Coffee and Biscuit is an adaptation of Henrik Ibsen’s A Doll’s House set in 1950’s suburban America with puppets. At first, the idea seems outlandish and twee. A classic play that revolutionized the theatre and was a major step forward for feminism d …Read more
John Ford’s drama ‘Tis Pity She’s a Whore has been making audiences uncomfortable since its premiere in the 1630s. Its current incarnation, produced by the Red Bull Theatre Company and playing at the Duke Theatre on 42nd Street, manages to elicit sig …Read more
Before the Irish Rep’s production of The Belle of Belfast begins, projections of Belfast during the Irish Troubles are projected onto a brick wall. Most of the photos are of friends posing and citizens going about their day. Interspersed among them, …Read more
There are two world depicted in Jennifer Haley’s new play The Nether. There is our world, which is depicted as a dark and drab interrogation room, and there is “The Hideaway”, a startlingly bright and beautiful world where one goes to escape the drud …Read more
With so many plays in the theatrical canon, it is a sad inevitability that some well-written and worthy plays will get pushed to the sidelines by others. The Peccadillo Theater Company is dedicated to producing American plays that the public has perh …Read more
Walking in on Harry Feiner’s set for Rocket to the Moon, Clifford Odets’ rarely performed 1938 play now receiving a revival at the Theatre at St. Clements, is almost like walking into the Kansas of The Wizard of Oz. True, the rural Kansas of that fil …Read more
From the African-American experience to the choppy waters of international adoption, award-winning playwright Tanya Barfield is not afraid of a challenge. Her courageous writing has been awarded with a Lilly Award, a Helen Merrill Award, and a Pulitz …Read more
Little Women. Pride and Prejudice. Wuthering Heights. Jane Eyre. These are arguably the most iconic examples of 19th century literature written by women. They have endured for two hundred years with their strong characters, vivid settings, and insigh …Read more
Ross Howard is a British playwright whose plays have been seen in London, Last Vegas, Minneapolis, San Francisco, and New York City. His dark comedy No One Loves Us Here, which was a finalist for the New York Stage and Film Founders Award in 2012, is …Read more
Thanksgiving has never been more athletic than is portrayed in Kate Benson’s new play, whose full title is A Beautiful Day in November on the Banks of the Greatest of the Great Lakes, a co-production of New Georges and the Women’s Project. The play v …Read more
