Thursday, January 18, 2024
On the recent three day MLK weekend, I took a busman’s holiday, flew to London and attended several shows. The first one I saw was The Motive and the Cue, presented by the National Theatre…
SOURCE: stagebuddy.com at 08:20AMThursday, December 21, 2023
Should you talk to your plants? Science shows that the sound of a human voice helps them grow. It’s also therapeutic for the gardener. In “The Gardens of Anuncia” at Lincoln Center The…
SOURCE: stagebuddy.com at 09:53AMTuesday, December 19, 2023
Who was Johannes Gutenberg? We all know him as the inventor of the printing press which enabled more people to learn how to read.In the musical “Gutenberg,” playwrights Doug (Andrew Rann…
SOURCE: stagebuddy.com at 05:55PMMonday, December 18, 2023
When we become part of an audience, we bring more than our physical selves to the theater. We bring our experiences, our attitudes and even our prejudices. When I attended the matinee of “…
SOURCE: stagebuddy.com at 04:40PMThursday, December 7, 2023
On the surface, Ali, the main character in the new show “Hell’s Kitchen” at The Public Theater directed by Michael Greif, is a typical 17 year old girl with an easily relatable problem…
SOURCE: stagebuddy.com at 02:54PMThursday, November 30, 2023
At the “Mind Mangler: A Night of Tragic Illusion,” I hoped to be amused as well as amazed. After all, the show at New World Stages is a Mischief Production, the group that produced “Th…
SOURCE: stagebuddy.com at 03:05PMFriday, November 24, 2023
Even before we found our seats at the St James Theater, it was easy to gauge the emotions of the audience. Its mood was downright giddy. With so much tension and anger in the world today, ev…
SOURCE: stagebuddy.com at 08:40AMWednesday, November 15, 2023
It ‘s hard to enjoy a musical when you can’t root for the main character. Although he is attractive and good to his mother, Harry Bogen (well-played by Santino Fonana,) is an opportunist…
SOURCE: stagebuddy.com at 07:50PMSaturday, November 11, 2023
One man’s trash is another man’s treasure and that adage has never proven as true as in Theresa Rebeck’s new play “I Need That” in Roundabout Theatre Company’s production at Amer…
SOURCE: stagebuddy.com at 09:25AMFriday, November 3, 2023
Photo by Billy Bustamante, Matthew Murphy and Evan Zimmerman When I first saw “Here Lies Love” in 2013 at the Public Theater, I was one of several people who stood on the theater floor a…
SOURCE: stagebuddy.com at 12:59PMFriday, October 27, 2023
photo by Liz Lauren The title of Rebeca Gilman’s latest play, “Swing State,” suggests that it deals with politics. Although it is set in Wisconsin, which is a swing state, the differen…
SOURCE: stagebuddy.com at 04:30PMThursday, October 19, 2023
So much has been written about Shakespeare over the years that it’s a challenge to find a novel approach to discuss his work. Yet actor Patrick Page (“Hadestown,” “Spider-man Turn Of…
SOURCE: stagebuddy.com at 10:37AMSunday, October 15, 2023
photo by Matthew Murphy Getting married and becoming an American citizen are two events in Jaja’s life. However, “Jaja’s African Hair Braiding” by Jocelyn Bion is more universal than…
SOURCE: stagebuddy.com at 05:15PMWednesday, October 4, 2023
It’s been over 60 years since “Purlie Victorious” played on Broadway. Written by actor Ossie Davis and premiering in 1961, sadly the play feels as relevant as when it first opened. Def…
SOURCE: stagebuddy.com at 10:17AMThursday, September 28, 2023
The name Dracula always evokes iconic images of the fang-baring scary creature dressed in black. Think Bela Lugosi. Or the Count. Or even the incredibly sensual heartthrob portrayal by Frank…
SOURCE: stagebuddy.com at 03:34PMMonday, September 4, 2023
The Off-Broadway show Pay The Writer at The Pershing Square Signature Center asks what it costs a writer to pursue his art. It focuses on Cyrus Holt (Ron Canada,) a celebrated author coming …
SOURCE: stagebuddy.com at 09:02AMWednesday, August 30, 2023
Photo by Hugo Glendinning Broadway tickets can be expensive, especially for musicals. But you really get your money’s worth when you attend “Back to the Future:The Musical.” It’s got…
SOURCE: stagebuddy.com at 01:07PMTuesday, August 22, 2023
It’s been almost 50 years since the release of the movie Jaws. Directed by Steven Spielberg in 1975, it was based on the 1974 novel by Peter Benchley and starred Roy Scheider as a police c…
SOURCE: stagebuddy.com at 12:39PMMonday, August 14, 2023
photo by Joan Marcus If you don’t keep your eyes fixed on the stage at The Hayes Theater at all times during “The Cottage,” you are likely to miss some of the show’s most humorous mo…
SOURCE: stagebuddy.com at 09:47AMMonday, July 24, 2023
Once upon a time, children were raised on fairy tales where the beautiful princess waited to be rescued by the valiant handsome prince. Today those stories have been changed to reflect a dif…
SOURCE: stagebuddy.com at 01:35PMThursday, July 13, 2023
Ever heard of Alan Freed? If so, then you might enjoy Rock & Roll Man, the musical at New World Stages. Freed was the risk-taking disc jockey who coined the term “Rock and Roll” but …
SOURCE: stagebuddy.com at 04:08PMThursday, July 6, 2023
photo by Ahron R. Foster Based upon the 1962 movie starring Jack Lemon and Lee Remick, Days of Wine and Roses is now a musical at Atlantic Theater Company, starring the divine Kelli O’Hara…
SOURCE: stagebuddy.com at 02:51PMWednesday, June 14, 2023
The world is so chaotic that sometimes all a viewer wants is a slice-of-life story with a happy ending. Primary Trust, the new play by Eboni Booth, a Roundabout Theatre Company production at…
SOURCE: stagebuddy.com at 03:19PMWednesday, May 17, 2023
By definition, the legal term prima facie means the first impression, accepted as correct until proven otherwise. The theatrical term Prima Facie refers to an exciting one-woman play starrin…
SOURCE: stagebuddy.com at 12:59PMSaturday, May 13, 2023
Despite its seemingly unsophisticated vibe, Shucked is an extremely polished, well-crafted musical. After all, the show is directed by Jack O’Brien (Hairspray, Full Monty, Porgy and Bess, …
SOURCE: stagebuddy.com at 08:41AMMonday, May 1, 2023
I am a native New Yorker, and I honestly love NYC. Although I know the city has its many flaws, I will defend it against all comers. Yet I cringed at the rosy ‘melting-pot’ version of th…
SOURCE: stagebuddy.com at 05:31PMSaturday, April 29, 2023
There’s a fine line between satire and silliness, and “The Thanksgiving Play” crosses that line too often. Playwright Larisa Fasthorse takes shots at well-meaning, naive white people t…
SOURCE: stagebuddy.com at 07:46PMFriday, April 28, 2023
Sometimes performers are so good at their roles that they become forever identified with that part. For many, Sean Hayes will always be Jack on television’s “Will and Grace,” kooky, eg…
SOURCE: stagebuddy.com at 02:43PMThursday, April 27, 2023
The last time I saw “Sweeney Todd,” it was as a barebones production of 10 performers, including Patty Lupone and Michael Cerveris. Each performer even played an instrument, and the show…
SOURCE: stagebuddy.com at 06:44AMTuesday, April 25, 2023
I had such high hopes for the revival of Lerner and Loewe’s Camelot at Lincoln Center Theater this season. The music was a known quantity- glorious, lush and romantic. The title song had b…
SOURCE: stagebuddy.com at 06:59AMSunday, April 23, 2023
Some of my favorite theater moments have come when something unexpectedly went wrong onstage. Alan Bates caught a picture falling off the wall and ad libbed about poor housekeeping. Faith Pr…
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