Even if the Marc Blitzstein and Joseph Stein Juno doesn't work, it's important that such musicals are temporarily rescued from oblivion. Isn't that what City Center Encores! is all about?
This musical, based on Eugene O'Neill's Ah, Wilderness!, is an affectionate portrait of a New England family. The words and music breezily set just the right mood.
Caryl Churchill is at it again:making bold political statements in her pointed plays. The play may last only 45 minutes , but she's able to catalogue a whole laundry list of American wrongs across the globe.
This revival of Chekhov's The Seagull is moody and melancholic for the most part. A bright exception: The energy, wit, and theatricality, Dianne Wiest brings to the role of Arkadina.
Beebo Brinker Chronicles is a stylish Sapphic soap opera, unapologetically un-PC. The characters have a way of tapping into universals of being in love, being hurt and being happy.