Theater

DF Reviews The Pianist at George Street Playhouse (for Parterre Box)

Despite some stunning stage images, this adaptation of The Pianist remains stubbornly literary and often inert.

Director Terry Nolen’s second production of this Sondheim work is an intriguingly different take on the piece.

Composer and lyricist Adam Guettel’s return to the theater impresses but divides our critics.

What do you see when you look at Into the Woods? The musical might serve as a theatrical Rorschach test.

This is by any measure a triumphant show, evidence that Broadway can still be American theater’s gold standard.

Wild adulation for Donna Murphy could not disguise that Dear World doesn’t work in any sense.

Two radically different productions offer fascinatingly contrasting insights into Williams’ great play.

Two plays — one considerably stronger than the other — aim to capture American Jewish experiences.

A main theme in Sarah Ruhl’s play is how history is distorted by those who get to tell it.

Lloyd Suh’s moving, meditative play considers the rise of anti-Chinese sentiment during America’s Westward expansion.