A nearly-forgotten play is typically revived for one of two reasons: it is either timely or timeless. Simon Gray’s The Common Pursuit fits neither description, and the Roundabout Theatre Company’s choice to present it now is a curiosity.

The new production of Macbeth by Epic Theatre Ensemble is perhaps as ambitious as its notorious title character.

The gender-reversed casting of Helena and Lysander still works seamlessly, and the same-sex marriage concept rings true once again.

A favorite childhood fantasy and a familiar elementary school dilemma join neatly together in Uncle Pirate at Vital Theatre Company.

Using the most intellectually outlandish play title in recent memory, the New York Neo-Futurists brilliantly deconstruct the early work of a revered modernist master in their hilariously insightful new creation, The Complete & Condensed Stage Directions of Eugene O’Neill, Vol.1: Early Plays/Lost Plays.

The inescapable summer Shakespeare favorite A Midsummer Night's Dream has been given a gay-marriage interpretation by The Hive and the cell. To my astonishment, it is easily the most persuasive and compelling Midsummer of the dozen I have seen.

The Berenstain Bears Live! Family Matters, the Musical is a refreshing departure from the usual format. Family Matters dares to tell a logical, instructive and entertaining set of stories with upbeat music and a modest yet satisfying stage design.

In 1968, a New Hampshire man named Austin Wiggin declared that his mother had offered a solution for his financial woes from beyond the grave: his three teenage daughters should form a rock band called The Shaggs.

Performer Bob Jaffe was inspired to create ...and then you go on, his solo riff on the texts of Samuel Beckett, after seeing a similar performance 40 years ago by the renowned Beckett interpreter Jack MacGowran.

A brief and brooding tableau of the solitary Alceste sets the tone for the Pearl Theatre Company’s pleasingly dark interpretation of the beloved comedy The Misanthrope. The production is s