Review: “Red Speedo” at the New York Theatre Workshop (Extended through...
“You did the only thing you could,/and the only thing you should./When you go for what you want, when you think about yourself,/when you do what’s best for you,/everyone benefits” – Peter to Ray On the...
View ArticlePreview: “You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown” at the York Theatre Company at...
The York Theatre Company (James Morgan, Producing Artistic Director; Evans Haile, Interim Executive Director), dedicated to the development of new musicals and the preservation of musical gems from the...
View ArticleReview: “Starting Here, Starting Now” at the York Theatre Company (Through...
In the final show of the York Theatre Company’s Musicals in Mufti Winter 2016 Series, “Starting Here, Starting Now” passes the test of time with high marks as it explores the trials and tribulations of...
View ArticlePreview: Primary Stages Announces 32nd Season (Beginning September 2016)
Primary Stages (Casey Childs, Founder & Executive Producer; Andrew Leynse, Artistic Director) announced their upcoming 32nd Season on March 14 at a champagne reception celebrating the Centennial of...
View ArticlePreview: Dallas Black Dance Theatre Returns to the Big Apple for Fifth Season...
The Dallas Black Dance Theatre (DBDT) returns to New York for its fifth season of self-produced performances on April 22-23, 2016 in the Ailey Citigroup Theater, located at 405 West 55thStreet, in New...
View ArticleReview: “Ideation” at 59E59 Theaters (Through Sunday April 17, 2016)
Aaron Loeb’s intriguing “Ideation” – currently playing at 59E59 Theaters – could easily be categorized as a delightful off-beat Drawing Room farce (except the room here is a corporate Board Room) were...
View ArticleReview: “The Way West” at Labyrinth Theater at Bank Street Theatre (Through...
“You think I care that you’re judging me? I have a job, okay? /I work. At least I can go home and order food and pay for it. /I’m solvent.” (Delivery Guy) Time after time, in Town Hall Meetings,...
View ArticleReview: “Blackbird” at the Belasco Theater (Through June 11, 2016)
Two character plays—known in the biz as two-handers—are always a challenge: for the actors, certainly, but also for the audience. No matter how charismatic the performers, these must be fascinating...
View ArticleReview: “Disaster!” at the Nederlander Theatre (Tickets Currently on Sale...
The 1970s gave movie audiences a treasure trove of disaster films including “The Poseidon Adventure,” “Earthquake,” “The Swarm,” “Fire,” “S.O.S. Titanic,” and “Bees.” The careful observer might see the...
View ArticleReview: “Ironbound” at Rattlestick Playwrights Theatre (Through Sunday April...
“As long as she thinks of a man, nobody objects to a woman thinking.” (Virginia Woolf, “Orlando”) “One cannot think well, love well, sleep well, if one has not dined well.” (Virginia Woolf, “A Room of...
View ArticleReview: Mistaken Identity in “The Robber Bridegroom” at the Laura Pels Theatre
I am going to tread gently here, but there are shows that appeal to sophisticated, seasoned theatregoers, and those that would be more embraced by the tourist crowd, perfectly happy to be entertained...
View ArticleBaby Jane Dexter “It’s Personal” at the Metropolitan Room
The only words that can come close to describing what Baby Jane Dexter is are “cabaret legend” and, of course, those who have seen her perform know that she is so much more. It seems almost senseless...
View Article“Barbara Cook: Then and Now” at New World Stages
Rehearsal begin on March 21, 2016 for “Barbara Cook: Then and Now,” a candid and intimate evening conceived by 3-time Tony Award winner James Lapine and directed by 10-time Tony Award winner Tommy...
View ArticleReview: Adam Rapp’s Allegory “Wolf in the River” at the Flea
“It disturbs me no more to find men base, unjust, or selfish than to see apes mischievous, wolves savage, or the vulture ravenous.” (Jean-Paul Sartre) “If you live among wolves you have to act like a...
View ArticleReview: “The Effect” at the Barrow Street Theatre
Playwright Lucy Prebble attempts to cover an expansive range of themes in the North American premiere of her play “The Effect” at the Barrow Street Theatre. Although this choice gives her play a range...
View ArticlePerformances Begin for Manhattan Theatre Club’s “The Father” on Broadway
Performances began on Tuesday March 22, for Manhattan Theatre Club’s American premiere of The Father, the new play by Molière Award winner Florian Zeller, in a translation by two-time Tony Award winner...
View ArticleReview: A Redemptive “The Humans” Plays at the Helen Hayes Theatre
From the opening of Stephen Karam’s deeply engaging play, the audience becomes aware that “The Humans” is somehow going to be Erik’s (Reed Birney) story. This patriarch of the Blake clan has just...
View ArticleReview: Austen’s “Sense and Sensibility” at The Gym at Judson (Extended...
“Quiet please. It’s Jane Austen. Sit still and pay attention so you don’t miss anything. She’s tough to understand sometimes.” None of these admonitions or warnings are relevant when watching Bedlam’s...
View ArticleReview: “The Way West” at Labyrinth Theater at Bank Street Theatre (Extended...
“You think I care that you’re judging me? I have a job, okay? /I work. At least I can go home and order food and pay for it. /I’m solvent.” (Delivery Guy) Time after time, in Town Hall Meetings,...
View ArticleReview: Keen Company’s Transformative “Boy” at the Clurman Theatre
“I wouldn’t want to be Frankenstein.” (Adam to Jenny in “Boy”) The Keen Company’s Mission is to create “theater that provokes identification, reflection, and emotional connection – enduring stories...
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