106 stories by "Mark Dundas Wood"
As a writer, O'Dell seems to eschew melodramatic elements, including pat endings with fully resolved conflicts. This a work grounded in sober reality, a work that rejects the prevalent idea …
Tucker's dialogue is breezy and amusing, and it's fun to see these talented actors"all mainstays of the New York stage"being playful together. Together, they make interesting stuff out of th…
"Dining with Ploetz" at Theater for the New City consists of three short plays by writer, director and teacher Richard Ploetz. The program adds up to slightly under two hours' running time (…
This production is a rambunctious enterprise, and Hunter and his cast do a reasonably good job of keeping dialogue that's made up largely of long strings of short declarative sentences (o…
What's best about "Waiting for Johnny Depp" is Vivino's performance. My, does she ever get a workout during the play's 100-minute running time. She has 15 or so musical numbers (some of them…
William Shakespeare's "Measure for Measure" (circa 1604)"the story of a woman who is sexually victimized by a man in power"seems as though it would lend itself to an adaptation crafted in li…
Unfortunately, Daniel's ambivalence proves to be an impediment to the success of Patience. It would be one thing if he were a strong character, torn about which path he'll take moving forwar…
Playwright and director Miranda Haymon has, like numerous dramatists before her, dramatized this story"except that she has significantly repurposed it. Working with three African-American ac…
"Rent Party" is billed as a show for the whole family, but it will be of real interest primarily to preteen children. At that, it seems a rather dull outing. The actors here tend to speak in…
Kids may love this show"and the Dog Man books themselves"largely because the outlandish situations are similar to scenarios in their own hyper-imaginative make-believe play. Except that, at …
Diversity, inclusion and curious sins of omission in a new book on the "greatest star."
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The comedy "Imminently Yours," written by the mononymous "Karimah" and staged by The Negro Ensemble Company, is largely about the importance to communities of honoring their "elders." It's a…
The set designer (Yu-Hsuan Chen) and lighting designer (Reza Behjat) have obviously worked collaboratively to create some effective"and often beautiful"stage pictures. Loops of light are a s…
Scottish playwrights Kieran Hurley and Gary McNair explore the murky pre-adult domain with candor and humor in "Square Go," an appealing two-hander directed by Finn Den Hertog and featuring …
Such lukewarm response may be attributable, at least in part, to the changing times. Lone Star focuses on a not-so-old Good Ol' Boy from rural Texas named Roy (de Rogatis). He's a Vietnam ve…
"Butterflies," which won the Mario Fratti Award at New York's "In Scena!" theater festival in 2016, has been translated by Carlotta Brentan and directed by Jay Stern in a production at Manha…
All of this is brought to life via digital camera, which captures the movement of the figures on a quickly assembled "set" that is, in effect, a whole miniature seaside town, with businesses…
Eve Wolf's new play for the Ensemble for the Romantic Century, titled "Hans Christian Andersen: Tales Real & Imagined," suggests that the real-life Andersen might actually have appreciat…
Claire Kiechel's "Paul Swan Is Dead and Gone" (directed by Steve Cosson) gives audiences a glimpse of the last stand of the author's great grand-uncle, a dancer-actor-painter-sculptor who wa…
This British production is a family effort, as Forsyth and Mills are mother and daughter in real life. The play is worth seeing primarily for the sharp and uncompromising performance of Fors…
Celebrating 10 years of storytelling and soul-bearing with a great new anthology.
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The one-woman show "Miracle in Rwanda""starring Malaika Uwamahoro and directed by George Drance"relates the true-life experiences of Immaculée Ilibagiza. As a young woman, she survived the …
Ranger spins the story for a 2019 audience mindful of and vigilant about sex and gender issues"especially those involving consent, privilege and toxic masculinity. The play transpires in a s…
The premise of the show (directed by Oliver Butler) is that the 2019 Schreck has decided to recreate one of the many presentations she participated in at American Legion halls around the cou…
Attea's point concerns business models that are overly focused on the needs of shareholders, rather than on those of management and employees. But the play is curiously bloodless. Strong pla…
