'The True' succeeds on many levels: the fascinating characters, the acting, the directing. Though the individuals are factual, White teases out the emotional tenor between and among these Albany political operators.
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Theater Review (NYC Off-Broadway): ‘The True’ by Sharr White, with Edie Falco and Michael McKean
Edie Falco is an unstoppable force as a political operator in this vivid dissection of nitty-gritty party politics.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC Off-Broadway): ‘Peace for Mary Frances’ Starring Lois Smith
In this dramatization of hospice care the interactions among three generations of family resound with authenticity thanks to a formidable ensemble of actors and their director.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC Off-Broadway): ‘Peace for Mary Frances’ by Lily Thorne, Starring Lois Smith
Thorne's story plunges into the troubled waters of modern hospice care, even as it swims with the prehistoric sharks of family squabbles and old wounds.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC Off-Broadway): ‘Good for Otto’ by David Rabe, with Ed Harris, F. Murray Abraham
In this long but engrossing play set in a mental health clinic, Rabe outlines each character's distinctive battleground, where counselors defend and encourage them against their tendencies to self-harm.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC Off-Broadway): ‘Good for Otto’ by David Rabe
The play buffets us from patient to patient, crisis to crisis, and dream sequence to real-life therapy. Artifice this skillful glows with a heightened authenticity. The glittering cast including Ed Harris, Amy Madigan, Rhea Perlman, Mark Linn-Baker, and F. Murray Abraham.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): ‘Downtown Race Riot’ Starring Chloë Sevigny
The riot that erupted in Washington Square Park in 1976 becomes the lens through which the playwright elucidates ongoing issues our nation faces today.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC Off-Broadway): ‘Downtown Race Riot’ with Chloë Sevigny
Fashions may have changed and drugs become even more deadly since the 1970s milieu of 'Downtown Race Riot.' But with all its humor, the play bears a troubling message: Friendship and family, potent forces though they are, can't solve the conundrum of tribalism.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC Off-Broadway): ‘The Whirligig’ by Hamish Linklater
Linklater's new tragicomedy doesn't sustain its dreamy magic consistently, but it offers much to appreciate.
Read More »Theater Review (Off-Broadway NYC): ‘Evening at the Talk House’ by Wallace Shawn, Starring Matthew Broderick
This nightmare future scenario asks: Are citizens responsible for crimes their lifestyles have perpetuated?
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