Monday, May 25, 2015

THE FRESH (PINK) PRINCESSES OF CANADA By Mark Peikert

Earnest gay hip-hopera 'Bash'd' raps through the tale of Romeo and Romeo

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BLOODY BUT NOT EQUAL By David Blum

Oskar Eustis' 'Hamlet' packs surprises but little subtlety

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Planned Parenthood By Leonard Jacobs

In a Greenberg revival, Ruehl rules and Rabe is rued

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ROCK SHOW AT THE BELASCO! By J.R. Taylor

The lasting greatness of Passing Strange

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Streep Tease!

LEONARD JACOBS chews on the Gummer girls

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Travelin' Blues By Mark Peikert

When I say that See Rock City turns out to be a surprisingly engrossing new musical, despite my initial rage at the ridiculous seating arrangements, you should believe me.

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SPIEGELWORLD SPINS INTO THIRD ROTATION By Chris Varmus

50 Bands, 60 DJs and kinky cabaret on the waterfront extend the summer vibe

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Roots and Shoots by LEONARD JACOBS

The Language of Trees talks terror

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Coal Miners' Sons By Mark Peikert

The Burnt Part Boys turns out to be a welcome end-of-season gift.

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Cherry Picked By Leonard Jacobs

Mendes checkmates Chekhov

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Reptile Dysfunction By Leonard Jacobs

Pal Joey needs its lead to shed his skin

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SPLIT DECISION By Leonard Jacobs

Democracy in America turns de Tocqueville topsy-turvy

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Quid Pro Banquo: Stewart's Macbeth as food for thought by Leonard Jacobs

So yes, this Macbeth is innovative and mesmerizing. Yet I admired it more than it moved me; it tickled my brain far more than it touched my heart.

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The Son Also Rises: Simon McBurney Turbo Charges Arthur Miller by Leonard Jacobs

Greek tragedy, interpreted by Brecht? Who'd dare attempt it? For the Broadway revival of All My Sons, Simon McBurney of the acclaimed Complicité theater company, that's who. Amazingly…

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The Revolution Will Not Be Televised by Mark Peikert

Playwrights Horizons reminds us that theater can still make us think

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Temp Work by Mark Peikert

Neil LaBute’s new play has a man finding God (and fame) during an office massacre

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Stuck in the Middle With Them by Mark Peikert

Loneliness is my sweet spot; I can’t get enough of things that limn the depths of desperate solitude. The list of really great treatments of lonely people is a surprisingly long one (I…

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Lighting Up Off-Off-Broadway by Mark Peikert

Chiara Montalto reminds us that theater doesn’t need flash to succeed

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Are You Nobody Too? by Mark Peikert

The inmates run their own asylum in the dreary ‘Elling’

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A Few Doors Down From Uranus by Mark Peikert

A Fringe Fest transfer sheds its charm in its move uptown

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He Got Class By Armond White

With his film 'adaptation' of Stew's rock musical, Spike Lee explores the Obama phenomenon and what it means to pass for black.

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Let It Bleed By Mark Peikert

'Bloody Bloody' star Benjamin Walker talks cutting and tight pants

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Batteries Not Included By Mark Peikert

Sarah Ruhl's new play (the vibrator one) lacks juice

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Suffer the Little Children By Mark Peikert

Smart, literate and adult, The Metal Children is the perfect antidote to the Broadway season.

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FAITH AND CHARITY By Leonard Jacobs

George Packer's political drama reminds us that everyone is betrayed in a time of war

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Habitat for Humanity By Mark Peikert

The 'Levittown' characters can't find peace at home

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Anthem Rock, Big Hair and Schmaltz by Jerry Portwood

The great thing about Power Balladz is that it doesn't really try to have a plot.

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Turn the Page By Mark Peikert

The story in Life has already been told

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Anne Getting Serious By David Berke

The Public Theater's Twelfth Night wins with star power

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