97 results for ""Samuel J. Friedman Theatre""
A social satire where everyone is implicated. Carol Rocamora reviews.
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STOP SIGNS AND SOCIAL SIGNALS Sharp, humane, and richly acted, this new comedy lands with both wit and weight In The Balusters, playwright David Lindsay-Abaire once again proves himself a ma…
Balusters are the decorative posts that support a porch railing – without them, the whole structure collapses. In David Lindsay-Abaire’s wickedly sharp “The Balusters,” now at Manhat…
Twenty-nine years after its London premiere, Tracy Letts' "Bug" has finally crawled onto Broadway at Manhattan Theatre Club's Samuel J. Friedman Theatre, and the question that matters most i…
A busy production overshadows the human element in this new play by James Graham. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
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A KNOCKOUT OF CONSCIENCE You always "step in," says Jacob " that's what you do when your mates are about to fight. Growing up in The Meadows, Nottingham, that lesson kept him safe (well, saf…
"You always step in," Jacob Dunne (Will Harrison) tells us from the stage of the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre, explaining the code of the Meadows housing estate where loyalty means throwing fi…
The world of theatre has changed once again"one word titles are fashionable, and nuance is out. This production of Punch, a new play by James Graham, is based on the book Right From Wrong by…
Tony and Pulitzer Prize winner Tracy Letts' play Bug will premier on Broadway this December. The production, directed by David Cromer begins performances on Dec. 17, with opening night set f…
A tribute concert to the late Stephen Sondheim veers toward an insult to his body of work. Lane Williamson reviews.
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HOORAY FOR THIS BANQUET OF BLISS" ALL THOSE SENSATIONAL SONGS AND ENERGY" BEING ALIVE ON STAGE Words seem woefully inadequate to praise the wonderful, song-stuffed, dazzling and polished pro…
One of the latest offerings to open on Broadway comes in the form of a tribute musical revue, dedicated to the incredible work of the iconic composer and lyricist, Stephen Sondheim. It is de…
WAKING US UP TO WOKENESS Playwright Jonathan Spector makes an impressive Broadway debut with Eureka Day, a strikingly relevant and well-crafted production that convincingly captures the comp…
What could go wrong at a private school whose five-member board of directors makes all decisions based on consensus and has what benefitted the community at heart as their guiding principle.…
This is an odd column  for me, as I reviewed this play by Amy Herzog in 2017 when it first appeared in the smaller venue of the New York Theatre Workshop on East 4th Street where it had w…
"ARE WE SAFE?" In a world that foolishly brought back authoritarian regimes and fascist rhetoric, as if they didn't do enough damage to humanity in the past, it is always wise to keep histor…
Manhattan Theatre Club is presenting a new Broadway production entitled "Jaja's African Hair Braiding" penned by Jocelyn Bioh at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre. Ms. Bioh has set her dramedy …
In the world premiere of Jaja's African Hair Braiding, a production of Manhattan Theatre Club playing a limited engagement at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre, Ghanaian-American playwright Joc…
David Auburn's play breaks new ground opening with two women seated at the ends of a large table but facing us, the audience. Each individually recalls how their very dear friendship bega…
Commissioned and produced by Manhattan Theatre Club in a world-premiere Broadway engagement at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre, Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright David Auburn's Summer, 1976,…
In the case of David Auburn's new play, you end up with something far less than the sum of its considerable parts. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
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Unlike the typical one-thousand-piece jigsaw puzzle where the completed puzzle matches the image on the cover, "The Collaboration's" dénouement and resolution are nothing like the playwrigh…
The Manhattan Theatre Club is offering its subscribers and the general public its production of this play first done at the Old Vic in London and now cast here in New York with the ori…
