theater

‘Peter and the Starcatcher’ Flies Off-Broadway

The Tony-winning play will transfer to Off-Broadway's New World Stages this spring.

The Train Driver

Directed too deliberately by its author, Athol Fugard’s 2009 play “The Train Driver,” getting its NYC premiere at Signature Theatre, is barely dramatic and too obviously symbolic.

Enter Your Musical to be a Part of NYMF

The New York Musical Theatre Festival announced the dates and requirements for two annual competitions for musical theater creators and performers.

‘Dangerous Corner’ Offers a Dinner Party Where Shocks Trump Supper

At Crown City Theatre Company, director Gary Lamb updates J.B. Priestley’s clever melodrama about the danger of refusing to let sleeping dogs lie.

'Anna Lucasta' Still Resonates Nearly 70 Years Later

This revival of Philip Yordan’s 1944 drama “Anna Lucasta,” from Robey Theatre Company and Latino Theater Company, is generally successful despite one overwrought lead performance.

20 Somethings

Evan Sanderson’s “20 Somethings,” a Fringe Festival play about young people seeking a place to belong, is funny and touching though somewhat unoriginal.

Staying Out of the L.A. Closet for 30 Years

Celebration Theatre’s mission to tell LGBT stories (including current musical "Justin Love") continues even after 30 years.

Daisy Foote's 'Him' Has Good Acting but Fails to Convince

Despite the work of a committed cast, Daisy Foote’s “Him,” from Primary Stages, about three siblings’ economic struggles and their domineering father’s legacy, fails to convince.

'How to Write a New Book for the Bible' Never Adds Up

Playwright-priest Bill Cain’s autobiographical “How to Write a New Book for the Bible,” at South Coast Repertory, is overlong and too self-indulgently personal to make good theater.

'Isaac Babel and the Gangster King' Has a Neat Conceit but Needs Work

“Isaac Babel and the Gangster King,” a musical about the life and stories of the great Russian-Jewish writer who was killed by Stalin, is best viewed as a promising work in progress.