Nicholas Ray’s daughter’s autobiographical fantasia chronicles her dysfunctional upbringing. James Dean also appears in this theatrical presentation.
Category: Reviews
Hans Litten: The Jew Who Cross-Examined Hitler
A searing dramatization of the little-known 1931 event of a Jewish lawyer who took Hitler to court in Germany; he was later persecuted for this.
We Take the Town: The Shows of Robert Preston
Vocalist Bob O’Hare’s exhilarating cabaret tribute show to the legendary performer contains familiar and esoteric songs from hits and flops.
The Diary
The angst over and the travails of publishing Anne Frank’s diary are depicted in this smart fantasia; Otto Frank interacts with the ghosts of his family.
The Honey Trap
The 1979 IRA killing of an English soldier in Belfast is the core of this powerful and twisty present-day drama that is filled with flashbacks.
Bug
Carrie Coon and Namir Smallwood are awesome in this wrenching revival of Tracy Letts’ wild 1996 underclass drama of drinking and drugging in a motel room.
Full Contact
Gay Filipino American theater artist Ariel Estrada’s raw autobiographical solo show is an account of his painful life journey with ravishing stagecraft.
Gruesome Playground Injuries
Kara Young and Nicholas Braun star in this frenetic revival of the 2009 nonlinear fierce romantic drama; a couple self-harm themselves over decades.
Archduke
Patrick Page and Kristine Nielsen are in overdrive in this historical black comedy: three young men with TB are recruited to kill Franz Ferdinand in 1914.
Richard II
Michael Urie is dynamic as the tragic monarch in this exhilarating production; the costumes are modern, the set is abstract, and the cast is snappy.