go, no matter how short the results fall
The post Ginger Twinsies: Kevin Zak's Par…
★★★★☆ Ciarán O'Reilly directs the Irish Rep revival for the fourth time, with actors Dan Butler, Sean Gormley, John Keating back again
The post The Weir: The…
★★☆☆☆ Kevin Murphy, Laurence O'Keefe adapt the teen flick, Andy Rickman directs, with a cast of belters who do what they're asked to do
The post Heathers The Mu…
★★★★☆ Writer-lyricist-composer Douglas Lyons, composer Ethan D. Pakchar, director-choreographer Josh Rhodes succeed brightly
The post Beau: Country-Western-Roc…
★★★★☆ Writer-Performer Jack Klaff pays profound, tireless homage to the Prague master, Colin Watkeys, directing
The post Kafka: The Beloved, Truly Awesome Writ…
★★★★☆ Sarna Lapine directs the six-time Emmy winner soloing as a talented but oppressed trailer-park housewife
The post Call Me Izzy: Jean Smart Extremely Smart…
★☆☆☆☆ Darko Tresnjak directs the misguided satire, with Mac as Artist and Jason O'Connell and Sierra Boggess as other targets
The post Prosperous Fools: Taylor …
★★★★☆ Jesse Berger scrupulously directs Jeffrey Hatcher's adaptation, Mark Linn-Baker heading smart cast
The post The Imaginary Invalid: Moliére Classic in Rob…
★★☆☆☆ Colman Domingo and Patricia McGregor, who directs, concoct the beloved singer's historic tv series not well
The post Lights Out, Nat King Cole: Keep this …
★★★★☆ Jack Cummings III directs the insightful comical, dramatic work about made and missed connections, with grade-A cast
The post Bus Stop: William Inge's Ton…
★★★★☆ The actor, new to the Manhattan Stage, makes himself known, as does director Nicola Murphy Dubey
The post The Black Wolfe Tone: Kwaku Fortune's Forceful S…
★★★☆☆ The Duffer Brothers go Broadway, Kate Trefry scripts, Stephen Daldry directs, Louis McCartney leads hard-working cast
The post Stranger Things"The First S…
★★★☆☆ The often enigmatic playwright unfurls four one-acts, James MacDonald directing, Deirdre O'Connoll, others acting nicely
The post Glass. Kill. What If If …
★★★★☆ Adam Gwon's new musical is a pleasure, aided by cast and director Jonathan Silverstein
The post All the World's a Stage: Small Town Musical Grippingly Sta…
★★★★☆ The 1986 Nobel Prize-winner looks closely at Nigeria's swamp area, with Awoye Timpo directing
The post The Swamp Dwellers: Wole Soyinka's Significant Earl…
