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Picnic Broadway Review

Are all single women to be pitied? Would an undisciplined drifter in the 1950’s have a torso with a sculpted six-pack? Did William Inge’s “Picnic” really deserve the Pulitzer Prize for Drama over all...

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Casa Valentina Review: Straight Men in Dresses On Broadway

It is no surprise that Harvey Fierstein is the one who authored “Casa Valentina,” a remarkably well-acted if under-cooked play about a 1960’s Catskills resort for heterosexual men who liked to wear...

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Favorite New York Stage Performances of 2014

“As an actor, you’re often the most visible part of a project while having the least amount of say over its final form,” James Franco said recently.  Although at the time he was making both his...

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Circle Mirror Transformation Review, 2009

“Circle Mirror Transformation” ran at Playwrights Horizons, opening on October 13, 2009 and closing after several extensions on January 31, 2010. It was a remarkable debut for playwright Annie Baker,...

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1984 Review: Orwellian Horror Show on Broadway

It would seem just the right timing for the first adaptation on a Broadway stage of “1984,” George Orwell’s chilling 1949 novel of a future totalitarian society. The book long has been so thoroughly...

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