REVIEW: At the Wilma Theater, Romeo and Juliet Turns Hipster
Blanka Zizka’s high-concept production consistently tries too hard.
REVIEW: Mamet’s Oleanna is an Old Whine in an Old Bottle
Nearly everything about America seems to frighten this playwriting snowflake.
REVIEW: In Betrayal, Empty Lives at Fancy Tables
We’ve moved on from Harold Pinter’s pregnant, tedious pauses. Who has the time?
REVIEW: The Ferryman, and Contemporary Theater’s Endangered Pleasures
Jez Butterworth’s epochal play provokes feelings of exhilaration and mourning.
REVIEW: Romance Holiday: Russian Romances at Academy of Vocal Arts (for Parterre Box)
A charming and unusual song program showcased AVA’s rising group of singers.
Emmanuel Labor: Two Messiahs in Philadelpha (for Parterre Box)
Two highly satisfying evenings, more evenly drawn than I had expected.
REVIEW: Lantern Theater’s A Christmas Carol, Newly Minted
Anthony Lawton’s adaptation takes a familiar tale and electrifyingly gives it new life.
REVIEW: Network Emerges as a Study of Male Hysteria
Bryan Cranston’s brilliant performance aside, this adaptation proves even more problematic than the original film.
REVIEW: In Completeness at Theatre Exile, the Bumpy Road between Comedy and Science
Take my yeast—please!
REVIEW: Wild Goose Dreams at the New York Public Theater
This noisy but empty show is more like a Wild Goose Chase.
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