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  Theatre in Review: God of Vengeance (New Yiddish Rep at LaMaMa Theatre)
"Today, the world is run by money." So says Sarah, the matriarch of the little family at the heart of Sholem Asch's scalding Yiddish tragedy. Written in 1907, God of Vengeance still packs plenty of shock value for ...
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Theatre in Review: Martin Luther on Trial (Fellowship for Performing Arts at Pearl Theatre Company)
There are two honestly gripping scenes in Martin Luther on Trial, neither of which has anything to do with the contrived theological courtroom drama dreamed up by the authors, Chris Cragin-Day and Max McLean. In ...
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Theatre in Review: Othello (New York Theatre Workshop)
Any good production of Othello will simmer with conflict, but one hardly expects the main clash to unfold between the director and his stars. This is nothing against David Oyelowo and Daniel Craig, who are doing ...
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Theatre in Review: Sing! (Theatre at St. Clement's)
If you're looking for a different sort of holiday entertainment, you might consider Sing! The South African singer and actress Thuli Dumakude, probably best-known in these parts for a stint in The Lion King but ...
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Theatre in Review: Gorey: The Secret Lives of Edward Gorey (Life Jacket Theatre Company/Sheen Center)
Travis Russ, the writer and director of this odd, but beguiling, entertainment, has made the right decision in not attempting a straight-up biography of the illustrator and author Edward Gorey. It would surely be an ...
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Theatre in Review: Bright Colors and Bold Patterns (Barrow Street Theatre)
If you're a gay man of a certain age -- and maybe even if you aren't -- chances are you've meet someone like Gerry, the protagonist -- and sole onstage character -- in Bright Colors and Bold Patterns. He talks too much, drinks far ...
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Theatre in Review: The Babylon Line (Lincoln Center Theater/Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater)
"The time to make up your mind about people is never," wrote Philip Barry, words that came to mind while seeing The Babylon Line -- and not just because playwright Richard Greenberg concocts elegant cocktails of ...
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Theatre in Review: Life is for Living: Conversations with Coward (59E59)
It's the season for glad tidings and eggnog, I know, but why not treat yourself to this champagne cocktail of an entertainment, celebrating a rather different Noël -- aka Destiny's Tot, and, later, The Master -- whose plays, musicals, ...
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Theatre in Review: In Transit (Circle in the Square Theatre)
Having charmed audiences Off Broadway audiences six years ago, In Transit has belatedly come to Broadway, bearing the same friendly face and upbeat New York state of mind. Those of us who worried that this light and lively ...
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Theatre in Review: Tiny Beautiful Things (The Public Theater/Susan Stein Shiva Theater)
One attends the Public Theater for many reasons -- for beautifully staged Shakespeare, provocative social commentary, and hard-nosed political ideas, along with the odd formal experiment. It's safe to say that one rarely, if ever, goes ...
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Theatre in Review: Alligator (New Georges and The Sol Project/ART New York Theatre)
I can tell you one thing about Hilary Bettis: She doesn't fool around. At a time when many young playwrights think small -- focusing on autobiographical family portraits or exhaustive examinations of unremarkable relationships -- ...
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Theatre in Review: The Strange Undoing of Prudencia Hart (National of Theatre Scotland)
The McKittrick Hotel, that West Chelsea pile that pretends to be a relic of the gilded age, where these days masked guests roam the halls chasing after the Macbeth-inspired intrigues of the immersive experience known as Sleep No More ...
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Theatre in Review: The Band's Visit (Atlantic Theater Company)
Conventional wisdom has it that if you're going to write a musical, you need characters who sing; in other words, they need big emotions that can naturally spill over into song. It doesn't take much for Nellie Forbush, Dolly Levi, or Madam ...
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Theatre in Review: Rancho Viejo (Playwrights Horizons)
The suburbs can be spooky; just ask Dan LeFranc, who, in his last play, The Big Meal -- a kind of contemporary homage to Thornton Wilder's The Long Christmas Dinner -- showed a real knack for gently discovering the ...
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Theatre in Review: The Pigeon in the Taj Mahal (Irish Repertory Theatre)
In case you're wondering what the Irish Rep is doing producing a play with such an exotic title, let me explain: The pigeon is Eddie the Pigeon, a rather peculiar fellow who lives in the Taj Mahal, a trailer park not too far from Limerick. ...
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Theatre in Review: The Portal (Minetta Lane Theatre)
"Welcome to The Portal" says a message on the enormous video screen that currently dominates the Minetta Lane stage. "A modern shamanic journey. An inward journey of self-discovery. The show is less literal and more ...
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Theatre in Review: A Bronx Tale (Longacre Theatre)
It's not often that the opening number of a musical is interrupted by a brutal slaying, but that's what happens in A Bronx Tale. The cast is busily putting over "Belmont Avenue," a lively, kickily choreographed (by Sergio ...
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Theatre in Review: Ride the Cyclone (MCC Theater at Lucille Lortel Theatre)
The premise of Ride the Cyclone sounds like something from the old TV series The Twilight Zone: A sextet of adolescents is killed in a roller coaster accident. Transported to the astral plain, they have to decide which ...
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Theatre in Review: Othello: The Remix (Westside Theatre)
The high-concept premise behind Othello: The Remix is the sort of thing to warm a movie executive's heart: It's William Shakespeare's tragedy, but updated, with the iambic pentameter tossed in favor of the jagged, ...
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Theatre in Review: Poison (Origin Theatre Company/Theatre Row)
The program for Poison notes that, in 2010, it won an award for best Dutch play staged that year -- but what grabs one's attention right away is its distinctively grim premise: The two characters, known only as She and He, ...
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