Our London criitic reviews Knivesin Hens

Knives in Hens Yael Farber directs a revival of David Harrower's 1995 play about a medieval power struggle between man and wife . . . -

Prince of Broaway-- a lot to like-- but hardly a strong musical memoir. . .

Prince of Broadway - a sampler of 17 of the shows Harold Prince has directed and some 30 of those shows' breakout hits . . . Read More

The Mint completes its Teresa Deevy project with Suitcase Under the Bed-- 4 1-acts

Suitcase Under the Bed - This evening of 4 short plays by Teresa Deevy completes one of the Mint Theater Company's most ambitious and welcome rescue missions of a playwright whose work deserves wider recognition

Christopher Shinn's new play Against premieres in London

Against The premiere of Christopher Shinn's latest play is about a Silicon Valley billionaire turned philanthropist to make fundamental changes to society with Ben Whishaw in the lead . . . -

Off-Broadway's abuzz with new shows

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Van Gogh's Ear--a visual and aural feast

Van Gogh's Ear - The Ensemble for the Romantic Century unique chamber concerts combied with a theatrically staged narrative begins the company's its season in New York, with the story of the painter who (forgive the pun) had an ear for music Read M

8 Shaw Festival shows reviewed at Curtainup

2017 Shaw Festival Report - Grab your passport and head for the Shaw Festival's fifty-fifth year in Niagara-on-the-Lake. . . Read More

A samplin of reviews from the Brick's Shakespeare Festival

Shakespeare Festival - Measure For Measure. . .Macbeth. . .All's Well That EndsWell Read More

Lots to like in this year's Summer Shorts

Summer Shorts 2017, Series B - The second half of this year's Summer Shorts festival features one-act plays by Chris Cragin-Day, Lindsey Kraft and Andrew Leeds, and Neil LaBute Read M

A Parallelogram: Bruce Norris dishes up a little sci-fi, a bit Groundhogs day,

A Parallelogram - Bruce Norris's very dark though frequently funny puzzle play finally lands in New York. . .Read M

Michael Moore's Broaway show-- it's fun but not likely to unseat the President

Broadway Michael Moore-The Terms of My Surrender - Michael Moore may not be able to take down our sitting president, but he does lift our spirits about the mess in Washington. . . Read Mo

Lots of update in our annotated on/off broadway pages this week

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Our constantly  updated  annotated  listings  of 
upcoming  and  running show on and off Broadway

Our Festival "grazing" ends with the exceellent Freedom Riders

2017 New York Music Festival - Our latest & final Festival review: Freedom Riders (previously: Blackbird, Peace Love and Cupcakes, Generation Me, The Shakespearean Jazz Show, Previous reviews:,Numbers Nerds,Matthew McConnaughey v. the Devil, My Dear Watson). .

Chekhov's 3 Sisters not topped by Halley Feiffer's new take now in Williamstown

Moscow Moscow Moscow Moscow Moscow - Halley Feiffer's new take on Chekhov's Three Sisters is generally interesting, often entertaining, but ultimately unsuccessful.Read M

Curvy Widow - a fairly critic proof crowd please off-Broadway as in NJ

Curvy Widow - Straight from its New Jersey premiere with cast and creatives in place, and with Nancy Opel as the shapely widow, it's likely to be a critic proof crowd pleaser. .

Curtainup's annotated listings of running and upcoming shows

Curtainup updates  its 
  annotated listings  of  shows  currently  running  and coming  up-- with cast lists,opening and closing dates, and  what they  about  daily.   Lots  of  changes  this past week:
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