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It was as rewarding a night as I've spent in the theater this year, all the more remarkable for being his stage debut.

Lovers of drama will have to admire the sentiment. Then they will have to wonder what in the name of precious metaphors McNally is trying to do in this tangled play.

'Lennon' doesn’t work. But that’s no reason to reject the potential of the jukebox-musical genre.

'Oedipus at Palm Springs' finds the Five Lesbian Brothers in an unusually realistic mood.

A charming revival of Big River mixes hearing and deaf actors performing together; Avenue Q reinvents Sesame Street as adult entertainment.

All manner of fantastic creatures pop up: a chorus of frogs, airborne fairies, a fluttering nightingale, a juggling jester, a sleepy cat, a giant spider�even the poisonous spindle has a distinctive personality all its own.

Le Dernier Caravansérail proves it’s possible to mount a play about refugees that doesn’t feel like homework.

With Central Park as its idyllic backdrop, 'As You Like It' is at once deeply flawed and totally disarming.

In this lively production, Somerset Maugham’s comedy of marital manners feels surprisingly modern.

The lively treatment lacks some emotional punch, failing to convey the full sadness of a Russian family about to lose its home. But Donaghy does capture the play’s comedy and, paradoxically, its existential despair.