In Dana Guria's new play, director Robert O'Hara guides some surprisingly un-preachy material and his five-person, all female cast is superb.

The show's creators have taken liberties with the story, but who cares about fact when fiction is so much fun

Yale Repertory Theater is staging Ibsen's "The Master Builder," the story of Halvard Solness, a middle-age superstar architect, and three women in his life.

"Having Our Say," the Broadway play about two 100-year-old sisters, which had its world premiere in Princeton in 1995, has returned.

If the music-theater genre facetiously nicknamed poperetta has any chance on Broadway, it could come from an American production of the bombastic Swedish epic "Kristina."

"Come Fly With Me," a new musical by the choreographer Twyla Tharp set to the music of Frank Sinatra, is a medley of dances loosely tied to vignettes about four couples at a nightclub.

The Brave New World Repertory Theater, which likes to put on plays outside of theaters, is producing "The Tempest" on the beach at Coney Island.

This fall audiences in both New York and Chicago will have a chance to reacquaint themselves with works from the ample oeuvre of George S. Kaufman.

Lemon Andersen, the child of heroin addicts who lost his parents to AIDS, is now a professional memoirist with a one-man show at the Public Theater.

Richard Burton talks with Dick Cavett about Greta Garbo, Humphrey Bogart and others.

Evi was ranting so wildly at sheriff's deputies in Marfa, Texas, that they had to pin her to the hood of her car and handcuff her, they say. She was allegedly shouting about a "conspiracy with actors" to bring …

Saw two more shows this week, don't really need to go into detail on either of them....Come Back to the 5 and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean - if you like Steel Magnolias, Mystic Pizza, Beaches, and the like, you…

Note: This was originally posted almost two years ago in December of 2007. It is interesting to me to see how much more sophisticated my writing on finances is now than it was then. I hope you enjoy. The other …

They'll be in rare company among about 50 objects from Broadway, including costumes from "Hello, Dolly!," "Fiddler on the Roof," "Rent" and "Cats."
"We'll have Rafiki next to Dolly Levi. That's a big thing," said a giddy Thomas Schumacher, the show's producer.

Selective listings from theater critics of The New York Times.

Panelists include: Deputy Mayor Patricia E. Harris, Department of Cultural Affairs Commissioner Kate Levin, Broadway producers Ken Davenport and Nina Lannan, Roundabout artistic director Todd Haimes, and Off-Br…

FILMING started yesterday in the LA on a new made-for-TV Disney movie that will inevitably be called the next "High School Musical" -- for good reason.

The Trinity Repertory Company offers a believable "Cabaret," a stage revival that has the sharp and satisfying bite of authenticity.

Victoria Wood, Britain's most popular and award-laden comedy writer, revives her 1978 debut play-with-songs, "Talent," at the Menier Chocolate Factory, the London venue with a reputation for pint-sized pizzazz,…

Two plays at the Irish Arts Center explore the life of Frederick Douglass, the great abolitionist.

It sure is hard not to like "Lizzie Borden," a rock musical being presented with wall-rattling glee at the Living Theater.

Richard Hoehler's new play is so sentimental and good-natured that its warmth often stifles what is otherwise a well-conceived show.

Lucy Thurber bashes smart girls who turn their backs on their low-class backgrounds.

Whatever the changes in the script and the staging this is still more a case study in psychotic behavior and neurotic neediness than a truly satisfying play.

Lucy Thurber's drama about a woman who gets a surprise visit from her brother is very well acted, but unevenly directed.

Lucy Thurber's violent family reunion play covers familiar territory, but features a believable stage couple.

A thought provoking and disturbing play that should be seen.

"KILLERS and Other Family" is far from perfect. Some of it defies common sense, the plot isn't airtight, and the wild variations in tone can be trying.
Still, by the end of Lucy Thurber's 2001 play, I was fidgeting in my seat, futilely fighting off the tension that emanated from the stage.

It should be said from the start that the title really does tell you just about all you need to know about this show, which received its rollicking, "fully revised" Midwest premiere on Wednesday night, in an Am…

While it's an easily recognizable sibling to "Urinetown," show possesses enough uniqueness and consistent cleverness to forge its own path, and this small-scale but spot-on production at Chicago's American Thea…

Classic play looks striking but performances are a letdown.

Annette Bening gives a game and determined performance in the title role of this badly oversized production of Euripides' tragic drama.

As directed by Lenka Udovicki, a European auteur making her U.S. debut, this "Medea" often seems, frankly, bizarre - an unfortunate consequence of the stylistic flourishes and textual liberties that keep hijack…

Euripides would be proud.

To be as theatrically valid on the Rialto as Tharp's triumphant "Movin' Out" proved to be, however, the new show -- featuring 14 dancers, an onstage 17-piece orchestra and more than 30 songs -- needs more secon…

Tharp brought a teary Nancy Sinatra on stage with her as the opening night crowd gave the show a standing ovation.

Shirt and show are a little thin, but the performance underneath both is so engaging that the 85-minute memory play always fits nicely, no matter how worn the coming-of-age material.

Colman Domingo's solo show is a slight but likable stage memoir about growing up and coming out.

Colman Domingo, in his one man show, has a commanding presence and is irresistible.It is impossible not to like him.

Colman Domingo certainly succeeds in articulating the importance of music to his family, and soul music fans

"A Boy and His Soul" is more of a youthful coming of age story. It's a tale filled with a generosity of spirit, particularly for the past, and an optimism for what the future will bring.