Broadway Review: “The Lifespan of a Fact” Reexamines the Parameters of Truth...
Emily Penrose (a guarded and steely Cherry Jones), Editor-in Chief of a high-end publication, hopes to score big on the publication of a “lyrical essay” written by longtime associate John D’Agata (a...
View ArticleOff-Broadway Review: “What the Constitution Means to Me” at New York Theatre...
After greeting the audience at New York Theatre Workshop, playwright Heidi Schreck introduces her play “What the Constitution Means to Me” as follows: “When I was 15 years old, I travelled the country...
View ArticleOff-Broadway Review: “Days of Rage” at Second Stage Theater’s Tony Kiser Theatre
Rooms full of missed opportunities sprawl across Second Stage’s Tony Kiser Theatre where Steven Levenson’s new play “Days of Rage” is running through November 2018. Mr. Levenson, the award-winning...
View ArticleBroadway Review: “Harvey Fierstein’s Torch Song” at Second Stage’s Helen...
Loneliness, the quest for authentic and meaningful love, the fear of rejection, the need for respect, and the excruciating separation from situations of abuse are not unique to members of the LGBTQ+...
View ArticleOff-Broadway Review: “India Pale Ale” at Manhattan Theatre Club’s New York...
Jaclyn Backhaus’s “India Pale Ale” currently running at Manhattan Theatre Club’s New York City Center Stage I has a collection of “teachable moments.” Some of the lessons are rather unimportant though...
View ArticleBroadway Preview: “To Kill a Mockingbird” at the Shubert Theatre
The dust has finally settled on the lawsuit that almost killed Aaron Sorkin’s theatrical version of the beloved Pulitzer-Prize-winning-novel turned Academy-Award-winning movie, “To Kill a Mockingbird.”...
View ArticleBroadway News: “Moulin Rouge!” Will Open on Broadway at the Al Hirschfeld...
Producer Carmen Pavlovic (Global Creatures) is proud to announce that Moulin Rouge!, based on the 2001 Twentieth Century Fox Motion Picture by Baz Luhrmann, will open on Broadway at the Al Hirschfeld...
View ArticleBroadway Review: “King Kong” at the Broadway Theatre
It is difficult to imagine that anyone would not know the story of “King Kong” since the first film release was in 1933 and many new versions being released with the most recent in 2017, as well as...
View ArticleBroadway News: “Hadestown” to Open on Broadway on April 17, 2019 at the...
Producers Mara Isaacs, Dale Franzen, Hunter Arnold, and Tom Kirdahy announced today that “Hadestown,” the new musical by celebrated singer-songwriter Anaïs Mitchell, developed with visionary director...
View ArticleBroadway News: “Once On This Island” at Circle in the Square Theatre to Close...
“Once On this Island” was certainly an enchanting and memorable visit twenty-seven years ago and that may in fact cloud the opinions expressed when recently returning to this island and commenting on...
View ArticleOff-Broadway Review: “Gloria: A Life” at the Daryl Roth Theatre on Union Square
It is not such a common occurrence that a playwright attempts to pay tribute to a living legend unless the work of that inspirational personality continues in the present as well as already being a...
View ArticleOff-Broadway Review: “Thom Pain (based on nothing)” at The Pershing Square...
In this revival of “Thom Pain (based on nothing)” at The Pershing Square Signature Center’s Irene Diamond Stage, Will Eno steps over, under, and in between the resting places – and the writing desks –...
View ArticleBroadway Review: “The Prom” at the Longacre Theatre
If anyone is looking for a fun night out, grab your significant other, or for that matter just pick yourself up, get dressed and go to “The Prom” where everyone is welcomed, and you are almost...
View ArticleBroadway Review: “The New One” at the Cort Theatre
When he walks onto stage to applause at the Cort Theatre to begin his show “The New One,” It is evident that Mike Birbiglia has a huge following and some dedicated fans. The one-man show recently...
View ArticleOff-Broadway Review: “The Other Josh Cohen” at the Westside Theatre/Downstairs
“The Other Josh Cohen,” currently running at the Westside Theatre/Downstairs, has been bemoaning the hapless and lackluster life of Josh Cohen (Steve Rosen) through his Doppelganger narrator Josh...
View ArticleOff-Broadway Review: “Lewsiton/Clarkston” at Rattlestick Playwrights Theater
There is quite an intriguing theatrical event occurring at the Rattlestick Theater, where two ninety-minute plays separated by a thirty-minute communal dinner break takes the stage to engage an...
View ArticleOff-Broadway Review: “The Hello Girls” at 59E59 Theaters
There is no doubt that the so called “Hello Girls,” the bilingual operators that were sent to the front line to operate secured switchboards, were invaluable to the Signal Corps units in World War I....
View ArticleBroadway Review: “The Cher Show” at the Neil Simon Theatre
Anyone who is or was a fan of Cher during the past six decades will find it difficult to resist the urge to see the new Broadway musical based on her fascinating life and intriguing career that is now...
View ArticleBroadway Review: “The Ferryman” at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre
If you are a fan of Irish plays you will most likely recognize the characters and may recall hearing similar stories as you listen and watch the epic family drama “The Ferryman” by Jez Butterworth now...
View ArticleBroadway News: New Cast Announced for “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child”...
Today, producers Sonia Friedman and Colin Callender announced the new Broadway cast of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, currently in rehearsals to begin performances on Wednesday, March 20, 2019 at...
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