The play Antigone (This Play I Read in High School) by Anna Ziegler is not the play you and I read in high school. Although the major characters are the same, the play, directed by Tyne Rafaeli, feels modern because of a major change to the storyline …Read more
How can you trust a man who lies about doing yoga? In the intimate one-man-show Touch, directed by Jonathan Silverstein and written by playwright Kenny Finkle, the actor Anthony Rapp delivers the life story of an unreliable narrator. Anthony Rapp, al …Read more
Why do couples stay together? Mutual comfort? Desire? Self-destructive neurotic drives? Is it because nobody else knows how to make that Cajun chicken alfredo just the way you like it? Or is it, as a character in ENTANGLED: 12 Scenes in a Circle K of …Read more
In my role as a critic, I see a lot of shows. While I enjoy many of them, I rarely leave planning to buy tickets for my family. However, by the end of Every Brilliant Thing starring Daniel Radcliffe (yes-the Harry Potter guy), I wanted to stop at the …Read more
Let’s say you have all the money in the world. You’ve ruthlessly built a global corporate tech empire from nothing; it’s taken you your whole life. Legions of employees do the hokey-pokey when you snap your fingers. Presidents are at your beck and ca …Read more
We’ve all heard of the mythical Bigfoot. He’s a huge creature covered in fur and a popular figure in American and Canadian folklore. Now we can see and hear him at New York City Center Stage I in the new musical comedy by Amber Ruffin, David A. Schmo …Read more
Four Asian women gather in a Chinese restaurant for what Ellen (Jennifer Ikeda) calls an affinity meeting. All work together in the same financial company. In essence, they are a work support group. Although each woman has her own agenda with a diffe …Read more
How do you spell – enjoyable. Definition, please -The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. The revival of the musical at New World Stages, celebrating the 20th anniversary of the Tony award-winning show is an enjoyable treat for the audience. Six …Read more
The intimacy of Bug makes the revival of Tracy Lett’s play moving and powerful. Waitress Agnes White (Carrie Coon) lives in a seedy Oklahoma motel. Except for a certain amount of clutter, there’s little to show that someone is living there permanentl …Read more
Tartuffe, the womanizing fraud in the eponymous comedy by Molire, is like the man who came to dinner. It’s next to impossible to get him to leave. In Moliere’s play, Orgon, a wealthy man, is having an emotional, religious crisis when he meets Tartuff …Read more