Gotham Playgoer

B+   This vibrant musical at Atlantic Theater Company was inspired by the bestselling 1997 album of authentic Cuban music from the 1950s pla...

 C My reaction to the works of playwright Brandon Jacobs-Jenkins has been mixed. Three enthusiastically received plays that I enjoyed very m...

  B+ Keith Bunin’s ( The Busy World Is Hushed, The Credeaux Canvas ) clever, humane play at Lincoln Center Theater at the Mitzi Newhouse, ta...

D+ Since I had not seen a play in almost four months, I really hoped that my return to theatergoing would be an auspicious one. Alas, it was...

B+ In her timely, gripping new drama at Playwrights Horizons, Sylvia Khoury ( Power Strip ) demonstrates great skill in building and maintai...

B Sylvia Khoury’s timely new play at LCT3’s Claire Tow Theater is a gripping drama about Yasmin (Gina Shihabi; Dance Nation ), a young S...

B In Jeff Augustin’s ( Little Children Dream of God ) absorbing new play at Manhattan Theatre Club’s Stage II, we meet a handful of resi...

B+ Lincoln Center Theater is presenting the American premiere of this gripping drama by young British playwright Chris Urch ( Land of Our...

B+ This season’s mini-trend of reinterpreting classic works continues with this New York premiere by MacArthur Genius award winner Luis...

A- Playwrights Horizons goes a long way toward redeeming a lackluster season with this final offering, a co-production with Page 73 Prod...

C At the risk of being branded a sexist, I think that Ming Peiffer’s new play at Roundabout Underground’s Black Box Theatre holds greater...

C Playwright Craig Lucas ( Prelude to a Kiss, The Dying Gaul ) began with a noble goal: to write a play for charismatic actor Russell Ha...

C Clearly may be the title character’s last name, but it is hardly a description of the manner in which he is portrayed. As a 14-year-ol...

A- One of the hallmarks of the current season has been the proliferation of fine plays with all-female ensembles. First we had the exce...

C Philip Dawkins's new play for MCC at the Lucille Lortel Theatre is inspired by events in the life of Miss Gloria Allen, a transgend...

C+ The idea of a dark comedy about rape written by a gay male playwright did not exactly sound promising. Nevertheless, this ambitious,...

C- Mary Woolley led such an interesting life that it is hard to imagine that it could be turned into a boring play, but playwright Bryna Tur...

Jenny Rachel Weiner’s romantic comedy with poignant overtones is the latest offering at Roundabout Underground’s Black Box Theatre. Somewhat...

The Playwrights Horizons revival of last summer’s Clubbed Thumb hit production has received almost unanimous critical acclaim. The Times ma...

This production of Euripides’s final play, the centerpiece of Classic Stage Company’s Greek Festival, is a decidedly mixed bag. The text is ...