The text of this well-staged new adaptation strikes a smile-inducing, attention-grabbing, and surprisingly believable balance between literary authenticity – this is indeed Euripides' play in all its essentials – and contemporary informality and even snark.
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Theater Review (Off-Broadway NYC): Jack London’s ‘The Iron Heel’ Adapted and Directed by Edward Einhorn
Where do you stand: with the oligarchy or with the common man? This well-acted, cleverly executed production is a mind-bending tour de force of ideas, with darkly twisting humor and swaths of realism thrown in to perplex.
Read More »Theater Review (Off-Broadway NYC): ‘Pillars of New York,’ a New Musical About 9-11 by Michael Antin
Too soon for a 9-11 musical? It might feel that way to those of us who lived through the horror of 9-11, which can still seem like yesterday. But 'Pillars of New York' makes it clear the real answer is no.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC Off-Broadway): Karen Finley’s ‘Unicorn Gratitude Mystery’
Gratitude journals and Donald Trump may be easy prey for someone with Finley's arts and smarts, but the legendary performance artist continues to find new, sometimes startling angles of analysis and attack.
Read More »Theater Review (Off-Broadway NYC): ‘Austin’ by Edla Cusick
At what price do families help loved ones recover from addictions they themselves might have?
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): ‘Line’ by Israel Horovitz
At moments, the refreshed production of NYC's longest-running play reminded me of looking at those books of old New Yorker cartoons from the 1950s and '60s, with their wordless multi-panel stories and their hapless Organization Men. But for most of its length, I wished I'd gotten on line for something else.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): ‘Strange Country’ by Anne Adams
New Light Theater Project's new production gives us an uncommon triple portrait of common anguish, straight from the strange country of the human condition.
Read More »Theatre Review (Singapore): Wild Rice’s ‘Hotel’ by Alfian Sa’at and Marcia Vanderstraaten
These are exactly the types of Singapore stories that the world would be fascinated to watch: raw, real, riveting and resonant.
Read More »Theatre Review (Singapore): ‘Les Misérables’
'Les Miz' proves a timeless musical, still with remarkable visual and aural splendor more than 30 years on.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): ‘Helvectica’ by Will Coleman
Lovely writing and solid acting make Will Coleman's literate, thoughtful one-act shine, but an unorthodox structure prevents it from achieving a dramatic arc.
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