The 10 Best New York Theater Productions of 2022
The real news this year was all the wonderful new plays and musicals.
Revelatory new revivals of “A Raisin in the Sun” and “How I Learned to Drive” graced the stage, but the real news this year were all the wonderful new plays and musicals. TheWrap critic Robert Hofler picks the very best.
2. “Epiphany,” by Brian Watkins (Off Broadway’s Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater)
“Epiphany” is definitely a better title than “The Dead.” Watching Watkins’s play is also a lot more fun than reading James Joyce’s short story. The beauty of “Epiphany” is how it grows from being a “Dinner at Eight” comedy to something that Joyce himself would have recognized and embraced.
Jermaine Fowler To Topline Thriller From ‘Hot Tub Time Machine’s Steve Pink; Production Granted IA Also Stars James Morosini, Pauline Chalamet, Edy Modica, Rob Yang & Brendan Hunt
Modica found a breakout project this year as part of the ensemble of the hit Amazon Freevee series Jury Duty. She also has appeared on the shows Made for Love and High Maintenance. Yang most recently was seen starring alongside Kiefer
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Occasionally one breakout role can shift a comedic persona into sudden, perfect focus, and this year, that’s Edy Modica on Jury Duty. The Freevee docu-comedy features Modica as sweet, horny weirdo Jeannie Abruzzo, one of the actors hired to portray