Monday, April 23, 2012
"Macbeth" presented by Aquila Theatre at Gym at Judson, April 21, 2012
I first encountered Aquila when the company was in residence at the University of South Carolina. Their ap…
SOURCE: Third Row, Mezzanine at 09:55PMThursday, April 12, 2012
"Once" at Jacobs Theatre, March 8, 14 and 28, 2012
(Photos: Joan Marcus)
It's been a couple of years since I've seen a show multiple times. The last was Lincoln Center's sweepi…
SOURCE: Third Row, Mezzanine at 11:00PMTuesday, March 20, 2012
Ok, it's been entirely too long since my last post. Though silent, I've seen the following:
Wit, presented by Manhattan Theatre Club at Friedman Theatre, January 17, 2012 - Cynthia Nixon…
SOURCE: Third Row, Mezzanine at 11:15PMSunday, February 12, 2012
"Assistance" at Playwrights Horizons, February 9, 2012
Traveling familiar ground, the latest offering at the very consistent Playwrights Horizons is Leslye Headland's Assistance, …
SOURCE: Third Row, Mezzanine at 10:24PMTuesday, February 7, 2012
DISCOUNT TICKETS TO ASSISTANCE for BLOG READERS:
Regular run: February 3-March 11
Tues 7, Wed-Fri at 8, Sat at 2:30 & 8, Sun at 2:30 & 7:30
Additional Monday evening perf February…
SOURCE: Third Row, Mezzanine at 11:09PMIn its return to regular programming for the 2011-2012 season, Cherry Lane Theatre brings us Frank Strausser's new comedy.
SOURCE: Third Row, Mezzanine at 10:56PMTuesday, January 10, 2012
"Outside People" at Vineyard Theatre, January 7, 2012
Playwright Zayd Dohrn brings another tale of a stranger in a strange land to the NY stage with his Outside People.
It's an e…
SOURCE: Third Row, Mezzanine at 10:54PMTuesday, January 3, 2012
"Relatively Speaking" at Brooks Atkinson Theatre, December 20, 2011
As the graphic indicates, this is an evening of 3 unrelated one-act plays.
First up, Talking Cure by Ethan…
SOURCE: Third Row, Mezzanine at 07:06PMThursday, December 15, 2011
"On a Clear Day You Can See Forever" at St. James Theatre, December 15, 2012
Why?
Why change the focus of the story from Daisy, now David (David Turner) to the psychologist M…
SOURCE: Third Row, Mezzanine at 11:28PMFriday, December 9, 2011
"The Cherry Orchard" at Classic Stage Company, December 2, 2012
(photo: Carol Rosegg)
Classic Stage puts up The Cherry Orchard, the last production of its Chekhov Initiative, tha…
SOURCE: Third Row, Mezzanine at 08:28PMSaturday, November 19, 2011
"Lysistrata Jones" at Walter Kerr Theatre, November 18, 2011
Transferring from off-Broadway run downtown, Douglas Carter Beane takes on the Greeks again in this re-telling of th…
SOURCE: Third Row, Mezzanine at 12:07AMThursday, November 17, 2011
"Private Lives" at The Music Box, November 15, 2011
This London transfer brings Kim Cattrall back to the Rialto for the first time in 25 years, leading this production of the Noel…
SOURCE: Third Row, Mezzanine at 10:37PMMonday, November 14, 2011
I can't call it a review I have to write about today, though it is about a new play I attended over the weekend.
Let's put some things on the table first, stipulations, if you will:
Gettin…
SOURCE: Third Row, Mezzanine at 11:25PMSunday, November 6, 2011
This film by Patrick Wang opened at Quad Cinemas last night with a pretty strong review from the NY Times. Check the review out here. There's not much I would add to Mr. Brunick's observ…
SOURCE: Third Row, Mezzanine at 12:15AMMonday, October 24, 2011
"Milk Like Sugar" at Playwrights Horizons, October 21, 2011
A few years ago, there were news reports of unhappy high school girls who formed pacts to all get pregnant and drop out…
SOURCE: Third Row, Mezzanine at 11:10PMSunday, October 9, 2011
"Man and Boy" presented by Roundabout Theatre Company at the American Airlines Theatre, September 10, 2011
Back to reviving classic American theatre, the Roundabout has scored F…
SOURCE: Third Row, Mezzanine at 11:37PMThursday, October 6, 2011
The good folks at Playwrights Horizons have made the following offer.
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SOURCE: Third Row, Mezzanine at 05:56PMThursday, September 29, 2011
"Lemon Sky" presented by the Keen Company at the Theatre Row, September 24, 2011
(photo by Richard Termine)
My experience with the Keen Company has usually been very good - solid…
SOURCE: Third Row, Mezzanine at 10:56PMThe Submission, presented by MCC Theatre at the Lucille Lortel Theatre, September 11, 2011
Writing a play is a daunting task. Getting a new play produced takes "daunting" to exp…
SOURCE: Third Row, Mezzanine at 10:10PMThursday, September 22, 2011
"Follies" at the Marquis Theatre, September 8, 2011
Stephen Sondheim's 1972 musical returns to Broadway via the Kennedy Center transfer from a successful run this summer.
It's…
SOURCE: Third Row, Mezzanine at 11:06PMFriday, September 16, 2011
I've finally ended a period of travel and have gotten back to the theatre.
Reviews are coming of:
Follies
Man and Boy
The Submission
Stay tuned...
SOURCE: Third Row, Mezzanine at 07:03PMFriday, August 26, 2011
COMPLETENESS by Itamar Moses — Discount Tix!
How does a computer scientist hook up with a molecular biologist? He blinds her with science, of course. When Elliot builds a computer pro…
SOURCE: Third Row, Mezzanine at 03:37PMFriday, July 8, 2011
"Side Effects" presented by MCC Theatre at the Lucille Lortel Theatre, June 30, 2011
(photo by Joan Marcus)
Michael Weller returns to MCC Theatre with the other side of the stor…
SOURCE: Third Row, Mezzanine at 11:24PMThursday, July 7, 2011
"Master Class" presented by Manhattan Theatre Club at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre, June 26, 2011
Terrence McNalley's 1995 fantasia of Maria Callas conducting a master class at …
SOURCE: Third Row, Mezzanine at 09:26PMThursday, June 23, 2011
"Unnatural Acts" at Classic Stage Company, June 18, 2011
This new dramatization by the Plastic Theatre chronicles the events leading up to the "secret court" hearings co…
SOURCE: Third Row, Mezzanine at 09:29PMThursday, May 26, 2011
The Independent Theater Bloggers Association (the “ITBA”) is proud to announce the 2011 recipients of the Third Annual Patrick Lee Theater Blogger Awards. Patrick Lee was one …
SOURCE: Third Row, Mezzanine at 04:48PMSunday, May 8, 2011
It's been a busy spring. Here's a collection of summaries on what I've seen of late.
"The House of Blue Leaves" at the Walter Kerr Theatre, April 11, 2011
This revival was a bi…
SOURCE: Third Row, Mezzanine at 09:35PMThursday, May 5, 2011
"The School for Lies" at Classic Stage Company, April 30, 2011
David Ives returns to CSC with another update of a classic. This time it's a fresh interpretation of Moliere's The M…
SOURCE: Third Row, Mezzanine at 10:12PMSaturday, April 30, 2011
"Seance on a Wet Afternoon" presented by New York City Opera at the David Koch Theatre, April 28, 2011
I always find it exciting when established artists attempt a new direction w…
SOURCE: Third Row, Mezzanine at 04:30PMSunday, April 24, 2011
"Born Yesterday" at the Cort Theatre, April 7, 2011
Garson Kanin's classic spin on Pygmalion has returned to Broadway in a gorgeous, but uneven production directed by Doug Hughes.…
SOURCE: Third Row, Mezzanine at 10:46PM"Love Song" at 59E59 Theaters, April 19, 2011
(Photo by Jeff Larkin - provided by 59E59)
There are times when I forget that getting nominated for an award isn't necessarily an i…
SOURCE: Third Row, Mezzanine at 10:03PM 
