Tuesday, February 28, 2023
Chekhov’s 1895 comedy gets a cheerfully vulgar refurbishing (and a perfect Parker Posey), but part of the shock is how by-the-book Thomas Bradshaw's rework is.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 08:00PMWednesday, February 22, 2023
A pop star becomes a demon barber, a TV assassin turns attorney, and Hamlet gets a Black, queer makeover — those are just a few of the miraculous transformations the theater has in store t…
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 02:21PMTuesday, February 14, 2023
A talented cast is trapped by cringe material in this show about quirky urbanites trying to survive in New York City, with songs from Mark Eitzel of American Music Club and a book by British…
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 10:00PMThursday, February 9, 2023
Sharr White's Broadway adaptation of Larry Sultan's photo memoir is part sitcom — with laugh lines for Nathan Lane — and part family weepie. There's no intimacy amidst the broad strokes …
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 11:30PMMonday, January 23, 2023
Riffing on the origin of humanity, Richard Maxwell crams a lot into a family restaurant.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 12:36PMMonday, December 12, 2022
Thanks to superlative casting (including Daniel Radcliffe) and canny direction, this elegant, emotionally searching production may be the finest 'Merrily' you’ll ever see.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 07:00PMMonday, December 5, 2022
This sloppy Broadway embrace of Neil Diamond is a jukebox musical in search of a plot.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 11:38AMTuesday, September 13, 2022
New York theater rolls into fall again with a packed schedule of Broadway, off-Broadway, and experimental theater.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 11:51AMFriday, July 29, 2022
At Park Avenue Armory, writer-director Robert Icke transforms Greek tragedy 'Oresteia' for a more postmodern audience.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 12:08PMMonday, July 25, 2022
The bestselling novel 'The Kite Runner' has been adapted marvelously for screen and now for stage yet a weak adaptation does it no justice.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 12:02PMTuesday, July 12, 2022
Shakespeare adaptations come with a certain pressure, with some more successful than others. ‘Richard III’ struggles to make the cut.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 03:45PMMonday, July 11, 2022
Revivals of Sondheim can be mixed business due to the pressure of his legacy yet some revivals. 'Into the Woods' does his legacy justice.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 01:47PMThursday, June 30, 2022
Robert Icke's production of 'Hamlet' at Park Avenue Armory is nearly four hours and it's mostly Hamlet throwing a weird little fit.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 11:39AMMonday, June 27, 2022
An excellent cast with a so-so story, 'Epiphany' has great moments that don’t quite come together, but could appeal to some.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 12:39PMWednesday, June 8, 2022
The combined genius of Sarah Silverman, Joshua Harmon, and the late Adam Schlesinger brings you back to childhood at Atlantic Theater..
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 02:58PMThursday, May 26, 2022
Playwright James Ijames adapts Shakespeare's 'Hamlet' to modern North Carolina following the drama of a family-owned BBQ restaurant.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 10:00PMThursday, May 19, 2022
An ambitious play, 'Golden Shield' attempts to weave Chinese censorship law, political dissidence, and family drama, to varying success.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 11:25AMWednesday, May 4, 2022
At Pershing Square Signature Theatre, 'A Case for the Existence of God' takes a direct look at the lives of seemingly very different men.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 09:42AMFriday, April 29, 2022
At Longacre Theatre featuring Daniel Craig and Ruth Negga, director Sam Gold takes on Shakespeare's Macbeth. Incoherent yet star-studded.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 04:00PMWednesday, April 27, 2022
At Lyceum Theatre, a production of 'A Strange Loop' pulls audiences in as it tackles coming into your own as a Black gay man.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 09:31AMMonday, April 25, 2022
The 1942 allegory returns to the stage with Director Lileana Blain-Cruz and star Gabby Beans at Lincoln Center Theater.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 10:00PMSunday, April 24, 2022
Beanie Feldstein turns the story of Funny Girl from the rising up and wising up of a great, if troubled, trouper into the wish-fulfillment fable of a moderately gifted young lady.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 08:46PMThursday, April 21, 2022
Martin McDonagh's 'Hangmen' features Alfie Allen and David Threlfall in a story that explores the abolishment of hanging in 1965 England.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 08:00PMTuesday, April 19, 2022
The relevancy of the material is still stark, even 25 years after it was initially staged.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 08:00PMThursday, April 14, 2022
Running at BAM with James McAvoy playing the titular role 'Cyrano de Bergerac' is a beloved tale of yearning, beauty, and desire.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 08:00PMMonday, April 4, 2022
The current revival at the Hayes, produced by Second Stage Theatre and ably directed by Scott Ellis, is quite good — well-acted, smart in tone and pace, handsomely designed, with some rese…
SOURCE: Medium at 09:08PMMonday, March 28, 2022
An average ticket price of $212.67 will make a person believe anything. It can turn a Best Western into the Four Seasons.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 08:00PMThursday, March 10, 2022
The documentary play 'Coal Country' examines the aftermath of such a cataclysm, the Upper Big Branch Mine disaster of 2010, in which 29 out of 31 miners were killed in a coal dust explosion.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 09:00PMFifteen new productions will open on Broadway in the month of April, that’s one every other day.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 01:41PMWednesday, March 9, 2022
The 90-minute drama charts Moy’s journey in America from hopeful teen to jaded adult, a progression shadowed by American attitudes toward Chinese immigrants—ranging from Orientalist cond…
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 11:15AMTuesday, 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 08:00PM 
