The plot of Conor McPherson's The Seafarer may center on a cardgame with the devil, but it's the tried and true Irish characters and some memorable performances that make the play a transporting experience.

The Constant Couple, a neglected George Farquhar gem, offers keen, catty observations on Restoration mores.

Who actually invented television? Aaron Sorkin's The Farnsworth Invention tries to make sense of the David vs. Goliath backstory of that fateful discovery.

One of the Bard's less popular plays, Cymbeline is given a sumptuous, clean production under the artful direction of Mark Lamos.

Tracy Letts has written a doozy of a play-August: Osage County. This is a dark comedy about one large dysfunctional family. Attention must be paid.

Queens Boulevard (the musical) is a microcosmic Our Town -a couple's commitment to the institution of marriage is put to the test in playwright Charles Mee's work.

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Eighty years young, Barbara Cook still has that magnificent voice...and she proved it once again...this time mesmerizing and thrilling her fans at her concert(s) at Avery Fisher Hall.

There's more to The Piano Teacher than just sharps and flats. In this seemingly innocent tale of a piano teacher who searches out her former students, the past collides with the present in some disturbing ways.

What strange beast walking is this Wooster Group's Hamlet? Neither fish nor foul-as the cast valiantly re-enacts the 1964 Richard Burton stage Hamlet, unspooling in the background.

Make Me a Song, a compilation of the songs of William Finn, points out once again that he's a composer of brainy lyrics and bright melodies.