Reed Birney, Jayne Houdyshell, Cassie Beck, Sarah Steele and Arian Moayed in The Humans. Photos by Joan Marcus by Deirdre Donovan Stephen Karam’s new play, which originated at the Laurel Pels Theater in 2015, has settled in snugly at Broadway’s Helen Hayes. And if you haven’t seen this gem, put it on your must-see list. …
by Eugene Paul Theatrical deity Eugene O’Neill, whose masterworks continue to astound and gratify audiences around the globe, reached Broadway in 1920 with Beyond The Horizon, the first of his four Pulitzer prize plays. He was thirty-two. Steeped in theater, he had learned his craft from his parents, famous, self-burdened actors, at the…
By Eugene Paul As measured by the money meter, a palpable hit. “Who’s that?” my companion whispered, nudging sideways with her chin as the gorgeous, gorgeous creature squeezed by smiling apologetically. I nodded. “Yes, it is. And look over there.” She slid her eyes four seats over. Her eyebrows went up. I nodded, then…
Jeremy Shamos, Kate Jennings Grant, David Furr, Andrea Martin & Campbell Scott By Michall Jeffers Andrea Martin is an actor who can do no wrong. So it comes as no surprise that in Noises Off, she effortlessly leads the company to glorious comic heights, and the audience to a fevered pitch of laugh out…
by Deirdre Donovan Emile Zola’s novel Therese Raquin comes to life on Broadway with a new adaptation by playwright Helen Edmundson. Featuring Keira Knightley, Gabriel Ebert, Matt Ryan, and Judith Light, and directed by Evan Cabnet, this show may well be the spookiest new production of the season. Before parsing this, and that aspect,…
Mark Strong as Carbone with Phoebe Fox (left) and Nicola Walker. Photograph: Tristram Kenton By Eugene Paul On stage, left and right are banked high and deep with theater seats. Everyone is taken. Center stage, a black monolith sits on a low, transparent wall. We can see bare feet in the lighted arena…
JOAN MARCUS by Eugene Paul Director Will Frears, knowing that he has William Goldman’s tested and true services having successfully adapted the Stephen King flavorsome little horror epic, “Misery” to the screen as his basis for this, his stage adaptation, is still not resting easy having as his leads two of the biggest…
By David Schultz Man’s best friend has taken up residence at the Cort Theater in Manhattan. In the tantalizing guise of actress Annaleigh Ashford, this human as canine puppy is redolent in her splendor capering around the stage seeking the love of a new family. The family in question Greg (Matthew Broderick) and wife Kate…
Sam Rockwell and Nina Arianda Photo credits Joan Marcus By David Schultz Sam Shepard’s Mythical American West; seedy motel, wounded couple, raw sex, seventy-five minutes of overwrought angst Originally produced Off Broadway in 1983, this Sam Shepard work made waves for its intense, poetic existential take on a couple trying to repair the…
Cicely Tyson and James Earl Jones (Photo credit: Joan Marcus) By Eugene Paul Weller Marin is a big, old crabass who likes to play cards but he’s such a short tempered, irascible son of a bitch always losing his temper and cussin’ up a storm that nobody in that old wreck of an Old…