James Armstrong, Playwright

The Atlas Shakespeare Company recently performed William Shakespeare's Henry VI trilogy in two parts, combining the first two plays, an...

Anyone who remembers the New York theatre scene from before the dreaded  covid shutdown knows that this city has yet to fully recover. Thea...

For a while now, I've been meaning to see Bus Stop , the William Inge play currently showing at Classic Stage Company, which is a co-pro...

I first encountered Alice Childress's play Wine in the Wilderness  in a student production at City College. Since then. I've taught ...

Eclecticism can be a great thing in the theatre. When the Public last staged William Shakespeare's Cymbeline  in Central Park , the set ...

When I bought a ticket to see The Dance of Death at Classic Stage Company, I didn't realize the date I had picked was Ash Wednesday. H...

Last night, I saw Classic Stage Company's production of The Liar , David Ives's adaptation of Corneille's 17th-century French co...

Christopher Marlowe's masterpiece Doctor Faustus  comes to us in two texts. The "A" Text, published in 1604, is probably close...

Last night I saw Classic Stage Company's production of Brecht's  A Man's a Man . Duncan Sheik provided the music for the songs, ...