Happy Days The Musical: Sit On It, Beckett
Garry Marshall and Paul Williams have turned the hit TV show into a good-hearted family musical that can stand on its own.
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Dividing The Estate: Unstately Manners
It's taken 18 years for The great Horton Foote's terrific Reaganomics-era comedy to trickle down to New York since its 1987 premiere but director Michael Wilson's very funny and very human production at Primary Stages is well worth the wait.
The Misanthrope: I Could Have Had a V-8
Moliere's classic comedy gets buried under Ivo van Hove's high concept production
NYMF Notes: Part I
Capsule reviews of Unlock'd, The Brain From Planet X and Gemini, the Musical
The Power Of Darkness: Crime and Punishment
The Mint provides a rare opportunity to see Leo Tolstoy's drama in an impressive and gracefully staged production
100 Saints You Should Know: Faith Healing
Having faith, losing it and trying to understand it are the key issues in this warm, funny and engrossing play, blessed with an exceptional cast in director Ethan McSweeny's moving production.
Marilyn Maye Sings Ray Charles at The Metropolitan Room
At an age when a certain amount of wear and tear on the voice is forgivable Marilyn Maye displays gleaming pipes and a rich sense of musicality and lyric interpretation.
Penny Fuller at The Metropolitan Room: Applause, Applause
Thirty years after her last Broadway musical appearance, Penny Fuller shines in her cabaret debut.
Neva Small's Not Quite An Ingénue: Something More
In Neva Small's solo show her career full of meaty roles in unsuccessful musicals is glossed over in such a pixyish, upbeat manner that you might find yourself perpetually wondering what she's leaving out.
Walmartopia: Marked Down
A promising Fringe musical protesting Wal-Mart labor practices loses its bite after being revised for Off-Broadway.
Iphigenia 2.0: Not Getting Married Today
Playwright Charles Mee and director Tina Landau adapt a play by Euripides into an abstract pageant that not-so-subtly questions current American foreign policy, amidst some good laughs, some interesting visuals and some scantily clad boys and girls.
Grease: Children's Theatre For 40-Year-Old Straight People
Grease is by no means the best musical ever to play on Broadway, but director/choreographer Kathleen Marshall's revival suggests that it might be the most indestructible one.
A Beautiful Child: Tru Confessions
Truman Capote's remembrance of a day spent with Marilyn Monroe makes an uneasy transition to the stage.
Williamsburg! The Musical: Take The L Train
This hyper-funny new Fringe show both skewers and celebrates New York's newest hipster stronghold.
Give & Go: Learning From Losing to the Harlem Globetrotters
Brandt Johnson's solo play about the lessons learned from being a professional loser is a tale told with sincerity and charm.
Will Durst's Bipartisan Bashing: Yesterday's News
Political humorist Will Durst is a funny guy but many of his jokes seem rescued from the recycling bin rather than ripped from the headlines.
Martin Vidnovic at The Metropolitan Room: Not So Lonely
Martin Vidnovic brings his rich and robust baritone to The Metropolitan Room
Opus: Sweet Music
Michael Hollinger's smart, funny and ultimately shocking and downright breathtaking comedy/drama about a string quartet gets a sparkling production at Primary Stages
Masked: Family Values
Ilan Hatsor's tense 1990 drama of three West Bank Palestinian brothers gets its New York debut after over 100 productions worldwide.
The Black Eyed: Unanswered Questions, Unquestioned Answers
One person's terrorist is another person's martyr in Betty Shamieh's skillfully written play that is deceptively cute, funny and entertaining without ever undercutting the seriousness of its issues of violence, heroism and gender.
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