Does the New York City Center Encores! new production of "Jelly’s Last Jam" hold up against the original Broadway production (1992-1993) which starred Gregory Hines (Tony Award), Savion Gl…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 01:04PMLike her masterful Sinatra solo for Mikhail Baryshnikov, “Brel” takes Cornejo from a strolling meditating figure (“Quand On N’A Que l’Amour”) to an anguished lover (“Ne Me Quit…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 05:53PMThe host company, WHITE WAVE Young Soon Kim Dance Company ended the short, well-run program with the longest work, the three-part “Eternal NOW.” It also had the most complex costumes, …
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 10:56PMThe Czechoslovak-American Marionette Theatre (CAMT) is presenting “an innovative re-interpretation of a classic, combining live performances with puppets” at the resourceful Theater for …
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 10:30PMOf course, in true American musical theater form the elegant Princess has been transformed into the bedraggled and uncouth Winnifred (Foster, in her best goofy guise, proving her talent know…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 01:05PMThis hotbed of virtuosity, indeed, made his troupe one gorgeous community of physically exuberant and fearless citizens. Whether he communicated any deeper existential or human truths prob…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 11:35PMRonald K. Brown/EVIDENCE, the Brooklyn-based dance company founded in 1985 is back at the Joyce Theater presenting two works by Brown showing off the exuberance, sensuality and technical bri…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 02:13PMHarmon meticulously fuses the domestic ups and downs of this bright, well-educated extended family with the overwhelming and unavoidable social upheavals that surround them whether it’s th…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 08:39PMHow the ten dancers of Momix create so many beautiful and mysterious images is a credit to artistic director Moses Pendleton and his associate Cynthia Quinn who, along with the dancers, crea…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 11:29PMThere are few issues that raise the ire of the religious as a member changing religions. Apostate is the mildest term used for such a person. Mikhl Yashinsky’s "The Gospel According to C…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 12:25PMDressed in a glittery, silver suit—costumes by Kristin Isola—Bloom immediately takes control of an audience who already admire her from her standup comedy and her bitterly funny TV show,…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 01:47PMThrough a technologically astute production and fine acting, their intertwining stories unfold in a dramatic tapestry that reveals the sad business of mail-order brides. Using an intricate…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 12:25PMDespite its fairy-tale plot, Axemas isn’t really suitable for children because of language and sexual situations, but everyone else will find something amusing in this rag-taggle productio…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 04:30PM"Mind Mangler: A Night of Tragic Illusion," starring the genial, but daffy, Henry Lewis, is part of the “gone wrong” franchise by Lewis, Jonathan Sayer and Henry Shields: "Peter Pan Goes…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 07:49PMThe secrets revealed seem more contrived and clichéd and take away from the moving story of Mary’s battle with cancer. Nick behaves badly. Lucy has a drug habit and Jason questions …
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 04:04PMDirector Matthew “Motl” Didner manages to make what might have been just a well-staged concert of moving songs into a dramatic whole with a deep feeling for the ebb and flow of emotions …
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 06:24PMIt takes an artist of the stature and extraordinary talent of Wiest to keep Caswell’s fragmented play from flying off in all directions as it veers from reality to fantasy and from flashba…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 11:33AMThe musical "Harmony," the lovechild of pop music greats Barry Manilow (music) and Bruce Sussman (lyrics and book), has opened at a time when anti-Semitism has peaked once again and lessons …
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 05:08PMFar less mystical that he would have us believe, "Somnole" nevertheless is Charmatz’s honest exploration of his stated theme, although self-indulgence reared its ugly head too often. The…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 01:41PMHow does a Holocaust-themed play land with such emotional impact as Leslie Epstein’s "King of the Jews" at the HERE Theatre? Based on his novel of the same name, "King of the Jews" is a …
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 09:01PMThe dancers performed their dystopian tasks with great dedication and the occasional display of actual technique. They were all good-looking and clearly into what they believed was an icon…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 09:44PMThe spine of the work wasn’t the choreography or dancing, but the lines spoken by the dancers as they walked about the stage; however, since the lighting by Crawford was shadowy and the da…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 07:03PMSometimes good intentions do not have the best results—at least in theater. Such is the case with "Scrambled Eggs" at the Gene Frankel Theatre. Presented to bring immediacy to the issue …
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 03:35PMMelissa Etheridge is a bona-fide superstar. So, why is this artist, used to appearing in huge venues, “slumming” in a Broadway theater with a capacity of less than 800? Let’s not loo…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 10:30AMDoes it matter how autobiographical Amy Crossman’s "The Great Divide" at the HERE Arts Center is? A production of the Boomerang Theatre Company, "Divide" is Crossman’s one-person play …
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 10:40PMThe immediate impression of "Gira" was of the semi-circle of lights designed by Gabriel Pederneiras and Paulo Pederneiras (the Grupo Corpo artistic director) and their somber illumination of…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 10:40AMThe Houston Ballet, Julie Kent and Stanton Welch, directors, opened the program with Welch’s genteel "Clear" to music by J.S. Bach. Originally staged on American Ballet Theatre, the Hous…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 07:24PMBallet BC, the Canadian-based modern ballet company, began the program with 'The Statement," Crystal Pite’s witty take on a boardroom meeting, a corporate boardroom meeting full of intrigu…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 03:13PMAn alternate title for Albert M. Tapper’s Clifford Odets-esque "Bettinger’s Luggage" might be "The Flood." In Tapper’s period piece, a flood destroyed the eponymous shop, an event arou…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 12:38AMClearly, "Zoetrope" often becomes difficult to follow for non-Spanish speakers. The dearth of realistic sets makes knowing which location is which confusing, despite the occasional descrip…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 02:26PMShaye tells of a pot and drug-addicted couple who are totally disgusting parents to a two year old. That’s just not acceptable even though it is told as a funny hippy-dippy anecdote. Eve…
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