Hell hath no fury like a well-intentioned self-appointed watchdog challenged, as David Lindsay-Abaire’s new ensemble comedy The Balusters reminds us. We’ve seen this group dynamic before – in real ...

2026 Drama Desk Awards Outstanding Costume Design of a Play Emilio Sosa 2026 Drama Desk Awards Outstanding Direction of a Play Kenny Leon 2026 Drama Desk Awards Outstanding Featured Performance in a ...

“The politics of the university are so intense because the stakes are so low," said the Columbia professor Wallace Sayre. His quip that has been generalized into what’s known as Sayre’s law: The less ...

No small part of the power in Richard Thomas‘ Tony-nominated performance in the current production of David Lindsay-Abaire’s subtly scalding play The Balusters might, in fact, be something the ...

Manhattan Theatre Club will also stage a newly revised production of 'Queens' by Martyna Majok. By Caitlin Huston Business Writer The Balusters follows the neighborhood association in a small ...

It would be interesting to see the chart of characters that David Lindsay-Abaire had to use to write his new play, “The Balusters,” which opened Tuesday at MTC’s Samuel J. Friedman Theatre. By today’s ...

One hour and 50 minutes, with no intermission. At the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre, 261 W. 47th Street. It’s the Battle of the Affluent! Or, at any rate, the latest Battle of the Affluent. David Lindsay ...

“The Balusters,” the new play by David Lindsay-Abaire on Broadway, inadvertently offers a salutary life lesson: Join any group at your peril, because even, say, a book club might provide fertile ...

A truism named for the late political scientist Wallace Sayre holds that, in any dispute, the intensity of feeling is inversely proportional to the value of the issues at stake. Put more simply: the ...

It’s easy to get depressed about national politics. The people running things are nasty, brutish and eager to appeal to baser instincts rather than better angels. As “The Balusters,” the story of a ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Critic’s Pick David Lindsay-Abaire’s comedy about a wealthy homeowners association thrown into disarray makes a case for the same social compact it ...

Rabbit Hole writer David Lindsay-Abaire takes on a list of modern American conflicts in a fun, if ultimately underdeveloped, comedy drama Playwright David Lindsay-Abaire has an impressively eclectic ...