The biggest slog in any Theater History course has got to be Everyman, a fifteenth-century morality play of obscure authorship whose importance rests entirely on its surviving in parchment form up to the modern age while its contemporaries faded to d …Read more

Any time Carson Elrod is onstage audience members are assured the ultimate kind of comedic performance: the one that engages with their brains, while tickling their funny bone. As the servant Cliton in David Ives’ adaptation of The Liar, Elrod delive …Read more

Director Roger Simon brings to life a story of hidden pasts, secrets, and hope for a better future through acceptance of that which we cannot change, and the strength we find to change what we must. Now playing at 59E59 Theaters, The Dressmaker’s Sec …Read more

Richard Maxwell’s Good Samaritans takes place in the dining hall of a rehabilitation center where a counselor (Rosemary Allen) and her patient (Kevin Hurley) engage in a conversation about pain and life that slowly begins to mirror the world outside, …Read more

Those looking for clear narrative arcs and thematic structures will find the impressionistic Tell Hector I Miss Him, playing at Atlantic Theatre Company’s Second Stage, difficult. The meandering work tracks the lives of several Puerto Ricans, using b …Read more

Even though Orange Julius has some elements that would lead some people to label it as either a “queer” or “Vietnam” play, its writer Basil Kreimendahl has managed to juggle with these elements in such way that the play defies easy categorization. Ra …Read more

Directing a play is always a challenge, so directing two at the same time is definitely demanding (especially if you’re doing your own sound design). That’s what Rick Lombardo pulled off this season, directing Albatross at 59E59 Theaters and Ring Twi …Read more

It’s strange to think that the more time moves forward and society advances, the more prudish our culture becomes. Watching the world premiere production of Yours Unfaithfully at the Mint Theater’s home in Theatre Row feels surreal because the play i …Read more

“Maybe given my brains and disposition, I’ll immigrate and be a politician.” So says Dorante, the titular fabulist at the center of David Ives’ adaptation of Corneille’s The Liar now playing at Classic Stage Company. I saw it on a drizzly Inauguratio …Read more

Up-and-coming English actress Jade Anouka, who plays Ariel in the Donmar Warehouse’s acclaimed production of The Tempest at St. Ann’s Warehouse, graciously allowed me to chat with her on her day off. The Tempest is the finale of Phyllida Lloyd’s magn …Read more