‘Assistance’: young New Yorkers working for a boss from hell
Leslye Headland scored a hit at Second Stage two years ago with her viciously funny comedy, “Bachelorette,” and now she is back at a different Manhattan venue — Playwrights Horizons — with another...
View Article‘Big Fish’: not even Norbert Leo Butz can save it
The talent and energy of Norbert Leo Butz is reminiscent of two musical comedy stars of the past — Jerry Orbach and Robert Preston. Butz has an everyman quality coupled with an obvious love of...
View Article‘Mothers and Sons’: a new chapter in McNally’s gay history
The Terrence McNally play, “Mothers and Sons,” deals with the lingering impact of the AIDS crisis on those who survived the devastation of the 1980s and 1990s but it also looks at a younger generation...
View Article‘Boy’: the mysteries of gender
In the moving and provocative new drama “Boy,” Anna Ziegler uses a controversial 1966 case of “gender reassignment” surgery as a starting point to explore the complexities of sexual identity. The play...
View ArticleBobby Steggert returns to ‘My Paris’
Bobby Steggert’s recent run of daring stage performances isn’t coincidental. The actor says he’s learned to take parts in plays that scare him a bit. It’s the only way to stretch and grow as a...
View Article‘My Paris’: beautiful, intimate musical
Long Wharf Theatre is ending its current season on a high with a terrific new musical, “My Paris,” about the life and art of Toulouse-Lautrec. The show was given a workshop staging last year at...
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