Bright Star, the Steve Marin/Edie Brickell musical is hokey but fun

Bright Star - Another bluegrass tuner, this one on Broadway and by the multi-talented Steve Martin and songwriter Edie Brickell.

Nothing stupid about Aaron Posner 's take on The Seagull -- but lots of fun

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Stupid Fu**ing Bird - Aaron Posner's clever riff of Chekov's The Seagull at the Pearl's 42nd Street home Read More

Philicia Rashad talks to God in Head of Passes

Head of Passes - Tarell Alvin McCraney uses a dysfunctional Louisiana family to tackle Book of Job questions

Dry Powder-- financial shenanigans explored and slickly staged by Hamilton director Thomas Kail

Dry Powder - a dark comedy about the publicly condemned but business as usual world of private investment firms. Read More

Correction: Falling out of Time, our DC review source author is David Grossman

Falling Out of Time - Theater J's adaptation of David Grossman novel . . Read More

Falling Out Of time-- Israeli novelist David Goldman novel at Theater J in DC

Falling Out of Time - Theater J's adaptation of David Goldman novel . . Read More

The Curious Incident. . of the dog in the Night-Time-- Catch it while you can

 The Curious Incident of  the Dog. . . is leaving Broadway  on September 4th www.curtainup.com/curiousincidentbway14.html 

I'll miss  recommending it  to NY visitors  looking for   a  stunningly staged, performed,  moving  show--  

Lucy# Prebble's The #Effect- effectively staged by David #Cromer

The Effect - The romance that propels her plot may at first seem like a mostly authorial device to lighten things up, but it turns out to be as as combustible and unsettling as the complexities of the situation that brought two hungry for love people together. 

Miss Atomic Bomb, a quirky new musical our London critic enjjoyed

Miss Atomic Bomb A brand new comedy musical set in the 1950s to the backdrop of the atomic tests with the brilliant Catherine Tate . . .

Everything to love in this revival of She Loves Me

She Loves Me - The Roundabout gets everything right in its revival of this musical theater charmer Read More

Ironbound- a gritty play by Martyna Marjok

he economic crisis of December 2007. Read More
Ironbound - Martyna Majok's flair for finding humor in the hubris of her characters. Read More

The Way West: New play by Mona Mansour from Labryth

The Way West #- Mona Mansour aptly characterizes her play as "tall-tale realism". . .it's also a distaff True West and a state-of-the-nation play with bad news about life in the years since the economic crisis of December 2007. Re

Ideation-- a well-intentioned satire that should be funnier

Ideation - Aaron Loeb's satire is not as edgy as it needs to beRead More

Hold On To Me Darling, Kenneth Lonergun's hilarious story of a country & western 10-percenter

Hold On to Me Darling - A world premiere of Kenneth Lonergan comic look at our celebrity culture Read More

Londoners get chance to see Jean Genet's The Maids

The Maids -Jean Genet's remarkable 1947 play about the fantasies of two domestic servants gets a Jamie Lloyd Company production at Trafalgar Studios Read More

The Royale- Marco Ramirez new play about about boxer Jack Johnson

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The Royale - a new drama by Marco Ramirez, is inspired by the career of Jack Johnson, the heavy-weight fighter whose life was fictionalized, almost 50 years ago, in The Great White Hope Read More

Southern Comfort- transgender love stories wth bluegrass score

Southern Comfort - A dark, different and deeply moving musical gets a fine production at the Public theater Read More

The Robber Bridegroom -footstepping un with a dashing -SteStephen# Pasquale

The Robber Bridegroom - A rare revival of the musical adaptation of Eudora Welty's novella, is energized by Alex Timber's direction and a top tier cast Read M

Anna Ziegler's heartwrenching Boy with the terrific Bobbie Steggert

Boy - Bobby Steggert gives a powerhouse performance in Anna Ziegler's fact-based new play Read More

Red Speedo-- A real pool for Lucas Hnath's provocative play

Red Speedo - The real drug obessing the characters in Lucas Hnath play is the drug of misguided ambition Read More

Eclipsed brings another off-Broadway hit to Broadway--a 2nd Gurira play currently in New York

Eclipsed on Broadway - Disturbing but outstandingly staged as ever Read Mo

Hungry will leave you hingry for the next visit with the Gabriels

Hungry - Richard Nelson's new Rhinebeck cycle gets off to a good start Read More

Danai Gurira's Familiar: the set up is familiar but the family's background adds a fresh twist

Familiar - Danai Gurira most personal play and her first venture into comedy drama

The Helen Hayes proves to be a perfect Broadway home for The Humans

#The Humans - Our review #Stephen Karam's family drama on Broadway. . . Read More

Dea Dog Park-- a timely cop story at 59E59 Theaters

Dead Dog Park - Barry Malawer portrays the fallout from a confrontation between a white police officer and an African-American youth, 13 years of age, in a seedy park in Washington Heights. Read More

Much to like about The Wildness at Ars Nova--

The Wildness: Sky-Pony's Rock Fairy Tale - a very well-written, acted, directed quintessentially New York show. It's also very, very good. . . R