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…
Call Me Izzy is about Izzy, a woman from rural Louisiana imprisoned in an abusive marriage. Only a couple weeks out of high school, she married Ferd who was 5 years her senior; her uncaring parents were happy to be rid of her. Ferd, who speaks with his fists, is a quick tempered man who…
Now at New York Theatre Workshop, Lights Out may seem on the surface to be just another bio-musical, this time about Nat “King Cole” (Dulé Hill in a superb performance) but it is much more than that. Go with an open mind, and you’ll do well, because it’s very, very good. The audience seemed to…
There’s divinity at work – literally – in a show now playing at the Public Theatre. It’s appropriately called Goddess– and it will transport you to a vibrant culture with its heavenly music, supernatural characters, and inspiring message. Most of the scene is set in Mombasa, Kenya, largely at Moto Moto, a free-spirited, underground nightclub….
Stephen Sondheim’s Old Friends is a heartfelt farewell love letter to the legendary Stephen Sondheim. The show brings together the finest talents from Broadway and the West End in an unforgettable tribute to one of theatre’s most iconic composers and lyricists, celebrating some of his most beloved works. Leading the production is none other than…
Sneaking in at the end of April as one of the final musicals to transfer from off-Broadway and open on Broadway this season, Dead Outlaw tells the thrilling true story of a notorious criminal whose corpse was turned into a carnival attraction—and ultimately left a greater impact on the world after his death than he…
Floyd Collins, the revived musical now at Lincoln Center’s Vivian Beaumont Theater, is based on a true story. In 1925, a Kentucky cave explorer (Jeremy Jordan) searches Sand Cave, hoping to capitalize on tourist interest. Squeezing through tight spaces that would terrify others, Floyd Collins’ luck runs out. His spelunking causes him to lose his…
When Jonathan Groff finishes a big number in Just in Time—and there are quite a few—he’s a mess. Bent over, breathing heavily from holding that long last note, wet hair in his face, sweating so profusely that the authors slipped a joke about it into the script, he has given, given, given. And when he’s…
Charming, tuneful, heartwarming, eye-filling, and predictable (but it doesn’t matter), Real Women Have Curves proves that everything old can be new again. And that’s just fine, thank you! This musical version of Real Women Have Curves has had a couple of lives before it became a Broadway musical. It started out as a play, written…
Set in Illinois, Purpose revolves around the fictional Jasper family, and its rich history in politics and culture. The plot unfolds during a family dinner that exposes deep-seated tensions and long-hidden secrets. The play explores themes of legacy, the struggle for individual identity within a family rooted in activism, and the challenges of trying to…