Criticism

DF Reviews Hir (Playwrights Horizons)

Hir, Taylor Mac’s electrifying, take-no-prisoners play, struck me like a bolt of lightening – all the more because only hours before, I’d […]

Who says you can’t go home again? Pig Iron Theatre is now 20 years old. In that time, the locally based company […]

Scholars of Ibsen’s Hedda Gabler will continue to debate why the protagonist (that’s Hedda, of course) is so profoundly unhappy. But there’s […]

If you go to Steve at Signature Center, by all means, get there early. There’s a captivating preshow concert of musical theatre […]

Sometimes, a moment can bring into focus something I’ve idly pondered for months. In this case, that thing is Showtime’s hit serial, […]

It’s an odd thing about holiday season musicals. On one hand, they’re often very successful – at least between November and January […]

I grew up in Miller Time – by which I mean the era when Arthur Miller’s preeminence as the American playwright was […]

In my crankier moods, I think “one-person play” is an oxymoron. I’ve seen plenty, and some have been delightful – The Belle […]

Lights Rise on Grace by Chad Beckim arrives at Azuka as part of the National New Play Network’s ambitious Rolling World Premiere […]

Was it prescience or good luck that led me to book a ticket to The Humans only minutes before the New York […]