Shrewd Taming
Directed by Phyllida Lloyd, this performance of Shakespeare’s controversial play, by a fiercely talented and entirely female cast, inspires uncomfortable but crucial questions about the state of gender relations in America — especially with regard to one woman in particular.
The Father/A Doll's House
Written by playwrights and famous rivals Strindberg and Ibsen, respectively, these plays offer gripping portrays of trapped women and, at first glance, their differing opinions of them.
American Psycho
The idea of setting to music a story of suppressed rage, gruesome murder and a bitingly sarcastic commentary on the greed and narcissism of the Me Decade was surprising and intriguing. But the result, directed by Rupert Goold, is a confusing combination of irony and sincerity.
Tuck Everlasting
Adapted by Claudia Shear and Tim Federle, with a score by Chris Miller (music) and Nathan Tysen (lyrics), it’s clear from the opening number thatTuck Everlasting is a whole-heartedly old-fashioned musical.
A Streetcar Named Desire
Blanche DuBois may be looking for magic, but it’s unforgiving realism that floods the theater at St. Ann’s Warehouse, where a gritty and gripping production of A Streetcar Named Desire is performances.
Bright Star
This highly anticipated new musical by Steve Martin and Edie Brickell, featuring original bluegrass music by its well-known team, is pretty as a picture but disappointingly unoriginal.
Prodigal Son
The autobiographical drama follows Jim Quinn, played by the gifted young actor Timothée Chalamet, a troubled teenager from the Bronx.
Her Requiem
Directed by Kate Whoriskey in an LCT3 production at the Claire Tow Theatre, Greg Pierce’s familial drama address the thrilling excitement surrounding the birth of art, as well as the cost of that thrill.
The Grand Paradise
The Grand Paradise seeks to transport its participants into an exotic tropical locale in the 1970s where inhibitions are shed and pleasures are explored.
Snow White
With Snow White, Company XIV and its director and choreographer Austin McCormick have presented a two-hour collage of song and dance, opera, circus acts, live-action filming and an endless amount of glitter.
Noises Off
Michael Frayn’s 1982 comedy that depicts the adventures and escapades of a theatre troupe rehearsing the British sex farce Nothing On, has been revived on Broadway.
Once Upon a Mattress
Once Upon a Mattress, which rocketed Carol Burnett to stardom in 1959, stars veteran comedic actress Jackie Hoffman as Princess Winifred.
Nutcracker Rouge
The delectably sensual production by Company XIV is in performances at the Minetta Lane Theatre.
Something Rotten!
Something Rotten! offers a whimsical and entertaining love letter for those in the industry.
The King and I
With Bartlett Sher at the helm, this luscious and lavish production at the Vivian Beaumot Theater is strikingly and surprisingly relevant.
An American in Paris
Romance is alive and well at the Palace Theater, where An American in Paris, the lush, unapologetically old-fashioned musical has hung up its beret.