theater reviews

COVID-19 has caused so much suffering to so many. One section of the needy population is children, who, now that school is closed, not getting enough to eat. Playwright Catya ...

Originally produced by London’s National Theatre of Great Britain back in 2012 and later brought to Broadway's Music ...

NEW YORK—Vivian Neuwirth's drama "Mr. Toole” is a fictionalized take on the real-life story of John Kennedy Toole ...

NEW YORK—A young girl, Ellen (Zoe Glick), around 11 years old, enters and sings: "Sometimes you see a ...

NEW YORK—Death statistics should not be simply filed and forgotten. What writers Jessica Blank and Erik Jensen set ...

NEW YORK—Lady Augusta Gregory is a famous name in theater, but not much is generally known about her. ...

NEW YORK— Can two people from completely different worlds find common ground? This is the underlying idea of ...

NEW YORK—The old saying that blood is thicker than water is a point made quite clear in Joshua ...

NEW YORK—When the character of Roxanne (Jasmine Cephas Jones) bursts into song in the opening moments of the musical ...

NEW YORK—Musical comedy and pathos walk hand in hand in "Little Shop of Horrors." Based on the 1960 ...

NEW YORK—Just because something can be done, doesn’t mean it should be. Playwright Brian Friel makes clear this ...

NEW YORK—Some years ago I had the pleasure and privilege of appearing in the classic Kabuki play "Kanjincho" ...

NEW YORK—Any good magician can confound his or her audience. But orchestrating things so those attending are nothing ...

NEW YORK—By the end of the Broadway revival of Harold Pinter's 1978 play "Betrayal," there are no winners, ...

NEW YORK—The need for freedom and sanctuary quickly becomes a running theme in David Cale's extremely personal one-person ...

NEW YORK—A production by Primary Stages now at the Cherry Lane Theatre is perfect for an audience needing ...

NEW YORK—One thing writer and performer Sarah-Louise Young makes clear at the outset of her show "Julie Madly ...

NEW YORK—The Irish Rep continues its important task of presenting the entire Sean O'Casey Dublin Trilogy, as it's ...

NEW YORK—In these days of email and social media, when one can dash off a few lines to ...

NEW YORK—Actress Maddie Corman had it all—a nice husband of over 20 years; a lovely home in Dobbs ...

NEW YORK—The coolest new show on Broadway in 2019 is the revival of a 1943 musical. Social media ...

NEW YORK—That each of us has a moral duty to everyone else is a message at the center ...

NEW YORK—No one's life is worth more or less than any other's is a statement that's the central message ...

NEW YORK—“Kiss Me, Kate,” one of the most beloved shows in the musical theater canon, makes a welcome ...

NEW YORK—Set in Newark, New Jersey, Chisa Hutchinson's new play "Surely Goodness and Mercy," presented by the Keen ...

NEW YORK—"Juno and the Paycock," the second play in the Irish Rep's season of three major Sean O'Casey ...

NEW YORK—Every choice a person makes is a test of his or her mettle. Yet when a choice ...