Criticism

THEATER REVIEW: In Radiant Vermin, Home Improvement is a Nightmare

This darkly comic fable at Inis Nua packs an initial punch. Too bad it goes on too long.

Matthew Lopez’s middle-of-the-road comedy doesn’t get below the surface sparkle.

The Wilma Theater’s visually stunning production doesn’t always serve Andrew Bovell’s play.

InterAct’s elegant but bare-bones production rarely achieves lift-off.

Irish Heritage Theatre does honor to Brian Friel’s lyrical play.

Azuka’s Theatre’s cynicism-free production is a breath of fresh air.

The Arden’s sometimes wonderful riff on Chekhov is far subtler than it sounds.

At Lantern Theater, a great actress shines as Shaw’s bewitching anti-heroine.

Nilo Cruz’s high-minded but dramatically inert play proves drier and less romantic than it sounds.

In the opening moments of South Pacific at Walnut Street Theatre, the orchestra plays the intoxicating strains of “Bali H’ai” as we watch a […]