Sunday, October 21, 2018
Mr. Harper’s taut construction, solid plotting and detailed characters all yield to a suspenseful, emotionally shattering and entertaining experience. As in the works of Henrik Ibsen, Arth…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 11:25AMWednesday, October 17, 2018
For the first 25 minutes, the bushy red-bearded, receding with flowing hair Mr. Butler appears solo performing a series of his delightful songs. Butler superbly plays the banjo, guitar and h…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 11:52PMFriday, October 12, 2018
Mark Sonnenblick’s exceptional book is an accomplished mixture of prodigious research, well-drawn characters and adept if misguided construction. It skillfully dramatizes the gay experienc…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 11:26AMThursday, October 11, 2018
Presented by the San Francisco-based The Custom Made Theatre Company, this production is masterminded by its artistic director Brian Katz who adapted and directed it. Mr. Katz’s accomplish…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 12:29PMTuesday, October 9, 2018
Mercer’s direction coordinates the outstanding design components into an aesthetically successful presentation with some neat stage pictures and tableaux. However, the deliberate quest for…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 01:55PMSunday, October 7, 2018
Though going off on tangents, the captivating performer Heidi Schreck’s self-written fascinating theatrical memoir "What the Constitution Means to Me" is a feminist-centric personal odysse…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 10:54PMTuesday, October 2, 2018
Darryl Reilly, Critic John Burns and William Demaniow at The Puplex. “At first glance, we don’t look like we have much in common,” quipped vocalist John Burns during his uproarious cab…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 08:46AMMonday, October 1, 2018
Nevin Denham is a morose N.J. basement band guitarist whose estranged up and coming astrophysicist girlfriend Amy Leonardo moves to New York City to be an intern for Mr. Tyson at the Hayden …
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 12:40PMFriday, September 28, 2018
Anderson Cook’s jocular book is a silly amalgam of "Grease" and "Rock 'n' Roll High School" with shades of "The Rocky Horror Picture Show." Composer and lyricist Ben Lapidus’ Green Day…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 11:16PMThursday, September 27, 2018
Holbrook’s enduring youthful presence, twinkling charm and commanding vocal authority make him the ideal vessel to channel Lerner’s monumental achievements. Through his concisely informa…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 02:40PMWednesday, September 26, 2018
Ms. Anselmi succeeds at imparting her solid research on the subject through her sharp dialogue spoken by her strong characters. The play falters with the addition of a chorus who are actors …
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 12:02PMSunday, September 23, 2018
Exhibiting talent and charm but with relatively impassive vocal deliveries are the trio who portray Anna Politkovskaya and other characters such as soldiers, medical personnel and military o…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 01:46PMFriday, September 21, 2018
The 2014 police shooting of Michael Brown inspired this exuberant concert-style presentation of Sophocles’ classic Greek tragedy entitled "Antigone in Ferguson." Director Bryan Doerries…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 01:33PMTuesday, September 18, 2018
Exhibiting the dazzling wizardry of someone who trained at the École Jacques Lecoq in Paris, Murfi is breathtaking as he clowns, mimes and barrels all over the space while distinctively ren…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 03:29PMMonday, September 17, 2018
Conceived and written by Kevin Doyle, "THE AЯTS" offers sophomoric antics that are a virtual parody of performance art techniques. There’s a lot of buzzers à la Richard Foreman. The sho…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 05:31PMSunday, September 16, 2018
Farce meets tragedy in a fictional unnamed Latin American country in "The Conduct of Life." It’s a raucous yet insightful fantasia about military oppression taking its toll on the populace…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 01:45PMWednesday, September 12, 2018
Ms. McCarrick’s appealing premise of redemptive romance is in fact subsidiary to the IRA angle as in the program she states that this event is the inspiration for her play. The two threads…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 11:29PMTuesday, September 11, 2018
In 14 concise scenes lasting 85 minutes, Ms. Lyman quite skillfully transforms the familiar premise of a resolute aged person clashing with her relatives over giving up her independence into…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 01:04PMSunday, September 9, 2018
Director Miranda Haymon’s electric staging of her pared down yet faithful adaptation is filled with dialogue characteristic of Kafka and bracing sequences. Basketball is a key visual metap…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 11:56AMSaturday, September 8, 2018
Wearing a realistic period uniform and donning a metal helmet, the youthful and animated Mr. O’Regan recalls the electric persona of the young Tom Courtney as he vividly portrays numerous …
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 11:36AMFriday, August 31, 2018
More in the style of informative advocacy event for the lecture circuit then a theatrical work, "Intrusion" wanly tackles the subject of rape. "I set out to create a show that addresses the …
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 10:28PMThis production is presented by The Flea and the cast is drawn from their resident acting company, The Bats. Exhibiting heartbreaking resilience Alana Raquel Bowers as Aisha dominates the pl…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 12:01AMWednesday, August 29, 2018
War, time and death are hauntingly explored in the eerie high-tech performance piece "Remnant," a company project by Theater Mitu. It’s based on interviews with a cross section of people t…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 01:08AMSunday, August 26, 2018
With Tony nominations for "Rocky," "On the Twentieth Century" and "Groundhog Day," 44-year-old Andy Karl’s charisma and considerable talents have been well demonstrated. In "Pretty Woman: …
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 03:40PMWednesday, August 22, 2018
Presented by NAATCO (National Asian American Theatre Company), it has a virtually all-Asian excellent cast of sixteen, several of whom play roles of opposite genders. Creatively conceived by…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 01:53PMMonday, August 20, 2018
Spirited, tuneful and fabulously performed but lacking a strong plot, the silly "R.R.R.E.D." might have made for a lively hour-long cabaret show. However, as a full-length musical, it’s a …
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 06:32PMFriday, August 10, 2018
Gambling, palace intrigue and poetry abounds in playwright Jonathan Leaf’s imaginative and engrossing historical drama "Pushkin." In the course of two acts and numerous scenes, the eventfu…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 11:52PMThursday, August 9, 2018
Translated into English from the Swedish by Charlotte Barslund, Ms. Langseth’s trite sexual obsession scenario is reminiscent of the novels of Patricia Highsmith and the French thriller fi…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 12:43PMTuesday, August 7, 2018
That renowned man of the theater Austin Pendleton’s concept to adapt and combine portions of William Shakespeare’s "Henry VI, Part 3" with Richard III is intriguing and textually success…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 03:21PMThursday, August 2, 2018
Reveling in their grating vocal affectations, gesticulating at a fever pitch or moving catatonically and projecting snarky personas they hold forth on their revered subject in various permut…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 12:02PMSaturday, July 28, 2018
This plotless, mostly sung-through exhibition conveys the tumultuous 20th century urban African-American experience through Micki Grant’s dazzling score for which she wrote both the music …
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 12:11PM 
