Saturday, June 16, 2018
“This is the world of Magritte,” and indeed it is. The play opens with a young woman silently appearing and wearing a flowing white gown, a derby with a flower and a pipe. This takes pla…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 07:00PMChristopher McLinden as David and Patrick J. Ssenjovu as God’s Blessing are both personable but the material inspires their overwrought characterizations to be overwrought. Musician Farai …
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 10:42AMWednesday, June 13, 2018
“What a dump” is the immortal opening line of Edward Albee’s dramatic masterpiece, "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?". In the inane spoof "Everyone’s Fine with Virginia Woolf," it�…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 12:13AMTuesday, June 12, 2018
Blonde, of ample physique, and possessed of an appealing matter of fact vocal delivery that soars with range, Mollenkamp has an engaging everywoman persona. She veers from dry humor to raw e…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 11:09AMIn the African-American Abigail, Ms. Quintana creates a complex protagonist who is sympathetic, exasperating and engaging. She is fascinated by the journalist Lorena Hickok who had a storied…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 01:02AMThursday, June 7, 2018
Artistic director, writer, arranger and host David Loud was at lectern off to the side onstage and passionately delivered his erudite and informative commentary at length. Mr. Loud grew up w…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 03:29PMMonday, June 4, 2018
Playwright Lizzie Stern has an ear for contemporary discourse and her dialogue is well-crafted. The characters are appealing and are finely detailed. The universal focus is on the relationsh…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 10:57PMThursday, May 31, 2018
Mr. Cruz realizes his scenario with his patented style. There’s rueful humor, Chekhovian reveries and a sense of the mystical all with a demonstrative Latin sensibility. The dialogue is fi…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 01:32PMWednesday, May 30, 2018
Director Shira-Lee Shalit provides breakneck pacing, swift scene transitions and compelling stage compositions that include the presence of the violinist. The visual and the verbal are in…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 12:34PMMonday, May 28, 2018
Mr. Clements’ treatment of these events is straightforward and confirms existing perceptions of these figures. Diana is charismatic but immature and self-aggrandizing, Morton is a go-gette…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 12:13AMFriday, May 25, 2018
Bit and Otto recall tomboy Frankie Addams and Berenice the maid from Carson McCullers’ "The Member of the Wedding" while Pigman and Missy parallel Pozzo and Lucky from Samuel Beckett’s "…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 04:24PMTuesday, May 22, 2018
Conceived by Carrie Heitman and written by Cynthia Babak it was developed in workshops over the last three years by the Hook & Eye Theater company. According to Chad Lindsey’s directo…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 05:21PMMonday, May 21, 2018
In the spirit of the loquacious Winnie in Samuel Beckett’s "Happy Days," the animated Yuki Kawahisa beautifully portrays Honoka with sunny depth. Maho Honda as Arisa, the play’s unifyin…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 09:15PMSunday, May 20, 2018
"Hercules Didn't Wade in the Water" is the winner of the Negro Ensemble Company, Inc.’s 2017 Emerging Playwrights Competition and this is its premiere. Michael A. Jones’ passionate eloqu…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 11:59PMFriday, May 18, 2018
Ms. Atik complements her engaging contemporary scenario with creative theatricality. Interspersed are vignettes with six performers depicting the members of a nationwide pregnancy Internet m…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 01:11PMMonday, May 14, 2018
Mr. Carlyle’s giddy opening is a thrilling mise-en-scène of a chorus line of servants, floating props and a grand back drop of a miniature representation of the country estate where the a…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 06:57PMThursday, May 10, 2018
With a Judy Collins-style mane of blonde hair and wearing jeans and suede, the sleek Luba Mason as Joy certainly looks the part. That mien is reinforced by Ms. Mason’s smoothly conversatio…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 06:05PMThe one bright spot is the 15-minute segment “Without Precedent.” It’s the title of Trump’s imaginary HBO comedy special and is the highlight of Ezra Barnes’ terrific performance a…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 04:13PMWednesday, May 9, 2018
Ms. Barron’s conception is more of an agenda driven fantastical tract rather than a well-crafted play with a cohesive plot. Her tone is of exaggeration and artifice with mannered dialogue …
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 12:39AMSunday, May 6, 2018
“Never judge a heifer by the flick of her tail” is just one of the many kernels of down home wisdom in playwright N. Richard Nash’s lovely piece of Americana, The Rainmaker. It’s bee…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 11:52PMWednesday, May 2, 2018
Angela Lansbury’s electrifying surprise appearance was the grandest of the many highlights of the New York Pops’ sensational 35th Birthday Gala, "Part of His World: The Songs of Alan Men…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 02:25PMTuesday, May 1, 2018
With a contemporary sensibility, Mr. Patrick dramatizes the familiar situations with simplicity, lively dialogue and tasteful irreverence. There is also excessive philosophical speechifying …
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 04:19PMMonday, April 30, 2018
Mr. McAnuff who worked wonders with his direction of "Jersey Boys" here offers a chilly vision that evokes a sterile landscape replicating a heavenly waiting room in connection with Robert B…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 12:42AMSaturday, April 28, 2018
A speech of Madame Arcati’s from Noël Coward’s "Blithe" Spirit recited in Armenian is just one of the many highlights of Nicole Ansari’s awesome performance as Victoria. The long-ha…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 04:34PM"The Shakespeare Conspiracy" is based on Ted Bacino’s novel of the same title that he and Rufus Cadigan have adapted for the stage. Their effort is not in the league of such highly skilled…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 12:17PMFriday, April 27, 2018
In the mode of vibrant Broadway leading ladies of the likes of Donna Murphy is the red haired and vivacious Kaitlyn Baldwin as the home economics teacher, Ms. Benson and as Private Jayne, th…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 12:51AMWednesday, April 25, 2018
Darryl Reilly, Critic Hume Cronyn and Jessica Tandy. “The Fourposter transformed our lives and we were here!” reminisced the actress Tandy Cronyn at New York City’s Historic Landma…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 10:43PMMonday, April 23, 2018
The epic myth of the Trojan War gets a fanciful treatment in playwright Nina Kethevan’s "Dress of Fire." Lasting about 95 minutes, it still packs in a lot of incidents with 12 actors som…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 11:57AMFriday, April 20, 2018
Scenic designer Dedalus Wainwright utilizes a simple assortment of benches and office furniture for the first act. For the second, Mr. Wainwright creates a configuration of gray wood platfor…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 04:36PMThursday, April 19, 2018
Wearing a funereal suit, a black topcoat and a black fedora, Matthew Broderick as Mr. Lockhart has initial dry pleasantness giving way to chilling steeliness as he takes on the persona of a …
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 03:31PMWednesday, April 18, 2018
The white-haired O’Hare’s appealing tenor voice with its regional cadences is expressive. His instrument is in the realm of a tuneful storyteller who mines laughs and emotions with vocal…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 12:57AM 
