In Rhinoceros, John Turturro and Paul Giamatti display how a community can talk itself out of its own humanity. By…
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‘The Pass’ brings soccer’s closet drama to New York, but the tackles get sloppy
'The Pass' wins on set design, fumbles on chemistry
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In ‘Are You Mad At Me??,’ Bryan Safi wants you to like him. Mission accomplished
Bryan Safi's anxious, audience-baiting solo show 'Are You Mad At Me??' turns people-pleasing into big laughs at HERE Arts Center.
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In ‘Jerome,’ a dying man’s last gift is someone to leave behind
A love story in which a dying man's most urgent project is making sure the people he leaves behind still…
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Even Tony Danza can’t dig ‘Broken Snow’ out of its own drift
Tony Danza haunts "Broken Snow" as a father with unforgivable secrets, but the play is too tangled in its own…
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‘Public Charge’ reclaims what diplomacy looks like, while we still remember
"Public Charge" at the Public Theater delivers a witty, timely reminder of what principled public service can actually look like.
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‘My Joy is Heavy’ asks something of you: be present
Grief, joy, houseplants, and a voice that yodels and keens: The Bengsons' 'My Joy Is Heavy' turns loss into something…
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‘Blood/Love’: The vampire pop opera thirsty for your attention
"Blood/Love" is a goth-glam fever dream with genuine theatrical ambition: messy in the best possible way, and impossible to look…
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