On Saturday, December 12th at the Japan Society, the Mansaku-no-Kai Kyogen Company proved that humor knows no bounds of time or place. Mansaku Nomura brought his company to New York City for a three night exhibition of Kyogen, one of the four classic …Read more

Hir, Taylor Mac’s new play, now extended again at Playwrights Horizons, is sending critics and audiences into a frenzy, and it isn’t hard to understand why. With crackling humor, razor wit, trainwreck voyeurism and over-the-top physical performances, …Read more

As a critic, Night Is A Room, Naomi Wallace’s new play now on stage at the Signature Theater, is somewhat of a challenge to write about. There isn’t too much that can be revealed without, as I mention in my review of the show, compromising the plot, …Read more

Naomi Wallace’s Night Is A Room, now onstage at the Signature Theater, begins with two women talking about balloons, and ends with the same two women discussing feet. In the two hours that pass between this careful mundanity, both of their lives chan …Read more

Watching Arthur Miller’s Incident at Vichy, directed by Michael Wilson and presented by the Signature Theatre as part of a celebration of the playwright’s centennial, I wondered if it was the play’s prescience – and the ease at which one unavoidably …Read more

Okay, so Full House! The Musical! is not Shakespeare. But given the Netflix reboot, Fuller House, slated for 2016, it’s certainly topical, and tucked away in the historic Theatre 80 on St. Marks, it can be a damn good time if you’re willing to let it …Read more

Perez Hilton is what you might call a Jack of All Trades for the Internet age. A pioneer in the world of blogging through his eponymous dot com, he’s been supporting and skewering pop culture for over a decade. That’s why he seems the perfect, delici …Read more

In The Christians, playwright Lucas Hnath’s self proclaimed “big-little play about faith in America,” now onstage at Playwrights Horizons, opposing theological and ideological structures that shape our society are given an achingly human face. Theate …Read more

Anne Washburn’s transadaptation of Iphigenia In Aulis, now onstage at the Classic Stage Company’s inaugural Greek Festival, is a mesmerizing, groundbreaking update on Euripides’ final tragedy, which premiered in Athens in 405 BC. Directed by Rachel C …Read more

It is rare in theater these days that you feel enthralled by the pull of auteur. Though Theatre for a New Audience’s presentation of New York City Players’ Isolde may at first feel like a tough fit, somehow awkward or strained, take comfort in the kn …Read more