Off-Broadway Review: “Einstein’s Dreams” at 59E59 Theaters
There is no denying that a retrospect on of the life of Albert Einstein and the development of his renowned Theory of Relativity would be compelling and extremely interesting. To present this study in...
View ArticleOff-Broadway Review: “The Underlying Chris” at Second Stage’s Tony Kiser Theater
A three-month-old infant named Chris looks up from his stroller at his thirty-something mother (Hannah Cabell) as she makes an appointment with his pediatrician for the next day at 11:15. Chris has...
View ArticleOff-Broadway Review: “The Michaels” at The Public’s LuEsther Hall
Once again playwright Richard Nelson has gathered another family around the colloquial table to observe their trials and tribulations as they conquer another day of survival in Rhinebeck, New York....
View ArticleOff-Broadway Review: “Bella Bella” at Manhattan Theatre Club’s New York City...
There are times during Harvey Fierstein’s performance in his “Bella Bella,” currently playing at Manhattan Theatre Club’s New York City Center Stage I, that the audience is convinced – sans dress, sans...
View ArticleOff-Broadway Review: “Seared” in the Susan & Ronald Frankel Theater at the...
Successful entrepreneurs like Harry (an overzealous but hypersensitive Raúl Esparza) typically attempt to guard their “art” from “commerce” for as long as possible. They feel frightened by the prospect...
View ArticleBroadway Review: “A Christmas Carol” at the Lyceum Theatre
New York City has several options of entertainment that certainly succeed in spreading some holiday cheer, but there happens to be something special happening at the Lyceum Theatre that might capture...
View ArticleOff-Broadway Review: “Everything Is Super Great” at 59E59 Theaters
Loss looms large over four Texas residents in Stephen Brown’s “Everything Is Super Great” currently running at 59E59 Theaters. Nineteen-year-old Tommy (a sullen and hapless Will Sarratt) has lost his...
View ArticleOff-Broadway Review: “One November Yankee” at 59E59 Theaters
Veteran actors of screen, stage, and television Harry Hamlin and Stefanie Powers do their best to bring Joshua Ravetch’s “One November Yankee” to the stage at 59E59 Theaters on Manhattan’s Upper East...
View ArticleOff-Broadway Review: “The Crucible” at The Connelly Theater
Bedlam is back, creating all the bedlam needed to lift “The Crucible” by Arthur Miller to a new level, making it one of the most exciting and poignant productions of this classic play to hit New York...
View ArticleOff-Broadway Review: The New Group’s “one in two” in the Alice Griffin Jewel...
The title of Donja R. Love’s play “one in two,” currently running in The Alice Griffin Jewel Box Theatre at The Pershing Square Signature Center, is reflective of the alarming 2016 study released by...
View ArticleOff-Broadway Review: The New Group’s “Cyrano” at the Daryl Roth Theatre
Edmond Rostrand’s play “Cyrano de Bergerac,” written in verse in 1897 is one of, if not the most tragic love story of all time. It introduced the word ‘panache’ into the English language and Cyrano...
View ArticleBroadway Review: “Slava’s Snowshow” at the Stephen Sondheim Theatre
There are plenty of holiday shows that enter the New York theatre scene to provide some special seasonal entertainment for tourists, locals and avid theater goers alike fulfilling a wide spectrum that...
View ArticleOff-Broadway Review: “A Bright Room Called Day” at The Public’s Anspacher...
Tony Kushner’s dystopian vision has a firm grounding in the history of the rise of fascism in Germany in the early 1930s and in the methodical and somewhat meteoric rise of Adolf Hitler to Chancellor...
View ArticleOff-Broadway Review: WP Theater/Second Stage Theater’s “Our Dear Dead Drug...
“But women only need themselves to plant seeds in hearts and minds that stab and twist when they begin to root, ensnaring us all with just a thought.” – Pablo F***ing Escobar in “My Dear Dead Drug...
View ArticleOff-Broadway Review: “Halfway Bitches Go Straight to Heaven” at Atlantic...
The epic new work penned by Stephen Adly Guirgis entitled “Halfway Bitches Go Straight to Heaven” refers to the vast array of residents in a transitional shelter for women on the upper Westside of...
View ArticleOff-Broadway Review: “Harry Townsend’s Last Stand” at New York City Center...
It is always a pleasure to attend a performance of a play that stars two Broadway veterans and even better when it is a two hander because you are assured ample stage presence for both talented actors....
View ArticleOff-Broadway Review: “Pumpgirl” at Irish Repertory Theatre’s W. Scott McLucas...
The strength of Abbie Spallen’s “Pumpgirl,” currently running at Irish Rep’s W. Scott McLucas Studio Theatre, lies in the playwright’s authentic characters and their believable conflicts that connect...
View ArticleOff-Broadway Review: “Sing Street” at New York Theatre Workshop
Quite a few audience members may be familiar with the 2016 film “Sing Street” which the new musical being presented at New York Theatre Workshop is based on and hails by the same name. Playwright Edna...
View ArticleOff-Broadway Review: “Greater Clements” at Lincoln Center Theater’s Mitzi E....
After an economic downturn and the subsequent gentrification closes the mining industry in 2017 Clements, Idaho, the residents vote to unincorporate as a town. But mining continues to flourish in...
View ArticleOff-Broadway Preview: “The Bedwetter” at Atlantic Theater Company’s Linda...
Atlantic Theater Company (Neil Pepe, Artistic Director; Jeffory Lawson, Managing Director) is proud to announce casting for the world premiere production of “The Bedwetter,” a new musical with a book...
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