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Secrets of the Trade Secrets of the Trade
4 stars
59E59 Theaters
Jonathan Tolins's backstage play, starring John Glover, makes its New York premiere at 59E59 Theaters.
Nunsense Nunsense
2 stars
Cherry Lane Theatre
Dan Goggin's now-classic musical returns for an updated twenty-fifth anniversary production.
Ideal Ideal
4 stars
59E59 Theaters
Ayn Rand's 1934 Hollywood-themed play is given a hilarious revival at 59E59 Theaters.
When We Go Upon the Sea When We Go Upon the Sea
2 1/2 stars
59E59 Theaters
Lee Blessing's latest play, about an imagined war crimes trial for ex-President George W. Bush, plays 59E59 Theaters.
Little Doc Little Doc
3 1/2 stars
Rattlestick Playwrights Theatre
Dan Klores's debut play explores the lives of four small-time crooks in 1970s Brooklyn.
Naked in a Fishbowl Naked in a Fishbowl
5 stars
Soho Playhouse
Four talented comedic women perform a live comedy show with a theatrical twist on Monday nights.
Sister Myotis's Bible Camp Sister Myotis's Bible Camp
3 stars
Dorothy Strelsin Theatre
Steve Swift brings a sense of Southern Christianity to the compelling character of Sister Myotis in his new drag-infused show.
Reflections of a Heart Reflections of a Heart
2 stars
Clurman Theatre
Christopher G. Roberts wrote and stars in this historical play that chronicles the life of Civil Rights figure Isaac Woodard, Jr.
Freed Freed
5 stars
59E59 Theaters
Charles Smith's new play tells the story of John Newton Templeton, the first free black man to attend college in the Midwest.
A Night in Vegas A Night in Vegas
3 stars
Bleecker Street Theatre
Joe Marshall's new comedy is an occasionally flawed gay romp heavily influenced by farce.
The Metal Children The Metal Children
2 stars
Vineyard Theatre
Adam Rapp's flawed new play starring Billy Crudup follows the banning of a young adult author's book in a Midwestern school.
The Burnt Part Boys The Burnt Part Boys
1 star
Playwrights Horizons
This new musical about the citizens of a West Virginia mining town doesn't ultimately strike much of a chord.
Restoration Restoration
3 stars
New York Theatre Workshop
Claudia Shear's new play about Michaelangelo's David follows an American art restorer in Florence.
This Wide Night This Wide Night
3 1/2 stars
Playwrights Horizons/Peter Jay Sharp Theater
Edie Falco and Alison Pill star in Chloe Moss's Blackburn Prize-winner about former cellmates reconnecting on the outside.
That Face That Face
3 1/2 stars
Manhattan Theatre Club Stage I
Laila Robins stars as drug-addled mum Martha in Polly Stenham's Olivier-nominated drama, a success in London's West End.
Oliver Parker! Oliver Parker!
4 stars
Cherry Lane Theatre
Elizabeth Meriwether's play, produced by stageFARM, focuses on the relationship between a high schooler and his abuser.
The Glass House The Glass House
3 1/2 stars
Clurman Theatre
June Finfer's new play focuses on the relationship between architect Miles van der Rohe and his alluring client, Dr. Farnsworth.
The Master Builder The Master Builder
2 stars
Clurman Theatre
Henrik Ibsen's expressionist play is revived by Resonance Ensemble, running in repertory with The Glass House.
Passion Play Passion Play
3 stars
Irondale Center
Sarah Ruhl's sprawling three-part play makes its New York debut in a site-specific production in Brooklyn's Fort Greene neighborhood.
Family Week Family Week
2 stars
Lucille Lortel Theatre
Jonathan Demme directs Rosemarie DeWitt and Kathleen Chalfant in Beth Henley's drama, set in a rehabilitation center.
Letters to the End of the World Letters to the End of the World
5 stars
Theatre Row Studio Theatre
Anton Dudley's new play, presented by At Hand Theatre Company, revolves around an unlikely pair of international penpals.
Spend the Night in Jail Spend The Night in Jail
1 star
American Theater of Actors
William Saroyan's Hello Out There and Jean Genet's Deathwatch are presented in a double bill.
Enron Enron
4 1/2 stars
Broadhurst Theatre
British playwright Lucy Prebble brings the rise and fall of Enron to the stage in a production directed by Rupert Goold.
Collected Stories Collected Stories
4 1/2 stars
Samuel J. Friedman Theatre
Donald Margulies's two-hander about a renowned author and her student stars Linda Lavin and Sarah Paulson.
Bass for Picasso Bass for Picasso
2 1/2 stars
Kirk Theatre
Kate Moira Ryan's new play about dysfunctional couples in the midst of a food-fueled crisis, premieres at Theatre Row.
Parents' Evening Parents' Evening
4 stars
Flea Theatre
Bathsheba Doran's new play focuses on a couple preparing anxiously for a parent-teacher-conference.
Promises, Promises Promises, Promises
3 stars
Broadway Theatre
Sean Hayes and Kristin Chenoweth star in this 1968 musical, with a score by Burt Bacharach and Hal David and book by Neil Simon.
American Idiot American Idiot
3 stars
St. James Theatre
Green Day's 2004 rock album has become a Broadway musical helmed by Spring Awakening director Michael Mayer and featuring John Gallagher Jr.
Creditors Creditors
4 stars
BAM Harvey Theatre
Alan Rickman's sharp staging of Strindberg's late-nineteenth century play thrills and frustrates.
The Aliens The Aliens
3 stars
Rattlestick Playwrights Theater
Annie Baker's follow-up to last year's Circle Mirror Transformation is a frustrating play from a promising talent.
Bloodsong of Love Bloodsong of Love
3 1/2 stars
Ars Nova
Composer-playwright Joe Iconis's new spaghetti Western musical is full of rock music and squirting blood.
Langston in Harlem Langston in Harlem
4 1/2 stars
Urban Stages
A new musical about Harlem Renaissance poet Langston Hughes sets his influential poems to music.
Engaging Shaw Engaging Shaw
2 1/2 stars
Dorothy Strelsin
John Morogiello's play centers around the relationship between playwright George Bernard Shaw and Charlotte Payne Townshend, his wife.
Lend Me A Tenor Lend Me A Tenor
3 1/2 stars
Music Box Theatre
Ken Ludwig's operatic screwball comedy receives a plucky Broadway revival thanks to director Stanley Tucci.
Come Fly Away Come Fly Away
4 stars
Marquis Theatre
Director-choreographer Twyla Tharp finds inspiration for her latest dance musical in the discography of Frank Sinatra.
A Cool Dip in the Barren Saharan Crick A Cool Dip in the Barren Saharan Crick
4 stars
Playwrights Horizons
Kia Corthron's latest play combines themes of ecology and theology in weaving a muscular family comedy-drama.
G.B.S. G.B.S.
4 stars
Kirk Theatre
Jason Hall's new play about brothers dealing with their ill father, currently playing at Theatre Row.
The Cocktail Party The Cocktail Party
2 1/2 stars
Beckett Theatre
T.S. Eliot's classic drawing room comedy is revived off-Broadway in a production from The Actors Company Theatre.
The Miracle Worker The Miracle Worker
4 stars
Circle in the Square
William Gibson's classic play is revived on Broadway starring Oscar nominee Abigail Breslin and Alison Pill.
A Life in Three Acts A Life in Three Acts
3 stars
St. Ann's Warehouse
Playwright Mark Ravenhill has collaborated with drag legend Bette Bourne on this new show all about Bourne's fabulous life.
Yank! Yank!
4 stars
York Theatre
York Theatre Company's new musical focuses on a gay love story between two servicemen in World War II.
Glee Club Glee Club
5 stars
Access Theatre
Matthew Freeman's new play depicts the lives of a group of adult men in a glee club preparing for a local gig.
Candida Candida
4 stars
Irish Repertory Theatre
Director-designer Tony Walton directs Melissa Errico in George Bernard Shaw's classic play Candida.
The Tempest The Tempest
3 stars
BAM Harvey Theatre
Sam Mendes's so-so take on The Tempest, starring Stephen Dillane, caps off the Bridge Project's second season at BAM.
Clybourne Park Clybourne Park
4 stars
Playwrights Horizons
Bruce Norris riffs on A Raisin in the Sun with his generation-straddling new play about white flight at Playwrights Horizons.
Blind Blind
2 stars
Rattlestick Theatre
Craig Wright's misguided update of Oedipus Rex plays at the Rattlestick Theatre, starring Veanne Cox and Seth Numrich.
Conviction Conviction
3 stars
59E59 Theaters
Ami Dayan's and Mark J. Williams's adaptation of the novel Confession blends melds together Spanish and Israeli histories.
Signs of Life Signs of Life
3 1/2 stars
Marjorie S. Deane Little Theatre
A new musical by Ullan, Schiff, and Derfner explores the lives of Jews interned in the arts camp Terezin.
The Pride The Pride
5 stars
Lucille Lortel Theatre
Brit Alexi Kaye Campbell's gay-themed play, a hit at London's Royal Court, stars Ben Whishaw and Hugh Dancy off-Broadway.
A Lie of the Mind A Lie of the Mind
4 stars
Acorn Theatre
Sam Shepard's 1985 play is revived by the New Group, directed by Ethan Hawke, starring Keith Carradine and Laurie Metcalf.
Time Stands Still Time Stands Still
4 stars
Samuel J. Friedman Theatre
Laura Linney, Alicia Silverstone, Eric Bogosian, and Brian D'Arcy James star in this taut new play by Donald Margulies.
Happy Now? Happy Now?
3 stars
59E59 Theaters
Lucinda Coxon's 2008 play makes its New York debut following runs at London's National and Yale Rep.
ReEntry ReEntry
5 stars
Urban Stages
This new play by Emily Ackerman and KJ Sanchez chronicles the lives of U.S. Marine veterans returning home after combat.
The Jackie Look The Jackie Look
3 stars
Laurie Beechman Theatre
Karen Finley's latest performance piece explores the theme of fame through the lens of former first lady Jacqueline Kennedy.
As You Like It As You Like It
2 stars
BAM Harvey Theatre
Sam Mendes's latest take on Shakespeare opens the Bridge Project's second season at BAM.
Too Little Too Late Too Little Too Late
3 stars
HERE Arts Center
This evening of love-related one-acts includes plays by Bekah Brunstetter, Daniel Talbott, and others.
Ages of the Moon Ages of the Moon
3 stars
Linda Gross Theater @ Atlantic Theater Company
Sam Shepard's new two-hander, a transfer from the Abbey Theatre in Dublin, stars Stephen Rea.
Phantom Killer Phantom Killer
2 stars
Dorothy Strelsin Theatre
Jan Buttram's eerie new play takes a Hitchcockian tone in exploring the Great Depression of the 1940s.
Lear Lear
4 stars
Soho Rep
Downtown playwright Young Jean Lee's off-kilter take on King Lear.
The Picture of Dorian Gray The Picture of Dorian Gray
3 stars
Kirk Theatre
Playwright Daniel Mitura's new adaptation of Oscar Wilde's novel about a man who never grows old.
Goodbye Cruel World Goodbye Cruel World
4 stars
ArcLight Theatre
Robert Ross Parker's adaptation of Nikolai ErdmanŐs Samoubiitsa packs a punch.
Rough Sketch Rough Sketch
3 stars
59E59 Theaters
Shawn Nacol's new play chronicles a claustrophic weekend shared by two children's TV animators.
Wild Man Wild Man
1 star
The Wild Project
Matthew Maguire's new solo show shows off the writer-performer's talent for storytelling.
Safe Home Safe Home
4 stars
Women's Interart Center
Sean Cullen's new play centers around an American family at the time of the Korean War.
Ernest in Love Ernest in Love
2 stars
Irish Repertory Theatre
Beth Fowler stars in this revival of the late-1950s musical adaptation of Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest.
Chekhov Lizardbrain Chekhov Lizardbrain
2 stars
CSV Cultural Center
Philadelphia's Pig Iron Theatre Company's Chekhovian theatrical concoction returns to New York as part of Under the Radar.
Little Gem Little Gem
4 stars
Flea Theater
Irish playwright Elaine Murphy's new monologue play, Little Gem, plays New York following success at Edinburgh.
Simon Green: Traveling Light Simon Green: Traveling Light
4 stars
59E59 Theaters
British singer Simon Green brings his cabaret show Traveling Light to New York.
Fascinating Aida Fascinating Aida is Absolutely Miraculous
3 stars
59E59 Theaters
Fascinating Aida return to New York with a hit-or-miss evening of song and humor.
The Great Recession The Great Recession
3 stars
Flea Theater
Rapp, Bradshaw, Callaghan, and others debut one-acts in this evening of recession-themed theatre.
A Little Night Music A Little Night Music
4 stars
Walter Kerr Theatre
Sondheim and Wheeler's waltz-time musical returns to Broadway starring Zeta-Jones and Lansbury.
Fault Lines Fault Lines
1 star
Dorothy Strelsin Theater
Rebecca Louise Miller's new play explores the aftershocks of a child abduction case.
Ragtime Ragtime
4 stars
Neil Simon Theatre
Ahrens and Flaherty's 1998 musical returns to Broadway in a revival helmed by Marcia Milgrom Dodge.
POP! POP!
4 stars
Yale Repertory Theatre, New Haven
A new musical at Yale rep, exploring the attempted assassination of pop artist Andy Warhol.
Swimming to Spalding Swimming to Spalding
1 star
HERE Arts Center
Lian Amaris's new solo show is inspired by Spalding Gray's solo theatre piece Swimming to Cambodia.
This This
3 stars
Playwrights Horizons
Melissa James Gibson's modest-sized drama, focusing on the fragility of language in modern relationships.
Streetcar A Streetcar Named Desire
4 stars
BAM Harvey Theatre
Cate Blanchett stars in the Sydney Theatre Company production of Tennessee Williams' classic play.
New York reviews
Secrets of the Trade, 59E59 Theaters

Nunsense, Cherry Lane Theatre

Ideal, 59E59 Theaters

When We Go Upon the Sea, 59E59 Theaters

Little Doc, Rattlestick Playwrights Theatre

Naked in a Fishbowl, Soho Playhouse

Sister Myotis's Bible Camp, Dorothy Strelsin Theatre

Reflections of a Heart, Clurman Theatre

Sister Myotis's Bible Camp, Dorothy Strelsin Theatre

Freed, 59E59 Theaters

A Night in Vegas, Bleecker Street Theatre

The Burnt Part Boys, Playwrights Horizons

Restoration, New York Theatre Workshop

This Wide Night, Playwrights Horizons/Peter Jay Sharp Theater

That Face, Manhattan Theatre Club Stage I

Oliver Parker!, Cherry Lane Theatre



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