THEATER REVIEW: Politics and Identity in Inis Nua’s The Radicalisation of Bradley Manning
Director Tom Reing gives us an accomplished, exhilaratingly theatrical show, but the core story and its protagonist remain elusive.
THEATER REVIEW: In Long Day’s Journey into Night, Family Seen Through a Fog, Darkly
A few curious choices mark Jonathan Kent’s production, but they don’t diminish the play or Jessica Lange’s riveting performance.
THEATER REVIEW: Loveliness Gives Way to Terror in EgoPo’s Machinal
Director Brenna Geffers’ visually stunning production turns an old play into the freshest, most daring show in town.
THEATER REVIEW: In Ivo van Hove’s The Crucible, Worlds Collide
This Crucible, a veritable melting pot of theatrical ideas, is by turns heartbreaking and brilliant, overwrought and silly.
THEATER REVIEW: 1776 at Encores Is History Made Unresurrectable
Here, in the original “Room Where It Happens,” nothing interesting happened.
THEATER REVIEW: The Nether at InterAct is a Visceral, Sometimes Creepy Experience
Jennifer Haley’s gripping play is part cyber-thriller, part character study, part science fiction.
THEATER REVIEW: Peter and the Starcatcher at Walnut Street May Be Too Much of a Good Thing
In Rick Elice’s clever, energetic play, some of the heart and soul get lost.
THEATER REVIEW: Harrowing, Hilarious An Octoroon at the Wilma
Though a self-consciously clever production sometimes threatens to derail An Octoroon, an excellent cast and Brandon Jacobs-Jenkins’ brilliant script carry the day.
THEATER REVIEW: Two Trains Running Is Electric at the Arden
In this gripping production, one of August Wilson’s less frequently produced plays looks instead like one of his greatest.
THEATER REVIEW: A Pleasingly Bittersweet Sound of Music at the Academy of Music
Director Jack O’Brien gives us the show in glorious technicolor, while masterfully finding some darker undertones.
