Don’t count on Carole King to see the new musical that depicts her life. “This show is very revealing and painful. There are moments she doesn’t want to live again,” points out Cynthia Weill, King’s longtime friend and one of the major characters por …Read more
Charlotte Perkins Gilman, a 19th-century American feminist and writer, claimed that she wrote the short story “The Yellow Wall-Paper” in an attempt to relegate the “rest cure” — routinely prescribed by doctors for ‘nervous conditions’ — to the anna …Read more
“Have I No Mouth” stands as one of the rarities in theatre that master both the delicacies and weight of speech and sight. Irish playwright Feidlim Cannon takes on the ‘holy trifecta’ in this production: writing and directing the piece (with Gary Kee …Read more
John Patrick Shanley’s latest play, “Outside Mullingar”, opened last night (Jan. 23) at Manhattan Theater Club’s Samuel J. Friedman Theater. The work is something of a “Doubt” homecoming. Shanley’s 2005 Pulitzer and Tony-winning drama was directed by …Read more
New York is supposed to be the pinnacle of great theater and Princeton isn’t too far away; now, we may have to go ahead and add the McCarter Theater to that list. Their production of “Fences” under the masterful direction of Phylicia Rashad is extra …Read more
The Ellis siblings, Chris (Brian P. Murphy) and Les (Brian McManamon), are hiding a secret that has haunted them for almost two decades, which has left Chris mentally unstable and has turned Les into his guardian, preventing him from developing meani …Read more
Alan Sillitoe’s 1959 short story “The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner” focuses on Colin Smith, a working class young man who finds himself in a prison school (populated by other working class young men) after getting caught for petty theft. B …Read more
You needn’t be a fan of boxing to enjoy the stimulating multimedia theatrical event that is “Tyson Vs Ali”. In fact, if you’ve never seen a boxing match then you’ll want to check out the ultimate fight between two of the greatest fighters that never …Read more
Longstanding collaborators Mac Wellman and Steven Mellor reunite for the New York premier of one act “Muazzez”, co-presented by The Chocolate Factory and PS122 as part of the 9th annual COIL Festival. Wellman, a celebrated Downtown playwright and aut …Read more
Call it “experimental”, “avant garde”, or even “therapy theater” (yes, I may have just coined that last one), this Irish Arts Center production is not your standard linear-narrative theater experience. At the beginning of “Have I No Mouth”, currently …Read more
