Ingenious Nature at SoHo Playhouse

Catherine Rampell isn't totally impressed with Baba Brinkman’s Ingenious Nature, saying it:

"ultimately comes off as a sort of male derivative of “Sex and the City,” but with less narrative finesse and greater insistence on scientific legitimacy"

 Read the full review: HERE

Jason Zinoman likes A MAP OF VIRTUE

Zinoman says of the 13P show, "Erin Courtney’s delicate gem, “A Map of Virtue,” is the kind of play that could be ruined in development, since its potentially disastrous affectations are also the source of its beauty."

Read the full review: HERE.

Isherwood reviews BLOOD KNOT

Charles says of the Signature Theater production of Blood Knot, "the production is more intellectually stimulating than emotionally engaging. On the surface the performances are impeccable, but a crucial spark of authentic feeling remains stubbornly absent." 

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Isherwood on "The Broken Heart"

Charles Isherwood says that Theater for a New Audience's THE BROKEN HEART is a, "well-acted but ultimately monotonous production."

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Brantley reviews "How I Learned To Drive"

"One of the most discomfiting love stories to emerge from the American theater has returned to New York, 15 years after its debut, with its emotional power undiluted. If anything, “How I Learned to Drive,” which won the Pulitzer Prize for drama, seems even sadder, funnier and more perceptive, now that its original shock value has evaporated."

You can read the full review: HERE

Ben's Back And Looks At "Merrily We Roll Along"

On the Encores Series production, Brantley concludes, "by the end you felt that same old mixture of exhilaration and deflation that “Merrily” — beautiful and damned “Merrily” — always inspires."

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Isherwood is high on "Rx"

Isherwood calls Primary Stages production of Kate Fodor's play RX, "a winning combination of light satire and romance."

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Isherwood on "Myths and Hymns"

Isherwood calls director Elizabeth Lucas’s staging of MYTHS AND HYMNS for Prospect Theater Company, "gently luminous."

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Isherwood isn't in love with "The Ugly One"

"But even at just an hour, with its scenes spliced together tightly, “The Ugly One” belabors both its jokes and its ideas."

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Catherine Rampell catches "These Seven Sicknesses"

Catherine Rampell  calls The Flea Theater's production of These Seven Sicknesses a "vibrant downtown retelling of these dark Greek legends."

Read the full review: HERE.