Lucy Kirkwood's The Children impressed our London critic

The Children - Lucy Kirkwood's new play looks at the world after a nuclear power station disaster and the scientists who people it.

The Pigeon in the Taj Mahal review

The Pigeon in the Taj Mahal - Laoisa Sexton's play is an inventively staged, well-acted comic romp underpinned by a serious theme . . . Read More

The Pigeon in the Taj Mahal--a comic romp , but with something to say

The Pigeon in the Taj Mahal - Laoisa Sexton's play is an inventively staged, well-acted comic romp underpinned by a serious theme . . .

Our review othello: the Remix- a thumbs up

Othello: The Remix - The General as a hip-hop mogul...and it works

This Day Forward doesn't move Nicky Silver's career forward

This Day Forward - Nicky Silver's new play is a case of The Lyons/Redux. . .Read More

London rocks to School of Rock

School of Rock School of Rock comes to London with its talented teams of children playing their own instruments in this feel good family musical. . . . Read More -

Goldoni's farce at TNFA will be heaven for some, torture for others

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The Servant of Two Masters - TNFA's production of Carlo Goldoni's farce will be heaven for spectators swept up in

Sweet Charity --This small producton, offers big pleasures

Sweet Charity smartly streamlined - Sutton Foster is a delightful Charity Hope Valentine in this smartly streamlined revival. . . Rea

Review of Natasha, Pierre. . .with Groban'sstand-in

Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet Of 1812 - The little musical engine that could makes a triumphant landing on Broadway Read More

Party People-- a timel slice-of-history musical

Party People - This hyper-relevant musical by UNIVERSES examines the legacies of the Black Panthers and Young Lords Parties and the state of activism today. Read More

Dead Poets Society-- another popular movie trying for a new life as a stage play

Dead Poets Society - your appreciation of this screen-to-stage adaptation will depend a lot on how you felt about the movie . .

Women of a Certain Age Women of a Certain Age complets the Gabriel trilogy on a melancholy note

Women of a Certain Age - turns out the Gabriels of Richard Nelson's Rhinebeck trilogy voted for the losing candidate

The Death of the Last Black Man in the Whole Entire World --not everyone's cup of theater

The Death of the Last Black Man in the Whole Entire World AKA The Negro Book of the Dead - Pulitzer Prize winner Suzann-Lori Parks takes us on a fantastical ride to reclaim the lives of black people in the history books . . . Read More

Falsettos-- not a false note in this revival

Falsettos - William Finn's chamber musical sings its way right into your heart. . .Read More

Athol Fugard's Master Harold. . .and the Boys at the Signature

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Master Harold . . .and the Boys - A beautifully staged, well-acted revival of Athol Fugard's autobiographical gem . . . Read More

Notes From the Field-- Anna Deveare Smith's latest solo

Notes From The Field - Anna Deveare Smith's provocative new 17-character solo

Fiinian's Rainbow delightfully revived at the renovated Irish Rep

Finian's Rainbow - the Irish Rep celebrates its renovated home's completion with this hit-after-hit musical from another era

My review of Sweat, Lynn Nottage's workplace drama

Sweat - Pulitzer Prize winner Lynn Nottage takes theater goers into the world of blue collar Americans faced with downsized and disappearing manufacturing jobs

Kings of War--just 4 performances to see Ivo vanHove's marathon at BAM

Kings of War - Except for the Dutch dialogue (and those supertitles), director Ivo van Hove's evening with these kings is like a binge-session of House of Cards. .

The Collector-a less than ideal adaptation of John Fowles' novel

The Collector - the two actors in this stage adaptation of John Fowles's novel do their best to provide the much needed tension and pace