TOP GIRLS
Stan Richardson has just filed a rave review of the Broadway premiere of this play by Caryl Churchill, which is being presented by Manhattan Theatre Club at the Biltmore. The production runs until June 29. In the photo are Jennifer Ikeda and Mary Beth Hurt in a scene from the show.
NEW ON NYTHEATRECAST: William Carden, artistic director of Ensemble Studio Theatre, talks to Martin Denton about Marathon 2008, EST's annual one-act play festival, on the newest episode of our podcast series. Read more here or download the podcast here.
BOEING BOEING
A lot of reviewers are very happy with the new Broadway revival of this 1960s vintage sex comedy; read Martin Denton's review for a dissenting opinion.
A WILLIAMS RARITY
The Actors Company Theatre (TACT) is currently presenting a revival of the seldom-seen Tennessee Williams play The Eccentricities of a Nightingale, the revision of his earlier Summer and Smoke. Our reviewer David Johnston says that Williams fans are in for a treat; read his review.
FAMILIES IN CRISIS
Torben Betts's new play The Unconquered has just opened as part of 59E59's Brits Off Broadway festival. It's about a family being torn asunder by materialism and corruption. Read Jo Ann Rosen's rave review....And Derek Ahonen's new two-part play The Hey You Monster looks at how murder affects two very different dysfunctional families. Read Martin Denton's review of Part I.
ENDGAME
Matt Freeman weighs in on the new production of the Samuel Beckett play at BAM. John Turturro and Max Casella star with Elaine Stritch and Alvin Epstein. Read Matt's review.
IMPOSSIBLE DREAM
Man of la Mancha is currently at The Gallery Players in Brooklyn, in a production helmed by Tom Wojtunik that made our reviewer Debbie Beaudin rave; read her comments.
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THURGOOD
Laurence Fishburne stars as Thurgood Marshall in the new play at Broadway's Booth Theatre, written by George Stevens, Jr. Read Martin Denton's review, which tells us that the subject is deserving of a less perfunctory biographical drama than this one.
INDIE THEATER NOW!
Check out this month's edition of nytheatrecast's audio variety show, previewing six new indie theater productions, including Off the Hozzle, Everyman, GayfestNYC, 5 Borough Plays, Colorful World, and the Lone Wolf Series. Download it now!
SOUTH PACIFIC
Lincoln Center Theater's revival of the classic Rodgers & Hammerstein musical is the highlight of the spring season, says our reviewer Martin Denton. Read the rave review.
