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Thursday, April 9, 2015

THE BISCUIT CLUB - Talkin' Broadway's Review by Howard Miller

Do you find it impossible to walk by a pet store without stopping to ooh and aah at the puppies in the window? Do you look forward to Broadway Barks more to hang out with the dogs that are u…

SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 07:17PM
Friday, April 3, 2015

LIVE FROM THE SURFACE OF THE MOON - Talkin' Broadway's Review by Howard Miller

The battle of the sexes is in full combat mode in playwright Max Baker’s offbeat and disturbing, if uneven, dark comedy Live From The Surface Of The Moon, a production of Stable Cable Lab …

SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 03:55PM
Tuesday, March 17, 2015

LONESOME TRAVELER - Talkin' Broadway's Review by Howard Miller

If the names Woody Guthrie, Pete Seeger, the Weavers, and other heroes of the golden age of folk music strike a resonant chord in your heart, then I can guarantee you will have a truly joyou…

SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 07:00PM
Wednesday, March 11, 2015

C.O.A.L. (CONFESSIONS OF A LIAR) - Talkin' Broadway's Review by Howard Miller

Beware. C.O.A.L. (Confessions of a Liar), playwright David Brian Colbert’s tale of a charming young man for whom falsehoods have become a way of life, is a trap whose light tone about smal…

SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 07:32PM
Thursday, March 5, 2015

KNOCK: A JOURNEY TO A STRANGE COUNTRY - Talkin' Broadway's Review by Howard Miller

Welcome to the world of abstract surrealism, as embodied in the Lost & Found Project’s Knock: A Journey to a Strange Country, now on view in a complexly crafted and intensely acted product…

SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 04:23PM
Saturday, February 28, 2015

DELIRIUM'S DAUGHTERS - Talkin' Broadway's Review by Howard Miller

Farce, slapstick, and general tomfoolery blend beautifully together in Delirium’s Daughters, playwright Nicholas Korn’s new comic and heartfelt romp that lovingly captures the spirit of …

SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 08:02PM
Thursday, February 19, 2015

DUTCHMAN - Talkin' Broadway's Review by Howard Miller

Time has a way of helping us put things into perspective.

SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 08:07PM
Wednesday, February 18, 2015

THE GROUNDLING - Talkin' Broadway's Review by Howard Miller

Meet the Malones, Bob and Karen, a couple going through a patch of marital discord.

SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 07:02PM
Monday, February 16, 2015

HORSEPLAY - Talkin' Broadway's Review by Howard Miller

As long as there has been a spotlight, there have been individuals who have found a way to bask in its warm and public glow, regardless of their questionable talents ....

SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 08:02PM
Tuesday, February 10, 2015

DIJLA WAL FURAT: BETWEEN THE TIGRIS AND THE EUPHRATES - Talkin' Broadway's Review by Howard Miller

Dijla Wal Furat: Between the Tigris and the Euphrates, playwright Maurice Decaul’s examination of the early stages of the 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq, serves as a potent reminder that war i…

SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 08:02PM
Sunday, February 8, 2015

THE ARTIST AND THE SCIENTIST - Talkin' Broadway's Review by Howard Miller

The world of physics is suddenly a very popular place to visit both on and off Broadway these days.

SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 05:03PM
Friday, January 30, 2015

HOME IN HER HEART - Talkin' Broadway's Review by Howard Miller

The year is 1939. The place: London. The shadow of what is about to explode into World War II is looming ever closer, and American expats are being pressed to join the exodus back to the U. …

SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 07:34PM
Monday, January 26, 2015

TITUS ANDRONICUS - Talkin' Broadway's Review by Howard Miller

Long before Sweeney Todd set up shop on Fleet Street, William Shakespeare gave the world a pair of revenge-driven monsters in Titus Andronicus, a play overflowing with murder, rape, cannibal…

SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 07:02PM
Friday, January 23, 2015

EVERYBODY GETS CAKE! - Talkin' Broadway's Review by Howard Miller

If the words “beautiful downtown Burbank” or “and now for something completely different” resonate with you, then you are the perfect audience for the madcap lunacy of Parallel Exit�…

SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 08:32PM
Saturday, January 10, 2015

A HARD RAIN - Talkin' Broadway's Review by Howard Miller

One part of the story of this nation that you won’t find discussed much, if at all, in U. S. public schools is the history of gay men and lesbians. . . .

SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 01:49PM
Tuesday, January 6, 2015

WINNERS AND LOSERS - Talkin' Broadway's Review by Howard Miller

How competitive are you with your friends? How forthcoming? How judgmental?

SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 07:32PM
Sunday, December 21, 2014

CAFE SOCIETY SWING - Talkin' Broadway's Review by Howard Miller

During the decade between 1938 and 1948, one nightclub stood out as a daring alternative to New York’s racially divided hotspots where you would typically find black performers entertainin…

SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 07:03PM
Saturday, December 13, 2014

ALL THAT DIES AND RISES - Talkin' Broadway's Review by Howard Miller

Last year, director James Rutherford and his company, M-34, brought us a compelling production called The Importance of Being Ernest Hemingway, a mashup of the writings of Oscar Wilde and He…

SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 02:32PM
Wednesday, December 10, 2014

HORSE GIRLS - Talkin' Broadway's Review by Howard Miller

Oh, what trouble 12-year-old girls can get into when left casually unsupervised. Such is the case in playwright Jenny Rachel Weiner’s Horse Girls, a slight, dark(ish) sketch comedy about a…

SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 08:02PM
Friday, December 5, 2014

THE ASPHALT CHRISTMAS - Talkin' Broadway's Review by Howard Miller

Anyone looking to sprinkle the holiday season with a hefty dose of silly need look no further than the Lion Theatre at Theatre Row and the zany production of Todd Michael’s The Asphalt Chr…

SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 07:02PM
Monday, November 17, 2014

TAMBURLAINE, PARTS I AND II - Talkin' Broadway's Review by Howard Miller

If you ever need an example to illustrate the adage “absolute power corrupts absolutely,” take heed of Tamburlaine, the destructive juggernaut who is at the center of Christopher Marlow�…

SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 05:13PM
Wednesday, November 12, 2014

DEAD SPECIAL CRABS - Talkin' Broadway's Review by Howard Miller

Playwright Dan Kitrosser is never one to say no to a joke or a gag, as the often funny, often head-spinningly out of control joke-and-gag-filled Dead Special Crabs opening tonight at TBG The…

SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 08:02PM
Wednesday, November 5, 2014

ROYAL FABLES - Talkin' Broadway's Review by Howard Miller

Once upon a time, Nick Luckenbaugh, a songwriter with a penchant for folk and folk rock music, put together a collection of theatrical songs based on the inner lives of 13 fairy tale princes…

SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 08:03PM
Wednesday, October 22, 2014

NOT AFRAID - Talkin' Broadway's Review by Howard Miller

Anyone who mentions the poet Sylvia Plath and the word “oven” in the same sentence is generally not talking about her cooking skills.

SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 08:02PM
Thursday, October 16, 2014

POWWOW HIGHWAY - Talkin' Broadway's Review by Howard Miller

It takes more than a willing suspension of disbelief to fully engage with Powwow Highway, William S. Yellow Robe, Jr.’s adaption of the novel of the same title by David Seals.

SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 06:54PM
Sunday, October 12, 2014

GENERATIONS - Talkin' Broadway's Review by Howard Miller

Enter into the theater at the Soho Rep these days and you will find yourself surrounded by music and engulfed in love, loss, and heartbreak in debbie tucker green’s generations, a compact …

SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 07:32PM
Saturday, October 11, 2014

LYING - Talkin' Broadway's Review by Howard Miller

Believe everything she says. Believe nothing she says. Got it? Good.

SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 08:02PM
Friday, October 10, 2014

WHEN JANUARY FEELS LIKE SUMMER - Talkin' Broadway's Review by Howard Miller

Global climate change is not the only unpredictable variable in Cori Thomas’s When January Feels Like Summer, newly returned to the Ensemble Studio Theatre after an earlier run in June.

SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 03:52PM
Thursday, October 2, 2014

RIDING THE MIDNIGHT EXPRESS - Talkin' Broadway's Review by Howard Miller

After a brief run earlier this year at St. Luke’s Theatre, Billy Hayes—the hero of his own well-burnished story—is now ensconced at the Barrow Street Theatre with Riding the Midnight E…

SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 08:10PM
Sunday, September 28, 2014

CHINESE COFFEE - Talkin' Broadway's Review by Howard Miller

Ah, New York. If you can make it here, you can make it anywhere. But what if, despite all of your talent and all of your efforts, you can’t seem to make it here?

SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 08:09PM
Friday, September 26, 2014

ICEBOUND - Talkin' Broadway's Review by Howard Miller

A trio of sour middle-aged siblings gathers in the parlor of the family homestead in northern Maine like “carrion crows around a sick cow in a pasture,” awaiting the death of their equal…

SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 07:35PM

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