“You used the word ’emergency’ yesterday,” states a progressive, young rabbi named Jonah to the frantic Chava as she races around this modest synagogue, bathed in...
I’m actually one who did not know who David Greenspan was, or is, or will be. So, walking into the Atlantic Theater Company‘s compelling one-person show,...
He strips down, like this play, to his vulnerable self wearing a pair of tighty whities, and sits, asking the air, and his grandmother, played to...
“How sad it is!” murmured Dorian Gray with his eyes still fixed upon his own portrait. “How sad it is! I shall grow old, and horrible,...
Smoke from so many cigarettes hangs in the air inside two large Broadway houses. Each drawing us into a different time and a different workplace rhythm...
Feeling both flattered and insulted at the same time, Jonathan Wilson (My Own Private Oshawa), writer and performer of Studio 180 Theatre‘s A Public Display of...
There is a slow buzz swarming around the Helen Hayes Theater, and the feeling of tension and a certain kind of stinging danger fills the air....
Drums, manned from above the ring, summon those willing to step forward into the circle with pride and purpose. This is the sacred world of the...
“I hate camp.” A plea made in the first few moments of the sentimental charmer written lovingly by playwright(er) Matthew Lombardo (Looped; High). It’s a clarifying...
Joshua Harmon’s deeply personal and profoundly moving new play, We Had A World, currently at MTC at City Center Stage II, is a poignant reflection on...
It’s a thoroughly clever initial engagement that ignites Rajiv Joseph’s fascinating journey through a story within a story, a time within a time, where all is...
Rajiv Joseph’s Dakar 2000, now premiering at Manhattan Theatre Club, is a taut and unpredictable thriller that plunges its audience into the political and personal complexities...
“Do better,” one of the young women states, emphatically to another, as they gather around a hypnotically oblong table for their last full-on All Nighter in...
Last Call, now playing at New World Stages, sets the stage for what should be a powerful exploration of two legendary figures in classical music: Leonard...
The actual, full title is a meaningful mouthful, much like the play, and as There is Violence and there is Righteous Violence and there is Death...
The piano plays a sweet arrangement as the shadows dance behind the gentle white draping, courtesy of scenic & costume designer Ting-Huan 挺歡 Christine Urquhart (Tarragon’s...
“I am a seagull,” she cries, determined to get through the scene, but alas, “no, that’s not right“. Yet, on the other hand, at The Coal...
There’s a strong and engaging “I’m here” energy emanating from the Theatre Passe Muraille Backspace stage, brought forth in abundance by the optimistic connecting persona of...
“This story begins...”, which, in the end, turns out to be a very hard sentence to finish, mainly because, “if we are being factual“, as Rachel...
Five mainstage shows, two limited engagements, and a works-in-progress reading series to launch HFN’s 2025 summer season in a new indoor theatre in Stratford, Canada. Here...
She stands there before us, strong and determined, but also authentically honest and vulnerable, reminding us that all of these qualities can be true simultaneously. This...
In the darkness and the hum, we prepare ourselves for what will follow. “Thank you for coming,” the two that appear out of nowhere. They are...
“How far can you run in five minutes?” That is the profound and blistering question asked, quite engagingly, by the captivating artist, Khawla Ibraheem, who is...
The framing is pure theatre historic gold, giving us a front-row center vantage point to the day when Tennessee Williams first meets Marlon Brando. It’s a...
Baryshnikov Arts, founded in 2005 by Artistic Director Mikhail Baryshnikov, will kick off its 20th Anniversary Spring Season with A Mother, a new play written by...
