Monday, May 1, 2017
Victor Herbert's 1903 operetta "Babes in Toyland" was presented by MasterVoices (formerly The Collegiate Chorale), in a splendid concert production, to celebrate its 75th anniversary. Music…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 12:21AM[SHARE]Saturday, April 29, 2017
Provocative, startling, and theatrical, "Her Opponent" is a recreation of the 2016 U.S. presidential debates between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump. The twist is that actors of reverse ge…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 09:37PM[SHARE]Friday, April 28, 2017
The dialogue of Ileana Alexandra Orlic's English translation is problematic. Floating around are a few Shakespearean snippets, but otherwise it's rather stilted. Without much verbal grande…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 04:01PM[SHARE]Tuesday, April 25, 2017
Alternating between flavorfully humorous and darkly revealing dialogue, Mr. McLure vibrantly renders his characters' personalities and motivations. There's a hilarious analysis of the incom…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 01:13AM[SHARE]Sunday, April 23, 2017
"A really fun mix-tape of some our favorite songs…with no through line," was how Steven Reineke, the exuberant music director and conductor of The New York Pops, described this delightful …
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 08:37PM[SHARE]Thursday, April 20, 2017
The dialogue is sparse as various mundane activities are depicted, such as learning to drive, shaving and ordering food from a deli. The infants are played by adult actors. The cast wears …
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 01:30AM[SHARE]Saturday, April 15, 2017
Ms. Hogan's dialogue is well crafted and the structure is stageworthy, but it all comes across as a playwriting exercise rather than a full-fledged dramatic work. Medically, Hogan's premise…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 12:38PM[SHARE]Friday, April 14, 2017
"The structure of 'CasablancaBox' is inspired by another filmmaker's technique, Robert Altman's roaming camera," writes playwright Sara Farrington and director Reid Farrington in their progr…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 11:13AM[SHARE]Wednesday, April 12, 2017
"Rosalee Pritchett" and "The Perry's Mission" are in the provocative tradition of such works of the period as Amiri Baraka's 1964 play Dutchman and Melvin Van Peebles' 1970 film "Watermelon …
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 12:04PM[SHARE]Monday, April 10, 2017
Playwright Zayd Dohrn has a facility for setups, punch lines and zingers that might play well as an HBO situation comedy attempting to mix humor with seriousness. As a theater piece, his p…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 12:23AM[SHARE]Saturday, April 8, 2017
If only there were perversion in "Perversion." Instead, it's a tedious, mélange of the absurdist styles of Jean Genet, Eugène Ionesco, Jules Feiffer and Dr. Seuss. There's the eerie sens…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 11:40PM[SHARE]Saturday, April 1, 2017
Though rather flawed in execution, there is much to enjoy in "Picnic" & "Come Back, Little Sheba": William Inge in Repertory. It is also revelatory in proving William Inge's high ranki…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 03:49PM[SHARE]Friday, March 31, 2017
Mr. Rojas vividly creates an entertaining panorama of the Puerto Rican community in The Bronx of the 1960's and 1970's. A gallery of characters and numerous incidents are lovingly described.…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 11:08AM[SHARE]Wednesday, March 29, 2017
Herbert Fields's book was based on a story by E. Ray Goetz and New Yorker cartoonist Peter Arno. This clunky concert adaptation by Jack Viertel is crammed with double entendres, puns, anach…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 11:55AM[SHARE]Thursday, March 23, 2017
His innate charm, joy of performing and theatrical grandeur is always on display in this show. All of those qualities combined with his resonant, Australian accented vocal delivery makes it …
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 05:21PM[SHARE]Monday, March 20, 2017
Speaking in an engaging Texas twang, the blonde Reeder recounts Ginnifer's somber story with emotional straightforwardness and humor. Employing her expressive facial features, striking eyes…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 01:27PM[SHARE]Sunday, March 19, 2017
Beckett lived in rural France, and his nearby neighbor, Boris Roussimoff, helped him build a cottage on his property in 1953. Beckett grew close to the family, and offered to drive Andre to…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 08:48PM[SHARE]Friday, March 17, 2017
It's well constructed, the dialogue is snappy and filled with some funny one-liners. The milieu is that of upper middle class Manhattan white-collar workers. Moderately entertaining, it at…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 11:39AM[SHARE]Thursday, March 16, 2017
Playwrights Hannah Bos and Paul Thureen with developer Oliver Butler, creatively evoke the tragic, nostalgic spirit of Booth Tarkington's "The Magnificent Ambersons" and the wonderment of th…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 11:53AM[SHARE]Tuesday, March 14, 2017
"It looks like when you got your Kennedy Center Honor!" exclaimed Mr. Reineke, as a spotlight shone on John Kander, who was attending the concert from a first tier box at Carnegie Hall. He …
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 02:21PM[SHARE]Monday, March 13, 2017
Playwright Jeff Talbott offers an overall well-written and plotted social drama that detours into a strident political battle over capitalism. The sympathetic characters are trapped by thei…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 02:05AM[SHARE]Chilean playwright Guillermo Calderón constructs a simple, engrossing and often funny scenario. Three women, all named Alejandra, have been selected as members of a deliberative, special …
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 01:33AM[SHARE]Friday, March 10, 2017
Mr. Howard is eminently qualified to hold forth on the subject, having been a prominent New York City acting teacher for over 60 years. Concurrently with an active theatrical career, he stu…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 12:44PM[SHARE]Monday, March 6, 2017
Darryl Reilly, Critic Miriam Colón died recently at the age of 80. She was a great actress who had a long and distinguished career on the stage, screen and television. She arrived in New …
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 11:58PM[SHARE]Sunday, March 5, 2017
Playwright Erica Schmidt has a minor aptitude for believably snappy dialogue, but not much else. Her tired scenario is astonishingly familiar and offers no fresh insights. That adolescence…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 05:39PM[SHARE]Darryl Reilly, Critic You need to somehow get into a play, be seen in it, remembered for your performance, and be seen by a person (an author or director or producer) who just happens to hav…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 08:47AM[SHARE]Tuesday, February 28, 2017
Composer Soo Hyun Huh's original music is a fine and eclectic assortment of modern melodies. The English lyrics are written by Bryan Michaels. The combined results are stilted and pedestria…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 12:56PM[SHARE]Much is made of her numerous Oscar nominations, and this reaches a wonderfully presented climax. She finally wins the award for Best Actress on her eighth nomination for the 1985 screen adap…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 11:40AM[SHARE]Friday, February 24, 2017
In "Kunstler," playwright Jeffrey Sweet recounts the defense attorney's life and career in his well-written, comprehensively researched, and affectionate treatment. The conceit is that Kuns…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 12:40PM[SHARE]Thursday, February 23, 2017
Each character is conveniently a different, representative type of oppressed nationality. Though Tirado goes overboard in detailing these culturally diverse, downtrodden characters' backstor…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 11:58AM[SHARE]Wednesday, February 22, 2017
Presented by the acclaimed Broken Box Mime Theater, "See Reverse" consists of ten short pieces with some even shorter vignettes sometimes in between. Lasting close to two hours with an inte…
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