Letters From Max (a ritual)
[full review published in Time Out New York February 27, 2023.] From 2012 through 2016, playwright Sarah Ruhl exchanged letters with her student Max Ritvo, which she published in 2018 […]
Political Machines, Private Lives: Facing the Truth of ‘The True’
[Originally published in The Clyde Fitch Report, September 21, 2018.] The spine of Sharr White’s new play The True, produced Off-Broadway by The New Group, is the whir of a sewing machine. It’s the […]
‘Be More Chill’ is Infectious Joy On Stage And Off
[Published in Theater Pizzazz, August 10, 2018.] You will hear, see, and feel the future of musical theater in the Joe Iconis and Joe Tracz creation Be More Chill, now at The […]
At Last, There’s ‘Peace for Mary Frances’ (and Lois Smith)
[Original published in The Clyde Fitch Report, May 24, 2018.] In The New Group’s production of Lily Thorne’s painful and beautiful play Peace for Mary Frances, an extended family contends with an aging […]
Miller’s “20th Century Blues”: 40 Years, Four Women Fall Flat
[feature image caption: Ellen Parker, Franchelle Stewart Dorn, Polly Draper and Kathryn Grody ponder 20th Century Blues. Photos: Joan Marcus.] [Original published in The Clyde Fitch Report, November 27, 2017.] I […]
Master Harold Assumes His Place
[article as originally published in Theater Pizzazz, November 16, 2016.] The slightly run down tea shop setting in the current Signature revival of Athol Fugard’s “Master Harold” … and the […]
review: the piano lesson
The Piano Lesson By August Wilson Directed by Ruben Santiago-Hudson Featuring Roslyn Ruff, Brandon J. Dirden, James A Williams The Pershing Square Signature Center, 480 West 42nd Street November 18, 2012 […]
event musings: industry talk: literary directors and managers
Industry Talk: Literary Directors and Managers Host and moderator Christie Evaneglisto with Kirsten Bowen, Adam Greenfield, Carrie Hughes, Annie MacRae, Elizabeth Frankel Thursday, May 31, 2012 at 6pm Signature Theatre Alice Griffin Jewel Box Theatre, 480 West 42nd Street event site Signature Theatre and its new home at the Pershing Square Signature Center has become a meeting place of sorts. A […]
review: title and deed
Title and Deed Written by Will Eno Directed by Judy Hegarty Lovett Featuring Conor Lovett The Pershing Square Signature Center Alice Griffin Jewel Box Theatre, 480 West 42nd Street May […]
review: edward albee’s the lady from dubuque
Edward Albee’s The Lady From Dubuque by Edward Albee Directed by David Esbjornson Featuring Jane Alexander, Michael Hayden, Peter Francis James, Laila Robins The Pershing Square Signature Center, 488 West 42nd Street […]
urban excavations 