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The New Musical 'The Island of No Tomorrows' Fails to Cohere

“The Island of No Tomorrows,” a new musical from Interart Theatre and MultiStages, begins with an intriguing premise but soon becomes disjointed, confusing, and exhausting.

Matthew Broderick and Kelli O'Hara Celebrate Gershwins and Prohibition

Broderick and O'Hara create a new classic in "Nice Work If You Can Get It," directed by Kathleen Marshall.

The Bellflower Sessions

Andy Bloch’s “The Bellflower Sessions,” at the Whitefire Theatre, gives us a taste of some funny stuff and a few standout performances but is ultimately too hard to swallow.

Theater Companies Bring Literature to the Stage in a Fresh Way

The Elevator Repair Service’s adaptation of “The Great Gatsby,” the Transport Group’s adaptation of a Jonathan Franzen essay, and For/Word Company’s adaptation of Anne Morrow Lindbergh’s writings reinvent adaptation.

Karen Allen Is Back on the Boards in 'A Summer Day'

Norwegian playwright Jon Fosse’s “A Summer Day” is getting its American premiere from Rattlestick Playwrights Theater in a confident but unpersuasive production starring Karen Allen.

'On the Future' Is Lively, Inspired Frivolity From the N.Y. Neo-Futurists

“On the Future,” presented by the New York Neo-Futurists, adds up to some 80 minutes of lively, inspired frivolity—with serious underpinnings—riffing on the titular theme.

'Bears' Is Silly to the Point of Absurdity

Mark Rigney’s “Bears,” a nonsensical jumble of a play getting its New York premiere at 59E59 Theaters, follows the adventures of three grizzly bears in a post-apocalyptic world.

Winners for Ted Kennedy Prize Announced

Columbia University and Jean Kennedy Smith announced playwrights Dan O’Brien and Robert Schenkkan as the inaugural winners of the Edward M. Kennedy Prize for Drama Inspired by American History.

'13 Things About Ed Carpolotti' Resists Musicalization

“13 Things About Ed Carpolotti,” Barry Kleinbort’s musicalization of a monologue by Jeffrey Hatcher, starring Penny Fuller, is more illustrative of the text than necessary to it.

Panoramania; or the Adventures of John Banvard: An O’er True Tale

Funded by a FordhamUniversity grant, “Panoramania” tries to revive the story of painter John Banvard, but this Fringe show is little more than a research paper set to music.