A new production of 'Measure for Measure' takes the measure of cruelty and love with innovative staging and an excellent cast.
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Theater Review (Off-Broadway NYC): ‘Our Man in Santiago’ by Mark Wilding
Not everything is as it seems in this comic spy thriller about the CIA and the overthrow of Chilean president Salvador Allende in 1973.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): Walt Disney Faces the Animators’ Strike of 1941 in ‘Burbank’ by Cameron Darwin Bossert
The play acutely dramatizes the strike using only three characters, and suggests parallels with our age that go beyond the current resurgence of union organizing.
Read More »Theater Review (Broadway): ‘The Kite Runner’
A stage adaptation of the Khaled Hosseini bestseller is flawed but earnest, moving and relevant.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): The Fire This Time Festival 2022
Six incisive short plays explore the varied range of backgrounds and identities that form the Black experience in the U.S.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): ‘Five by Tenn’ – Short Plays by Tennessee Williams
A mixed bag from Out of the Box Theatre features some excellent performances, but some of the miniatures fall flat.
Read More »Theater Interview: Rafael Jordan from ‘King Lear’ at The Wallis
Rafael Jordan discusses bringing Shakespeare's 'King Lear' into a dystopian future created by climate disasters.
Read More »Theater Interview: Anna Kostakis from ‘Romeo & Bernadette: A Musical Tale of Verona and Brooklyn’ at Theater 555
'Romeo & Bernadette' offers valuable insights about dating and romance. "The biggest takeaway is that chivalry is not dead," says Anna Kostakis.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): ‘The Misanthrope’ from Molière in the Park
A crack cast brings fresh life to the 17th-century classic, outdoors and in-the-round in Prospect Park.
Read More »Opera Review (NYC): ‘Kings, Giants & Robots’ – Works by Victoria Bond, Herschel Garfein, Robert Paterson (13 May 2022)
A puppet Gulliver, a powerful poem by Stanley Kunitz, and an android tenor add up to a grand evening of opera and solo voice.
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