Lynn Nottage knows how to “sustain the complexity” so that this funny play with a serious agenda works
View More FABULATION, OR THE RE-EDUCATION OF UNDINE (Lantern): A funny play with a serious agendaAuthor: Toby Zinman
REVERIE (Azuka Theatre): Aiming for a high bar
What with James Ijames winning the Pulitzer Prize for Drama (bravo!) two days ago, the bar was set very high for his newest play
View More REVERIE (Azuka Theatre): Aiming for a high barRIGOLETTO (Opera Philadelphia): A Dilettante at Large reviews
Dilettante at Large (Toby Zinman) has awakened from her long pandemic slumber, and is once again writing about stuff she knows little about but enjoys, unlike theater which she knows quite a lot about and doesn’t always enjoy.
View More RIGOLETTO (Opera Philadelphia): A Dilettante at Large reviewsWHERE WE BELONG (PTC): A young woman’s earnest and confused identity crisis
An impressively credentialed show from The Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company in association with the Folger Shakespeare Library is launching its national tour in Philadelphia.
View More WHERE WE BELONG (PTC): A young woman’s earnest and confused identity crisisLantern Theater’s Brave Return to Stage: A Man For All Seasons
What a brave return to live theater this production is! Lantern Theater Company gives us old-time drama and powerful theater, full of big ideas and complex language, rather than a bit of fluff to amuse or console us. With a top-notch cast and clever direction by Peter DeLaurier, it’s a heady three hours.
View More Lantern Theater’s Brave Return to Stage: A Man For All SeasonsTHE STEWARD OF CHRISTENDOM (IRT): What went wrong?
Sebastian Barry, author of The Steward of Christendom, is a major Irish playwright. I am a major fan of Irish drama. Irish Heritage Theatre, whose…
View More THE STEWARD OF CHRISTENDOM (IRT): What went wrong?[nyc] THE HEADLANDS (Lincoln Center): Unraveling a family history
Families, as we know, have secrets
View More [nyc] THE HEADLANDS (Lincoln Center): Unraveling a family history[nyc] CAMBODIAN ROCK BAND (Signature Theatre): Rocking Off-Broadway
Playwright Lauren Yee’s script is really two shows: an old-fashioned rock concert uncomfortably yoked to a somber history drama.
View More [nyc] CAMBODIAN ROCK BAND (Signature Theatre): Rocking Off-BroadwayHELLO DOLLY! (touring): 60-second review
They sure don’t write them like this anymore.
View More HELLO DOLLY! (touring): 60-second reviewFOOL FOR LOVE (EgoPo): Secrets, raw passion, and danger
Sam Shepard can set up a world like nobody else
View More FOOL FOR LOVE (EgoPo): Secrets, raw passion, and dangerA HUNDRED WORDS FOR SNOW (Inis Nua): 60-second review
This solo show is performed by Satchel Williams, who can best be described as adorbs.
View More A HUNDRED WORDS FOR SNOW (Inis Nua): 60-second review[nyc] MEDEA (BAM): Euripides should sue
British auteur-director Simon Stone has rewritten the ancient Greek tragedy, Medea, to fit the contours of the contemporary world
View More [nyc] MEDEA (BAM): Euripides should sueMAN OF GOD (InterAct): Worthy of praise
Anna Moench’s new, short, fascinating play is not to be missed.
View More MAN OF GOD (InterAct): Worthy of praiseMY GENERAL TUBMAN (Arden): Ancestors calling
Time travel as spiritual reality and a throbbing moral obligation
View More MY GENERAL TUBMAN (Arden): Ancestors callingTHURGOOD (Walnut Street): A supreme life
Johnnie Hobbs Jr. stars in a biographical play about Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall
View More THURGOOD (Walnut Street): A supreme lifeTHE VERTICAL HOUR (Lantern): Still means something
David Hare has the uncanny knack of being able to talk out of both sides of his mouth.
View More THE VERTICAL HOUR (Lantern): Still means somethingCHESS: THE MUSICAL (11th Hour): Cold War on the board
The precision and sense of drama makes you almost forget this is a concert and not a fully staged production.
View More CHESS: THE MUSICAL (11th Hour): Cold War on the boardTHE BAND’S VISIT (National tour at Academy of Music): Lost in transit
The musicians are terrific and there are some sweet moments, but too much is lost
View More THE BAND’S VISIT (National tour at Academy of Music): Lost in transitAN ILIAD (Arden): Rage returns to Ilium
A bold, visceral performance giving the strong script its due.
View More AN ILIAD (Arden): Rage returns to Ilium[nyc] YOUNG MAN FROM ATLANTA (Signature Theatre): Times change
The style—despite a major cast—might be best described as wooden realism
View More [nyc] YOUNG MAN FROM ATLANTA (Signature Theatre): Times change