Theater (Off Broadway) – Page 17

Searching for Brian Friel, and His Mythical Ballybeg

Irish Repertory Theater’s season-long survey of the playwright’s work prompted our reporter to seek out the Irish town that inspired the imaginary site of so many of his plays.

By Laura Collins-Hughes

Butler, Will (1982- ) Canfield, Juliana Pecinka, Tom Playwrights Horizons Stereophonic (Play) Theater Theater (Off Broadway)

Review: In ‘Stereophonic,’ the Rock Revolution Will Be Recorded

David Adjmi’s riveting new play, with songs by Will Butler, is about a ’70s band that nearly destroys itself making an epochal album.

By Jesse Green

Bunuel, Luis Here We Are (Play) Ives, David Mantello, Joe Shed (Manhattan, NY) Sondheim, Stephen Theater Theater (Off Broadway)

‘Here We Are’ Review: The Last Sondheim, Cool and Impossibly Chic

This inventive, beguiling and not quite fully solved puzzle of a show is a worthy and loving farewell to the great musical dramatist.

By Jesse Green

Canfield, Juliana Music Pecinka, Tom Playwrights Horizons Stereophonic (Play) Theater Theater (Off Broadway) Will Butler

‘Stereophonic’ Finds Drama in a ’70s Rock Recording Booth

The playwright David Adjmi explores the in-studio creation process in a play with new songs by the former Arcade Fire member Will Butler.

By Elisabeth Vincentelli