I've seen plays that are, objectively, total messes that move me in ways that their tidier brethren do not. That's the romantic mystery of great thea…

- Ben Brantley

Be prepared to have the breath knocked out of you.

- Ben Brantley

It's nowhere near as intense as what I imagine an actor experiences backstage, but I feel a fluttering nervousness before a curtain goes up on a play…

- Ben Brantley

I have received hostile voice mail messages and e-mails. They are often anonymous, I'm sad to say, as anonymous messages are delivered only by very l…

- Ben Brantley

Rage properly channeled can definitely give birth to good even great theater. Disgust, a more passive and distancing emotion, is far less likely to. …

- Ben Brantley

THE HOT (AND SERIOUSLY COOL) ENERGY that comes from the musical gospel preached by the title character of FELA! feels as if it could stretch easily t…

- Ben Brantley

The eternal ambiguity of human motives and memory.

- Ben Brantley

Cyndi Lauper knows how to work a crowd.

- Ben Brantley

What Mr. Kaufman and his team are after is less a portrait of any one person than one of the ethos of a place. In the deliberate, simple staging ... …

- Ben Brantley