Irish Repertory Theatre’s fourth staging of Conor McPherson’s The Weir, directed by Ciarán McPherson, proves why the play has become one of the company’s touchstones. What begins as an evening of pub banter deepens into a spellbinding meditation on memory, loneliness, and connection. The intimacy of the production, sensitively directed by Ciarán O’Reilly, is its…
She was, press agents were fond of asserting, “the most fascinating woman in the world.” Most critics, herself included, thought her not much of an actress, but she embodied a sensuality and glamour that virtually defined the Hollywood culture of the 1950s and the influence it exerted on everyday lives. And she capped that with…
Faced with the question, “Has feminism failed women?”, a group of elite private school boys set out to argue in the affirmative — fueling the fire of Emmanuelle Mattana’s audacious new comedy, Trophy Boys. As they prepare for a high-stakes debate against the girls from a rival girls’ school, the play exposes the smug entitlement…
In Angry Alan, directed with clinical precision by Sam Gold, John Krasinski plays Roger, a 45 year-old man from the Midwest, teetering on the edge of crisis. Reeling from a divorce, a demotion, and a growing sense that the world no longer makes space for him, Roger finds solace—and danger—in an online movement that promises…
In Lowcountry, playwright Abby Rosebrock delivers a razor-sharp romcom that dives headfirst into the emotional wreckage of modern love, and life on the margins of respectability. Under Jo Bonney’s clear-eyed direction, what unfolds is not just a first date gone awry, but a raw, often hilarious exploration of psychic pain in the age of dating…
Sarah Stiles, Mark Linn-Baker (Photo: Carol Rosegg The Imaginary Invalid By Fern Siegel Molière’s 17th-century comedy The Imaginary Invalid is a satirical send-up of doctors, hypochondriacs, lovers and con men. In its latest production off-Broadway at New World Stages, an excellent cast, a 21st-century adaptation by Jeffrey Hatcher, and director Jesse Berger keep the pace…
Lisa Emery, Reed Birney (Photo: Joan Marcus) Lunar Eclipse By Marc Miller The 21st century theater has distinguished itself by consistently being a welcoming space for viewpoints that might have a hard time finding safe harbor elsewhere. Minorities-racial, sexual, whatever-can confidently assert their opinions and identities, with little fear of political opponents shouting them down…
Jeanine Serrales, Andrew Barth Feldman, Joanna Gleason. (Photo: Jeremy Daniel) We Had a World By David Schultz Playwright Joshua Harmon’s new autobiographical play, We Had A World, is densely packed with emotional family drama in a nonlinear structure. Taking place from 1988 to around 2018, our narrator Joshua (Andrew Barth Feldman) gives the viewer a…
Helen Schneider, Lucca Züchner (Photo: Maria Baranova) Last Call By Julia Polinsky In 2025, it’s challenging to remember that the 1930s and 40s shaped the rest of the 20th century culturally as well as economically and politically. In Last Call, the world premiere play by Peter Danish now at New World Stages, remind us of…
Dakin Matthews (Photo: Hollis King) Henry IV By Deirdre Donovan Theatre for a New Audience’s (TFANA) revival of Shakespeare’s Henry IV opened the 2025 season at the Polonsky Shakespeare Center. Directed by Eric Tucker, and in a three-act adaptation written by Dakin Matthews, who also stars in the titular role, this production is heaven-sent. The…