During my 20 years working as a theater reviewer in New York City, I was fortunate to see thousands of plays, and to write about them for my website nytheatre[dot]com. I have adapted many of those reviews and posted them on goodreads. These reviews focus on the script rather than any production or performance elements. I am glad that I am able to continue to share my thoughts about these various plays and musicals. Follow the links below to read them!
Contemporary American Plays
- Good Boys and True by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa
- Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom
- Writer's Block by Woody Allen
- None of the Above by Jenny Lyn Bader
- The Paris Letter by Jon Robin Baitz
- All That I Will Ever Be by Alan Ball
- Enchanted April by Matthew Barber
- The Little Dog Laughed by Douglas Carter Beane
- The Wooden Breeks by Glen Berger
- Underneath the Lintel by Glen Berger
- Going to St. Ives by Lee Blessing
- Thief River by Lee Blessing
- Death in England by Sam Bobrick
- subUrbia by Eric Bogosian
- The Women of Lockerbie by Deborah Brevoort
- How to Act Around Cops by Logan Brown
- Questa by Victor Bumbalo
- The Busy World is Hushed by Keith Bunin
- The Credeaux Canvas by Keith Bunin
- The World Over by Keith Bunin
- Theophilus North by Matthew Burnett
- Tale of the Allergist's Wife by Charles Busch
- Roses in December by Victor L. Cahn
- The Optimist by Jason Chimondes
- Pick Up Ax by Anthony Clarvoe
- Anna in the Tropics by Nilo Cruz
- Beauty of the Father by Nilo Cruz
- Anna Bella Eema by Lisa d'Amour
- Avow by Bill C. Davis
- Mass Appeal by Bill C. Davis
- The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion
- Drinks Before Dinner by E.L. Doctorow
- The Beginning of August by Tom Donaghy
- Living Room in Africa by Bathsheba Doran
- The Flu Season by Will Eno
- Imaginary Friends by Nora Ephron
- Miss Evers' Boys by David Feldshuh
- 100 Saints You Should Know by Kate Fodor
- The Beard of Avon by Amy Freed
- Flesh and Blood by Peter Gaitens
- [sic] by Melissa James Gibson
- After Ashley by Gina Gionfriddo
- Trying by Joanna McClelland Glass
- Cowboy Versus Samurai by Michael Golamco
- Good Thing by Jessica Goldberg
- Yohen by Philip Kan Gotanda
- Pen by David Marshall Grant
- Snakebit by David Marshall Grant
- Take Me Out by Richard Greenberg
- The Dazzle by Richard Greenberg
- Three Days of Rain by Richard Greenberg
- Burning Blue by D.M.W. Greer
- Measure for Pleasure by David Grimm
- The Right Kind of People by Charles Grodin
- Orange Lemon Egg Canary by Rinne Groff
- Chaucer In Rome by John Guare
- Six Degrees of Separation by John Guare
- Far East by A.R. Gurney
- Hollywood Arms by Carrie Hamilton & Carol Burnett
- Aphrodisiac by Rob Handel
- Straight On Til Morning by Trish Harnetiaux
- A Picasso by Jeffrey Hatcher
- Miracles by Frank Higgins
- RFK by Jack Holmes
- Captains and Courage by Israel Horovitz
- Lebensraum by Israel Horovitz
- My Old Lady by Israel Horovitz
- Golden Child by David Henry Hwang
- Yellow Face by David Henry Hwang
- Is He Dead? by David Ives
- New Jerusalem by David Ives
- Pilgrims of the Night by Len Jenkin
- Matt & Ben by Mindy Kaling & Brenda Withers
- The Laramie Project by Moises Kaufman
- Play Yourself by Harry Kondoleon
- Boys' Life by Howard Korder
- Sea of Tranquility by Howard Korder
- Eat the Taste by Greg Kotis
- The Normal Heart by Larry Kramer
- Self Defense by Carson Kreitzer
- bash by Neil LaBute
- This is How it Goes by Neil LaBute
- Nixon's Nixon by Russell Lees
- August: Osage County by Tracy Letts
- Bug by Tracy Letts
- Fuddy Meers by David Lindsay-Abaire
- Rabbit Hole by David Lindsay-Abaire
- Never the Sinner by John Logan
- Living Out by Lisa Loomer
- This Thing of Darkness by Craig Lucas & David Schulner
- Nobody Don't Like Yogi by Tom Lysaght
- Kissing Fidel by Eduardo Machado
- The Cook by Eduardo Machado
- Glengarry Glen Ross by David Mamet
- November by David Mamet
- Romance by David Mamet
- Still Life by Emily Mann
- The Gardens of Frau Hess by Milton Frederick Marcus
- Collected Stories by Donald Margulies
- Dinner with Friends by Donald Margulies
- Picasso at the Lapin Agile by Steve Martin
- The Underpants by Steve Martin
- Adult Entertainment by Elaine May
- The Sunset Limited by Cormac McCarthy
- Endpapers by Thomas McCormack
- The Brothers Size by Tarrell Alvin McCraney
- An Almost Holy Picture by Heather McDonald
- Split Second by Dennis McIntyre
- Deuce by Terrence McNally
- Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune by Terrence McNally
- Some Men by Terrence McNally
- The Ritz by Terrence McNally
- The Stendhal Syndrome by Terrence McNally
- Iphigenia 2.0 by Charles L. Mee, Jr.
- Mystery of Attraction by Marlane Meyer
- Frank's Home by Richard Nelson
- The Last Barbecue by Brett Neveu
- The Curate Shakespeare As You Like It by Don Nigro
- 'night, Mother by Marsha Norman
- Intimate Apparel by Lynn Nottage
- Plays by Dan O'Brien
- Ruby's Story by Ron Osborne
- Jane Ho by John Pallotta
- A Bronx Tale by Chazz Palminteri
- Fucking A by Suzan-Lori Parks
- Topdog/Underdog by Suzan-Lori Parks
- QED by Peter Parnell
- Trumpery by Peter Parnell
- Facing East by Carol Lynn Pearson
- Hurlyburly by David Rabe
- Blue by Charles Randolph Wright
- Essential Self Defense by Adam Rapp
- Red Light Winter by Adam Rapp
- No Niggers, No Jews, No Dogs by John Henry Redwood
- The Old Settler by John Henry Redwood
- Clarence Darrow by David W. Rintels
- The Overwhelming by J.T. Rogers
- Regrets Only by Paul Rudnick
- The Most Fabulous Story Ever Told by Paul Rudnick
- Dead Man's Cell Phone by Sarah Ruhl
- The Chinese Art of Placement by Stanley Rutherford
- Denial by Peter Sagal
- Icarus by Edwin Sanchez
- Unmerciful Good Fortune by Edwin Sanchez
- Lackawanna Blues by Ruben Santiago-Hudson
- God's Ear by Jenny Schwartz
- Roar by Betty Shamieh
- Doubt by John Patrick Shanley
- Pugilist Specialist by Adriano Shaplin
- Magic Hands Freddy by Arje Shaw
- The Gathering by Arje Shaw
- The Late Henry Moss by Sam Shepard
- True West by Sam Shepard
- Patience by Jason Sherman
- Dying City by Christopher Shinn
- Four by Christopher Shinn
- The Foreigner by Larry Shue
- Kurt Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse Five, or The Children's Crusade by Eric Simonson
- House Arrest by Anna Deavere Smith
- The Uneasy Chair by Evan Smith
- The Farnsworth Invention by Aaron Sorkin
- Barbra's Wedding by Daniel Stern
- Thurgood by George Stevens, Jr.
- The Action Against Sol Schulman by Jeffrey Sweet
- Nerve by Adam Szymkowicz
- The Crumple Zone by Buddy Thomas
- Memory House by Kathleen Tolan
- The Wax by Kathleen Tolan
- The Last Sunday in June by Jonathan Tolins
- The Twilight of the Golds by Jonathan Tolins
- A Feminine Ending by Sarah Treem
- Trumbo: Red, White & Blacklisted by Christopher Trumbo
- The Happy Sad by Ken Urban
- Ain't Supposed to Die a Natural Death by Melvin Van Peebles
- How I Learned to Drive by Paula Vogel
- The Oldest Profession by Paula Vogel
- Billboard by Michael Vukadinovich
- The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe by Jane Wagner
- Birdy by Naomi Wallace
- The Internationalist by Anne Washburn
- Privilege by Paul Weitz
- Gem of the Ocean by August Wilson
- King Hedley II by August Wilson
- Ma Rainey's Black Bottom by August Wilson
- Radio Golf by August Wilson
- Seven Guitars by August Wilson
- Two Trains Running by August Wilson
- A Perfect Relationship by Doric Wilson
- Kilt by Jonathan Wilson
- Book of Days by Lanford Wilson
- Serenading Louie by Lanford Wilson
- Sympathetic Magic by Lanford Wilson
- The Story by Tracey Scott Wilson
- Temporary Help by David Wiltse
- Murder in Baker Street by Judd Woldin
- Orange Flower Water by Craig Wright
- Shakin' the Mess Outta Misery by Shay Youngblood
Classic American Plays
- All Over by Edward Albee
- At Home at the Zoo by Edward Albee
- Seascape by Edward Albee
- The Goat; or, Who Is Sylvia? by Edward Albee
- The Play About the Baby by Edward Albee
- Tiny Alice by Edward Albee
- Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? by Edward Albee
- The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Jay Presson Allen
- I Never Sang for My Father by Robert Anderson
- Tea and Sympathy by Robert Anderson
- Biography by S.N. Behrman
- No Time for Comedy by S.N. Behrman
- The Octoroon by Dion Boucicault
- The Shaughraun by Dion Boucicault
- Susan and God by Rachel Crothers
- Andre by William Dunlap
- The City by Clyde Fitch
- Dividing the Estate by Horton Foote
- The Day Emily Married by Horton Foote
- The Trip to Bountiful by Horton Foote
- I'm Not Rappaport by Herb Gardner
- Golda's Balcony by William Gibson
- The Subject Was Roses by Frank D. Gilroy
- Inheritors by Susan Glaspell
- Hymn to the Rising Sun by Paul Green
- A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansbury
- Once in a Lifetime by Moss Hart & George S. Kaufman
- The Man Who Came to Dinner by Moss Hart & George S. Kaufman
- Toys in the Attic by Lillian Hellman
- The Fifth Column by Ernest Hemingway
- Margaret Fleming by James A. Herne
- Come Back, Little Sheba by William Inge
- The Butter & Egg Man by George S. Kaufman
- Beggar on Horseback by George S. Kaufman & Marc Connelly
- The Show-Off by George Kelly
- The Mystery of Irma Vep by Charles Ludlam
- The Scarecrow; or The Glass of Truth by Percy MacKaye
- Air Raid: a Verse for Radio by Archibald MacLeish
- Peg o' My Heart by J. Hartley Manners
- Eight Plays by Arthur Miller
- A Moon for the Misbegotten by Eugene O'Neill
- Anna Christie by Eugene O'Neill
- Beyond the Horizon by Eugene O'Neill
- The Emperor Jones by Eugene O'Neill
- Awake and Sing! by Clifford Odets
- Morning's at Seven by Paul Osborn
- Something Different by Carl Reiner
- Dark of the Moon by Howard Richardson & William Berney
- Twelve Angry Men by Reginald Rose
- U.S.A., a Dramatic Revue by Paul Shyre & John Dos Passos
- 45 Seconds from Broadway by Neil Simon
- Dinner Party by Neil Simon
- Rose's Dilemma by Neil Simon
- The Odd Couple by Neil Simon
- On Golden Pond by Ernest Thompson
- The Voice of the Turtle by John Van Druten
- Happy Birthday, Wanda June by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
- Our Town by Thornton Wilder
- Cat on a Hot Tin Roof by Tennessee Williams
- Small Craft Warnings by Tennessee Williams
- Something Cloudy, Something Clear by Tennessee Williams
- The Night of the Iguana by Tennessee Williams
- The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial by Herman Wouk
- The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds by Paul Zindel
Contemporary Foreign Plays
- The People Next Door by Henry Adam
- Habeas Corpus by Alan Bennett
- The History Boys by Alan Bennett
- Silence by Moira Buffini
- The Straits by Gregory Burke
- The Controversy of Vallodolid by Jean-Claude Carriere
- The Misanthrope by Martin Crimp
- Boeing-Boeing by Beverly Cross
- The Other Side by Ariel Dorfman
- Widows by Ariel Dorfman
- Festen by David Eldridge
- Snake in Fridge by Brad Fraser
- Unidentified Human Remains and the True Nature of Love by Brad Fraser
- Democracy by Michael Frayn
- Noises Off by Michael Frayn
- The American Pilot by David Grieg
- The Darling Family by Linda Griffiths
- Cinders by Janusz Glowacki
- Stuff Happens by David Hare
- The Vertical Hour by David Hare
- Masked by Ilan Hatsor
- The Mountain Hotel by Vaclav Havel
- Scattergood by Anto Howard
- Stones in His Pockets by Marie Jones
- Phaedra's Love by Sarah Kane
- The Field by John B. Keane
- Sus by Barrie Keeffe
- Frozen by Bryony Lavery
- Tryst by Karoline Leach
- Two Thousand Years by Mike Leigh
- Three Children by Puay Tin Leow
- I Have Before Me a Remarkable Document Given to Me by a Young Lady From Rwanda by Sonja Linden
- A Beautiful View by Daniel MacIvor
- In On It by Daniel MacIvor
- Marion Bridge by Daniel MacIvor
- Never Swim Alone by Daniel MacIvor
- See Bob Run by Daniel MacIvor
- The Soldier Dreams by Daniel MacIvor
- The Shooting Stage by Michael Lewis MacLennan
- Coole Lady by Sam McCready
- The Lieutenant of Inishmore by Martin McDonagh
- Observe the Sons of Ulster Marching Towards the Somme by Frank McGuinness
- The John Wayne Principle by Tony McNamara
- Shining City by Conor McPherson
- Frost/Nixon by Peter Morgan
- Tabloid Caligula by Darren Murphy
- The Retreat from Moscow by William Nicholson
- The Salvage Shop by Jim Nolan
- The Blowin of Baile Gall by Ronan Noone
- Harvest by Manjula Padmanabhan
- Spokesong by Stewart Parker
- Shopping and Fucking by Mark Ravenhill
- Private Peaceful by Simon Reade
- The Fastest Clock in the Universe by Philip Ridley
- The Pitchfork Disney by Philip Ridley
- Push-Up by Roland Schimmelpfennig
- Monsieur Ibrahim and the Flowers of the Qu'ran by Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt
- The Puppetmaster of Lodz by Gilles Segal
- Lion in the Streets by Judith Thompson
- You'll Have Had Your Hole by Irvine Welsh
Classic Foreign Plays
- The Chalk Garden by Enid Bagnold
- The Madras House by Harley Granville Barker
- Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett
- The Sea by Edward Bond
- Happy End by Bertolt Brecht
- Mother Courage and Her Children by Bertolt Brecht
- Hobson's Choice by Harold Brighouse
- Race by Ferdinand Bruckner
- A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
- Uncle Vanya by Anton Chekhov
- The Surprise by G.K. Chesterton
- Blithe Spirit by Noel Coward
- John Ferguson by St. John Ervine
- Alcestis by Euripides
- The Constant Couple by George Farquhar
- Blood Knot by Athol Fugard
- Exits and Entrances by Athol Fugard
- Master Harold...and the Boys by Athol Fugard
- Sizwe Banzi Is Dead by Athol Fugard, John Kani & Winston Ntshona
- The Skin Game by John Galsworthy
- The Maids by Jean Genet
- The Trial by Andre Gide
- Engaged by W.S. Gilbert
- The Madwoman of Chaillot by Jean Giraudoux
- Butley by Simon Gray
- Animal Farm by Peter Hall
- Rope by Patrick Hamilton
- Ghosts by Henrik Ibsen
- Little Eyolf by Henrik Ibsen
- Rhinoceros by Eugene Ionesco
- The Chairs by Eugene Ionesco
- In the Matter of J. Robert Oppenheimer by Heinar Kipphardt
- Dial M for Murder by Frederick Knott
- The Daughter-in-Law by D.H. Lawrence
- The Jew of Malta by Christopher Marlowe
- Noah by Andre Obey
- Look Back in Anger by John Osborne
- The Caretaker by Harold Pinter
- I Have Been Here Before by J.B. Priestley
- Ross by Terrence Rattigan
- No Exit by Jean-Paul Sartre
- The White Liars and Black Comedy by Peter Shaffer
- Candida by George Bernard Shaw
- Mrs. Warren's Profession by George Bernard Shaw
- Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw
- The Apple Cart by George Bernard Shaw
- The Devil's Disciple by George Bernard Shaw
- Widowers' Houses by George Bernard Shaw
- Journey's End by R.C. Sherriff
- Arcadia by Tom Stoppard
- On the Razzle by Tom Stoppard
- Rock 'n' Roll by Tom Stoppard
- The Seagull by Tom Stoppard/Anton Chekhov
- Creditors by August Strindberg
- The Power of Darkness by Leo Tolstoy
- A Month in the Country by Ivan Turgenev
- Marat/Sade by Peter Weiss
- The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde
- Night Must Fall by Emlyn Williams
- The Melting Pot by Israel Zangwill
