Irishtown Written by Ciara Elizabeth Smyth Directed by Nicola Murphy Dubey Irish Repertory Theatre May 24, 2025 Production website 💉💉💉 out of 5.
The premise of Irishtown is built on a company of actors charged with putting on a play that is “Irish” enough for a theater company from Dublin to take to the New York stage. This new play by Ciara Elizabeth Smyth takes us behind the scenes (ala Noises Off) of a company preparing as they struggle with a new script that no one likes – – let alone understands – – let alone finds the least bit Irish – – and finally abandons – – –
Lunar Eclipse Written by Donald Margulies Directed by Kate Whoriskey Irene Diamond Stage/The Pershing Square Signature Center May 21, 2025 Production website 💉💉💉 out of 5.
Lunar Eclipse is essentially a 90-minute one-act play in which two actors bring out the lawn chairs and spend the night watching a lunar eclipse and reflecting on their long-married relationship. As the moon goes through its various stages the characters go through their hopes, losses, and lives together. This is a world premiere of Donald Margulies’ most recent play and captures themes of both optimism and despair.
Floyd Collins Book, Additional Lyrics & Direction by Tina Landau Music and Lyrics by Adam Guettel Lincoln Center Theatre May 17, 2025 Production website 💉💉💉 out of 5.
Floyd Collins is a musical inspired by the true life experience of Floyd Collins who in 1925, while chasing fame and fortune by turning a Kentucky cave into a tourist attraction became the attraction himself as he became trapped 200 feet underground. The haunting and glorious folk and bluegrass-inspired music of Floyd Collins is exceptionally beautiful. Jeremy Jordan and Lizzy McAlpine sing some of the most beautiful music that I can remember on the musical theatre stage in a good long time. Plus, the orchestrations that move us from moment to moment in the story are truly magical. I would have been so happy if evening had just been a concert version of the musical.
Eurydice Written by Sarah Ruhl Directed by Les Waters Signature Theatre May 13, 2025 Production website 💉💉💉 out of 5.
Eurydice by Sarah Ruhl is a very popular play – – done by colleges and high schools around the county – one that I have seen many, many times. I was very much looking forward to seeing my first professional production of the play. I wish I had a better first professional showing than this one. The story is a most familiar one – it is the classic myth of Orpheus and Eurydice and their ill fated love story. Orpheus and Eurydice are young lovers in the land of the living, but soon in the story Eurydice dies on her wedding day. Orpheus then descends into the underworld to bring her back – – – but is given one condition: he cannot look back at her on their journey back to the upper world or he risks loosing her forever. Just as they are about to reach the land of the living, Orpheus, doubting Eurydice is truly behind him, turns to look, which causes her to vanish back into the Underworld.
A Guide for the Homesick Written by Ken Urban Directed by Shira Milikowsky DR2 Theatre December 21, 2024 Production website 💉💉💉 out of 5.
The play is set in a simple hotel room near the airport in Amsterdam. Jeremy, a gay man white man meets Teddy a gay black man in a bar. In that Jeremy has a few hours to kill before he catches his flight back to America, Teddy asks him back to his room. Easy hookup – right? Pretty predictable right? But that’s where the story just begins to take on a new twist and becomes about much more than just a tryst. Harvard grad Jeremy has been in Uganda working for the past year as a medical assistant, and now he’s headed home to Boston. Teddy, misinterprets the situation and makes a pass. Naturally, closeted Jeremy freaks out —
