David Roberts

Off-Broadway Review: “Translations” at Irish Repertory Theatre (Closed Sunday, December 31, 2023)

Language and translation serve as powerful tropes for colonial ownership in Brian Friel’s “Translations” currently playing at Irish Repertory Company through Sunday. December 31, 2023. Headmaster Hugh (Sean McGinley) of the hedge-school in the townland of Baile Beag/Balleybeg the Irish-speaking community in County Donegal and his eldest son Manus (Owen Campbell) teach Irish, Latin and Greek to the local students….

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Theatre News: Broadway Bound Theatre Festival, in Partnership with The Town Players of New Cannan, Connecticut, Finds a New Home

Broadway Bound Theatre Festival, the only theatre festival where playwrights take center stage, will be back and better than ever in the summer of 2024 with a beautiful new theatre space thanks to an exciting new partnership with The Town Players of New Canaan. When asked about the festival’s return, Festival Director Lenore Skomal said “After five successful seasons and…

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Off-Broadway Review: “Infinite Life” at Atlantic Theater Company’s Linda Gross Theater (Closed Saturday, October 14, 2023)

October 11, 2023 | book review, infinite, infinite life, Off-Broadway, the ally > | "Infinite Life", Annie Baker, Atlantic Theater Company, David Roberts, James Macdonald, Linda Gross Theater, Theatre Reviews, Theatre Reviews Limited

Five women in their forties to seventies and one man in his forties gather at a clinic two hours north of San Francisco to continue to deal with their pain. The regimen includes fasting and drinking a variety of beverages. Eileen (Marylouise Burke) is hungry and tired. Elaine (Brenda Pressley) has osteoporosis. Ginnie (Kristine Nielsen) has “auto-immune thyroid stuff but…

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Off-Broadway News: Irish Repertory Theatre Announces Encore Presentation of A. R. Gurney’s “Love Letters” Beginning Wednesday, September 5, 2023

Irish Repertory Theatre (Charlotte Moore, Artistic Director and Ciarán O’Reilly, Producing Director) announced today that they will present an encore run of Love Letters by A.R. Gurney, directed by Ciarán O’Reilly (Endgame), following sold-out performances this past spring. The encore run will take place this fall, featuring five performances with returning star, Tony Award winner Matthew Broderick, joined by Talia…

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Off-Broadway Review: The Church Is on Trial in Landmark Productions “The Saviour” at the Irish Repertory Theatre (Closed Sunday, August 13, 2023)

New York theater goers know Marie Mullen from her performance in “The Cripple of Inishmaan” as Billy Claven’s Aunt Kate who talks to stones, and from her performance in “The Beauty Queen of Leenane” as Meg who is desperate to escape from her tyrannical mother. Mullen returns to the New York Stage to play Maire the “Monster Irish Mother” in…

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Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival Preview: “Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill” (Closed Sunday, August 6, 2023)

Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival (PSF) is proud to present Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill, written by acclaimed playwright Lanie Robertson with musical arrangements by Danny Holgate. Philadelphia award-winning artists Amina Robinson and Ebony Pullum reunite to stage the production which previews July 19 and 20, opens Friday, July 21 and runs through August 6 in the Schubert Theatre at…

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Off-Broadway Review: “Triple Threat” at Theatre Row (Closed Sunday, July 30, 2023)

July 17, 2023 | LGBTQ+, Off-Broadway, triple > | "Triple Threat", Brendan Gaul, Brett Henenberg, David Roberts, James T. Lane, Jeremy Daniel, Jeremy Daniel Photography, Kenny Ingram, lighting design by Emmanuel Delgado, lighting design by T’ij D’oyen, set design is by Teresa L. Williams, sound design by DJ Potts, Theatre Reviews, Theatre Reviews Limited, Theatre Row, Traverse32

James T. Lane portrayed choreographer Paul Williams in the American tour of “Ain’t Too Proud” and his many Broadway roles have included “Chicago” (Billy Flynn), “Kiss Me Kate” (Paul), “King Kong,” “The Scottsboro Boys” (Ozie Powell and Ruby Bates), and “A Chorus Line” (Richie Walters). Lane’s movie and television credits are equally impressive including his recurring role on Peacock’s “The…

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Broadway Review: “Grey House” at the Lyceum Theatre (Through Sunday, July 30, 2023)

June 23, 2023 | Broadway > | "Grey House", Alyssa Emily Marvin, Andrew Morrill (Director of Artistic Sign Language), Christina Grant (Makeup Design), Claire Karpen, Colby Kipnes, Cyndi Coyne, Daniel Reece, David Caparelliotis (Casting), David Roberts, Eamon Patrick O’Connell, Ellenore Scott (Movement Consultant), Emma Safiyah Haeri, Erin Rosenfeld, Joe Mantello, Katie Gell and Robert Pickens (Wig and Hair Design), Laurie Metcalf, Levi Holloway, Luca Thomas, Lyceum Theatre, Mia Sinclair Jenness, Millicent Simmonds, MurphyMade, Natasha Katz pable(Lighting Design), Or Matias (Music Supervisor and A Cappella Arranger), Paul Sparks, Rudy Mance (Costume Design), Scott Pask (scenic design), Sophia Anne Caruso, Tatiana Maslany, Theatre Reviews Limited, Tom Gibbons (Sound Design), Winsome Brown

Years (decades, centuries, eons) of interminable suffering hang over the gables of Grey House. And while there is no forgiveness or redemption within, the walls of the house encase unrelenting guilt where it remains hidden tapping out its own somber language of confession. Things do more than go bump in the night in “Grey House” Levi Holloway’s tale of horror…

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Off-Broadway Review: “Eisenhower: This Piece of Ground” at Theatre at St. Clements (Extended through Wednesday, August 30, 2023)

It was only one day after Father’s Day. It was Juneteenth. As we walked to The Theatre at St. Clements to see “Eisenhower: This Piece of Ground,” we anticipated Richard Hellesen’s one-man show starring the incomparable John Rubinstein. We – as orphans – reflected on the lives of our fathers and, particularly, on their service in the United Stated Army…

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Broadway Review: “A Doll’s House” at the Hudson Theatre (Closed Saturday, June 10, 2023)

May 17, 2023 | Broadway, do this one thing for me > | "A Doll's House", 101 Productions (general management), Amy Herzog, Arian Moayed, Ben and Max Ringham (sound design, Brandon Allmon-Jackson (stage manager), Carey Rebecca Brown, Chris Cronin (associate sound design), CSA (casting directors), CSA and Alexandre Bleau, David Roberts, Domino Mannheim (associate lighting design), Enver Chakartash (costume co-design), Frank Lombardi (production stage manager), Franklin Bongjio, Henrik Ibsen, Jamie Lloyd, Jennifer Rias (choreographer), Jesmille Darbouze, Jessica Chastain, Jim Carnahan Casting, Jon Clark (lighting design), Jonathan Glew (associate director), Jose Joaquin Perez, Melisa Soledad Pereyra, Michael Carnahan and Wilson Chin (associate scenic design), Michael Patrick Thornton, Okieriete Onaodowan, Ricky Lurie (associate costume design), Ryuichi Sakamoto and Alva Noto, Soutra Gilmour (scenic design and costume co-design), Tasha Lawrence, Theatre Reviews Limited

Amy Herzog’s compelling new version of “A Doll’s House,” Jamie Lloyd’s transcendent direction (2023 Tony Nominee), and Soutra Gilmour’s carnal scenic design create the landscape necessary to bring Henrik Ibsen’s 1879 brain-scape play to a new audience who want to deep dive into the Norwegian playwright’s treasure trove. Currently playing at the Hudson Theatre, this “A Doll’s House” gives 2023…

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