L to R: RUPERT SIMONIAN as Jonah and SEAN GORMLEY as Otto in by Robert Holman at The Lion Theatre at Theatre Row Photos: Davidawa Photography Jonah and Otto by Eugene Paul Designer Ann Beyersdorf’s captivatingly beautiful setting, a ruined, walled, English garden, is the secret haunt of silver haired Otto (splendid Sean…
Geoff Sobelle in NYTW’s THE OBJECT LESSON, Photoa… Joan Marcus.jpg The Object Lesson By Ron Cohen Piles of props and a nimble raconteur make for a telling journey through the debris of living. “What the hell is going on here?” creator and performer Geoff Sobelle asks early on in his solo show The…
Kevin Meehan (left) and Jing Xu (right) Photo by Mark Garvin. by David Schultz The Arden Theatre Company in Philadelphia has mounted a rapturous production of Annie Baker’s mysterious work. The entire cast is in perfect sync with this investigation into the magical universe that Ms. Baker has created. Theatergoers are enveloped in a…
Max von Essen and Mikaela Izquierdo By David Schultz Hard to fathom that this mildly diverting play penned in 1933 has never seen the light of day…until now that is. The highly regarded Mint Theater has dusted off this faded jewel and spiffed it up for a new century. On paper at least,…
Marie Mullen as Mag Folan and Aisling O’Sullivan as Maureen Folan Photo Credit:Richard Termine by Deirdre Donovan A bit of Grand Guignol to start off the New Year? Admirers of Martin McDonagh now have a chance to see a revival of The Beauty Queen of Leenane at The Brooklyn Academy of…
Andrew Dawson in GOREY (c) Jenny Anderson. By David Schultz A more than passing interest and knowledge of this macabre illustrator would be helpful before attending this slim play. But writer-director Travis Russ infuses the piece with an obvious love and affection for this offbeat artist, so by the end of this 75-minute production…
A Review by Deirdre Donovan Actor-playwright Jack Fry returns to New York with his solo show that scratches beneath the skin of a famous physicist. Will the real Albert Einstein please stand up? That question may seem odd to ask today given that the famous physicist died over 60 years ago. But as actor-playwright…
David Oyelowo and Daniel Craig photos by Chad Batka By Ron Cohen Conceptual director Sam Gold and cohorts take on William Shakespeare’s Othello with no holds barred in this hotly anticipated New York Theatre Workshop production. It’s a good, sometimes violent tussle, but the two who emerge indisputably victorious from this three-hour-plus fray…
Photos by Jeremy Daniel By Ron Cohen “You have so much information, you want to say everything, it’s very hard to stick to the point.” So says Aaron Port, the writer who is both the narrator and central character in Richard Greenberg’s play, The Babylon Line, just as he is about to wrap things up….
photo by Joan Marcus by Deirdre Donovan There are few plays that hold a mirror up to life with such intensity as Richard Nelson’s three-play cycle The Gabriels: Election Year in the Life of One Family. His third installment in the series, Women of a Certain Age, opened at the Public Theater (at the LuEsther…