Waiting for Godot in Yiddish (Vartn Af Godot) by Julia Polinsky So, nu? You never secretly suspected that, all along, Godot was really a comedy about a couple of confused, irritated alte kockers who have zero idea what’s going on? Well, you could have, because the New Yiddish Rep’s…
Photo credit Dan Norman By Jeanne Lieberman Forget the singing Santa’s and athletic elves, this simple direct-to-the-heart production will eclipse any other Christmas show and should be a perennial for Christmas, Easter and/or anytime your faith in humanity needs healing. ALL is Calm, as presented by the Theater Latte Da at the Sheen Center,…
by Deirdre Donovan “How wonderful to see you all!” remarks Michael C. Hall as he stands on stage in total darkness after trying to light a cigarette in the opening scene of Will Eno’s Thom Pain (based on nothing). Hall, who plays the nominal character, gets a big laugh from the audience. And many more…
By Edward and Jeanne Lieberman The Armonk Players’ current production of The Foreigner features an outstanding cast in a madcap comedy that is arguably more timely today than when it was first written in 1984. The play was written by Larry Shue and won Outer Critics Circle Awards for Best Off-Broadway Play and Outstanding…
Tim Daly and Tyne Daly. Photo: James Leynse Downstairs By Fern Siegel It is an accepted axiom that brutal people often destroy the good. It can result in mental or physical damage, or simply the threat of harm, should you cross them. The legacy of familial violence is the subject of Theresa…
Aoife Kelly and Phil Gillen photos by Jeremy Daniel By Ron Cohen The course of true love never did run smooth. That probably wasn’t big news circa 1598 when Shakespeare wrote that immortal line in his A Midsummer Night’s Dream. And it certainly wasn’t any more astounding some 400 years later when the master…
LR: Leah Curney, James Patrick Nelson, Claire CurtisWard, Dominic Comperatore . Photo by Hunter Canning By Eugene Paul Yasmina Reza, whose plays Art and God of Carnage were huge hits in Paris and London and won themselves each a Tony in New York, returns for a second try with Life X 3 using the same silken translation by Christopher Hampton that did not go down well…
By Ron Cohen Deborah Johnson, a central character in Patricia Ione Lloyd’s impassioned drama, Eve’s Song, has a prominent corporate job as a vice-president of acquisitions. She lives in a well-to-do suburb, and at dinner time holds polite conversations with her two children, Lauren, a college student, and Mark, a smart high-schooler, about…
Raúl Esparza Photos by Joan Marcus By Ron Cohen Ever wonder what it would have been like to be in near proximity to Adolf Hitler with his demonic rabble-rousing in full power? Well, in real life, that’s probably not a consummation devoutly to be wished. But as a theatrical experience, it’s a…
Hugn Dancy, Stockard Channing photos Joan Marcus By Deirdre Donovan Where to start? Maybe with Dane Laffrey’s convincing set that evokes a rustic cottage somewhere in the English countryside. Or with Bradley King’s lighting that bathes the interior with a pale, sober light. Or with the performance of Stockard Channing, confident yet vulnerable…