Henrik Ibsen's 'Ghosts' starring Lily Rabe and Billy Crudup, with Mark O'Rowe's updated script and Jack O'Brien's steely direction is superb.
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Theater Review: ‘Liberation’
'Liberation' questions and explores the strides of feminism in this time when the movement looks as if it has failed.
Read More »Theater Review: ‘Curse of the Starving Class,’ Starring Christian Slater, Calista Flockhart
Curse of the Starving Class Sam Shepard’s popular Curse of the Starving Class in a New Group revival thematically resonates with hunger, spiritually, psychically, emotionally. First appearing at the Public Theater, the play won an Obie for Best New American Play during the 1976-1977 season. Since then, Shepard’s sardonic comedy …
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): ‘no no no please no god no, nevermind i’m fine’ – Sarina Freda’s Epic Bad Acid Trip
We move with Freda from fascination to terror as she eventually confronts that abyss of ego-death so well-known to those who've tried psychedelic drugs.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): ‘Measure for Measure’ by William Shakespeare, from the Eno River Players
The touch of this production feels just right – deep enough, with just enough shiny surface atop undercurrents of evil and insanity.
Read More »Theater Review (Broadway): ‘Redwood’ Starring Idina Menzel
At the heart of the musical 'Redwood' starring Idina Menzel is a mother's inconsolable grief at the loss of her son.
Read More »Theater Review: (Broadway) ‘English’
Playwright Sanaz Toossi covers a great deal of ground in her touching play, 'English.'
Read More »Theater Review (Broadway): In ‘Gypsy,’ Audra McDonald is a Shattering Mama Rose
With her incredible acting and vocal skills, McDonald colonizes every cell of Mama Rose.
Read More »Theater Review: Puppetry Wizards of Wakka Wakka Come Alive with ‘Dead as a Dodo’
Life and death, good and evil, Greek myth, and epic adventure collide in this stunning new puppetry spectacular.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): ‘SpaceBridge’ – Out of the Mouths of Russian Refugee Children
Russian refugee kids and their American counterparts bring a powerful message we need to hear.
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