As four sisters gather on the anniversary of their father’s death for a jesa, a Korean ritual to honor the dead, tensions mount. Their emotions run the gamut from reverence to regret, rage to resentment. After all, family harmony is often more myth than reality. For many, turmoil is just beneath the surface. It only…
In Antigone (This Play I Read in High School), playwright Anna Ziegler reimagines Sophocles’ tragedy through a contemporary, self-aware lens that blurs the boundaries between text and memory. While this bold adaptation doesn’t fully cohere—and Tyne Rafaeli’s direction tends to favor deliberation over dramatic momentum—it opens a provocative dialogue with the classic that invites deeper…
Spring was in the air at the 92nd Street Y, New York, as the legendary Brian Stokes Mitchell sauntered onstage for his one-night-only concert, An Evening with Brian Stokes Mitchell. Presented as part of the Tisch 2025/26 season—and marking his debut at the landmark institution—the program drew from Broadway, jazz, and the American Songbook, showcasing…
Ice cream, a much-needed sneeze, the smell of old books, depression, suicide. After a child’s first encounter with loss comes a list of small, fleeting joys set against life’s heaviest realities. At its core, it’s one young man’s struggle to find brightness in the everyday while growing up in a fractured family. So he begins…
Just imagine: you are a gazillionaire tech bro super uber master of the universe. Everything money can buy, you can buy. But you can’t buy youth or health. Or, with sufficient planning and unlimited funds, can you? Spare Parts, a new play by David J. Glass now at Theater Row, posits that maybe, just maybe…
The correlation between mental illness and art is an intriguing one. That’s especially true when the topic is Outsider Art, work created by a self-taught artist far removed from the mainstream. Henry Darger, the focus of Bughouse, may be the most famous Outsider artist in the world, with his paintings now commanding huge sums. It’s…
An unambitious, ordinary, middle-class young man has been hassled by those around him into considering himself a nonentity. Along comes a spirited, forward-thinking young woman who sees qualities in him that others don’t, and together they forge a romantic relationship that convinces him of his worth and thrusts them into a brighter future. That’s Hobson’s…
The scene is Rome; the time is the fourth century BC. But its themes of war, power, and leadership resonate painfully and urgently today. Shakespeare’s The Tragedy of Coriolanus (1605), in a compelling revival at the Theatre for a New Audience, tells the story of a fiery, fanatical warrior named Caius Martius (played by McKinley…
Nestled between a chemical dump site and a looming nuclear power plant sits the small town of Muddirt, an offbeat enclave populated by a zany cast of misfits and one larger-than-life mythical creature. Bigfoot! A New Musical is now playing at New York City Center Stage in association with Manhattan Theatre Club. With its blend…
From the looks of it, much of the audience at Classic Stage Company probably remembers Marcel Marceau. He was a mime, widely considered the greatest in the world, and widely derided by the many folks who hate mimes. He bestrode the mid-20th century world stage, performing everywhere from Broadway to Australia to Taiwan, mime fortunately…