ELYSA GARDNER
Ms. Gardner has written about theater and music for The New York Times, The…
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‘Three Houses’ Shares Its Newly Single Characters’ Pandemic Tales of Woe — Plus, There Are Puppets and a Wolf
While the latest offering from Dave Malloy — who briefly became a Broadway sensation with ‘Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812’ — proves uneven, devotees of his work should find ample enjoyment here.
A Muscular Modern Rock Musical, ‘The Lonely Few’ Is Also Queer and Quaint
Lovingly directed by Trip Cullman and Ellenore Scott, ‘Few’ emerges as a charming — if largely unsurprising — showcase for its gifted young cast members.
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.
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