Review

The Idea Man

Kevin King captures the tension of socioeconomic and hierarchical battles in the world of his play, set around a tool-and-die company. Machinist and union foreman Al (James Pippi) is noted for putting his foot in his mouth.

Bronzeville

Tim Toyama and Aaron Woolfolk's new play is based on the account of a lad (a heartbreaking Jeff Manabat) who, instead of submitting to being carted off to a "relocation" camp with all other Americans of Japanese descent during World War II, holes up in his family's abandoned ...

A More Perfect Union

What surprises—and it's the most satisfying aspect of the play—are the arguments they have about the cases that might be heard by the court.

When You Comin' Back, Red Ryder?

It's a sad, greasy outpost of culinary refuse, a relic of hip 1950s-style eating that was anachronistic by the end of the 1960s, when 'Red Ryder'  takes place.

Dirty Dancing: The Classic Story on Stage

The time of your life? Though ad slogans promise that possibility, this bizarre screen-to-stage transplant offers only intermittent flashes of down-and-dirty fun.  Add to that a by-the-numbers rehash of the film’s soapy story, and the victory of crass commercialism over creativity is complete.

A Number

Not only something for the audience's mind to feast on, the play is a great vehicle for two actors.

For Lovers Only (Love Songs...Nothing but Love Songs)

Producers of theater are slow to learn the lesson every real estate agent gets on day one: Location matters.

Finding the Rooster

Terence Patrick Hughes' script certainly isn't to blame for the dismal production of his 'Finding the Rooster', currently crowing at 13th Street Repertory Company.

Way to Heaven (Himmelweg)

More than 75 years after Hitler's ascension to power in Germany, the portrayal of Nazis on stage and screen is arguably more difficult than ever.

After Darwin

In Timberlake Wertenbaker's richly layered 'After Darwin', theories of natural selection and survival of the fittest are discussed not only in relation to the evolution of animal species but also to human lives.