From the moment Sigourney Weaver enters the stage at Playwrights Horizons, an unpleasant smile is plastered across her face _ not the kind that exudes happiness, but the type that barely conceals the bitterness seething beneath it.Her foil in A.R. Gurney's entertaining, if not somewhat...

Wednesday 20thSunny D! Sunshine has given our city a tongue bath, transforming the gray, sodden streets into a blossomy (and pollen-infused) Brigadoon … but we say: Stand up for your right to be depressed anyway and lie on the couch watching celebrity poker! If you...

Over the past week and a half, hundreds of filmmakers and actors have descended upon downtown New York City for the sixth annual Tribeca Film Festival.Among those who left memorable impressions were an "Entourage" star turned director, a child actor all grown up, a ubiquitous...

In the following essay, Cooper examines Rabe's utilization of expressionistic and absurdist techniques in Hurlyburly and views the play as an indictment of American capitalist culture.

In the following essay, Stafford argues that “the root cause of the social conditions in Hurlyburly arises from metaphysics, more specifically epistemology and ontology.”

In the following essay, Radavich argues that what separates Hurlyburly from other works that explore male homosocial relationships is Rabe's use of comedy and satire.