With the congenial Lives of the Saints–now playing the Duke Theatre on 42nd Street through March 27–short-play maestro David Ives returns to the format (if not the form) for which he’s best ...

In “Lives of the Saints,” David Ives has gone from Venus in Furs to Polish Church Ladies in Housedresses. Those dear old things show up in the title piece, which ends this evening of one-acts ...

By THR Staff Lives of the Saints Production Still - H 2015 Each of the short works lasts a mere 15 minutes or less, just enough to run their scant ideas into the ground. Unlike All in the Timing ...

To the earnest, comedy is confusing. How can anything funny be truly serious? Their idea of a good time is a three-hour, six-hankie weeper about an atheist oncologist who comes home from a hard ...

Lives of the Saints’ is my favorite play of all I’ve ever written,” he says. “It’s hard to describe but it’s very close to my heart.” He grasps for the right words. “It’s a ...