The Irish Repertory’s production of A Christmas Memory has all the makings of a seasonal classic: a heartwarming story, beautiful music and a brilliant star turn by Alice Ripley who plays Sook, the child-like distant cousin of young Buddy, played by …Read more

Self Made Man: The Frederick Douglass Story takes the audience on heartfelt journey to another time and place not so long ago. Frederick Douglass was the son of his slave mother and a plantation owner who learned to read, escaped, purchased his own f …Read more

Combine Wait, Wait Don’t Tell Me, a dash of cabaret and a lyricist/composer speed date that looks like the BMI writers workshop on steroids then serve it up on a platter with a side of dishy, musical theater humor and you have Tune in Time, a musical …Read more

Illness, death, divorce, missed opportunities, crushing defeats. What does it take to survive life’s crueler blows? Each of the five characters in Mat Smart’s play Naperville, having its world premiere at the June Havoc Theater, has been broadsided b …Read more

All right, let’s admit it, Allegro has a dissonant past. Written after the blinding success of both Oklahoma! and Carousel, and historically considered Rodgers and Hammerstein’s first flop, it played slightly over a year on The Great White Way in 194 …Read more

Asymmetric, a new play by frequent collaborators writer Mac Rogers and director Jordana Williams now performing at 59E59, is an incredibly intriguing spy thriller that will keep you guessing about each character’s loyalty and motive until the very la …Read more

Snow White as a sexual being. Walt Disney never saw it coming. Theaterlab’s Snow in the Living Room inserts sensuality and loss of innocence into its deconstruction of the classic fairy tale. There is no mention of dwarves here, yet the number seven …Read more

Pitbulls, a new work by Keith Josef Adkins now playing at the Rattlestick Playwrights Theater, is a strong play by a talented, fresh writer. Set in the backwoods of Appalachia, it dives into the vicious subculture of pit bull fighting. The play cente …Read more

  F. Scott Fitzgerald’s writing is often criticized for being a triumph of wit and style over any real substantive meaning. While that may well be in dispute among literary critics, it certainly seems to have been taken to heart by the writers o …Read more

There was palpable anticipation at the Public Theater as audiences stirred in their seats, awaiting the newest work by provocateur and downtown darling Young Jean Lee. The much lauded Lee has challenged conventions with her intrepid brand of theater …Read more