The Undertaking - A Pallid Examination of the Dark Side
Reviewed by Judd HollanderA theatrical documentarian gets pulled into his own subject in The Undertaking, now at 59E59 Theaters.After working on various projects for the investigative theatrical group...
View ArticleHe Brought Her Heart Back In A Box - The Many Shades of Racial History
Reviewed by Judd HollanderShadows of the past run long and deep, and breaking free to find your own way is not as easy as it may seem. A point Adrienne Kennedy makes clear in her absolutely brilliant...
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Disco Pigs - the Pangs of Youth
Reviewed by Judd HollanderIt’s great to have a best friend when you’re a child. Someone you can tell secrets to, watch television with, and just hang out together. But as one grows up, things start to...
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Hey, Look Me Over! - It's What's Not There That's The Problem
Reviewed by Judd HollanderFor the last quarter of a century, the appeal of the Encores! series at New York CityCenter has been the opportunity for audiences to see little known, or long forgotten...
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Flight - Putting A Human Face On A Hot Button Issue
Reviewed by Judd HollanderThe McKittrick Hotel, home to such artistic triumphs as Sleep No More and The Strange Undoing of Prudencia Hart, has another winner with their latest offering, Flight. Created...
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Jerry Springer-The Opera
A Good Idea Taken Too FarReviewed by Judd HollanderIn the world of tabloid talk shows, few are more famous, or infamous, than "The Jerry Springer Show". A place where relationships, questions of sexual...
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Yerma - Where Need Becomes A Dangerous Obsession
Reviewed by Judd HollanderDirector Simon Stone's reinterpretation of Federico García Lorca's Yerma is, quite simply, one of the best shows of this or any other theatre season. Enjoying its North...
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Summer and Smoke - More Than 90% There
Reviewed by Judd HollanderOne can't be helped out of a bad situation unless they are first willing to help themselves. A tenet for anyone suffering from substance abuse, and also when it comes to...
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Long Day's Journey Into Night - One family's fall from grace
Reviewed by Judd HollanderLike an immense series of interlocking puzzle pieces, Eugene O'Neill's Long Day's Journey Into Night inexorably charts the downfall of a family which has literally collapsed...
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Me and My Girl - A Musical From Yesterday Comes Roaring To Life
Reviewed by Judd HollanderIn this world of message musicals and important themes, it’s nice to know that every so often a vehicle comes along whose only purpose is to offer a good time. The 1937 tuner...
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Peace For Mary Frances - A Tale of Dysfunction That Misses the Mark
Reviewed by Judd HollanderChoosing to die with dignity when your body is falling apart is a hotly debated topic. But what happens when one's entire family agrees with that decision, only to see the...
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Mary Page Marlowe - Getting To Know You - Just Not Completely
Reviewed by Judd HollanderEach of us during the course of our lives will meet, work and interact with numerous people on an almost daily basis. Yet in the end, we'll never really know many of them at...
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The Lost Supper – A Hypnotic Dinner Party
A Surrealistic Journey Well Worth TakingReviewed by Judd HollanderDid you ever have a dream where different elements from completely separate parts of your life - a current love, a place you visited as...
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Be More Chill - A Delightful Experience
Reviewed by Judd HollanderBig Brother is no longer simply watching. He’s now taking an active role, in everything. So suggests the musical Be More Chill at The Pershing Square Signature Center....
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The True - Where Loyalty is Everything
Reviewed by Judd HollanderWhat do you do when the one thing you’ve always counted on is suddenly yanked out from under you? This is the question posed in Sharr White’s new political drama The True,...
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Resident Acting Company in Reading of Shaw's DON JUAN IN HELL September 24 at...
This fall, The Resident Acting Company, a new troupe drawn from the performing ensemble of The Pearl Theatre Company, will present "The Language Series," a new readings series at The Players Club, 16...
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A Lovely Sunday for Creve Coeur - Settling for what you can get
Reviewed by Judd HollanderA feeling of despair lurks just below the surface in A Lovely Sunday for Creve Coeur. This seldom-seem Tennessee Williams drama, which had its initial New York run in 1979,...
View ArticleTheatre in Troubled Times - "Eight Tales of Pedro" and "Nazis and Me"
By Byrne HarrisonArt is a product of its time, and for many artists, now is a particularly difficult one. In the era of Trump values, artists, especially those from traditionally marginalized groups,...
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Oklahoma! - Far More Than Just Okay
Reviewed by Judd HollanderThe true strength of a classical piece of theatre is its ability to be re-imagined without losing those elements which made it special in the first place. Case in point: the...
View ArticleAlmelem - Creating the narrative and spinning the story
By Byrne HarrisonSome of the stories I've enjoyed most over the years are those that take something completely familiar and turn it on its head. Sean Williams' remarkable Almelem joins that list with...
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