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Originally entitled "Francie Nolan," the same as the title character of her later "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn," but unrelated to that story except for sharing its Brooklyn setting, the play do…
The second play of Samuel D. Hunter's residency at Signature Theatre is the first New York revival of his 2011 Obie Award winning 'A Bright New Boise," not seen by too many people in its sho…
Although British playwright Simon Stephens has written three musicals with composer/lyricist Mark Eitzel, formerly of the indie rock band American Music Club, Cornelia Street, set on a quiet…
The latest play to reach New York by Anna Ziegler, author of 'Photography 51," "Boy," "The Last Match" and "Actually," has a complicated structure she appears to have invented. "The Wanderer…
The problem with rediscovering lost plays from the past is that works that are 100 years old may have gotten dated or express views no longer held. Back in the 1920's, Harlem Renaissance aut…
When the Countess Olivia played by glamorous Christina Sajous declares "How wonderful!" in the final scene of The Classical Theatre of Harlem's return engagement of its production of William…
Unfortunately, this is musical comedy and does not need operatic voices, Lawrence being famously a singer with a very small range, while Kaye came from cabaret and night club. With all of th…
"Ari Wind's Inner Circle" is so incredible that it defies the imagination. Can these be called sleights of hand when we see everything that happens at all times? It is the sort of show that …
Singer/songwriter Jill Sobule's life story is on display in the charming cabaret musical "F*ck7thGrade" " with a difference. Sobule, the original "I Kissed a Girl" composer/lyricist, plays h…
"Small Talk," like its title suggests, is less unified than Quinn's earlier shows. He also uses its format to wander from topic to topic, seemingly randomly without much structure. It allows…
Not only is Livian Yeh's "Memorial" revealing in its historic depiction of a recent piece of American history, it is additionally a very satisfying dramatic work. It is also very pertinent n…
Eduardo Machado's 11th play to premiere at Theater for the New City is called "Not About Me" which is a complete misnomer as it is about his life for the last 40 years with his alter ego at …
Ivan Faute's "The Dog Show" is ambitious in trying to tell a story by holding back on the details. Unfortunately, the method has grave, unresolved problems. For most of the first act we have…
While Bettany and Pope are each very convincing as Warhol and Basquiat since they are made up to look exactly like they did in life, they seem to be in two different plays, using different a…
While Albert Bergeret's old-fashioned production does not sparkle, it is a solid, steady ship that satisfies with all its jokes intact plus a few new ones like the hilarious drunken scene be…
Under the direction of Karl Janes and Andy Smith, Tim Crouch is a very commanding performer, using his resonant baritone to paint pictures with words, holding our attention at all times. Nar…
McDonald is mesmerizing as she speaks Kennedy's strong, clear, poetic and evocative prose. We never forget that McDonald's Suzanne Alexander is giving a lecture but she changes ages in an in…
Michael Shannon, Hari Nef, Heather Alicia Simms, Arliss Howard and Johanna Day in a scene from Denis Johnson's "Des Moines" at Theatre for a New Audience (Photo credit: Gerry Goldstein) Vict…
In any event, Ruhl has not written a play set in 1692 or a sequel to "The Crucible" but a comedy about free-spirited Becky Nurse, a descendant of the accused witch Rebecca Nurse, a pious 71-…
Erik Ehn's title "The Weak and the Strong" taken from St. Paul may refer to the bad choices that some people make that others avoid, but it seems to only reinforce the clichés of most weste…
Jordan E. Cooper's scathing new racial comedy, "Ain't No Mo'" has made the successful transition to Broadway with five of the six original actors from the previous Public Theater staging in …
Famed performance artist John Kelly has brought his latest show, "Underneath the Skin" to La MaMa, subtitled "A Penetrative Portrayal of a Queer Giant Based on the life and work of Samuel St…
The cast is a combination of New York stage favorites (Stark Sands, "Kinky Boots," and Betsy Wolfe, "Waitress," "Falsettos" and "The Mystery of Edwin Drood"), new faces (Lorna Courtney, Ben …
Visually the show pulls out all of the stops continually making stage magic. Every scene offers new scenic effects and things that appear impossible but are right there on stage before you, …
Cale's story uses many film noir devices from the 1940's: exotic locale, strange encounters, searching down unknown streets, disappearing characters, a sexy stranger, danger signals avoided,…
