Friday, July 29, 2022
Jack, Rose and The Heart of the Ocean are all in this sly, clever and amusing musical spoof hosted by “Celine Dion,” which is uproariously performed.
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SOURCE: theaterscene.org at 09:57PMFriday, July 1, 2022
Ira Levin’s sense of eerie foreboding initially looms over playwright Brian Watkins’ entrancing drama, "Epiphany." As a reunion dinner party comically unfolds, we anxiously await superna…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 11:41AMTuesday, June 28, 2022
Four appealingly performed single Manhattan roommates’ tangled romantic lives are depicted in the pleasant contemporary Off-Broadway musical, "Love Quirks," which has a rapturous score. C…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 10:03AMThursday, June 23, 2022
"Corsicana" is a heartfelt and absorbing family drama that’s been given a pretentiously distracting production: just for starters, its cryptic houselights up preamble is at odds with the p…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 10:47AMWednesday, June 22, 2022
In 'Circle Jerk," this cocky duo confidently preen, bray and cavort while donning various wigs and flamboyant costumes as multiple fey stock characters for over two numbing hours of their se…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 03:14PMSaturday, June 18, 2022
''Atkinson was the conscience of the theater. He rediscovered Off-Broadway in the 50's when other critics did not want to bother going off the beaten path. His standards were tough, but his …
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 09:45AMSaturday, June 11, 2022
Tennessee Williams’ full-length play’s titles, characters and dialogue have been part of the consciousness since "The Glass Menagerie"’s 1944 premiere. During his peak years of the 194…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 10:13PMFriday, June 10, 2022
The animated Aline Salloum fearlessly embraces all of Najaf’s unsettling complexities, delivering a riveting performance. In the early sexually frank verbal exchanges, Ms. Salloum marvelou…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 11:39AMTuesday, June 7, 2022
Can a 27-year-old Black gay professional journalist and a 21-year-old Blatino bicycle messenger with an out of wedlock son find love and happiness together in Brooklyn? That is the crux of a…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 11:57AMThursday, June 2, 2022
In four scenes spanning a few months, Ra renders his gay family trio’s life events, medical situations, numerous clashes and resolutions with pungent topicality. The pandemic is referenced…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 10:36PMFriday, May 27, 2022
Written by Renee Philippi, this witty mockery of authoritarianism is derived from Friedrich Schiller’s play "The Robbers" and the Korean novel "The Story of Hong Gildong." Composer and…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 12:58PMFriday, May 20, 2022
This premiere five-performance Off-Off-Broadway showcase run of "The Oracle" is best viewed as a tryout, and the production’s presentational flaws are cited with that belief. Co-author El…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 12:24PMMonday, May 16, 2022
This charming show comes from the acclaimed Spanish troupe, Kulunka Teatro. The ensemble of Jose Dault, Garbiñe Insausti and Edu Cárcamo all offer awesome physically commanding silent port…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 02:36PMTuesday, May 10, 2022
Though there’s two well-delineated characters and a compelling plot, "A Case for the Existence of God" plays out like a 90-minute cerebral exercise, reaching an unsatisfying pseudo-fantast…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 01:27PMFriday, May 6, 2022
Anyone else may find this decent show to be a tired affair which just about sustains its two-and-half-hour running time. The memory-piece book by Crystal, Lowell Ganz and Babaloo Mandel is b…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 12:32PMFriday, April 29, 2022
Beanie Feldstein’s clunky rendition of “I'm the Greatest Star” crystalizes the absurdist dimension of this off-kilter first Broadway revival of the 1964 musical, "Funny Girl." With her…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 11:43AMFriday, April 22, 2022
A lure of this Broadway premiere revival is 25 years later experiencing the acclaimed performances of much of its original cast. Being a memory play, their current ages are irrelevant, espec…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 12:16PMFriday, April 15, 2022
Lee peppers his worn scenario with plenty of pop, cultural and political references, well-crafted zingers and familiar conflicts. Dating apps, "Dancer from the Dance," "Sex and the City" are…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 10:59AMMonday, April 11, 2022
Whether frenetically dancing, rhapsodizing over Nancy Drew, fretting about when she’ll wear a bra or reacting horrified upon learning about sex, Ms. Curry performs with the verve of Lily T…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 11:54AMTuesday, April 5, 2022
An astronaut in a space station, a YouTube cooking show, evicted apartment residents and a romance on the rocks are a few of the dramatic and antic incidents depicted in "Take Shape," an ent…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 09:53AMSaturday, April 2, 2022
Audience laughter abounds during Matthew Broderick and Sara Jessica Parker’s uproarious performances in this splendid first Broadway revival of Neil Simon’s 1968 hit comedy, "Plaza Suite…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 12:04AMTuesday, March 29, 2022
Presentational flourishes abound in director Ralph B. Peña’s gorgeous physical staging which combines small-scale spectacle with humanity. Scenic designer Junghyun Georgia Lee provides a…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 01:05PMSunday, March 20, 2022
Unfortunately, Huff the author of the psychological puzzler "A Steady Rain" in which Daniel Craig and Hugh Jackman starred in on Broadway in 2009, and who has written episodes of the telev…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 07:06PMTuesday, March 15, 2022
Nina Simone’s vocal talents, physical presence and spirit are all dazzlingly channeled by Laiona Michelle in her engaging self-written biographical concert-style musical, "Little Girl Blue…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 02:39PMTuesday, March 8, 2022
Puns, witty repartee, double entendres, verbal wordplay out of Abbott and Costello, sight gags and slapstick all abound in playwright Talene Monahon's zany, edgy and accomplished historical…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 05:27PMSaturday, March 5, 2022
Conceived and directed by Les Waters, his staging of Out of Time is of purposeful simplicity. The actors are seated, standing or in motion fulfilling the intentions of each author. The stage…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 11:48PMWednesday, March 2, 2022
So rages legendary Right Wing Hollywood gossip columnist Hedda Hopper in playwright Claude Solnik’s well-observed historical fantasia about the 1950’s anti-Communist Blacklist, "The Unam…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 10:29AMSunday, February 27, 2022
A woman’s arm falls off soon into playwright Charly Evon Simpson’s engrossing allegory, "sandblasted." Ms. Simpson’s tone beautifully mixes the comic with the wistful, her dialogue is …
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 06:28PMSunday, February 20, 2022
Lisa and The Other Lisa are the two characters in acclaimed Irish playwright Enda Walsh’s haunting short play, "The Same." The conceit that The Other Lisa is Lisa 10 years ago is soon disc…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 07:40PMTuesday, February 8, 2022
The dynamic W. Tré Davis and Tyler Fauntleroy deliver rousing performances as Tambo and Bones. Each is possessed of a limber physicality, superior comic timing and dramatic depth. Their imm…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 06:56PMSaturday, January 29, 2022
Set in the breakroom of a stamping plant in 2008, Ms. Morisseau achieves a high level of dramatic writing with this well observed exploration of Black working-class life. Each of the short s…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 10:29PM 
