BY NAVEEN KUMARJust months after the fifteenthanniversary of Matthew Shepard’s death, the Tectonic Theatre Project presentsboth plays of The Laramie … [Read more...] about Tectonic Theatre Project Presents ‘The Laramie Project Cycle’ At BAM: REVIEW
Review
Ethan Hawke Opens in ‘Clive’ Off Broadway: REVIEW
BY NAVEEN KUMAR Realism bites—and so does reality, for that matter. Before Ethan and Winona, there was Bertolt Brecht, the anti-naturalist whose 1923 … [Read more...] about Ethan Hawke Opens in ‘Clive’ Off Broadway: REVIEW
Martin Moran’s ‘All The Rage’ Opens Off Broadway: REVIEW
BY NAVEEN KUMAR In his grounded and witty solo show All The Rage, which opened Wednesday Off-Broadway at the Peter J. Sharp theatre, writer-performer … [Read more...] about Martin Moran’s ‘All The Rage’ Opens Off Broadway: REVIEW
‘Picnic’ Starring Sebastian Stan Opens On Broadway: REVIEW
BY NAVEEN KUMAR With the exception of a winning performance by stage champ Elizabeth Marvel, the most invigorating aspect of Roundabout Theatre … [Read more...] about ‘Picnic’ Starring Sebastian Stan Opens On Broadway: REVIEW
‘The Other Place’ Starring Laurie Metcalf Opens On Broadway: REVIEW
BY NAVEEN KUMAR Among the most arresting moments in Joe Mantello's superb production of Sharr White's The Other Place, which opened on … [Read more...] about ‘The Other Place’ Starring Laurie Metcalf Opens On Broadway: REVIEW
Pulitzer Prize Winner ‘Water By The Spoonful’ Opens Off-Broadway: REVIEW
BY NAVEEN KUMAR 2012 Pulitzer Prize Winner for Drama, Water By The Spoonful by Quiara Alegría Hudes, opened Off-Broadway on Tuesday in a New York … [Read more...] about Pulitzer Prize Winner ‘Water By The Spoonful’ Opens Off-Broadway: REVIEW
Amy Herzog’s ‘The Great God Pan’ Opens Off-Broadway: REVIEW
BY NAVEEN KUMAR The latest in Playwrights Horizons’ solid line-up of new plays this season, Amy Herzog’s drama The Great God Pan opened on Tuesday … [Read more...] about Amy Herzog’s ‘The Great God Pan’ Opens Off-Broadway: REVIEW
‘What Rhymes With America’ Opens Off-Broadway: REVIEW
BY NAVEEN KUMAR “Words,” says one character in Melissa James Gibson’s new play at Atlantic Theatre Company, “are little f**kers.” What Rhymes … [Read more...] about ‘What Rhymes With America’ Opens Off-Broadway: REVIEW
Rock Musical ‘bare’ Opens Off-Broadway: REVIEW
BY NAVEEN KUMAR An exhilarating and affecting rock musical that opened Off-Broadway last night at New World Stages, bare serves up an insightful … [Read more...] about Rock Musical ‘bare’ Opens Off-Broadway: REVIEW
Terrence McNally’s ‘The Golden Age’ Opens Off-Broadway: REVIEW
(photos by Joan Marcus) BY NAVEEN KUMAR The true nature of art, the steadfastness of love, the inevitability of death—this is the stuff of great … [Read more...] about Terrence McNally’s ‘The Golden Age’ Opens Off-Broadway: REVIEW