C. S. Lewis is arguably the most important Christian writer of the 20th century. His large number of works include The Chronicles of Narnia, The Great Divorce, and The Screwtape Letters, and his influence on modern Christian thought is incalculable. …Read more
Judas Iscariot is one of history’s greatest ciphers: no one seems to know what to make of him, and the Biblical portrait of the infamous traitor leaves many questions unanswered. In The Last Days of Judas Iscariot, playwright Stephen Adly Guirgis pro …Read more
In their second production of The Emperor Jones, the Irish Repertory Theater retains the success of their original interpretation of Eugene O’Neill’s 1915 play. An experimental presentation playing with magic realism, The Emperor Jones tells the haun …Read more
Since the era of the Bronte sisters, the moors of England have inspired a literary tradition deeply rooted in their otherworldly nature. The Moors, the tellingly named new play from the Playwrights Realm at the Duke on 42nd, adopts this tradition as …Read more
In what turned out to be a double-treat at La MaMa on March 2, the Grusomheten Teater company made its North American debut with their production of Henrik Ibsen’s unfinished romantic opera libretto from 1859 called Fjeldfuglen (The Mountain Bird). B …Read more
Signature Theatre’s world premiere production of Wakey, Wakey, written and directed by Will Eno, is an overwhelmingly joyous, moving, and unpredictable treatise on, well, death. Michael Emerson, dressed in a suit jacket and pajama bottoms, plays our …Read more
The dining scene of New York’s Theater District is quickly becoming one of the best of the city, and few people know it better than the actors who call the neighborhood their second home. In this installment of thEATer, we chatted with Caitlin Houlah …Read more
What do you do when you’re trapped in a dead-end, minimum wage job ruled by a string of unsympathetic managers? Such is the plight of the coworkers in the Labyrinth Theater Company’s Dolphins and Sharks, a stunning new play that examines the conflict …Read more
A new biographical drama, Adam, now playing at Castillo Theatre, tells the true story of African-American civil rights leader Adam Clayton Powell Jr., a United States congressman from 1945 to 1971. He was a man who knew that mass action was the most …Read more
A snide comment from a fellow seven-year-old launches an identity crisis for young Monica Piper when her neighbor asserts that skipping temple means she’s “not that Jewish.” In her hilarious one-woman show, named after said snarky comment, Piper expl …Read more