TORCH SONG
From a cultural and political POV, the revival of Harvey Fierstein's TORCH SONG is, as the French say, “plus ça change, plus c'est la...
BRIEF TAKES - EARLY 2018 NEW YORK THEATER SEASON
So far, it’s a pretty damn good season, with two excellent musicals, both of which I’ve fully reviewed - director Daniel Fish’s dark,...
MIDNIGHT AT THE NEVER GET - The York Theatre Company
MIDNIGHT AT THE NEVER GET celebrates cabaret to tell a gay love story, and sweetly and unexpectedly transcends its limitations with...
THE GLASS MENAGERIE and NAKED
A versatile, summer Berkshire theater season concludes with two very solid productions of “serious” drama from 20th century playwrights,...
OKLAHOMA! – St. Ann’s Warehouse
We’ve seen OKLAHOMA! many times before, but never like director Daniel Fish’s startling version at St. Ann’s Warehouse. Fearless,...
GIRL FROM THE NORTH COUNTRY - The Public Theatre
One needn’t be a devotee of Bob Dylan to appreciate how the poetry of his song fits an Irish poetic vision of Depression-era America in...