PURLIE VICTORIOUS A Non-Confederate Romp Through the Cotton Patch by Ossie Davis Directed by Kenny Leon Starring Leslie Odom, Jr Music Box Theatre Official Website Reviewed by David Spencer It’s not a totally unknown phenomenon, but it’s one that never fails to fascinate me: the way in which an especially hip and insightfully written play …
ALL THE DEVILS ARE HERE Created and Performed by Patrick Page Directed by Simon Godwin DR2 Theatre Official Website Reviewed by David Spencer Patrick Page’s All the Devils are Here: How Shakespeare Invented the Villain is, say I, one of the last half-century or so’s great one actor shows. There aren’t many. And at least …
Written by Scott Brown and Anthony King Directed by Alex Timbers Starring Josh Gad and Andrew Rannells James Earl Jones Theatre Official Website Reviewed by David Spencer It has sometimes happened in my reviewing career that a revival comes along and I really don’t need to write an entirely fresh review, because what I’ve written …
DRACULA: A COMEDY OF TERRORS by Gordon Greenberg and Steve Rosen Directed by Gordon Greenberg New World Stages Official Website Reviewed by David Spencer Theatrical parody of genre tropes is tough to get right. Too often, the target is misunderstood, or not sufficiently understood (under-understood?) and the proceedings descend into camp—or worse, are used as …
PARTNERSHIP by Elizabeth Baker Directed by Jackson Gay A Production of the Mint Theatre Theatre Row Reviewed by David Spencer Partnership by British dramatist Elizabeth Baker (1876-1962) is the latest in what the Mint Theatre’s three-production “project” celebrating her work. As some of you know, the Mint is dedicated to the rediscovery of unjustly neglected …
JOB by Max Wolf Freidlich Directed by Michael Herwitz Closed but of note Webpage at Soho Playhouse Site Reviewed by David Spencer I don’t really want to say that much about Job, because to say too much is to enter the Land of Spoilers. Because Job is a fooler. And though its initial Soho Playhouse …
