Carmen Zilles

Broadway Mini-Review: “Dog Day Afternoon” at the August Wilson Theatre (Through Sunday, July 12, 2026)

April 1, 2026 | Broadway, LGBTQ+, Queer > | "Dog Day Afternoon", Alex J. Gould, Andrea Syglowski, as well as Michael Kostroff, August Wilson Theatre, Barclay Stiff, Brian D. Coats, Carmen Zilles, Christopher Sears, costume design by Brenda Abbandandolo, Danny Johnson, David Roberts, Dom Martello, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Elizabeth Canavan, Esteban Andres Cruz, hair and wig design by Leah J. Loukas, Jeff Still, Jessica Hecht and Spencer Garrett, John Ortiz, Jon Bernthal, lighting design by Isabella Byrd, makeup design by Katie Gell, Matthew Murphy and Evan Zimmerman, Michael Puzzo, Michael Shayan, New York Theatre Reviews, Paola Lázaro, Rupert Goold, scenic design by David Korins, sound design by Cody Spencer, Stephen Adly Guirgis, The Telsey Office, Theatre Reviews, Theatre Reviews Limited, Wilemina Olivia-Garcia

Eleven shows. Eleven days. Welcome to April’s theatrical marathon. What follows are compressed reviews – 300 words each, five shows per roundup – covering everything we’ve seen for Outer Critics Circle nominating and voting purposes. The format is leaner, but the critical standards remain unchanged: what works, what doesn’t, and why it matters. “ATTICA! ATTICA!” Sonny Amato’s battle cry turned…

Off-Broadway Review: “Epiphany” Tackles Wonder Head-On at Lincoln Center’s Mitzi E Newhouse Theater (Closed Sunday, July 31, 2022)

In an email with several attachments (none of which any of the invitees bothered to read), Morkan (the incomparable Marylouise Burke) invites several friends to her “very big house, on the banks of a large river, just north of a big city” to celebrate Epiphany and meet the honored guest, Gabriel. This is the setting for one of the most…

Off-Broadway Review: Primary Stage’s “Little Women” at Cherry Lane Theatre

“I can’t abide seeing a body stuffed into the wrong role.” – Jo to Meg in “Little Women” Kate Hamill’s retelling of Louisa May Alcott’s “Little Women” plays at Primary Stages at an auspicious time. Amid unprecedented national and political division, issues of gender identity, gender equality, and gender protection continue to be critically important. Individual rights and freedoms are…