161 stories by "James Wilson"
Weightless, the indie-rock musical by The Kilbanes and produced by the Women's Project, is described as a "theatrical concept album." The company of six musicians and singers present a tunef…
This Beautiful Future defies cogent description, and it needs to be experienced to understand how the strange, disturbing, and life-affirming elements all fit perfectly together under Jack S…
Under Ken Rus Schmoll's spot-on direction and Link's simple but effective lighting, the actor inexplicably becomes one with the words. Every utterance is imparted with the utmost conviction,…
MacDermott addresses important issues about parenting, and there are some affecting moments among all of the conflicted characters. Ultimately, however, the play is unsatisfying as it hints …
The two characters that populate Los Otros, the affecting and intimate new musical by Ellen Fitzhugh and Michael John LaChiusa, appear to be from different worlds entirely. One is a twice-di…
As portrayed in Johnny G. Lloyd's Patience, now playing as part of Second Stage's Uptown Season at the McGinn/ Cazale Theater, professional Solitaire is a highly competitive, cut-throat, and…
Within the first few minutes of Between the Lines, currently running at the Tony Kiser Theater, audiences may have the feeling they are watching what one might call a "genre musical" of sort…
The title refers to the percentage of white women that voted Republican in the 2016 presidential election, and the play presents a snapshot of the red and blue, gender and racial divide that…
The centerpiece of Romello Huins's set design for Lambs to Slaughter, Khalil Kain's new play presented by the Negro Ensemble Company at the Cherry Lane Theatre, is a large, circular wall clo…
Lessons in Survival: 1971 re-creates a television talk show from more than fifty years ago, but the evening throbs with intellectual intensity, political urgency, and striking theatricality.…
As audience members take their seats at A.R.T./New York for Stephen Kaliski's The Refugees, they are invited to write a haiku inspired by the statement: "You didn't do enough." The play, pre…
The evening combines stand-up, humorous guidelines for Jewish rituals, and pointed jabs at cultural stereotypes, but the most powerful moments occur when Takiff addresses his personal religi…
, Oh God feels necessary and urgent in a way that it would not have, say, two weeks ago. Now, that's impeccable timing.
Don't be misled by the title: A Case for the Existence of God, Samuel D. Hunter's gorgeous and heartbreaking new play now running at Signature Theatre, is anything but a theoretical religiou…
To My Girls comprises stock figures recognizable from plays like The Boys in the Band, Torch Song Trilogy, Jeffrey, and Angels in America.
More than a decade after he first performed the piece, and once again directed by Cummings, Greenspan remains a force of nature. Until he climbs off of the stage after eighty breathless minu…
The New Group's exhilarating new musical adaptation retains the novel's relevance, and it is the rare show that appeals to the intellect, the heart, and the soul.
While Will Pomerantz and Nancy Harrow's adaptation may not necessarily raise Turgenev's literary stature, it makes for a lovely and bittersweet night at the theater.
... one of the most exhilarating, reassuring, and life-affirming performances you may experience this year.
In the end, though, the play, overstuffed with ideas and theatricality, does not pack the emotional wallop one might expect.
... an ambitious musical, but sadly, its appeal is as lasting as a one-night stand.
Romeo and Bernadette: A Musical Tale of Verona and Brooklyn, does not nearly reach the very high bar that Amas has set in its first half century.
... the play raises complex questions about the desire to assign blame in the wake of a senseless and tragic massacre.
With direction by Michael Wilson, the cast is uniformly strong, and they keep the audience guessing about the uncomfortable truths.
... Will Eno's strange and wonderful new play currently running at Second Stage Theater ...
