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BWW Review:  Gob Squad's BEFORE YOUR VERY EYES Puts Kids On Display

BWW Review: Gob Squad's BEFORE YOUR VERY EYES Puts Kids On Display

by Michael Dale — October 27, 2015
Kids interact with videos of their younger selves in a show where they dress up through the aging process....
BWW Review: Marin Ireland Gives Life To KILL FLOOR

BWW Review: Marin Ireland Gives Life To KILL FLOOR

by Michael Dale — October 26, 2015
One of the New York stage's most interesting actors offers a textured performance as a woman working in a slaughterhouse....
BWW Review: Bock and Harnick's ROTHSCHILD & SONS, a Reimagined Revival

BWW Review: Bock and Harnick's ROTHSCHILD & SONS, a Reimagined Revival

by Michael Dale — October 25, 2015
The team's 1970 Broadway drama is revised as a chamber musical....
BWW Review: Michael John LaChiusa's Dazzlingly Intelligent And Intriguing FIRST DAUGH

BWW Review: Michael John LaChiusa's Dazzlingly Intelligent And Intriguing FIRST DAUGHTER SUITE

by Michael Dale — October 22, 2015
The moms steal the show in this exploration of highly public mother/daughter relationships....
BWW Review: Holland Taylor and Marylouise Burke are Battling Roommates in David Linds

BWW Review: Holland Taylor and Marylouise Burke are Battling Roommates in David Lindsay-Abaire's Charmer, RIPCORD

by Michael Dale — October 21, 2015
A steady stream of laughs and a chance for two seasoned actresses to impressively strut their stuff....
BWW Review: Cleverly Rebellious PERFECT ARRANGEMENT Looks At The Lavender Scare of th

BWW Review: Cleverly Rebellious PERFECT ARRANGEMENT Looks At The Lavender Scare of the 1950s

by Michael Dale — October 21, 2015
Two government workers are assigned to help rid personnel of 'deviants.' There's just one little problem....
BWW Review: Danai Gurira's ECLIPSED, a Powerful Drama of Liberian Women Fighting and

BWW Review: Danai Gurira's ECLIPSED, a Powerful Drama of Liberian Women Fighting and Surviving Civil War

by Michael Dale — October 15, 2015
Lupita Nyong'o and an excellent cast in Gurira's tense and gripping drama of wartime rape....
BWW Review: ANTIGONE Reawakens at BAM

BWW Review: ANTIGONE Reawakens at BAM

by Matt Hanson — October 14, 2015
With King Kreon in exile, the birds of Thebes had their fill. The air was bitter with the stench of unburied corpses lying on the battlefield. Two of those peck-eaten bodies were brothers who killed each other for their father's throne....
BWW Review: Joe DiPietro's CLEVER LITTLE LIES More Genial Than Clever

BWW Review: Joe DiPietro's CLEVER LITTLE LIES More Genial Than Clever

by Michael Dale — October 12, 2015
What starts as a standard infidelity comedy finishes with an extreme shift in tone....
BWW Review: WOULD YOU STILL LOVE ME IF...; Important Subject, Inept Play

BWW Review: WOULD YOU STILL LOVE ME IF...; Important Subject, Inept Play

by Michael Dale — October 12, 2015
Should a person who isn't bisexual be expected to stay in a relationship with someone who has decided to come out as transgender and undergo sex change surgery....
BWW Review: Robert O'Hara's BARBECUE Hilarious, Surprising and Insightful Satire

BWW Review: Robert O'Hara's BARBECUE Hilarious, Surprising and Insightful Satire

by Michael Dale — October 9, 2015
So surprising that the ushers don't even give you Playbills until intermission because some of the most basic production information contains spoilers....
BWW Review: Caryl Churchill's CLOUD NINE Parallels Colonialism and Sexual Oppression

BWW Review: Caryl Churchill's CLOUD NINE Parallels Colonialism and Sexual Oppression

by Michael Dale — October 6, 2015
The Atlantic Theater Company mounts a terrific revival of her 1979 dark comedy....
BWW Review:  Austin McCormick's Company XIV Puts Their Erotic Spin on CINDERELLA

BWW Review: Austin McCormick's Company XIV Puts Their Erotic Spin on CINDERELLA

by Michael Dale — October 5, 2015
A sexy and spectacular telling of Charles Perrault's baroque fairytale....
BWW Review: Playwright Thomas Bradshaw Cuts Down On The Sex in FULFILLMENT

BWW Review: Playwright Thomas Bradshaw Cuts Down On The Sex in FULFILLMENT

by Michael Dale — September 30, 2015
Compared with his past plays, this one's almost chaste....
BWW Reviews: DROP DEAD PERFECT at St. Clement's Theater

BWW Reviews: DROP DEAD PERFECT at St. Clement's Theater

by Peter Danish — September 29, 2015
BWW Reviews: DROP DEAD PERFECT at St. Clement's...
BWW Review: Clever and Enchanting New Chamber Musical, DADDY LONG LEGS

BWW Review: Clever and Enchanting New Chamber Musical, DADDY LONG LEGS

by Michael Dale — September 29, 2015
Megan McGinnis and Paul Alexander Nolan in an adaptation of Jean Webster's 1912 novel....
BWW Review: The Mint Revives Harold Chapin's Witty and Progressive THE NEW MORALITY

BWW Review: The Mint Revives Harold Chapin's Witty and Progressive THE NEW MORALITY

by Michael Dale — September 22, 2015
A scandal arises when a woman uses bad language to tell off her neighbor....
BWW Review:  Annette O'Toole Sublime in Michael Laurence's HAMLET IN BED

BWW Review: Annette O'Toole Sublime in Michael Laurence's HAMLET IN BED

by Michael Dale — September 21, 2015
An obsessive actor and a woman who may be his long-lost birth mother rehearse one of Shakespeare's most volatile relationships....
BWW Review: THE CHRISTIANS Is A Riveting Theological Debate

BWW Review: THE CHRISTIANS Is A Riveting Theological Debate

by Michael Dale — September 18, 2015
A pastor announces, 'We are no longer a congregation that believes in Hell.'...
BWW Review: PONDLING at 59E59 An Extraordinary One-Woman Performance

BWW Review: PONDLING at 59E59 An Extraordinary One-Woman Performance

by Marina Kennedy — September 16, 2015
Pondling, directed by Paul Meade is on the 59E59 stage through October 4th. Written by Genevieve Hulme-Beaman and starring Hulme-Beaman, this one-woman show is extraordinary....
BWW Review: DESIRE at 59E59 Theaters Entrances

BWW Review: DESIRE at 59E59 Theaters Entrances

by Marina Kennedy — September 15, 2015
'Desire' directed by Michael Wilson will be performed at 59E59 Theaters through October 10th. Six plays based on the short stories of Tennessee Williams are wonderfully adapted and feature outstanding performances by The Acting Company....
BWW Review: North Coast Rep Outfoxes the Fairway

BWW Review: North Coast Rep Outfoxes the Fairway

by Erica Miner — September 14, 2015
Ludwig quickly and easily demonstrates his comic deftness in a screwball comedy...
BWW Review: LITTLE THING BIG THING at 59E59 A Poignant and Excellent Play

BWW Review: LITTLE THING BIG THING at 59E59 A Poignant and Excellent Play

by Marina Kennedy — September 11, 2015
Little Thing, Big Thing at 59E59 is now on stage for a limited engagement through September 27th. Written by Donal O'Kelly and directed by Jim Culleton, the play stars Sorcha Fox and Donal O'Kelly....
BWW Review: THE LEGEND OF GEORGIA McBRIDE Is Uplifting Feel-Good Fun

BWW Review: THE LEGEND OF GEORGIA McBRIDE Is Uplifting Feel-Good Fun

by Michael Dale — September 10, 2015
An unsuccessful Elvis impersonator finds his true calling as a drag queen....
BWW Review: Public Works' THE ODYSSEY, a Wondrous Community Effort

BWW Review: Public Works' THE ODYSSEY, a Wondrous Community Effort

by Michael Dale — September 9, 2015
A cast of 200 includes members of New York community organizations and performing arts groups....
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