A Behanding in Spokane
Christopher Walken gives a bizarre, kooky, and captivating star turn in Martin McDonagh's blood-soaked black comedy. But don't look for anything deeper than a few gory laughs. More »

The Miracle Worker
The story of teacher Annie Sullivan unlocking the deaf-and-blind young Helen Keller from a world of darkness carries an elemental power that survives even director Kate Whoriskey's troubled staging. More »

Time Stands Still
In Donald Margulies' new drama "Time Stands Still," Laura Linney proves yet again she's one of our finest actors. Even when others are speaking, we are drawn back to Linney. More »

A View From the Bridge
Liev Schreiber and a brilliant cast bring new life to this oft-produced Arthur Miller tragedy, staged with stunning simplicity by Gregory Mosher. More »

Sin
This play based on Isaac Bashevis Singer's "The Unseen" is a spooky adult fable, yet despite strong performances and vivid design, it drags as much as it provokes. More »

Happy in the Poorhouse
Derek Ahonen's new play shifts between camp and contemplation in an uneven take on the dream deferred. More »

Ladies in Retirement
It's probably wiser to retire these “Ladies,” but though this once-successful play is now long, obvious, and clunky, the production shines. More »

The Rink (in Concert)
Unless you simply must see every Broadway musical ever produced or want to see a talented cast give their all for not much, let Kander and Ebb be remembered for "Cabaret," "Chicago," "Zorba"—anything but this. More »

El beso del adiós (Kiss Bessemer Goodbye)
This by-the-books family drama has some laughs but not much else. More »

Living in a Musical
This benighted production proves to be a work of gob-smacking incompetence. More »

Neighbors
Branden Jacobs-Jenkins has arrived with a big old bang with “Neighbors,” a grandly theatrical, highly subversive, and immensely intelligent play that takes a long hard look at our supposedly post-racial society. More »

Remembering Mr. Maugham
Those looking for literary insights or dramatic tension would do better to read a Somerset Maugham novel or watch a Garson Kanin movie. More »

Lyon Opera Ballet
Despite its name, France's Lyon Opera Ballet is proffering a full evening of choreography that abounds in modern-dance sensibilities, with nary a pointe shoe in sight. More »

Special Kaye: A Tribute to the Incomparable Kaye Ballard
Gretchen Reinhagen's one-woman salute to the great Kaye Ballard won a 2010 Nightlife Award and has been installed in an open-ended one-performance-per-month run at the Metropolitan Room. More »

John Standing: Performing Noël Coward
John Standing may be appearing in cabaret, but that hasn't stopped him from delivering a master class in acting in this program of Noël Coward songs at Café Carlyle. More »

Betty Buckley: For the Love of Broadway
The Tony-winning actor-singer does Broadway her way in a dazzling kaleidoscope of emotions and vocal impressions. More »