Our critic like this revival of George Kelly's The Show-Off

The Show-Off - a worthy revival of George Kelly comedy. .

Lots to like about this As You Like It

As You Like It - For most of its 100 minutes, John Doyle's production doubles its pleasures. That's even though the running time has probably been cut to half of its usual length and there are just ten actors to play out the multiple games in a forest that doesn't have a single tree. . . Read More

The Treasurer--another look at difficult life situatons

The Treasurer - Max Posner depiction of one man's battle with the slings and arrows tossed at his aging mother and the sleeping demons of resentment they stir in him isn't light entertainment. But Peter Friedman sure offers a master class in nuanced acting. . . Read More

Oslo timelier than ever in London

Oslo The big hit from Broadway arrives in London telling the tale of the most unlikely peace process in secret talks between the Israelis and the PLO.

Mary Jane a painfully realistic new play by Amy Herzog

Mary Jane - Director Anne Kauffman hit the perennial nail on the head in describing Amy Herzog's title character as a modern day Job. . . Read More

Robert LuPone returns to stage in The Violin, a 3-character play about a sure-to fail Stradivari heist

The Violin< - Outstanding performances make Dan McCormick's 3-hander about a lost Stradivari worth seeing. . .Read More

Fact based --but with liberties taken-- Small World about Stravinsky's music in Disney's Fantasia. . .

Small World - a small, well-acted play about two men with very big egos. . . Read More

The Flea inaugurates it's new space with Inanimate

Inanimate - The Flea inaugurates their new theater with a unique take on the romantic comedy by Nick Robideau. Read More

Suzan-Lori Parks'2nd Red Letter play In the Blood--harrowing but not to be mssed

In the Blood - A stunning new production of Suzan-Lori Parks' 2nd Red Letter Play. . . Read More

Curtainup's Lizzie Loveridge reviews Howard Brenton's intriguing play

The Blinding Light Howard Brenton's intriguing play looks at the playwright August Strindberg's time in Paris reflecting on his life and obsessions . .

On the Shore of the Wide World an early play by Simon Stephens at the Atlantic Theater

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On the Shore of the Wide World - Simon Stephens' early play not on a par with his more recent work Read M

The Rape of the Sabine Women by Grace B. Mathias-- ambitious but flawed new playnew pla

The Rape of the Sabine Women by Grace B. Mathias - Michael Yates Crowley's uses a ambitious exploration of a persistent rape culture as experienced by an American high school girl. Read More

For Peter Pan On Her 70th Birthday fails to really soar

For Peter Pan On Her 70th Birthday - Even with a committed cast, headed by Kathleen Chalfant this one act meditation on aging and dying never escapes feeling like watching someone's home movies with commentary about landmarks in their family's shared memories. Read More

Suzan-Lori Prk's Red Letter Play #1- F**king A--In the Blood next week. . .

F**king A -A fine director and cast give new life to Suzan-Lori Parks' 2003 play that's as relentlessly downbeat and bloody as any Greek tragedy. Read More

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