The Slave Play-- an exiciting debut

Slave Play - Emerging playwright Jeremy O. Harris marks his New York debut with a bold look at the legacy of racism and its relationship with sexuality. Read More

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Nassim-- -- a different actor tells his story each night

Nassim - The current Barrow Street Theatrical production arrived in New York just in time for the holidays. But its message about the power of language to connect people in unsettled times will mean something long after the holidays are gone. Read More

Clueless-- the musical adapted by the movie's creator

Clueless, the Musical -Another stylishly staged and energetically performed musical based on a cult high school movie . . . Read More

Fabulation--a smartly stage and acted new production of Lynn Nottages early play

Fabulation,or The Re-Education of Undine - Cherise Boothe is a terrific Undine in a smartly staged legacy production of Lynn Nottage's play Read More

Bryan Cranston is entertainngly mad as hell in Network, the play

Network - a high tech production of Paddy Chayevsky's movie with Bryan Cranston now telling us to be mad as hell. . . Read More

Heathe Raffo's Iraqi-American family drama

Noura - The American dysfunctional family drama gets quite a workout in Heather Raffo's new play. It even includes a riff on Ibsen's A Doll's House Read More

The Cher Show-- Las Vegas on Broadway

The Cher Show - The Neil Simon Theater feels like Caesar's Palace but it does have 3 dazzlingly dressed Chers . . .Read More

The Cher Show-- Las Vegas on Broadway-- with not 1 but 3 chers

The Cher Show - The Neil Simon Theater feels like Caesar's Palace but it does have 3 dazzlingly dressed Chers . . .Read More

The Irish Rep presents two well worth seeing one-acters by Brian Friel

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Two by Friel - Theatergoers have a fresh opportunity to enjoy Brian Friel's brilliant talent in a double-bill. at the Irish Repertory Theatr Read More

The Hello Girl -- a highly recommended big little musical

The Hello Girls - An ensemble of actor-musicians to tell the story of America's first women soldiers in a lovely new musical by Prospect Theater Company Read M

Theresa Rebeck's play for Tyne Daly and Tim Daily --a thriller that needs a bit more of a thrill

Downstairs - Tyne Daly and her bother Tim Daly do their best to make the thriller Theresa Rebeck wrote for them really thrilling. . Read More

Tom Stoppard's latest--intellectual as ever but low on drama

The Hard Problem - Tom Stoppard's latest play is mainly theory and not very theatrical Read More

We had fun at The Prom even without it's regular leading lady

The Prom - a fun musical entertainment with a message of tolerance Re

Review of Thom Pain includes Eno's comments in solo play feate

Thom Pain (based on nothing) - Will Eno's Beckett-inflected navel-gazing solo is getting .a superb revival at the Pershing Square Signature Center . .  REVIEW INCLUDES LINK  TO SOLO FEATURE  WITH COMMENTS ON  THAT FORMAT BY wILL  ENO

The Other Josh Cohen-- a fun little musical off-Broadway

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The Other Josh Cohen - this award winning, amusing little musical in a new production at the Westside Theater. . . Read More

Bertolt Brecht's allegory in a Doyle-style minimalist production

The Resistible Rise Of Arturo Ui - - Raul Esparza stars as the enamored with fame gangster in Bertold Brecht's allegory Read More

Wild Good Dreams - we review this wll stagednew play with music at the Public

Wild Goose Dreams - A play with music about connection in a global and digital world. Read More

Me#First in the Berkshires, a Curtainup feature

A Curtain Up Feature - Me#First in The Berkshires: Where Able and Ambitious Female Theater Makers Have Thrived Long Before the Me#Too Movement and the Wave of Women Running for Government Jobs Read More

Don't miss seeing this history play while it's in New York

Chinese Lady - Lloyd Suh' charming fact-based play gets an all too brief run on

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The Chinese Lady-- a delicate little play at Theater Row for a very short run

Chinese Lady - Lloyd Suh' charming fact-based play gets an all too brief run on Theatre Row.

Eve's Song-- another race-aware play-- this one off-Broadway

Eve's Song - a play that depicts vividly and with humor the toxic effects of racism.Read More

American Son-- Kerry washington in new drama about race in America

American Son - a dramatic look at race in America Read More

Samuel D. Huner's diptych at the Rattlestick well worth the time investment

Lewiston/Clarkston - A powerful play diptych by Samuel D. Hunter is performed in full for the first time at Rattlestick Playwrights Theater.Read More

King Kong Iit's all about the 2-story tall Kong

King Kong - The iconic four-footed super hero is musicalized, and the beast once again upstages the beauty. . . R

The Thanksgiving Play-- sets the record straight about the Pilgrims' feast

The Thanksgiving Play - Larissa FastHorse sets the record straight about the long perpetrated myths about that beloved holiday, and manages to do so hilariously. .

Days of Rage by Dear Evan Hansen book writer at 2nd Stage

Days of Rage -Steven Levenson goes back to the Vietnam protest days for his new play's world premiere at 2nd Stage Read More

Good Grief-- -- A Nigerian-American girl's coming off age story at the Vineyard

Good Grief - New York premiere of an Nigerian-American girl's coming of age in Bucks Count, Pennsylvania Read More

The Waverly Gallery -- Kenneth Lonergan's play has aged well

The Waverly Gallery - Another Kenneth Lonergan play that's aged well enough for a wonderful reprise on Broadway Read More

We review The Nicetes

The Niceties - a pas-de-deuux in Academia that turns into a mutually destructive political shouting match

The Lehman Trilogy-- who knew banking could be so interestng on stage

The Lehman Trilogy- a look at the origins of the bank which failed spectacularly in 2008, with a British star cast and Sam Mendes as director

Fireflies-- a worthy addition to an ambitious trilogy

Fireflies -This second play in an ambitious trilogy is a gifted young writer's reflection on the civil rights movement. Read More

The Ferryman-- 3 hours of enjoyable, colorful theater

The Ferryman - Jez Butterworth's multi-generational family and political drama has so many assets that it's eminently watchable throught more than three hours. . . Read More

The Lifespan of a Fact: -- facts DO matter in the age of Trump

The Lifespan of a Fact - This high-velocity, three-character play is an ideal boulevard comedy for the Trump era. .

India Pale Ale-- an enertaining and provocative new play

India Pale Ale -Jaclyn Backhaus's vibrant new play about an American Punjabi family Read M

Gloria: a Life--A dynamically staged biopla

Gloria: A Life - A dynamically staged look at America's best known feminist's life. . .Read More

Mother of the Maid puts a new spin on the famous Saint's story. . .

Mother of the Maid - Glenn Close stars as the legendary saint's Mother in the New York premiere of Jane Anderson's play Read More

Correction! Stockard Channing not Stockyard is Apologia star

Apologia - Stockard Channing stars in this revival of Alexi Kaye Campbell's dinner party from hell play . . . Read More

Oop! the star of Apologia is Stockad Channing NOT Stockyard

Apologia - Stockard Channing stars in this revival of Alexi Kaye Campbell's dinner party from hell play . . . Read More

Stockard StockardChanning is the main reason to see Apologia

Apologia - Stockard Channing stars in this revival of Alexi Kaye Campbell's dinner party from hell play . . . Read More

Brush up your Constitution know-how with Heidi Schreck

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What the Constitution Means to Me - Heidi Schreck's look back on her debating days couldn't be more timely. Read More

Popcorn Falls - a hilarious 2-hander

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Popcorn Falls - the comic hilarity of this farce carries through until the triumphant end. Read More

Epic Threatre Ensemble's smartly stagedThe Winning Side

The Winning Side - the Epic Theatre Ensemble's thought provoking, high tech production in its world premiere at the Acorn on Theatre Row Read More

Our critic liked Bill Irwin's On Beckett at the Irish Rep

On Beckett - Without diluting any of Beckett's art, Bill Irwin casts a new light on it and infuses it with his own American voice. . .Read More

Janet McTeer as Sarah Bernhart

Bernhardt/Hamlet - Theresa Rebeck's comic faction brings Janet McTeer back to Broadway as the legendary Sarah Bernhardt. . . Read More

Girl From the North Country-- the Dylan musical we've all been waiting for

Girl From The North Country - while efforts to make a Bob Dylan musical have failed, Conor McPherson's version is a Bingo!. . . Re

Farceur par excellence Richard Beane take on the game of Snooker

Broadway The Nap - British playwright Richard Bean has developed a story about the world of professional snooker into a darkly comic crime caper. . .Read More

Craig Lucas's multi-button pushing take on the Book of Job

I Was Most Alive with You - Craig Lucas tackles a new format and multiple other issues in a relentlessly relevant modern day Book of Job drama. . . Read More

The True-- Eddie Falco stars in Sharr White's political play at the New Group

The True - Edie Falco returns to the stage in Sharr White's new play about a real life behind-the-scenes political mover and shaker Read More

Collective Rage-- 5 gender-bashing Betty Boops at the Lortel Theater

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Collective Rage - Jen Silverman's quintet of unhappy gender-bashing Betty Boops Read More

An intriguingly new Uncle Vanya by a welcome new company

Uncle Vanya - Richard Nelson has Chekhov's unhappy Russians air their unhappiness and grievances around a kitchen table. . . Read More