Linda, currently running at the Manhattan Theatre Club, takes the name of a single character, the protagonist of the story, but represents generations of women struggling with “new” feminism, one that encourages women to have it all. The play, writte …Read more
Those that cannot get tickets to the critical and commercial hit Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812 can now travel to an appropriately run-down church to watch a grittier and dirtier display of composer Dave Malloy’s talents. The music in Be …Read more
Those looking for clear narrative arcs and thematic structures will find the impressionistic Tell Hector I Miss Him, playing at Atlantic Theatre Company’s Second Stage, difficult. The meandering work tracks the lives of several Puerto Ricans, using b …Read more
For a long time, I’ve been obsessed with J.D. Salinger. In high school, Catcher in the Rye was one of my favorite novels, one that encapsulated the alienation that is so common in high school. Later in life, I read all of Salinger’s work, his daughte …Read more
If there’s one thing I regret about Confucius at Lincoln Center, it’s by the time this review will come out, the New York run will likely be over. This dance drama presented by the China Arts and Entertainment Group (CAEG), tells the story of the leg …Read more
After a sold-out world premiere at Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2015, the Olivier-nominated playwright James Fritz’ Ross and Rachel will run at the Brits Off Broadway series at 59E59 Theaters. A heartbreaking story of a modern romance, the play takes …Read more
Pulitzer Prize winner Quiara Alegría Hudes’ new work Daphne’s Dive, directed by Thomas Kail, is a testament to the need for diversity in theatre. Set in a bar in Philadelphia frequented by a multicultural set of patrons, the play is a microcosm of th …Read more
Part of the Brits off-Broadway series at 59E59 Theatres, City Stories fuses drama and music and weaves a series of interconnected love stories into a journey through the city of London. We asked the writer and director James Phillips and singer and s …Read more
Set in modern-day Toronto and 1960s Egypt, This Time is the newest presentation by Rising Circle Theater Collective, a nexus of artists of color creating original work. The play, based on the memoir by Rising Circle member Kareem Fahmy’s grandmother …Read more
Sitting in Alvin Ailey’s wall-to-wall-windows studio on a perfect spring day, a clear view of the city of dreamers in sight, it is hard to imagine that any more magic could be injected into this moment. That is until eight female dancers, clad in nav …Read more
