Theater Editorial Reviews
1. 'Boeing' fueled with laughs
By Matt Windman - May 6, 2008
Despite stereotypes and silliness, 'Boeing-Boeing' takes comedy to new heights
2. An 'Affair' to forget
By Matt Windman - April 21, 2008
Though offering a slice of kitchen-sink realism, 'A Catered Affair' is labored and gloomy
3. A passionate 'Kiss'
By Aaron Leichter - April 11, 2008
"Rainbow Kiss' illuminates the darkest corners of depression and youthful hunger
4. In the Heights
By Matt Windman - March 13, 2008
Colorful Latin musical celebrating a city subculture on the verge of extinction
5. The right kind of 'Strange'
By Aaron Leichter - March 21, 2008
More than a musical, ‘Passing Strange’ is a rock and roll revelation
6. Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
By Aaron Leichter - March 11, 2008
The exciting all-black revival of the sultry Southern classic is marred by iffy direction
7. Slightly out of tune
By Aaron Leichter - March 8, 2008
No mystery, just emptiness in 'Parlour Song'
8. Beebo Brinker Chronicles
By Aaron Leichter - March 4, 2008
Ah, the complicated, simple pleasures of 1950's lesbian pulp
9. Too many 'Years'
By Aaron Leichter - February 13, 2008
In 'Two Thousand Years,' a Jewish family argues politics and religion. This is drama?
10. 'Wild Party' in Brooklyn
By Matt Windman - February 18, 2008
The Gallery Players score with their spirited revival examining the dark side of Jazz Age decadence
11. Maddening, indeed
By Aaron Leichter - February 8, 2008
"The Maddening Truth" fails to ignite interest in the indomitable Martha Gellhorn
12. 'Happy Days' for Beckett fans
By Matt Windman - February 1, 2008
Fiona Shaw dazzles in BAM's new production of Beckett's existential classic
13. 'The 39 Steps' spoofs Hitchcock
By Matt Windman - January 16, 2008
Expect style over substance at this Broadway parody of Hitchcock's 1935 film
14. 'Young Frankenstein'
By Matt Windman - November 9, 2007
Mel Brooks' anticipated follow up to "The Producers" is a monstrous disappointment
15. 'Yellow Face' at the Public Theater
By Aaron Leichter - December 14, 2007
David Henry Hwang confuses autobiography and fiction in 'Yellow Face'
16. 'Cymbeline' at Lincoln Center
By Aaron Leichter - December 6, 2007
One of Shakespeare’s thorniest works gets its edges smoothed
17. We're not dyin' for it
By Aaron Leichter - November 29, 2007
Hipsters behave badly when Ethan Hawke directs 'Things We Want'
18. 'The Brothers Size' at the Public Theater
By Aaron Leichter - November 26, 2007
Tarell McCraney expertly weaves an American tale of brotherhood out of African myth
19. Review: '1001'
By Aaron Leichter - November 7, 2007
Jason Grote’s '1001' hyperlinks 'Arabian Nights' to a post-catastrophe Manhattan
20. 'A Feminine Ending' at Playwrights Horizons
By Aaron Leichter - October 26, 2007
Sarah Treem’s charming, albeit inexperienced, new Off-Broadway drama
21. 'The Ritz' at Studio 54
by Lenna King - October 16, 2007
Perez and Chamberlin star in the Roundabout's Broadway revival of McNally's 1975 farce
22. "The Last Starfighter" at The Theater @ St. Clements
By Aaron Leichter - October 16, 2007
A cosmically entertaining musical adaptation of the classic '80s flick
23. "The Brig" at The Living Theater
By Aaron Leichter - October 16, 2007
A fierce retelling of the 1961 depiction of the brutality of military prison
24. "Iphigenia 2.0" at the Signature Theater
By Aaron Leichter - October 16, 2007
A radical reinvention of Euripides' classic examining the costs of war
25. “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” at the Delacorte Theatre
By Aaron Leichter - October 16, 2007
This typically effervescent tale falls a tad too flat for our taste
26. Patti's Turn
by Lenna King - October 16, 2007
Finally, LuPone gets a crack at Mama Rose—and nails it
