Tuesday, February 22, 2022
Cross-cultural tension looms over Sanaz Toossi’s English, an understated classroom dramedy about the things we lose in crossing linguistic borders.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 08:00PMTuesday, January 11, 2022
Wagner’s message is a simple but deeply humanistic one: We’re all specks in the universe, random, unknowable bio-containers, and who knows where my atoms end and yours begin?
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 08:00PMThursday, December 9, 2021
One thing I am certain of: 'Company' is the most sophisticated fun I’ve had in a theater in ages.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 08:00PMIt’s a downbeat fable about escaping the toxic narcissists who created your body.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 11:39AMMonday, December 6, 2021
It’s a patriarchal pangender fantasy that simultaneously de-centers and re-centers cishetero masculinity. Fancy lingo for: kinda outdated and icky.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 10:49AMSunday, November 28, 2021
He will continue to shape the future of musical theater because he trained our ears, set the bar high, and new composers and lyricists will study his work. For a hundred who try, misguidedly…
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 10:33AMThursday, November 18, 2021
You absolutely must see it if you care about Black work on Broadway, American theater, and the evolving state of our “canon.”
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 07:00PMWednesday, November 17, 2021
Who knows if musical fiascos such as 'Diana' exist solely for the bitter amusement of theater critics?
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 07:00PMMonday, November 15, 2021
I can’t be the only Sondheim nerd sick of respectful, minimalist approaches.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 09:46AMThursday, November 11, 2021
Embracing absurd and cringe humor while bringing it to theater, 'While You Were Partying' is for theater lovers who grew up online.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 03:04PMWednesday, October 27, 2021
I’m not actually 100% sure we are worthy of this show, but we need its complexity and density.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 07:00PMMonday, October 18, 2021
Here’s the thing about this harrowing fugue state of a play, written by Lucas Hnath and directed by Les Waters: O’Connell never speaks.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 10:44AMTuesday, 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 02:18PM 
