Thursday, May 30, 2019
More than 30 years after its debut, a Broadway revival shows the sexual politics of Terrence McNally's Reagan-era romance to be just as relevant today.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 08:00PM[SHARE]Monday, May 20, 2019
Seeing young women commandeer the weird energy of Shakespeare's 'Macbeth' you realize: gee, these characters seem really insecure about their masculinity.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 11:52AM[SHARE]Sunday, May 19, 2019
In his new lyrical chorus, 'Octet,' Dave Malloy probes the inner lives of eight online addicts who meet in a church basement for a program where they find comfort in each other's stories.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 08:00PM[SHARE]Thursday, May 16, 2019
Monday, May 13, 2019
A revival of 'Curse of the Starving Class' at the Signature Theatre highlights both the punk rock spirit and dated nature of Sam Shepard's work.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 09:00PM[SHARE]Monday, April 29, 2019
Although the piece runs runs a bit long, talented actors and a savvy director get you to care about a clan of cold-blooded capitalists.
SOURCE: Theater News Online at 08:48PM[SHARE]It may not be Shakespeare, but this is a savvy and fiercely acted modern revival of John Webster s revenge tragedy.
SOURCE: Theater News Online at 08:48PM[SHARE]Between Sam Gold s staging and Glenda Jackson s performance, this production unfortunately falls flat.
SOURCE: Theater News Online at 08:48PM[SHARE]Lucas Hnath s fictionalized account of behind-the-scenes maneuvering during the 2008 presidential campaign is tightly written, but it pulls too many punches.
SOURCE: Theater News Online at 08:48PM[SHARE]Arthur Miller s play about risking lives in exchange for corporate profiteering has not lost its relevance.
SOURCE: Theater News Online at 08:48PM[SHARE]Wednesday, April 24, 2019
'Ink' focuses on the early days of 'The Sun,' before Murdoch's global news empire profoundly shaped"and coarsened"the world we live in.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 08:00PM[SHARE]Monday, April 22, 2019
In Taylor Mac's new play, an updated take on 'Titus Andronicus,' Nathan Lane plays a street clown who survived the hangman and one day dreams of being called a fool.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 11:18AM[SHARE]Tuesday, April 16, 2019
The road to 'Hadestown' was paved with good intentions, but the material that was a hit in Anaïs Mitchell's 2010 concept album drags as a Broadway show.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 08:00PM[SHARE]Tuesday, April 9, 2019
Michael James Scott has paid his dues for decades; now the super-trouper gets top Broadway billing in 'Aladdin.'
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 11:09AM[SHARE]Monday, April 8, 2019
The newest from The Mad Ones, 'Mrs. Murray's Menagerie' invites us to play sociologists behind the fourth wall, watching a group of parents reveal their biases while discussing children's TV.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 09:00PM[SHARE]Friday, April 5, 2019
Sunday, March 31, 2019
In 'What the Constitution Means to Me' Heidi Schreck shows how the memoir-monologue can be electrified it within a harrowing historical context.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 08:00PM[SHARE]Monday, March 18, 2019
From 'Hillary and Clinton' to an opera at the Met Museum, here are the must-see dance, opera and theater performances of the spring.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 12:00PM[SHARE]Thursday, March 14, 2019
Director Scott Ellis navigates the antique attitudes of the original 'Kiss Me, Kate' material deftly, giving this classic musical an update that meshes with our age.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 08:00PM[SHARE]Friday, March 1, 2019
Theater is Kryptonite for superheroes. 'Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark' proved it, yet Second Stage's new musical from John Logan and Tom Kitt tackles the theme anyway.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 03:23PM[SHARE]Tuesday, February 26, 2019
Thursday, February 14, 2019
In 'Sea Wall/A Life,' Jake Gyllenhaal and Tom Sturridge deliver quietly shattering monologues about what we make of grief, and what grief makes of us.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 09:00PM[SHARE]Tuesday, February 12, 2019
Seeing Freestyle Love Supreme, the rap-improv troupe that Miranda founded in college, will give you a new understanding of the phenomenon known as 'Hamilton.'
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 08:00PM[SHARE]Thursday, January 24, 2019
Casting is key when it comes to the warring brothers of Sam Shepard's 'True West.' Ethan Hawke and Paul Dano face off in Roundabout's new production.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 09:00PM[SHARE]Friday, January 18, 2019
Saturday, January 12, 2019
The Moonlight writer offers a big-hearted portrait of young African Americans navigating class and sexual differences in private school.
SOURCE: Theater News Online at 05:36PM[SHARE]Thursday, December 13, 2018
Aaron Sorkin has left his fingerprints all over this stage adaptation, to mixed results.
SOURCE: Theater News Online at 10:36PM[SHARE]Tuesday, December 11, 2018
'Clueless, The Musical' hoped we'd care enough about the heroine, Cher, to overlook its synthetic tackiness.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 08:00PM[SHARE]Thursday, December 6, 2018
Despite great acting, this techno-savvy adaptation is strangely out of step with some of the more searing themes in the original film.
SOURCE: Theater News Online at 08:36PM[SHARE]Tuesday, December 4, 2018
Sunday, December 2, 2018
'When you're starting out in New York, you have to grab them by the balls and make them hear you.'
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