Sunday, April 8, 2018
Reviewed by Judd HollanderDirector Simon Stone's reinterpretation of Federico García Lorca's Yerma is, quite simply, one of the best shows of this or any other theatre season. Enj…
Linked From Stage Buzz at 08:39AMTuesday, February 27, 2018
A Good Idea Taken Too FarReviewed by Judd HollanderIn the world of tabloid talk shows, few are more famous, or infamous, than "The Jerry Springer Show". A place where relationships, question…
Linked From Stage Buzz at 07:26PMSaturday, February 17, 2018
Reviewed by Judd HollanderThe McKittrick Hotel, home to such artistic triumphs as Sleep No More and The Strange Undoing of Prudencia Hart, has another winner with their latest offering, Flig…
Linked From Stage Buzz at 09:15AMTuesday, February 13, 2018
Reviewed by Judd HollanderFor the last quarter of a century, the appeal of the Encores! series at New York City Center has been the opportunity for audiences to see little known, or long for…
Linked From Stage Buzz at 09:12PMSaturday, February 10, 2018
Reviewed by Judd HollanderIt’s great to have a best friend when you’re a child. Someone you can tell secrets to, watch television with, and just hang out together. But as one grows …
Linked From Stage Buzz at 09:24AMThursday, February 8, 2018
Reviewed by Judd HollanderShadows of the past run long and deep, and breaking free to find your own way is not as easy as it may seem. A point Adrienne Kennedy makes clear in her absolutely …
Linked From Stage Buzz at 08:23PMSaturday, February 3, 2018
Reviewed by Judd HollanderA theatrical documentarian gets pulled into his own subject in The Undertaking, now at 59E59 Theaters.After working on various projects for the investigative t…
Linked From Stage Buzz at 09:38AMMonday, January 22, 2018
Reviewed by Judd HollanderIf "sleep is freedom", as one character points out in Enda Walsh's Ballyturk, then it follows that ignorance is bliss and knowledge offers an awareness that can be …
Linked From Stage Buzz at 08:16PMFriday, December 29, 2017
Reviewed by Judd Hollander"I don't know how to want less", exclaims Hazel (Deborah Findlay) in Lucy Kirkwood's dystopian drama The Children. This Londontransfer currently having its North Am…
Linked From Stage Buzz at 08:24PMFriday, December 22, 2017
Reviewed by Judd HollanderEach person’s life touches others, often in the most unexpected ways. It’s a lesson learned by George Bailey in the 1946 film “It’s A Wonderful Life", and g…
Linked From Stage Buzz at 03:06PMSunday, December 17, 2017
Reviewed by Judd HollanderJust because one person has an opinion of how they stand in a cultural context, doesn't mean people with different social perspectives share that same opinion. This…
Linked From Stage Buzz at 06:54PMWednesday, December 6, 2017
Reviewed by Judd HollanderFor the record, the Grinch did not pat Cindy Lou Who on the butt during that long ago Christmas Eve, nor was she possibly three years old at the time the two first …
Linked From Stage Buzz at 09:36PMThursday, November 23, 2017
Reviewed by Judd HollanderBilly Crudup gives a powerful performance in David Cale's Harry Clarke. A one-man play about the realizations and pitfalls that come with self-discovery, now at the…
Linked From Stage Buzz at 09:36PMSunday, November 12, 2017
Reviewed by Judd HollanderThe birth pangs of the New York Shakespeare Festival, particularly its conflicts with the New York City Parks Department and city planner Robert Moses are the stuff…
Linked From Stage Buzz at 01:04PMSaturday, November 11, 2017
Reviewed by Judd HollanderSatire may be what closes on Saturday night, as playwright George S. Kaufman once said, but that was certainly not the case for the Pulitzer Prize-winning musical O…
Linked From Stage Buzz at 10:36AMSunday, October 29, 2017
Reviewed by Judd HollanderThe breakdown of the status quo can be tough on those who've lived by it for so long. An issue Brian Friel examines in his 2005 dramaThe Home Place. The work having…
Linked From Stage Buzz at 11:24AMSunday, October 15, 2017
Reviewed by Judd HollanderElevator Repair Service, known for taking literary classics and adapting them to the stage - with results ranging from somewhat interesting to completely astonishin…
Linked From Stage Buzz at 08:54PMFriday, October 6, 2017
Reviewed by Judd HollanderOne of the more provocative dramas to hit the Off-Broadway stage in recent years is the U.K. import, A Clockwork Orange. A transfer of Anthony Burgess’ 1962 …
Linked From Stage Buzz at 08:48PMSaturday, September 30, 2017
Reviewed by Judd HollanderThe subtext to the question "when did you grow up" is "when did you stop being a child"? A question explored in Sarah Ruhl’s bittersweet drama For Peter Pan …
Linked From Stage Buzz at 12:54PMWednesday, August 16, 2017
Reviewed by Judd HollanderWhat if you knew exactly how your life was going to turn out, and there was absolutely nothing you could do to change it? One woman finds herself in exactly that si…
Linked From Stage Buzz at 07:18AMMonday, August 7, 2017
Reviewed by Judd HollanderThe Public Theater pulls out all the stops with its eye-catching presentation of William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Nights Dream at the Delacorte Theater in Central …
Linked From Stage Buzz at 08:42PMSunday, July 30, 2017
Reviewed by Judd HollanderThe theatrical group Improbable takes a look at the struggle to understand the human condition, as well as its strengths, weaknesses and limits in Opening Skinner's…
Linked From Stage Buzz at 09:48AMSaturday, July 22, 2017
Reviewed by Judd HollanderThe world has long had a morbid fascination with those who try to kill public figures, while at the same time trying to understand what makes them tick. These eleme…
Linked From Stage Buzz at 12:36PMFriday, July 7, 2017
Reviewed by Judd HollanderWhat you sew, so shall you eventually reap. A warning that could easily apply to William Shakespeare's Measure for Measure, currently being given an enjoyable …
Linked From Stage Buzz at 12:18AMSaturday, June 17, 2017
Reviewed by Judd HollanderFew plays are as consistently topical as William Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar. Offering a forceful lesson on the perils of blind ambition, the show is being p…
Linked From Stage Buzz at 12:33PMReviewed by Judd HollanderFew plays are as consistently topical as William Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar. Offering a forceful lesson on the perils of blind ambition, the show is being p…
Linked From Stage Buzz at 08:54AMTuesday, June 13, 2017
Reviewed by Judd HollanderRed Bull Theater forgoes any kind of subtlety and nuance in presenting The Government Inspector. Adapted by Jeffrey Hatcher from Nikolai Gogol's 1836 work Revizor, …
Linked From Stage Buzz at 08:12PMThursday, June 1, 2017
Reviewed by Judd HollanderA subtitle for The Whirligig, the new drama by Hamish Linklater, could very well be "Six Degrees of Separation Lite". Presented by The New Group and currently …
Linked From Stage Buzz at 08:54AMFriday, May 26, 2017
Reviewed by Judd HollanderPlaywright Enda Walsh examines those caught up in situations of oppression and loneliness with his works Arlington and Rooms. Vastly different in the…
Linked From Stage Buzz at 08:06AMMonday, May 15, 2017
Reviewed by Judd Hollander Denial becomes a powerful weapon of survival in the Yale Repertory Theatre's production of Samuel Beckett's Happy Days. The show running through May 28 at Th…
Linked From Stage Buzz at 11:05PMThursday, April 20, 2017
Reviewed by Judd HollanderBefore taking their seats in the Darryl Roth Theatre, audience members come face-to-face with a wall of cards. The different offerings listing various life choices.…
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