Ariana Debose, Scott Bakula and the Ensemble (Photo: Matthew Murphy and Evan Zimmerman) The Baker’s Wife By Marc Miller on November 19, 2025 The pretty young woman is erotically drawn to the sexy young stud, but for plot reasons she’s committed to the much less attractive older man, and after a tryst with the young…
The company (Photo: Ben Arons) Oratorio for Living Things By Deirdre Donovan on November 18, 2025 Signature Theatre launches its newest residency with Heather Christian’s Oratorio for Living Things, an immersive, in-the-round explosion of sound and spirit that bridges science, memory, and cosmic wonder. Under the direction of Lee Sunday Evans, the celebrated ensemble—many returning…
Synnøve Karlsen, Carson Elrod and Mark Evans (Photo: Carol Rosegg) Pygmalion By Fern Siegel on November 17, 2025 Sometimes, less is more. Theater aficionados know George Bernard Shaw’s Pygmalion as the inspiration for the Lerner and Loewe musical “My Fair Lady.” What’s less known is that Shaw based his work on a Greek myth. An…
Rory Nolan (Photo: HanJie Chow) Endgame By David Schultz on November 13, 2025 The highly regarded Irish theatre company, Druid, has returned to New York City with a limited run of Samuel Beckett’s Theatre of the Absurd classic, Endgame. In a rare coincidence, Beckett’s more famous Waiting for Godot is currently running on Broadway with…
Stephen Kunken and the Ensemble. (Photo: Emilio Madrid) Kyoto By Julia Polinsky on November 22, 2025 If the words “climate-change thriller” make you wonder if you’ve heard wrong, you haven’t. Kyoto, now at the Mitzi E. Newhouse in a stylish, nearly-immersive production that makes great use of their almost-theater-in-the-round stage, is indeed thrilling—at times. Even…
Michael Urie (Photo: Carol Rosegg) Richard II Review by Carol Rocamora on November 11, 2025 The issues of power and rule in Shakespeare’s Richard II, now playing at the Astor Place Theatre, feel painfully present and even prophetic. They are expressed urgently by Red Bull’s riveting revival, featuring a charismatic Michael Urie in the title…
Kristin Chenoweth (Photo: Julieta Cervantes) The Queen of Versailles By Marc Miller on November 10, 2025 You may have your quibbles about The Queen of Versailles—I know I do—but there’s no denying, in terms of professionalism, this show is off the charts. The new musical at the St. James boasts a big cast, a huge…
James Corden, Neil Patrick Harris, Bobby Cannavale (Photo: Matthew Murphy) ART By Julia Polinsky on November 8, 2025 There’s a lot of star power on stage in the revival of Yasmina Reza’s ART, now at the Music Box. Bobby Cannavale, James Corden, and Neil Patrick Harris star in this revival, and at times, it seems…
Nadine Malouf, Nicole Villamil, Marin Ireland, Brooke Bloom (Photo: Valerie Terranova) Queens By Carol Rocamora on November 9, 2025 “Do you think it’s worth it to be here?” That is only one of the many probing, painful questions posed in Queens, Martyna Majok’s lacerating 2018 drama about immigrant women in crisis, now playing in an…
André De Shields (Photo: Joan Marcus) André De Shields is Tartuffe By Deirdre Donovan on November 8, 2025 André De Shields presides over Tartuffe with a velvet-gloved authority that turns Molière’s satire into something intimate, hypnotic, and deliciously treacherous. Staged in the lavish library of House of the Redeemer, this candlelit production unfolds just feet…