Gotham Playgoer

B+ Although I was favorably impressed by Martyna Majok’s four-character drama when MTC presented it off-Broadway five years ago, I was surpr...

D+ Let me begin with quotes from two previous reviews: “No one knows how to pander to a Manhattan Theatre Club audience better than R...

B Harvey Fierstein ( La Cage aux Folles, Kinky Boots ) has written an affectionate tribute to larger-than-life New York politician Bella...

C- There seems to be something about Manhattan Theatre Club’s Stage I at City Center that inspires scenic designers. Some of the finest se...

C- Don’t be fooled by the teaser in the ads for this new play by Bess Wohl ( Small Mouth Sounds ) at MTC’s Stage II. While it contains n...

A- It would be hard to find a timelier, more relevant play around town than Eleanor Burgess’s ironically titled drama now at Manhattan Th...

B+ The title of this stimulating new play by Anthony Giardina ( The City of Conversation ) now at Manhattan Theatre Club’s Stage I is a sym...

C- I would not have been so disappointed with Abe Koogler’s new play at Manhattan Theatre Club’s Stage II if had not started promisingly. Fo...

B- A third play by award-winning British playwright Penelope Skinner (The Village Bike, The Ruins of Civilization) has reached New York in ...

I wasn’t all that fond of Nick Jones’s “Verité” at LCT3 last winter, but it seems like “Hamlet” compared to his new comedy at Manhattan Thea...

When Richard Greenberg’s scheduled play wasn’t ready on time, Manhattan Theatre Club replaced it with this piece by Melissa Ross that premie...

Playwright Lisa D’Amour was a Pulitzer nominee for Detroit. Chicago’s Steppenwolf is a multi-award-winning ensemble theater company with an ...

The title of Frances Ya-Chu Cowhig’s new play at Manhattan Theatre Club is ironic to put it mildly. Her unflattering portrait of life in con...

After being underwhelmed by Nick Payne’s previous play with Jake Gyllenhaal, “If There Is I Haven’t Found It Yet,” two years ago (my review ...

This new family drama with comic overtones, the first product of a collaboration between Manhattan Theater Club and Ars Nova at The Studio a...

When the opportunity to attend opening night arose unexpectedly, I decided to pay a return visit to see how the play had changed since I saw...

For Harvey Fierstein to have three plays running on Broadway simultaneously is quite an achievement, but in this instance the third time is ...

(Please click on the title to see the complete review.) Richard Greenberg's family chronicle, now in previews at MTC's Friedman Thea...

(Please click on the title to see the complete review.) Alas, the curse that the theater gods apparently placed on Manhattan Theatre Club...

(Please click on the title to see the complete review.) Terrence McNally's love of opera has yielded such notable plays as  The Lisbon T...