Thoughtful reviews of theatre, television and music.
Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman, perhaps the great American tragedy, gets a major new revival with Miranda Cromwell’s West End transfer at the Hudson Theatre. Cromwell (who shared directorial…
Happy 30th Anniversary, “Home Alone 2: Lost in New York!” Thirty years ago, Home Alone 2: Lost in New York was released. The sequel to one of the biggest hits of…
Only Gold, a dance musical built by a dance-musical hybrid director and and choreographer Andy Blankenbuehler and with music by Kate Nash, looks great. Set in Paris of 1928, the…
The full power of Lorraine Hansberry's seminal A Raisin in the Sun is on view at the Public, though sometimes it is at odds with the flourishes director Robert O'Hara…
In 1945, a catastrophic attack lands Chester Bailey in the hospital, without vision or the use of his hands. Joseph Dougherty draws a striking contrast between Chester (Ephraim Birney), dwelling…
1776, with lyrics and music by Sherman Edwards and a book by Peter Stone, already offered social commentary when it hit Broadway in 1969: the suspenseful tale of the bickering…
