Life in high school can feel like an everyday battle from which only the fittest come out alive. With endless clique wars, peer pressure and unrealistic demands for perfection, young men and women find themselves overindulging in metaphors and hyperb …Read more

Paula Vogel’s play “And Baby Makes Seven” was originally unsuccessful. After its initial production in 1984, she deemed it her “Scottish play”, allegedly because of harsh homophobic reception. The “gay family play” tells the story of Anna and Ruth, a …Read more

Beau Willimon, author of sharp political dramas “Farragut North” and “House of Cards”, experiments with a different kind of politics in “Breathing Time”.  He presents us with an anonymous office somewhere in the Financial District, shared by a number …Read more

“If/Then”, one of the more eagerly awaited musicals of the spring Broadway season, opens tonight, March 30, at the Richard Rodgers Theater. Penned by the creators of the Tony and Pulitzer-winning “Next to Normal”, Tom Kitt and Brian Yorkey, “If/Then” …Read more

Laugh-out-loud funny, Primary Stages’ “The Tribute Artist” is an update on the classic drawing room comedy featuring a talented ensemble cast. Written by and starring Charles Busch and directed by Carl Andress, the play follows Jimmy (Busch), a man i …Read more

Because 21st-century American cultural ideals and expectations have turned sharply away from self-reliance, duty, patriotism, and the nuclear family, contemporary theater that approaches such ideas without disdain risks seeming dated. But “Hounds of …Read more

Theatre is an incredible medium for illuminating the dark corners of history and revealing their relevancy. “Bill W. and Dr. Bob” does just that, written with an acute commitment to historical accuracy by Sam Shem and Janet Surrey. This is the story …Read more

Terrence McNally’s “Mothers and Sons” opened tonight, March 24th, at Broadway’s John Golden Theater. The comedy-drama marks the author’s 20th Broadway show, with previous entries including the musicals “Ragtime” and “Kiss of the Spider Woman” and the …Read more

“Alive!”, conceived and written by Vy Higginsen and Ken Wydro, who also directs, showcases an exuberant, youthful ensemble of singers who are 55 and over, defying the notion that you must slow down with age. With real life testimonials, powerhouse vo …Read more

Steven Jobs, Herbert Hoover and Leo Tolstoy all did pretty well for themselves, but perhaps the most successful orphan of all is Cosette, the little urchin of “Les Miserables”. Not only is she a major player in Victor Hugo’s hugely successful novel, …Read more