193 stories by "Maya Phillips"
Gina Moxley's punchy, punk-rock play counters a woman's betrayal by her therapists, exposing the sexism in her treatment.
This Off Broadway production of Edward Albee's drama is the first to feature a full cast of Asian American actors.
Thomas Ostermeier's production of "Hamlet," presented as part of the Brooklyn Academy of Music's Next Wave festival, unleashes more madness than what Shakespeare has already offered.
John David Washington, Danielle Brooks and Samuel L. Jackson star in the first Broadway revival of Wilson's haunting family drama set in 1936.
Gracie Gardner's play about illness, the body and our health care system is just as impersonal as the waiting room where her story is centered.
Subtle connections bridge the worlds of two caregivers in Martyna Majok's 2018 Pulitzer Prize-winning play, making its Broadway debut.
A new production of two of MarÃa Irene Fornés's short plays, "Mud" and "Drowning," tries to accentuate the weirdness of the playwright's worlds but too often overreaches.
In Victor I. Cazares's play, Walmart is a haven for a family of undocumented Mexican immigrants, but it comes with a cost.
In shows like "The Burnt City," the chaos of war meets the curated artifice of performance, our critic writes. But "Oresteia" took a different view, and the audience was better for it.
In films like "Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul" and shows like "The Righteous Gemstones," pageantry is the top priority.
On Broadway this fall, it's less about new playwrights making their debuts and more about established stars giving the stage a shot.
Black characters in "Mad House" and "The Southbury Child" endure microaggressions and aspersions. The familiar scenarios hit home for our critic.
Elevator Repair Service's Chekhov revival has promising ideas about art, experimentation and truth, but the production inevitably falls flat, our critic writes.
Amir Arison stars as a guilt-ridden Afghan refugee brooding over a childhood friendship in a stiff adaptation of Khaled Hosseini's best-selling novel.
PTP/NYC, celebrating its 35th repertory season, returns to New York with short works by Steven Berkoff and Caryl Churchill.
Alex Lawther makes for an especially riveting hero in Robert Icke's chic if imperfect modern-dress production at the Park Avenue Armory.
In this heady Lincoln Center Theater production, Brian Watkins finds laughs and shivers in a pensive gathering of old friends.
A tricky challenge for Black playwrights: offering deliverance, even hope, while staying truthful about real-life tragedy.
James Ijames's Pulitzer Prize-winning play, set at a Southern barbecue, gets its first in-person production at the Public Theater.
Irondale Ensemble's adaptation of Brecht's antiwar epic captures some of its spirit but lacks any real philosophical or political heft.
Decoding the Tony nominations, our critics review a season of bold productions that met audiences often craving the familiar.
Sanaz Toossi's new play follows a group of five women in Iran as they and their friendships change against the backdrop of marriages and revolution.
Michael R. Jackson's Pulitzer Prize-winning meta musical arrives on Broadway with its uproarious dialogue, complex psychology and eclectic score intact.
Mary-Louise Parker and David Morse have returned to Paula Vogel's 1997 Pulitzer-winning play about sexual abuse for its Broadway debut.
Debra Messing expounds on the preciousness of life in a production that aspires to convey eloquent whimsy, but too often feels methodically sentimental.
