theater

Poly Prep Students Give Back To Sandy Relief With ‘Robin Hood’

Middle schoolers at Brooklyn academy use upcoming production to raise money for Hurricane Sandy relief.

Nonprofit Theaters Lose in Diversity Hirings

The Asian American Performers Action Coalition (AAPAC) recently released their annual “Ethnic Representation on New York City Stages” report, which found diversity lacking.

Tender Napalm

“Tender Napalm,” English playwright Philip Ridley’s pretentious portrait of a troubled marriage, at 59E59 Theaters, submerges two terrific actors in a sea of overwrought verbiage.

Audiences May Develop a 'Habit' for Voyeurism

Jason Grote’s clichéd play about a trio of lost, aimless souls proves to be utterly fascinating when presented as a theatrical installation that turns theatergoers into voyeurs lurking just on the fringes of the actions.

Jefferson Mays Gives Tour de Force in ‘A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder’

In Robert L. Freedman and Steven Lutvak’s delightful new musical “A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder,” at the Old Globe, a commoner murders his way up the ranks of the aristocracy.

‘From White Plains’ Is as Thoughtful as It Is Passionate

Fault Line Theatre’s “From White Plains,” playwright-director Michael Perlman’s new drama about high school bullying, written in collaboration with its cast, poses tough questions.

Brian Friel's "The Freedom of the City" Is Sincere but Distancing

Brian Friel’s “The Freedom of the City,” a 1973 work about the “Bloody Sunday” protest in Northern Ireland, gets a first-rate production from Irish Rep but proves uninvolving.

John Patrick Shanley's 'Doubt' Remains an Appealingly Unsolvable Puzzle of a Play

T. Schreiber Studio & Theatre’s workmanlike rendition of John Patrick Shanley’s “Doubt” provides an opportunity to see the 2005 Broadway hit in an intimate setting.

‘The Big Knife’ Cuts Sharply and Deeply

In Doug Hughes’ tough-minded production for Roundabout starring Bobby Cannavale, “The Big Knife,” Clifford Odets’ gimlet-eyed look at selling out, wreaks harrowing emotional devastation.

Moving to the Main Stem, ‘The Other Place’ Only Gets Richer

Laurie Metcalf is devastating in Sharr White’s penetrating dementia drama “The Other Place,” originally from MCC Theater and now on Broadway courtesy of Manhattan Theatre Club.