How often do you see a starstruck footballer? You would assume the answer is 'never' but in a coffee shop in Brighton, ...
Little Bear Ridge Road is a quiet play that doesn’t shout, yet its echoes linger long after the curtain falls. Written by Samuel D. Hunter and brought to life with precision under the direction of Joe ...
When ‘Paddington the Musical’ — a theatrical retelling of the British children’s classic — was announced, fans had one big question. How could Paddington Bear exist in a theater? It is one thing to ...
NEW YORK — A subset of people, when faced with, say, cancer, prefer to keep their health crisis a secret. It often comes from a detestation of being treated as a victim, or a desire to protect loved ...
95 minutes, with no intermission. At the Booth Theatre, 222 W. 45th St. Actress Laurie Metcalf and playwright Samuel D. Hunter are a match made in Middle America. There are few writers who can ...
Samuel D. Hunter’s latest begins as a very funny two-hander comedy in which Laurie Metcalf plays another of her sharp-tongued curmudgeons and Micah Stock brings to the stage a more svelte version of ...
The actors are dueling forces as a semi-estranged aunt and nephew in small-town Idaho in Joe Mantello’s production, brought to Broadway by Scott Rudin and Barry Diller. By David Rooney Chief Film ...
Some people when faced, say, with cancer, prefer to keep their health crisis secret. It often comes from a desire to protect loved ones from pain or to not be treated like a victim. But it can also be ...
Performances in N.Y.C. Critic’s Pick The playwright Samuel D. Hunter makes his Broadway debut with an addition to his Idaho oeuvre, set during the Covid-19 pandemic and its aftermath. Laurie Metcalf ...
The script for Samuel D. Hunter’s “Little Bear Ridge Road” indicates that the play takes place at “a couch in a void.” As the lights come up, we see it — a white leather monstrosity with separate ...
Samuel Beckett and Samuel D. Hunter might seem to have little in common other than a first name. Beckett is among the most revered playwrights of the 20th century, while Mr. Hunter is a comparatively ...
Samuel D. Hunter’s “Little Bear Ridge Road,” directed by Joe Mantello at the Booth, on Broadway, is a small, quiet drama set in a large, quiet corner of the country. We’re somewhere in rural Idaho, ...