35 stories by "Rhoda Feng"
At the outset of the Great Migration, trajectories converge beyond the wreckage of history in August Wilson’s 1988 drama.
Cedric “The Entertainer” as Seth Holly, Taraji P. Henson as B…
Phanésia Pharel's wistful two-hander starring Patrice Johnson Chevannes and Natalie Paul looks at a Haitian American family and questions of legacy.
A stage adaptation by Elevator Repair Service brings a madcap energy to James Joyce's notoriously difficult novel.
Cast of Ulysses. Courtesy the Public Theater. Photo: Joan Marcus.
Ulys…
Robert Icke's adaptation of Sophocles ventures into the arena of modern-day electoral politics.
Mark Strong as Oedipus and Samuel Brewer as Teiresias in Oedipus. Courtesy DKC/O&M. Photo…
Quiet chaos, comedic sparks, Bette Midler tunes: Abby Rosebrock's play illuminates the fragile emotional dynamics of a Tinder dinner date.
Babak Tafti as David in Lowcountry. Photo: Ahron R…
Two shows attempt to make sense of the gonzo journalist and Lincoln's assassin, cultural figures forever intertwined with American history.
In Michael Breslin and Patrick Foley's fizzy new musical, an internet sleuth searches for a pop star wannabe who went missing along with her low-rise jeans.
"The Light and the Dark" dramatizes the life of Artemisia Gentileschi, while "300 Paintings" was born during the fever dreams of Covid.
A production starring and codirected by Kenneth Branagh is thick with Neolithic-fur costumes, but thin on poetic feeling.
Kenneth Branagh as King Lear and cast in King Lear. Courtesy the Sh…
Revivals of a Michael John LaChiusa musical and an early work by the "Past Lives" filmmaker toy with and challenge audience expectations.
In "Someone Spectacular," Domenica Feraud skewers group therapy and the futility of sharing trauma in a fishbowl.
Thinly veiled characters based on Nancy Pelosi and AOC face off in this one-act, which is long on facts and bumper-sticker speeches.
Last week's performances of Shayan Lotfi's play were both a double feature"the same play twice, with different actors"and a revelation.
Julia May Jonas turns the menacing male siblings of Sam Shepard's "True West" into squabbling pregnant sisters in Vermont.
Despite a juicy premise, this Colt Coeur production, starring Tim Daly and Jayne Atkinson, never manages to take off.
Kate Taney Billingsley's play starts with a fictional apology, but then segregated choirs and a racist waitress create tonal dissonance.
Side effects may vary: in Lucy Prebble's play, love and romance go head-to-head with an experimental antidepressant.
Paapa Essiedu as Tristan and Taylor Russell as Connie in The Effect. Cou…
"Shutter Sisters" at 1st Stage tells the story of two women whose lives intertwine in obvious ways.
Themes of incest and sexual abuse of minors loom large in this strikingly becalmed play named after a legendarily vengeful Greek mother.
Conflicting ideas of guilt, identity and genetics do battle in this quietly galvanizing play by Ruby Thomas.
Deepali Gupta offers a meandering and muddled take on the trial of Rajat Gupta, a former head of McKinsey & Company.
The brunch must go on: the final musical by Stephen Sondheim sends up a group of trapped plutocrats à la Buñuel.
Cast of Here We Are. Photo: Emilio Madrid.
Here We Are, by Stephen So…
Time " and a whole lot more " stands still in Owen Panettieri's static drama about a doomsday prepper.
Emma Horwitz makes her Off Broadway debut with an adventurous retelling of a devotional play from the 10th century.
We spoke with two actors and two playwrights who will be in the spotlight this season.
