AN UNHAPPY COUPLE – UNHAPPY IN ITS OWN WAY Stockholm Syndrome is a form of traumatic bonding in which hostages develop an irrational sympathy for their captors. The term refers to a ro…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 07:18PMa gentle musical with something of a rambling plot line. But thanks to the lively musical numbers and memorable characters, it remains interesting and entertaining.
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 08:50AMZachary Wobensmith Sings from the Heart about Stiff Upper Lips: In his first solo show in New York City, Stiff Upper Lip at The Duplex (61 Christopher Street), Zachary Wobensmith celebrates …
SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 04:06PMJohn Tartaglia Celebrates His Third Decade at 54 Below: John Tartaglia got his start appearing alongside puppets, first on Sesame Street and later in Avenue Q.
SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 03:47AMhe National Asian American Theatre Co (NAATCO) does Clifford Odets' story of a Jewish family during the Great Depression.
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 11:04AMThe image of dancing on nails is not pretty. It speaks of self-inflicted injuries and the transformation of something that should be pleasurable into something painful. It is the perfect tit…
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 06:47AMGiven all that has been written about these presidents and their wives, there probably is not a great deal that is new here, but Bronka's delightful and insightful portrayal of these woman m…
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 07:08AMThe Folkbiene's Purim show arrives after this year's holiday, but when a show is as much fun as this, even without a holiday, it's cause for celebration
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 04:29PMoe Gilford's play about his parents is often funny, generally moving and has an ending that leaves the audience feeling satisfied and just a bit nervous
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 07:31AMThis play by Anita Loos is the kind of play that begs for the lament “They don’t make them like that anymore.†Fortunately, TACT is still staging them, and hopefully alway…
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 07:33AMTarget Margin's production of Peretz Hirschbein's play may leave even those familiar with Yiddish theater baffled.
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 03:11PMThe New Victory's presentation is so visually inventive and the story so intriguing that the 70 minutes, like Zorro, gallops by
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 11:12AMhe story of Jewish immigrants is really the story of the American nation. After all, what could be more American than the film industry, Broadway and a lot of Yiddish words that have effortl…
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 02:59PMThe Pearl production is a most enjoyable experience. But let us not forget it preceded the French Revolution by only eleven years. Laughter can be dangerous. . . . Read More
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 07:54AMTourists (and natives) can now learn everything they ever wanted to know about the Big Apple, while enjoying a New York lunch at Sofia’s Downstairs. The show, directed by Robert Ross Parke…
SOURCE: www.nytheatre-wire.com at 10:55AMThese are colorful characters indeed. And they are played by a versatile ensemble cast, dressed in dazzling costumes, complete with feathers and flowing scarves. Wilson’s African-influence…
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 12:47PMJim Henry’s psychological drama, is being presented as a new play, but it has actually has been produced around the country for several years, including a stint at Missouri Valley College …
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 07:31PMDespite Eve Brandstein’s capable direction and fine performances by Lynne Wintersteller and Nancy Johnson, thi play never fulfills its potential.
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 07:14AMa traditional play waiting to come out of a solo show. . .
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 08:19AMThe formidable Lynn Cohen is the best thing about Rivka Bekerman-Greenberg's first play . .
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 11:32AMMonica Bauer's play at Urban Stages speaks not so much to the Omaha riots that inspired it as to the attitudes that led to racial strifea. . .
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 07:22AMIn Catherine Treischmann’s new play, the red and blue states worlds collide, with interesting results.
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 05:01PMBesides being imbued with Klezmer this offers many lessons. And you don't have to be Jewish to appreciate them and enjoy the show
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 03:05PMThe Prospect Theater's delightful musical gets a welcome second life .
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 08:29AMPart cyber-thriller, part farce, tjos seems to be what we might get if Alfred Hitchcock and the Marx brothers had lived in the 21st century.
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 08:59PMfor all who like their history tweaked a bit . . .
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 09:22AMJosh Koenigsberg writes with both humor and insight. In the end, his new play is about something much more severe than a midlife crisis.
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 09:18AMMusical celebration of New York's most beloved neighborhood . . .
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 10:27AMThe famous gunslinger's story musicalized by an all female cast
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 11:52PMa musical full of insistently Broadway-type tunes and actors straining to make every joke work even though many seem to be pulled in from nowhere and everywhere: references
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 06:34AMDaniel Beaty's first full-length musical clearly speaks from the heart,. . .
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