448 stories by "David Roberts"
At the beginning of "Job" which is currently running at the Helen Hayes Theater, Jane (a frenetic yet oddly focused Sydney Lemmon) enters Lloyd's (a seemingly focused yet not fully at ease P…
Soho Rep (Directors Cynthia Flowers, Caleb Hammons, Eric Ting) and Playwrights Horizons (Artistic Director Adam Greenfield, Managing Director Casey York), two of New York's most influential …
Twenty-one-year-old Sally Poppy (a powerful yet broken Haley Wong) is convicted of murdering young Alice Wax and sentenced to hang in March of 1759 on the border of Norfolk and Suffolk, in E…
The newest offering at Second Stage's Kiser Theatre is a production of a new play penned by Alexis Scheer titled "Breaking the Story" which centers around a war correspondent who is actively…
The most recent offering at MCC Theater is a new musical entitled "The Lonely Few" with music and lyrics by Zoe Sarnak and a book penned by Rachel Bonds. Basically, it can be considered a ro…
Dave Malloy's "Three Houses currently running at Signature Theatre's Linney Theater is a retelling/interpretation of the classic fairy tales "The Three Little Pigs" and "Red Riding Hood" (am…
There are very few words not sung but spoken in the rock musical "Tommy," but three that might be relevant are "Brilliant, wasn't it?" spoken by a local lad that happens to be part of a larg…
When does "life" begin? Depending upon one's religious beliefs, or scientific beliefs, or social media threads, the answer to the question is different. Does "life" begin at conception; in u…
Adapted by Eddie Izzard's sibling Mark Izzard, this "Hamlet" is among the best "Hamlets" on stage, screen, or stream. From the first scene of the iconic tragedy on the battlements of the roy…
Only in America, where greed, fame, crime and capitalism reign and members of a civilized society aspire to become part of the materialistic regime, can you discover the story of Elmer J. Mc…
As patrons enter the performance of Jordan Seavey's "The Seven Year Disappear" at The Pershing Square Signature Center, they see Miriam (Cynthia Nixon) sitting across from her thirty-somethi…
"Doubt" can produce several similar congenial feelings such as uncertainty, suspicion, uneasiness, apprehension, distrust and confusion. Usually there is a situation or event that occurs tha…
If you did not read the Nicholas Sparks novel "The Notebook," you most likely saw the movie of the same name based on the novel and if you saw the movie chances are you have plans to see the…
Asaf and the members of the audience are the unwitting protagonists of Itamar Moses's "The Ally" which is currently running at the Public's Anspacher Theater. Asaf Sternheim (a well-meaning …
According to the dictionary, there are several definitions of the word 'appropriate,' but there may possibly be one that could be added, that being "a brilliant play by Brandon Jacob-Jenkins…
Microsoft's David Text to Speech Voice read's Mona Pirnot's script aloud (scored with sequences of punctuation to create pauses and silences) as the playwright sits with her back to the audi…
The world premiere musical "The Connector" with a book by Jonathon Marc Sherman and music and lyrics by Jason Robert Brown now playing at MCC Theater certainly has a suitable title on many d…
The time "Jonah," currently running at Roundabout Theatre Company's Laura Pels Theatre, takes place is described in the program as "The past and the present. But everything is slippery." 'Sl…
Since the Atlantic Theater Company first announced that Brian d'Arcy James and Kelli O'Hara would lead the cast of the new musical "Days of Wine and Roses" based on the book by JP Miller, it…
Award-winning Malaysian director and performer, Shafeeq Shajahan, invites you to "Satyam Shivam Sundaram", a cabaret odyssey that peels back the layers of his queer, Muslim heritage. Present…
Immediately after the first number in the new musical "Hell's Kitchen" which is a loosely based auto biographical story about musician Alicia Keys growing up and coming of age during the lat…
Language and translation serve as powerful tropes for colonial ownership in Brian Friel's "Translations" currently playing at Irish Repertory Company through Sunday. December 31, 2023. Headm…
Mischief Theatre, responsible for "The Play That Goes Wrong" and "Peter Pan Goes Wrong" is at it again, bringing yet another production to the New York stage billed as "Mind Mangler, A Night…
The Comedian Harmonists was an internationally famous all-male German singing group that was formed during the Weimar period and was forced to disband in the early 1930's when the Nazi regim…
The latest show offered at Classic Stage Company is the revival of the 1962 musical "I Can Get It For You Wholesale" with a book by Jerome Weidman and music and lyrics by Harold Rome. This i…