Tuesday, October 12, 2021
The world is getting weirder by the day. I think the audience is ready for it now.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 09:28AMFriday, October 8, 2021
On at the Manhattan Theatre Club, 'Lackawanna Blues' explores survival and finding heart in your own life, backed by harmonica.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 10:21AMMonday, October 4, 2021
There’s no plot to Six, just an agreement among the ex-wives to compete (in song) for who had the hardest time.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 10:42AMFriday, September 24, 2021
The fall 2021 season is bustling with excellent theater about Black stories, experiences, and joy. From the experimental to new favorites.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 01:24PMTuesday, September 7, 2021
Playwright Jocelyn Bioh's 'Merry Wives' marvels audiences at Shakespeare in the Park with a modern approach to the canon.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 11:48AMWednesday, September 1, 2021
Antoinette Chinonye Nwandu's "Pass Over" has the makings of a modern and Black retelling of "Waiting for Godot" yet stands alone, moving.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 10:53AMTuesday, July 6, 2021
The enemy of the people is misanthropic technocrats! No! It’s selfish, amoral politicians! No! The enemy of the people is…people?
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 09:57AMTuesday, June 29, 2021
At 'Seven Deadly Sins' — a suite of short plays staged in storefronts in the Meatpacking District — it’s still under glass, this time with writhing, exotic specimens offered up for mo…
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 10:18PMTuesday, June 1, 2021
Our top theater picks for summer 2021, full of wicked performances from 'Whore's Eye View' to 'Tiny House.'
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 11:56AMWednesday, May 26, 2021
This American Wife sets out to be an avant-garde, haute-camp allegory of seduction, corruption, and betrayal that conspicuously consumes itself.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 04:08PMFriday, April 23, 2021
The National Theatre's 'Romeo and Juliet' focuses refreshingly more on the angst of these star-crossed lovers than the heat.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 10:17AMWednesday, April 7, 2021
Given that the event is automated except for ushers and operators, you’re effectively both spectator and live performer.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 09:45AMThursday, February 25, 2021
Unfolding in 90 minutes of hospital visits, "Men’s Health" is sort of "Pygmalion" with its pants off.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 09:49AMMonday, December 14, 2020
Domestic pain and culinary craft combine to quietly wrenching effect in 'This Is Who I Am,' a Zoom drama by Amir Nizar Zuabi streaming at Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 08:00AMFriday, December 4, 2020
Performing an abridged but faithful version of 'A Christmas Carol,' Jefferson Mays keeps this holiday tradition alive for streaming audiences.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 08:00AMTuesday, November 24, 2020
Playwright Adrienne Kennedy gets a long overdue major retrospective, streaming online courtesy of the Round House Theatre and McCarter Theatre Center.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 01:28PMFriday, November 20, 2020
Surrounded by few set pieces and zany couture, Irwin draws on decades of performance genius to present his memoir-ish review 'On Beckett,' transformed for the streaming age.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 08:00AMSaturday, October 24, 2020
One a three-hour epic play, Anne Washburn’s 'Shipwreck' has been turned into three-part audio drama produced by the Public Theater.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 09:00AMTuesday, October 13, 2020
Heidi Schreck’s fiercely urgent and soul-restoring play 'What the Constitution Means to Me' retains all the impact it had on Broadway in its shift to streaming on Amazon Prime Video.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 02:18PMFriday, September 18, 2020
Michael Sheen stars as a drunk, self-exiled Irishman who claims to have the gift of curing maladies in the Old Vic's excellent streamed production of 'Faith Healer.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 07:00AMTuesday, September 8, 2020
A new production of Madhuri Shekar's 'Love and Warcraft' exploits the limitations of Zoom to bring new meaning to this work about intimacy found through a computer screen.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 03:30PMTuesday, September 1, 2020
From Molière in the Park's 'The School for Wives' to the experimental work 'Cannabis! A Theatrical Concert,' there's plenty for theater lovers to steam this fall.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 08:00AMTuesday, July 14, 2020
Thursday, July 2, 2020
Despite the insane popularity of the brand, delivering an equally great small-screen 'Hamilton' was never a slam dunk.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 08:00AMTuesday, June 30, 2020
Fake piety and the stupidity of the rich prove to be as resonant topics now as they where when Molière wrote 'Tartuffe' in 1664.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 01:22PMWednesday, June 17, 2020
Audra McDonald, Tituss Burgess and LaChanze are among the celebrity presenters slated to appear at the Antonyo Awards, which kicks off its first edition via a livestream.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 07:00AMFriday, May 29, 2020
'This House,' now streaming via the National Theatre, chronicles the triumphs and failures of the Labor party's time in power from 1974 to 1977, as they struggled to keep the soon-to-be That…
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 02:16PMMonday, May 25, 2020
The loss of incubators for emerging stage talent will be devastating if Off-Off Broadway venues can't be saved.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 08:00AMThursday, May 21, 2020
In this dazzling one-person show, Simon McBurney tells a series of nested stories about a wild ride into the depths of the Amazon.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 12:09PMWednesday, May 13, 2020
When the text is as good as in Brian Friel’s 'Molly Sweeney,' even actors emoting at their computer screens with blank backdrops can be engaging viewing.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 02:34PMThursday, April 30, 2020
Playwright Richard Nelson shows how a thoughtful script and superb actors can make for an hour of online drama that is touching, funny, and deeply satisfying in 'What Do We Need to Talk Abou…
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 03:24PM 
