This compelling play from Holland digs into the guts of a couple's personal tragedy while maintaining a subtle distance by means of delicately off-natural dialogue.
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Theater Review (NYC): ‘Terms of Endearment’ Starring Molly Ringwald
Bonds of love are often taken for granted until someone has to say goodbye.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): ‘One Flea Spare’ by Naomi Wallace
Outside, the bubonic plague slaughters. Inside two disinfected rooms, emotional battles rage. Which of the four characters will remain alive?
Read More »Theater Review (Off-Broadway NYC): ‘Tick, Tick… BOOM!” by Jonathan Larson
Keen Company's production of the 'Rent' auteur's rarely-performed early musical is just plain great. An all-around skillful team does right by the show's simple, focussed story, letting its sincerity and real-life evocativeness shine.
Read More »Theater Review (Off-Broadway NYC): ‘Anaïs Nin Goes to Hell’ by David Stallings
Playwright David Stallings's potentially gimmicky concept, directed by Antonio Minino with equal parts gravitas and wit, flowers into a richly imagined garden of passions, philosophy, and humor.
Read More »Theater Review (Off-Broadway NYC): ‘Afterplay’ by Brian Friel at the Irish Repertory Theatre
Twenty years from now, where will you be? This beautifully rendered production's concision and acutely threaded authenticity are a breath of fresh air.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC Off-Broadway): ‘She Stoops to Conquer’ by Oliver Goldsmith
It's not the details of the preposterous plot that make it work; it's the skillful way Goldsmith wove them together and his sly, fluid way with dialogue. And it's not any of these fine performances individually that galvanize this revival; it's the brightly colored vision saddled up by the director and the gifted creative team, and the gusto with which the actors take the reins.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): ‘Gypsy’ at The Gallery Players
The production boasts a highly talented cast and creative team and, equally important, a big collective heart that gives this smart, reverential take on the iconic show-business musical just the right tone.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): Isabelle Huppert in ‘Phaedra(s)’ at BAM
In this composite interpretation of the Greek myth of the incestuous queen, Isabelle Huppert's marvelous performance is really three marvelous performances in one.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): ‘About Clarence & Me’
This sensitively told story of an old black man taking piano lessons from a young white composer reminds us of the universality of the human experience and the power of friendship and love.
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