ELYSA GARDNER
Ms. Gardner has written about theater and music for The New York Times, The…
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Much More Than the Understandable Bitterness, a Sense of Defiance Defines ‘Oct. 7: A Verbatim Play’
The playwright, Phelim McAleer, concentrates not on the rapes and sexual violence of that day but on the resilience of those who lived through the October 7 onslaught in Israel and its aftermath.
‘Here There Are Blueberries,’ Centered on Everyday Nazi Life at Auschwitz, Plumbs the Depths of the Banality of Evil
Writer and director Moisés Kaufman and co-writer Amanda Gronich have directed their attention to some of Adolf Eichmann’s similarly notorious cohorts, as well as men — and women — whose names will be unfamiliar to most.
A Neil Simon Comedy, ‘I Ought to Be in Pictures,’ Lands Off-Broadway in Its First Staging Since 1980
For all its enduring popularity, Simon’s work is only seldom produced on Broadway these days: Even if you don’t consider yourself unduly preoccupied with misogyny, his portraits of men and women can be as dated as many of his jokes.
A High-Powered Cast Admirably Handles Paula Vogel’s Sometimes Difficult ‘Mother Play’
Jessica Lange, Jim Parsons, and a Broadway favorite, Celia Keenan-Bolger star in a semi-autobiographical work that suggests that Vogel harbors considerable anger toward the original ‘Mother,’ and also regards her with some pity.
With Steve Carell in the Title Role, Chekhov’s Comedic Elements Stand Out in This ‘Uncle Vanya’
Unfortunately, while Carell and many others in the cast offer credible performances, the revival now at Lincoln Center Theater, featuring a new adaptation by Heidi Schreck, fails to live up to other interpretations of the play.
Now on Broadway, ‘Mary Jane’ Mesmerizes Even With Subject Matter Than Can Be Difficult To Handle
Amy Herzog captures, with dialogue that feels bracingly, fearlessly authentic — and that is often very funny besides — how powerful love can be in the face of pain and loss and, just as significantly, the limits of that power.
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