Doubt: A Parable

Roundabout’s Broadway Revival 2024 starring Liev Schreiber and Amy Ryan; New York Times Critics Pick

“In the two decades since John Patrick Shanley’s “Doubt” premiered—winning a best play Tony and a Pulitzer Prize—the mystery at its core, whether a priest has molested a child, has hardly grown less grave. But cultural changes now cast their own shadows over Mr. Shanley’s taut, gripping drama. The excellent Broadway revival, directed by Scott Ellis for the Roundabout Theatre Company, starring Amy Ryan and Liev Schreiber, presents the play without any intentional new slant on its ideas, but it gives audiences a chance to consider them in an altered context.”

— Charles Isherwood (The Wall Street Journal)

Mabou Miles Dollhouse

A Mabou Mines production by Lisa Harris, starring Maude Mitchell directed by Lee Breuer

"Mabou Mines Dollhouse transforms Ibsen’s classic into a globally resonant stage event, blending lavish sets and dynamic staging with charged performances that capture enduring social tensions. Produced for Mabou Mines by Lisa Harris, the production reimagines the familiar narrative through innovative casting—featuring nearly 6-foot tall actresses as determined, constrained women against convention-bound men. Director Lee Breuer employs theatrical scale and allegory to evoke the timeless struggle for agency in a refreshingly modern light."

— Margo Jefferson (The New York Times)

Danny and the Deep Blue Sea

"I passed through the Bronx in 1991... and in a few minutes I saw all the fury of Spike Lee’s “Jungle Fever” pass before me. It happened again yesterday, at the Palermo (Italy) premiere of John Patrick Shanley’s Danny and the Deep Blue Sea with Leonardo Sbragia and Laura Anzani. Always universal, Shanley's ‘Danny’ has also always been current. Today, in John Randolph Pepper’s production at the Teatro Garibaldi in Palermo, it is even more so than ever; his guidance of the actors' performance is clear and simply magnificent”

— Gabriele Bonafede (Maredolce.com)

Outside Mullingar

"Outside Mullingar...represents Mr. Shanley’s finest work since Doubt...Mr. Shanley’s lyrical writing, and the flawless production, directed by Doug Hughes... give such consistent pleasure that even though we know the equations that define romcoms will add up to the familiar sums, we are happy to watch as they do."

— Charles Isherwood (The New York Times)

Four Dogs and a Bone

“Under the meticulous direction of John R. Pepper, Four Dogs and a Bone delivers a searing critique of the Hollywood world, sharply exposing the ruthless machinations of an unscrupulous industry. His direction makes optimal use of the limited stage space and minimalistic set to amplify the grotesque energy of John Patrick Shanley’s text, evoking a sense of claustrophobic intensity. The result is a production that, despite a sparse audience, strikes with its powerful denunciation and balance between paradox and raw reality.”

— Giuseppe D’Errico (Criticalminds.it)

Danny and the Deep Blue Sea - Revival

“John Patrick Shanley’s unflinching portrayal of “characters stuck in death-trap ’burbs, bruised and battered, dull-eyed and empty-faced, scared and lonely riders who just can’t face themselves alone again” pulses at the heart of Danny and the Deep Blue Sea. In Jeff Ward’s impassioned production, inarticulate rage erupts into violence—a character might “fight every­body in the whole fuckin’ Bronx” rather than confront his inner turmoil. Christopher Abbott channels explosive fury as Danny, while Aubrey Plaza deepens the portrait of shattered souls, transforming raw brutality into a resonant quest for redemption.”

— Sara Holdren (Vulture)