Self-proclaimed “over-educated under-achievers”, the lost, angst-ridden, identity-searching 20-somethings we all know intimately, perhaps uncomfortably, well, define the landscape of I Am Not An Allegory (these are people i know), written by Libby Em …Read more

Bus stops sure have changed since Inge’s day. The action of Martyna Majok’s Ironbound, now playing at Rattlestick Playwrights Theater in a co-production with Women’s Project Theater, all occurs around a bus bench in Elizabeth, New Jersey and its main …Read more

The New York Pops took the stage of Carnegie Hall on March 11, 2016, to put on what might very well be the best of their shows this reviewer has seen. A spectacular celebration of Broadway since the 1970s called 42nd on 57th: Broadway Today. The orch …Read more

The Public Theater continues its tradition of presenting groundbreaking theater in an accessible setting with the folk-bluegrass musical Southern Comfort, directed by Thomas Caruso. Based on the 2001 film by Kate Davis, Southern Comfort tells the sto …Read more

As a one-man show starring two men, Brodsky/Baryshnikov is a singular experience. Set on the poetry of Joseph Brodsky, performed by Mikhail Baryshnikov, and directed by Alvis Hermanis, the performance straddles the line between play and recital. It p …Read more

It’s said that winning isn’t everything; but what happens if it is? This is one of the questions Lucas Hnath poses in Red Speedo, onstage now at the New York Theatre Workshop for its New York City debut. The play opens on the eve of the Olympic swim …Read more

George Bernard Shaw’s seldom-seen Widowers’ Houses—produced by The Actors Company Theatre (TACT) and Gingold Theatrical Group at the Beckett Theatre—was first performed in 1892, although a preliminary version of the play was drafted much earlier. The …Read more

Have you ever wanted to see a mountain of junk piled on top of a person? How about a stage set falling apart before your very eyes? Well, look no further than the funny, inventive circus arts show L’Immédiat at NYU Skirball Center for the Performing …Read more

Although we’re still weeks away from the end-of-season crunch, it’s been a busy week on The Street, with three Broadway shows opening in five days. Sunday saw the arrival of Eclipsed, while Tuesday brought the zany Disaster!. The third one-word title …Read more

A poem by Leigh Hunt, at the center of Anna Ziegler’s Boy, brings up one of the playwright’s recurring themes: the passing of time and the seemingly fruitless endeavor that is remembering, “Jenny kiss’d me when we met Jumping from the chair she sat i …Read more