Review by Ann Firestone Ungar 8 November 2016
“Master Harold” … and the boys, written and directed by Athol Fugard, is a mighty play given a mighty production by the SignatureTheatre. It was a...
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In light of Friday's SCOTUS ruling that overturned Roe v. Wade and its protection of abortion rights nationwide, Steph Del Rosso's semi-satirical political drama 53% Of now inches closer to a horror... -
“I think we share a specific kind of sadness,” Ryan tells Keith in A Case for the Existence of God. He’s right. The source of that sorrow is revealed bit-by-bit in this deeply compassionate, quietly... -
As quickly as the holidays come around, so does another iteration of Charles Dickens's 1843 tale, A Christmas Carol. This season, Mark Shanahan samples Dickens' Christmas classic and blends two of... -
“WOW!” I thought to myself as my body leapt to its feet on its own volition to applaud A Strange Loop. “This must be how people who saw the first performances of Show Boat, Oklahoma!, Company, Rent,... -
Logging onto social media these days is like opening a potentially poisonous box of chocolates: You never know what bad takes, misinformation, and hatred you're going to get amid the good stuff. But... -
Alison Leiby’s comedy act Oh God, A Show About Abortion falls right in line with its stand-up predecessors at the Cherry Lane Theatre: It matches the political relevance of Alex Edelman’s Just For Us... -
Staging American Buffalo in the woke era of 2022 is a brazen choice. The third Broadway revival of David Mamet’s 1975 play is now open after being put on hiatus in 2020 in response to the Covid-19... -
It's almost counterintuitive to be reviewing Approval Junkie — to be evaluating the merit of Faith Salie's solo show, which ultimately concludes that the approval of others is trifling in comparison... -
If you’re triggered by the sight and sound of guns (even prop replicas), it’d be wise to skip the Classic Stage Company’s production of Stephen Sondheim’s strange and stirring Assassins. Rifles and...