I was going to do a "best-of" for 2019 plus a "looking forward" for 2020, when I realized that their focus would be much...

It often occurs to me, especially lately, just how much the trajectory of any life comes down to dumb luck. Sure, people can work hard to ch...

I am frequently blown away by the depth and quality of the New York acting community. Brilliant performances are everywhere . (I've li...

In 2018, I saw 74 shows. Only nine of them were on Broadway; those prices, even when discounted, keep scaring me away. However, I've l...

The man in the pajama bottoms, slippers and suit jacket is terribly confused but always polite to the crowd he is somehow suddenly responsib...

Small Mouth Sounds , a play by Bess Wohl currently being restaged at the Signature Theater after an initial run at Ars Nova last year, is sw...

In her absorbing new play, John  (directed by frequent collaborator Sam Gold) ,  Annie Baker shows that there are many ways to be haunted an...

photo: Matthew Murphy No one path leads to an indelible, unforgettable performance. Sometimes an actor takes a classic, timeless role a...

Ito Aghayere, Michael Izquierdo, and Kristolyn Lloyd Photo: Joan Marcus As with her previous offering earlier this season, And I and Sil...

photo: T. Charles Erickson "There is no such thing as an original play." Those words belong to the playwright Charles Mee, who...

Photo: Matthew Murphy Sam Shepard came to prominence chronicling the battered and bruised families of the American West, so it should co...