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new york theatre reviews: 2009
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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.
In the Next Room In the Next Room or the vibrator play
4 stars
Lyceum Theatre
Sarah Ruhl's new play about love and sex in the late nineteenth century, produced by Lincoln Center Theater.
My Wonderful Day My Wonderful Day
4 stars
59E59 Theaters
Alan Ayckbourn's latest play about an astutely-observed day in the life of a young girl accompanying her mother to work.
The Late Christopher Bean The Late Christopher Bean
4 stars
Beckett Theatre
Pulitzer-winner Sidney Howard's 1932 play about art and greed is revived by The Actors Company Theatre.
Children at Play Children at Play
3 stars
Living Theatre
Jordan Seavey's new play focuses on five youngsters in junior high and high school, one of them a Chernobyl baby.
Wolves at the Window Wolves at the Window
2 stars
59E59 Theaters
Toby Davies's adaptation of Saki, part of the Brits Off Broadway Festival, leaves much to be desired in the way of storytelling.
Red Sea Fish Red Sea Fish
3 stars
59E59 Theaters
Matt Wilkinson's claustrophobic new play, part of the Brits Off Broadway Festival, is unsparing and stirring.
Finian's Rainbow Finian's Rainbow
4 stars
St. James Theatre
Harburg and Lane's 1947 anti-racist musical is revived on Broadway, replete with Irish charm.
Eclipsed Eclipsed
4 stars
Yale Repertory Theatre, New Haven
Danai Gurira's new play at Yale Rep chronicles the lives of four officer's wives in Liberia.
Creature Creature
3 stars
Ohio Theatre
A new play by actress Heidi Schreck brings the story of English heretic Margery Kempe to life.
Brighton Beach Memoirs Brighton Beach Memoirs
3 stars
Nederlander Theatre
Neil Simon's play about the trials and tribulations of a 1930s Jewish family in Brooklyn.
Sleep No More Sleep No More
3 stars
Old Brookline School, Greater Boston
Daring British theatre company's latest promenade theatre piece combines Macbeth with Hitchcock.
Dead Man's Cell Phone Dead Man's Cell Phone
4 stars
Lyric Stage Company, Boston
The Boston premiere of Sarah Ruhl's whimsical exploration of life, death, and the afterlife.
Valet of the Dolls Valet of the Dolls
3 stars
Machine, Boston
Boston drag company Gold Dust Orphans adapt Jacqueline Susann's novel in high-camp style.
Memphis Memphis
4 stars
Sam S. Shubert Theatre
The new musical from Joe DiPietro and David Bryan, chronicling interracial love and the music scene in 1950s Tennessee.
Emperor Jones The Emperor Jones
3 stars
Irish Repertory Theatre
John Douglas Thompson is magnificent in Eugene O'Neill's rarely performed early play.
Good Bobby Good Bobby
3 stars
59E59 Theaters
Brian Lee Franklin's play chronicling Robert F. Kennedy's abruptly-ended political career.
The Oldsmobiles The Oldsmobiles
1 stars
Flea Theater
Roger Rosenblatt's new comedy, starring Richard Masur and Alice Playten, focuses on an elderly couple's suicide plot.
middlemen middlemen
2 1/2 stars
Walkerspace
David Jenkins's new play about the drudgery of office life, starring Christopher Burns and Michael Crane.
Oleanna Oleanna
4 stars
Golden Theatre
David Mamet's knock-em-dead "he said, she said" drama, starring Julia Stiles and Bill Pullman.
Circle Mirror Transformation Circle Mirror Transformation
4 stars
Playwrights Horizons
A new play from Annie Baker follows a band of misfit actors in a Creative Drama for Adults class.
Cross That River Cross That River
2 stars
TBG Theater
The new musical about black life in the Wild West, part of the New York Musical Theatre Festival.
How To Be A Good Italian Daughter How To Be A Good Italian Daughter
2 stars
Playwrights Horizons
Antoinette LaVecchia's new solo show, currently at the Cherry Lane, explores mother-daughter dynamics.
The Royal Family The Royal Family
3 1/2 stars
Samuel J. Friedman Theatre
Ana Gasteyer, Rosemary Harris, and a top-notch cast in Kaufman and Ferber's play on Broadway.
Let Me Down Easy Let Me Down Easy
4 stars
Second Stage Theatre
Anna Deavere Smith's ambitious new solo show about death and the body, now at Second Stage Theatre.
Lila Cante Lila Cante
5 stars
Ted Bardy Studio
Mark Snyder's new play about siblings sifting through the legacy of their late rock star mother.
The Night Watcher The Night Watcher
4 stars
59E59 Theaters
Charlayne Woodard's latest solo play about her role as aunt and godmother, currently at 59E59 Theaters.
Lizzie Borden Lizzie Borden
4 stars
Living Theatre
A new musical take on the Lizzie Borden folk tale, featuring Jenny Fellner in the title role.
Broke-Ology Broke-Ology
4 stars
Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater
Nathan Louis Jackson's graceful play about a family struggling to make ends meet.
Still Life Still Life
4 stars
Lucille Lortel Theatre
Alexander Dinelaris's riveting play about a creatively-blocked photographer.
The Happy Embalmer The Happy Embalmer
4 stars
Acorn Theatre
An NYMF musical about a lonely embalmer and his unique love interest.
The Breath of Life The Breath of Life
4 stars
Westport Country Playhouse, Westport
David Hare's subtly emotional drama stars Jane Alexander and Stockard Channing.
Two Unrelated Plays by David Mamet Two Unrelated Plays by David Mamet: Keep Your Pantheon and School
3 stars
Atlantic Theater Company @ Linda Gross Theater
Two punchy one-act plays from master playwright David Mamet.
Underground Underground
2 stars
Beckett Theatre
James McManus's play about West Virginia miners and their broken dreams.
A Steady Rain A Steady Rain
4 stars
Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre
Daniel Craig and Hugh Jackman play Chicago cops in Keith Huff's new Broadway two-hander.
The Master Builder The Master Builder
4 stars
Yale Repertory Theatre @ University Theatre, New Haven
Ibsen's symbolic play about a tortured architect, given a well-designed production in New Haven.
A Boy and His Soul A Boy and His Soul
3 stars
Vineyard Theatre
Colman Domingo's crowd-pleasing solo show about growing up with soul music in Philadelphia.
Kristina Kristina: A Concert Event
4 stars
Carnegie Hall
A sprawling epic from the composer-lyricist team behind Mamma Mia! and Chess.
Judy Garland Live! Judy Garland Live!
3 stars
Don't Tell Mama
Tommy Femia's drag impersonation of Judy Garland plays Saturday nights at famed cabaret Don't Tell Mama.
Killers and Other Family Killers and Other Family
2 stars
Rattlestick Theatre
Lucy Thurber's potentially dangerous play returns to New York for a run at the Rattlestick Theatre.
In the Daylight In the Daylight
4 stars
McGinn/Cazale Theatre
Tony Glazer's gripping thriller about the unexpected results of a popular author's homecoming.
Aftermath Aftermath
2 stars
New York Theatre Workshop
Jessica Blank and Erik Jensen's documentary play about Iraqi refugees, currently at New York Theatre Workshop.
Oorah Fathers and Sons
3 stars
The Lion Theatre
Richard Hoehler's metatheatrical two-hander about parent-child dynamics.
The Retributionists The Retributionists
3 stars
Playwrights Horizons
Daniel Goldfarb's intriguing post-Holocaust revenge play.
Oorah Oorah!
3 stars
Atlantic Theater Company Stage 2
Bekah Brunstetter's play about a North Carolina military family.
The Bereaved The Bereaved
4 stars
The Wild Project
Thomas Bradshaw's latest, sometimes shocking play about a family in crisis.
Parnell Street The Pride of Parnell Street
3 stars
59E59 Theatres
The 1st Irish Festival continues with Sebastian Barry's bleak two-hander.
Spinning Spinning The Times
2 stars
59E59 Theatres
Five vignettes taken from the New York press, staged as part of the 1st Irish Festival.
His Greatness His Greatness
2 stars
Cherry Lane Theatre
Part of the International Fringe Festival, Daniel MacIvor's play dramatizes the life of Tennessee Williams.
The Boys Upstairs The Boys Upstairs
3 stars
SoHo Playhouse
Jason Mitchell's bitchy portrait of twenty-first century American gay youth.
Leaves Leaves of Grass
3 stars
The Cell
Off off-Broadway production drawing on Walt Whitman's 1855 book of poetry.
A Lifetime Burning A Lifetime Burning
3 stars
59E59 Theatres
Primary Stages' production of Cusi Cram's new play about New York's beautiful people.
Slipping Slipping
5 stars
Rattlestick Theatre
Daniel Talbott's powerful play about the relationship between two young men.
Lyric is Waiting Lyric is Waiting
4 stars
Irish Repertory Theatre
Michael Puzzo's play about a turbulent relationship - and Bigfoot.
Vanities Vanities
3 stars
Second Stage Theatre
Musical adaptation by Jack Heifner of his own play about three female friends.
Pre-Disposal Pre-Disposal
2 stars
Access Theatre
EBE Ensemble stage John Prescod’s new play, set on a hot day in Bedford-Stuyvesant.
Mother Mother
3 stars
The Wild Project
Lisa Ebersole's new play depicts the New Year's Eve exploits of a dysfunctional family.
The Wiz The Wiz
2-5 stars
City Centre
Ashanti and LaChanze star in a revival of the African American version of The Wizard of Oz.
Dov and Ali Dov and Ali
3 stars
Cherry Lane Studio
Playwrights Realm stage Anna Ziegler's play about the relationsip between a Jewish teacher and his Muslim student.
Krapp, 39 Krapp, 39
1 stars
Soho Playhouse
Michael Laurence's intimate solo show about an actor’s obsessive identification with Beckett’s famous character.
The Amish Project The Amish Project
3-5 stars
Rattlestick Theatre
Jessica Dickey's thought-provoking solo show about the 2006 shooting in an Amish schoolhouse.
Our House Our House
4 stars
Playwrights Horizons
Theresa Rebeck's biting behind-the-scenes satire on the world of reality TV.
The Brother/Sister Plays The Brother/Sister Plays
5 stars
McCarter Theatre Centre, Princeton
Tarell Alvin McCraney's trilogy drawing on Yoruba myth is played out in full.
Measure for Measure Measure for Measure
5 stars
La Plaza Cultural
The New York Neo-Classical Ensemble stage Shakespeare under the stars.
I Have Been To Hiroshima Mon Amour I Have Been To Hiroshima...
3 stars
Ohio Theatre
Chiori Miyagawa's new play is staged as part of the Hiroshima Project.
A More Perfect Union A More Perfect Union
1 stars
13th Street Theatre
Romance blossoms between two Supreme Court law clerks in Vern Thiessen's play.
The Merchant The Merchant of Venice
4 stars
BAM
Propeller's all male staging of Shakespeare transplants the play to a prison.
Sophistry Sophistry
3 stars
Samuel Beckett Theatre
Revival of Jonathan Marc Sherman's play about a sexual assault at a New England college.
9 to 5 9 to 5
3 stars
Marquis Theatre
Allison Janney stars in a musical staging of the 1980 film, with songs by Dolly Parton.
Joe Turner's Come and Gone Joe Turner's Come and Gone
5 stars
Belasco Theatre
The Lincoln Centre Theatre revival of August Wilson's poetic play, part of his Century Cycle.
Next to Normal Next to Normal
5 stars
Booth Theatre
Alice Ripley stars in the Broadway staging of Tom Kitt and Brian Yorkey's musical.
Chasing Manet Chasing Manet
5 stars
59E59 Theaters
Lynn Cohen and Jane Alexander star in Tina Howe's tender, funny play.
Angela's Mixtape Angela's Mixtape
4 stars
Ohio Theatre
Eisa Davis writes and stars in a potent play about her mixed heritage,
Brunch Brunch - The Musical
2 stars
Chernuchin Theater
New musical set during the brunch shift of a busy New York restaurant.
Toxic Avenger The Toxic Avenger
3 stars
New World Stages
Shlocky new musical based on the 1980s B movie of the same name.
Torture is Wrong Why Torture is Wrong...
4 stars
Public Theater
Christopher Durang's sharp, witty comedy about the war on terror.
reasons to be pretty reasons to be pretty
3 stars
Lyceum Theatre
Neil LaBute makes his Broadway debut with the third play in his loose trilogy on body image.
An Oresteia An Oresteia
3 stars
Classic Stage Company
An ambitious three part reconfiguration of the classic Greek drama by Classic Stage Company
Hair Hair
4 stars
Al Hirschfield Theatre
Diane Paulus' lively revival of the anti-war musical transfers to Broadway.
Irena Irena's Vow
2 stars
Walter Kerr Theatre
Tovah Feldshuh stars in Dan Gordon's play about an act of heroism during the Holocaust.
Exit the King Exit the King
5 stars
Ethel Barrymore Theatre
Geoffrey Rush and Susan Sarandon star in Ionesco's absurdist classic.
1984 1984
4 stars
59E59 Theatres
Godlight Theatre's adaptation of George Orwell's novel of one man’s rebellion against a totalitarian state.
Impressionism Impressionism
3 stars
Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre
Joan Allen and Jeremy Irons star in Michael Jacobs's new play on Broadway.
Inked Baby Inked Baby
3 stars
Playwrights Horizons
Tony winner LaChanze stars in Christina Anderson's sensitive debut play.
God of carnage God of Carnage
5 stars
Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre
James Gandolfini and Jeff Daniels star in the Broadway staging of Yasmina Reza's play.
West Side Story West Side Story
4 stars
Palace Theatre
Arthur Laurents directs a new bilingual staging of the classic musical.
Incident at Vichy Incident at Vichy
1 stars
Beckett Theatre
Rare revival of Arthur Miller's 1964 play set in wartime France.
Blithe Spirit Blithe Spirit
4 stars
Shubert Theatre
Angela Lansbury and Rupert Everett star in Noel Coward's classic comedy.
33 Variations 33 Variations
3 stars
Eugene O'Neill Theatre
Jane Fonda returns to Broadway after a 46 year absence in Moisés Kaufman's new play.
The Savannah Disputation The Savannah Disputation
4 stars
Playwrights Horizons
Religion gets the sitcom treatment in Evan Smith's new comedy.
Guys and Dolls Guys and Dolls
3 stars
Nederlander Theatre
Oliver Platt and Craig Bierko star in a revival of the 1950 Broadway musical.
Our Town Our Town
3 stars
Barrow Street Theatre
David Cromer's sympathetic street-clothes staging of Thornton Wilder's play.
This Beautiful City This Beautiful City
3 stars
Vineyard Theatre
The Civillians present a musical-documentary exploration of the Colorado Springs evangelical movement.
Ruined Ruined
5 stars
Manhattan Theatre Club @ NY City Center Stage I
Lynn Nottage's powerful new play about the plight of women in the Congo.
Christine Jorgensen Reveals Christine Jorgensen Reveals
4 stars
Lion Theatre
Bradford Louryk revives his superb lip-sych show about America's first transexual.
The Winter's Tale The Winter's Tale
4 stars
BAM Harvey Theatre
Sam Mendes directs Simon Russell Beale and Ethan Hawke in the second Bridge Project production.
Soul Samurai Soul Samurai
2 stars
HERE Arts Centre
This action packed manga style show, by Qui Nguyen, features kick ass lesbians and vampire mobsters.
Mourning Becomes Electra Mourning Becomes Electra
1 stars
Acorn Theatre
Jena Malone and Lili Taylor star in a turgid staging of Eugene O'Neill's play.
Three Sisters Three Sisters
3 stars
Harlem Stage Gatehouse
Christopher McElroen directs Chekhov's play for the Classical Theatre of Harlem.
DollHouse Mabou Mines DollHouse
4 stars
St Ann's Warehouse
Lee Breuer directs a unique staging of Ibsen's classic play.
Uncle Vanya Uncle Vanya
4 stars
Classic Stage Company
Maggie Gyllenhaal and Peter Sarsgaard star in an emotive staging of Chekhov's play.
The Third Story The Third Story
2 stars
Lucille Lortel Theatre
Kathleen Turner stars in Charles Busch's film noir send up.
Emilie's Voltaire Emilie's Voltaire
3 stars
Beckett Theatre
Arthur Giron’s new play about the 16-year affair between Voltaire and his aristocratic lover.
Architecting Architecting
4 stars
P.S. 122
TEAM - Theatre of the Emerging American Moment - stage a remarkable American saga.
The American Plan The American Plan
4 stars
Samuel J. Friedman Theatre
Mercedes Ruehl stars in the Manhattan Theatre Club staging of Richard Greenberg's play.
Sixty Miles to Silver Lake Sixty Miles to Silver Lake
3 stars
Soho Rep
Anne Kauffman directs Dan LeFranc's sensitively drawn two-hander.
Sixty Miles to Silver Lake Terre Haute
4 stars
59E59 Theaters
Edmund White's taut two hander inspired by the correspondance between Gore Vidal and Timothy McVeigh.
Christine Ebersole Christine Ebersole at Cafe Carlyle
4 stars
Cafe Carlyle
The two-time Tony winner in a new tour through the American Songbook,
The Cherry Orchard The Cherry Orchard
5 stars
BAM Harvey Theatre
As part of the Bridge Project, Sam Mendes directs a cast including Simon Russell Beale and Ethan Hawke.
Ten Blocks Ten Blocks on the Camino Real
2 stars
Ohio Theatre
Staging of Tennessee Williams' infrequently revived play, an early version of Camino Real.
Twelfth Twelfth Night
4 stars
Kirk Theatre
The New York Neo-Classical Ensemble stage Shakespeare's comedy.
The Cripple of Inishmaan The Cripple of Inishmaan
4 stars
Linda Gross Theatre
The Atlantic Theatre Company stage Martin McDonagh's dark comedy.
Pal Joey Pal Joey
2 stars
Studio 54
Stockard Channing stars in Roundabout's revival of Rodger and Hart’s classic musical.
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The Piano Lesson, Yale Repertory Theatre

The Momentum, Laurie Beechman Theatre

The Walk Across America for Mother Earth, La MaMa E.T.C.

John Gabriel Borkman, BAM Harvey Theater

Blood From a Stone, Acorn Theatre

Malfi, Inc., Theatre 54

Pieces, 59E59 Theaters

A Delicate Balance, Yale Repertory Theatre

The Memorandum, Beckett Theatre

The Scottsboro Boys, Lyceum Theatre

Driving Miss Daisy, Golden Theatre

Futura, TBG Theatre

La Bete, The Music Box Theatre

Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson, Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre

A Life in the Theatre, Schoenfeld Theatre

In Transit, 59E59 Theaters



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