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Taylor Myers’ No. 9 Shows Us How Real We Can Be When Playing Make-Believe

The show trains our brains and bodies to sit alongside one another long enough to break down the self-imposed barriers we've built between us.
By Payton Selby
Two actresses and two actors on children's chairs on a set that looks like an elementary school classroom.

‘The Thanksgiving Play’ Lays Bare Liberal Pretensions Badly

Alternatingly twee and berserk, Larissa FastHorse's work reaches a nadir when characters, in face paint and incongruous warrior costumes, start kicking around decapitated heads.
By Rhoda Feng

Review: ‘Becky Nurse of Salem’ Rides a Witch Revival Wave

Sarah Ruhl's new play draws parallels between the infamous 17th century witch trials and our own times.
By Rhoda Feng

REVIEW: ‘You Will Get Sick’ Is a Profoundly Affecting Submersive Theater Experience

By Rhoda Feng
promotional photo for the show

A Stranger on the Phone Creates Drama in ‘A Thousand Ways (Part One): A Phone Call’

By David Cote

‘The Boys in the Band’ Is Sad, Hilarious, and Gratifying

By Rex Reed

‘Peace for Mary Frances’ Is So Good It Will Shatter You

By Rex Reed
Hayley Mills, Allison Jean White and Brenda Meaney in Party Face at City Center Stage II.

Despite a Great Performance From Hayley Mills, ‘Party Face’ Shows Its Wrinkles

By Rex Reed
John Lithgow in Stories by Heart.

John Lithgow’s ‘Stories by Heart’ Breathes New Life Into the One-Man Show

By Rex Reed
Keegan-Michael Key, Jeremy Shamos, Amy Schumer and Laura Benanti in Meteor Shower.

Steve Martin’s Moronic ‘Meteor Shower’ Shows Off Amy Schumer’s Incompetent Acting

By Rex Reed
Billy Crudup in Harry Clarke.

‘Harry Clarke’ Is an Odd, Exhilarating Triumph of Theater

By Rex Reed
John Leguizamo in 'Latin History for Morons,' one of the plays involved in the Audible program.

John Leguizamo’s ‘Latin History for Morons’ Is a One-Man Comedy Riot

By Rex Reed
The Bands Visit.

Broadway’s ‘The Band’s Visit’ Is a Work of Perfection

By Rex Reed
Elizabeth McGovern, Brooke Bloom and Charlotte Parry in Time and the Conways.

New Production Can’t Conceal ‘Time and the Conways’ Is Dated

By Rex Reed
Kathleen Chalfant, Daniel Jenkins, Keith Reddin and Lisa Emery in For Peter Pan on her 70th birthday.

Playwright Sarah Ruhl’s New Work Is a Birthday Present to Her Mom

By Harry Haun
Julie White and Erin Wilhelmi in A Doll's House, Part 2.

Actress Julie White on Reinventing Nora in ‘A Doll’s House, Part 2’

By Harry Haun
Michael Xavier (center) performs a number from Company with the Prince of Broadway cast.

‘Prince of Broadway’ Is as Good as Theater Gets

By Rex Reed
Michael Urie with Talene Monahon in The Government Inspector.

Michael Urie: Playing Hamlet Is Everything

By Harry Haun
Michael Moore takes center stage in The Terms of My Surrender at the Belasco Theatre.

Michael Moore Adds Razzle-Dazzle to Political Provocation in One-Man Broadway Show

By Rex Reed
Andrea Bianchi, Elizabeth Ward Land, Aisha de Hass, Christopher Shyer and Nancy Opel in Curvy Widow.

‘Curvy Widow’ Is Witty but Uneven

By Rex Reed
Patti LuPone as Helena Rubinstein, Christine Ebersole as Elizabeth Arden and the cast of War Paint..

Patti LuPone and Christine Ebersole Thrill, Charge and Fascinate in ‘War Paint’

By Rex Reed
Joe Mantello, Sally Field and Finn Wittrock The Glass Menagerie.

Sam Gold Goes Gross With ‘The Glass Menagerie’

By Rex Reed
Significant Other.

‘Significant Other’ Brings a Dreary Theater Season to Vibrant Life

By Rex Reed
Glenn Close in Sunset Boulevard.

22 Years Later, Glenn Close Still Shines in ‘Sunset Boulevard’

By Rex Reed
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