Theater reviews
Newsday's reviews of Broadway, off-Broadway and Long Island theater productions.
Photo credit: Monique Carboni | From left, Mahira Kakkar, Stephanie Janssen and Ethan Hawke in "Clive," written by Jonathan Marc Sherman, directed by Ethan Hawke, opening Feb 7, 2013.
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review Theater 6/12/13 'RFK' review: One-man show at Studio Theatre "RFK," Jack Holmes' taut one-man play about Robert F. Kennedy's life in the years between ... Read More »
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review Theater 6/11/13 'Reasons to Be Happy': A different LaBute When Neil LaBute names a play "Reasons to Be Happy," one has to ask, "Hey, ... Read More »
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review Theater 6/11/13 'Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson' review Andrew Jackson was America's first non-elitist president -- the first popularly elected, the first from ... Read More »
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review Theater 6/10/13 '3 Kinds of Exile': Intriguing Guare After all these decades, we still never know where John Guare and his restless, altogether ... Read More »
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review Theater 6/6/13 'Somewhere Fun': Not so much In 2008, Jenny Schwartz arrived, as if fully formed, on the must-see list of gifted ... Read More »
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review Theater 6/5/13 'Songtag Reborn": Philosopher grows It is strange and a little thrilling to think about Susan Sontag as a 15-year-old ... Read More »
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review Theater 6/3/13 'Far From Heaven': Far from great So many people do so much serious work in "Far From Heaven," the much-anticipated musical ... Read More »
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review Theater 5/31/13 'The Caucasian Chalk Circle': Ah, Christopher Lloyd 'Terrible is the temptation to do good," softly growls the mysterious narrator played by the ... Read More »
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review Theater 5/29/13 'South Pacific' review: Worth a visit It's a measure of how far we've come that the racism in Rodgers and Hammerstein's ... Read More »
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review Theater 5/22/13 Review: 'Putnam County Spelling Bee' News flash: "The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee" is rigged! ... Read More »