The following lines are dedicated to playwright Jonathan Spector, director Teddy Bergman, and the brilliant and resilient cast of “Birthright.” “In the beginning was the Collective Unconscious and that Collective Unconscious was all the gods that ever were or ever will. The Collective Conscious became Human and dwelled among us around the sacredness of the table.” David’s retelling/reimagining of John…
“Disruption” a new play by Andrew Stein which had a short run in London in 2023 is making its New York premiere at the Pershing Square Signature Center, presented by Jack DePalma. Hersh Ellis directs the stellar veteran cast competently, with some minor distractions and “disruptions”. Scenic design by Zoë Hurwitz is sleek and confined, more retro tech than futuristic,…
David Zinn’s remarkable set design of the altar area of small Midwestern Roman Catholic Church is exactly where that altar would be in the church that is now the Atlantic Theatre where Bubba Weiler’s “The Saviors” is currently playing. The important ritual of confession, forgiveness, and redemption that occurred in that former Chelsea church is not present in Weiler’s play…
“The Loved Ones” seems to open with a rather accessible setup. Gabby, a young Black college student, arrives at Nell’s house with suitcase and backpack in tow. Her arrival is unexpected and unannounced. She announces that she is in her seventh month of pregnancy and that Nell’s son Robin, who has been deceased for six months, is the father. Gabby…
Irish Repertory Theatre (Charlotte Moore, Artistic Director and Ciarán O’Reilly, Producing Artistic Director) announced today four productions for its 2026 Fall Season. Irish Rep’s 2026 Fall Season will kick off September 25 on the Francis J. Greenburger Mainstage with Eugene O’Neill’s The Hairy Ape directed by Ciarán O’Reilly (Ulster American), opening October 4 for a run through November 15. The…
“A Walk on the Moon” arrives at the Laura Pels Theatre promising a contemporary reimagining of Pamela Gray’s 1999 screenplay. Instead, it offers a production that settles for sentimentality—trapping its characters in dated romantic logic while asking audiences to celebrate a woman’s choice to abandon her own awakening. The result is a show that feels less like an Off-Broadway production…
“The Public Theater’s latest offering, “Girl, Interrupted,” transcends the conventional musical. It is based on the 1993 memoir by Susanna Kayson, chronicling her eighteen-month stay in a psychiatric hospital after a failed attempt at suicide. The book gathered widespread attention when made into a film in 1999, which starred Wynona Ryder and Angelina Jolie, winning several awards. This new incarnation…
This new play with music was commissioned by Vineyard Theatre and American Conservatory Theater, and Eisa Davis’s intimate portrait of four gifted teenage girls navigating a transformative summer in Berkeley deserves to be seen before it closes on Sunday, June 21. In the world of “||: Girls :||: Chance :||: Music :||,” directed by Pam MacKinnon, a free summer music…
John J. Caswell Jr.’s “Jerome” arrives at Playwrights Horizons this May as both a homecoming and a reckoning. The acclaimed playwright returns to the theater where his previous work “Wet Brain” earned critical acclaim, this time bringing a deeply personal story rooted in his own Arizona childhood—a play about two aging gay men living in isolation in a ghost town,…
“Othello,” for the most part, is considered to be one of Shakespeare’s best works, and there have been many attempts at all levels of theatre development to present the lengthy tragedy. Few succeed, many are just plain mediocre, and some miserably fail to convey the complexity of the characters, that are simply embodied by the intriguing script and poetic language….