Tuesday, March 22, 2016
“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…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 11:06AMMonday, March 21, 2016
“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…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 10:14AMFriday, March 18, 2016
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…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 07:46AMTuesday, March 15, 2016
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) …
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 11:53PMMonday, March 14, 2016
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…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 10:04PMDirector David Staller has ingeniously staged this small-scale production with numerous theatrical flourishes. Scene transitions are accomplished with actors in character moving furniture, …
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 10:35AMThursday, March 10, 2016
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�…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 11:52AMSaturday, March 5, 2016
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…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 10:42AMWednesday, March 2, 2016
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…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 10:31PMSunday, February 14, 2016
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…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 08:59PMThursday, February 11, 2016
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…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 01:09AMThursday, February 4, 2016
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…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 10:14PMWednesday, February 3, 2016
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…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 04:48PMMonday, February 1, 2016
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…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 10:46PMSaturday, January 23, 2016
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…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 01:59PMTuesday, January 19, 2016
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…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 07:17PMThe 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…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 11:39AMSaturday, January 16, 2016
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…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 10:50PMThursday, January 14, 2016
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…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 12:24AMTuesday, January 12, 2016
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 …
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 04:10PMSunday, January 10, 2016
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 …
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 11:25PMTuesday, January 5, 2016
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…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 12:18PMTuesday, December 22, 2015
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…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 03:03PMDarryl 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…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 11:23AMSaturday, December 19, 2015
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…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 04:53PMWednesday, December 16, 2015
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…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 02:52PMMonday, December 14, 2015
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…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 01:12AMThursday, December 10, 2015
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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…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 11:47AMMonday, December 7, 2015
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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…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 11:59AMThis 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…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 11:15AMFriday, December 4, 2015
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Bejeweled codpieces, sequined thongs, taut bustiers, powdered wigs, elaborate masks, frock coats, tutus, and leather harnesses, are among the eye-catching eleme…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 05:56PM 
