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Tuesday, March 22, 2016

Witchcraft: The Jazz of Cy Coleman by Darryl Reilly

“He was tied to the life of jazz clubs,” said Billy Stritch of Cy Coleman, the subject of The 92nd Street Y’s Lyrics & Lyricists Series Presents: "Witchcraft: The Jazz Magic of Cy…

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Monday, March 21, 2016

Richard Malavet in The Billy Eckstine Project: Songs In the Key of “B” by Darryl Reilly

“He was the premier balladeer of his generation and the first African-American to sing a song on network radio,” Malavet declared of the entertainer. Billy Eckstine (1914-1993) was a Vi…

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Friday, March 18, 2016

Ideation by Darryl Reilly

Taking place in real time, Aaron Loeb's entertaining play is in the mode of Paddy Chayefsky’s "Network" with shades of "The Blair Witch Project." It also echoes the explosive style and re…

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Tuesday, March 15, 2016

Boy by Darryl Reilly

In his widely produced 1977 play," The Elephant Man," Bernard Pomerance employed the theatrical device of having the grotesque John Merrick portrayed by an actor (invariably a handsome one) …

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Monday, March 14, 2016

The New York Pops: 42nd on 57th: Broadway Today by Darryl Reilly

A pulsating medley from Kander and Ebb’s musical "Chicago" was the thrilling second act opening number of The New York Pops’ pleasant concert of eclectic show music, "42nd on 57th: Broad…

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Widowers’ Houses by Darryl Reilly

Director David Staller has ingeniously staged this small-scale production with numerous theatrical flourishes. Scene transitions are accomplished with actors in character moving furniture, …

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Thursday, March 10, 2016

One Way to Pluto! by Darryl Reilly

Patrick Brian Scherrer plays Peter, appearing in all 11 scenes, often in intense situations. The very personable Mr. Scherrer’s performance is quite heroic as he boldly embraces the play�…

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Saturday, March 5, 2016

Hughie by Darryl Reilly

When the audience enters, the curtain is up and Christopher Oram’s imposing scenic design of the faded hotel lobby is in view. The visual effect of its industrial greenish walls, dirty st…

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Wednesday, March 2, 2016

92Y’s Lyrics & Lyricists Series: “Battle for the Airwaves: The Songbook Meets Rock and Country” by Darryl Reilly

Breezily delivering his erudite script from a music stand, black-backed cards that he occasionally held, and from memory, Naughton cited Jazz, Gospel, The Blues, Country and Doo-wop. He also…

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Sunday, February 14, 2016

Cabin in the Sky by Darryl Reilly

Director Ruben Santiago-Hudson has inventively and thoughtfully staged the show with vibrant precision. Mr. Santiago-Hudson’s work combined with Camille A. Brown’s often stunning choreo…

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Thursday, February 11, 2016

Defendant Maurice Chevalier by Darryl Reilly

His great grandnephew, the French-born and raised Alexis Chevalier has written this well researched play with music that is based in part on Maurice Chevalier’s memoirs. It is structurall…

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Thursday, February 4, 2016

Company XIV’s Snow White by Darryl Reilly

Company XIV founder, director and choreographer Austin McCormick recycles his stylistic techniques that include a having troupe of physically attractive and dynamic dancers in skimpy costume…

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Wednesday, February 3, 2016

Sojourners by Darryl Reilly

Ms. Udofia’s dialogue is richly expressive and she renders the four characters with depth and detail. The relationships between the characters are fully explored and their interactions wh…

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Monday, February 1, 2016

The Burial at Thebes by Darryl Reilly

Robert Langdon Lloyd’s eloquent performance as the blind prophet Tiresias energizes what had been a stilted presentation of this small-scale production of "The Burial at Thebes." Before M…

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Saturday, January 23, 2016

What the Horse Saw by Darryl Reilly

The collaborative script is by the One Idiot troupe’s writers that include Jon Bershad, Aaron Burdette, Allie Kokesh, Kristy Lopez-Bernal, Nathan Min and Katelyn Trela. It’s a smart mas…

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Tuesday, January 19, 2016

The Screwtape Letters by Darryl Reilly

This Grand Guignol concept is sensationally realized by the striking physical production. John Gromada’s chilling sound design configures his spooky original score with its dominant organ…

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LaBute New Theater Festival by Darryl Reilly

The opening one is British author Lexi Wolfe’s delightfully wistful "Stand Up for Oneself."  It’s a Chekhovian romantic comedy with clipped Noel Coward-style dialogue taking place in th…

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Saturday, January 16, 2016

A Man and His Prostate by Darryl Reilly

Asner’s appearance in "A Man and His Prostate" is a delightfully thrilling opportunity to experience his considerable talents live. He vividly grouses, grimaces, and perfectly lands every…

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Thursday, January 14, 2016

Key Change by Darryl Reilly

Director Laura Lindow’s staging is a thrilling exhibition of pure stagecraft using very simple elements. The expressive actors are choreographed at times often in arresting tableaux espec…

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Tuesday, January 12, 2016

92Y’s Lyrics & Lyricists Series: “A Funny Thing Happened: Songs from the Road to Broadway!” by Darryl Reilly

Displaying her flawless vocal abilities, superb comic timing, dramatic range and exuberant presence, Ann Harada was the standout of the six-member company. She was in the original Broadway …

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Sunday, January 10, 2016

China Doll by Darryl Reilly

The title is never explained and remains a cryptic point of thought. Is it the name of the jet that the plot revolves around? Is it a reference to a woman? What could it mean? Knowing the …

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Tuesday, January 5, 2016

Villain: DeBlanks by Darryl Reilly

The personable Mr. Mitchell is the evening’s host and starts off the show by explaining the format. The six performers then go through the theater asking audience members for missing word…

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Tuesday, December 22, 2015

The New York Pops: It’s Christmas Time in the City by Darryl Reilly

Opening with a soaring symphonic “Deck the Halls” and then joined by the wonderful Essential Voices USA chorus for it, The New York Pops closed their concert, "It’s Christmas Time in t…

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Do You Know Me? by Tony Roberts by Darryl Reilly

Darryl Reilly, Critic A good audition is one in which the actor finds a way to bring some real piece of himself to the proceedings. The lines don’t matter. Those doing the hiring have hear…

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Saturday, December 19, 2015

The Color Purple by Darryl Reilly

Playwright Marsha Norman’s book brilliantly and very faithfully streamlines and extracts the events and themes of the novel and film. These include racism, sexism, self-esteem and same-se…

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Wednesday, December 16, 2015

Marjorie Prime by Darryl Reilly

Playwright Jordan Harrison is a graduate of the Brown University M.F.A. program and the recipient of several prestigious awards such as a Guggenheim Fellowship and the Kesselring Prize. On a…

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Monday, December 14, 2015

Our Friends the Enemy by Darryl Reilly

Besides playing Boyce, Gwyther depicts other British soldiers as well as Germans. It is an exhilarating display of rapid vocal and physical transformations subtly giving each brief characte…

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Thursday, December 10, 2015

Pylade by Darryl Reilly

This post is by Darryl Reilly Marko Mandič is an award-winning acclaimed classical actor from Slovenia who has worked several times with Mr. Buljan. His talent, charisma, and physicality j…

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Monday, December 7, 2015

A Child’s Christmas in Wales 2015 by Darryl Reilly

This post is by Darryl Reilly Over the course of just over an hour, the actors enact Dylan Thomas’ classic prose work of his childhood recollections interspersed with their sweet performan…

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Quantum Joy by Darryl Reilly

This post is by Darryl Reilly Victor Morales enters and introduces himself and notes that we are at Dixon Place. Mr. Morales who created this piece is stocky, bald, bespectacled, and posses…

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Friday, December 4, 2015

Nutcracker Rouge by Darryl Reilly

This post is by Darryl Reilly Bejeweled codpieces, sequined thongs, taut bustiers, powdered wigs, elaborate masks, frock coats, tutus, and leather harnesses, are among the eye-catching eleme…

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