Brad Heberlee, Zoë Winters, Max Baker, Babak Tafti, Quincy Tyler Bernstine, and Marcia DeBoni By David Schultz Last spring Ars Nova unveiled playwright Bess Wohl’s Small Mouth Sounds, playing at the tiny space with just 99 seats. Running for just over a month, this well received production came and went under the radar for…
photo by Gregory Castonzo, 2016 by Deirdre Donovan The smartest way to beat the heat this summer may be to tuck into a seat at the Gym (at Judson), where the Bedlam theater company is presenting an adaptation of Jane Austen’s Sense and Sensibility. Adapted by Kate Hamill, and directed by Eric Tucker,…
Ismenia Mendes, left, Andrew Burnap and John Glover Photo Credit: Joan Marcus by Deirdre Donovan Daniel Sullivan adds another feather to his cap by mounting Shakespeare’s most modern play at the Delacorte Theater in Central Park. Troilus and Cressida has won the difficult affection of critics over the years. And, with Daniel Sullivan’s…
Daniel Radcliffe and cast Photos by Joan Marcus Privacy by David Schultz Playwright James Graham and co-creator/director Josie Rourke have orchestrated a mesmerizing evening of theater. That is not to say that this play is typical in any ordinary way. The skeletal plot and outline of this work is just window dressing for the…
by Nicholas Linnehan “I love you but I hate your mental illness!” The harsh stigma around mental illness still plagues us today. How often have we heard someone say “I’m a little OCD when it comes to that? But for people suffering from Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, it’s a very different beast all…
Declan Conlon, Robert Zawadzki and Patrick O’Kane By Eugene Paul The Irish have kept records, daily records, of their day to day struggles killing each other. If you want to look up who was killed on what day by what means you can do it. Pick a date significant to you and…
Anthony Goes and Brian Murray photos by Maria Baranova by Eugene Paul Simon is who James, (Anthony J. Goes) becomes when he’s channeling. Channelers are those rare creatures who fascinate us by their capacity to go into trance states in order to contact individuals who have lived other lives in the past. James had…
Judy Jerome and Michael Keller in a scene from KINGDOM OF EARTH Photo Credit: Hunter Dowell By Ron Cohen A bill of Tennessee Williams one-acts is always a noteworthy offering, even if, as here, the writing is not totally fulfilled. This production interestingly combines an early work that emerged in the mid-1940s when Williams’…
Michael Kaye by Julia Polinsky C. P. Taylor’s Good, as produced by the Potomac Theater Project, fails to evoke pity, or fear, or even unease, so much as confusion. So: not so good, as a play, a production, or a polemic. Set in Germany in the 1930s, and apparently intended as… Well,…
Cary Donaldson (Romeo), woman is Rachel Mewbron (Juliet). Photo Credit: Matt Harrington Wheelhouse Theater Company’s production of Romeo and Juliet, By Nicholas Linnehan With its beautiful set and strong ensemble, it’s a shame this production only has limited success! The problem with doing a well-known play is simple, everyone knows it. Therefore,…