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.
‘Black Flies’ Review: Sean Penn and Tye Sheridan Star in a Gritty, Gloomy EMT Thriller
Penn has rarely seemed as cruddy and crestfallen as he does here, playing a vet paramedic named Gene Rutkovsky who’s only a divorce or two away from tying the late Larry King’s record. Working the night shift in crime-ridden Brownsville
‘Black Flies’ Review: Sean Penn And Tye Sheridan Ride The Mean Streets Of Brooklyn In Dark But Familiar Paramedic Drama – Cannes Film Festival
Premiering in competition Thursday at the Cannes Film Festival, Black Flies stars Sean Penn as a grizzled veteran paramedic known as “Rut” now on the nighttime beat with rookie partner Cross, played with conviction by Tye Sheridan, as they answer