REVIEW: Awake and Sing! Recovers a Precious Bit of American Theater History
Seen here, one is aware of Clifford Odets’ flaws as a writer—but even more, we see his grandeur.
Notes on The Niceties at McCarter Theatre Center
Eleanor Burgess’s thought-provoking, intelligent play was a balm to my wounded soul.
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: 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: Two Houses, Not Alike in Dignity
A pair of current productions of A Doll’s House, Part 2 find very different qualities in Lucas Hnath’s cheeky sequel.
REVIEW: In Completeness at Theatre Exile, the Bumpy Road between Comedy and Science
Take my yeast—please!
reclining standards 