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Tuesday, December 17, 2024

A Guide for the Homesick by Victor Gluck, Editor-In-Chief

Director Shira Milikowsky keeps increasing the tension as the 85-minute play peels away revelation after revelation. Each man has a guilty secret and may have betrayed a friend which is eati…

SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 05:57PM
Wednesday, December 11, 2024

Duality by Victor Gluck, Editor-In-Chief

If one did not read Laura’s extensive program notes in the Playbill given out at the Jeffrey and Paula Gural Theatre at the A.R.T./New York Theatres, it would not be until three quarters o…

SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 11:30PM
Wednesday, December 4, 2024

Mama, I’m a Big Girl Now! by Victor Gluck, Editor-In-Chief

The trio demonstrates that their voices are as supple and fine as they ever were. Each gets to play their best suit: Winokur’s loud, clarion voice, Bundy’s wry wit and Butler’s recount…

SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 06:39PM
Monday, December 2, 2024

The Blood Quilt by Victor Gluck, Editor-In-Chief

Katori Halls’ "The Blood Quilt" is fine as a family drama about warring sisters who both love and resent the mother who has just died. However, as a story of secrets and revelations it tak…

SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 11:38PM
Saturday, November 30, 2024

The Merchant of Venice (Arlekin Players Theatre) by Victor Gluck, Editor-In-Chief

There is much rewriting and updating plus uncalled for interpolation like speeches from 'Romeo and Juliet" for Jessica and one of Shakespeare’s sonnets (“My Mistress’ eyes are nothing …

SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 03:41PM
Wednesday, November 27, 2024

Tammy Faye by Victor Gluck, Editor-In-Chief

Katie Brayben in a scene from Elton John’s new musical “Tammy Faye” at the Palace Theatre (Photo credit: Matthew Murphy) Tammy Faye, the new Broadway musical arriving at the recently r…

SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 10:43PM
Tuesday, November 26, 2024

Swept Away by Victor Gluck, Editor-In-Chief

Besides the fact that many know the story of the Essex (later told in Melville’s "Moby Dick") or the Mignonette told in The Avett Brothers’ album of the same name, Logan has made his mai…

SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 10:55PM
Sunday, November 24, 2024

Strategic Love Play by Victor Gluck, Editor-In-Chief

How can you make a new play about a couple on a blind date in a bar interesting for today’s jaded audience? In "Strategic Love Play," British playwright Miriam Battye makes them play games…

SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 09:56PM
Saturday, November 23, 2024

Babe by Victor Gluck, Editor-In-Chief

Arliss Howard and Marisa Tomei in a scene from The New Group’s production of Jessica Goldberg’s “Babe” at The Pershing Square Signature Center (Photo credit: Monique Carboni) If you …

SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 07:53PM
Wednesday, November 20, 2024

Maybe Happy Ending by Victor Gluck, Editor-In-Chief

Helen J Shen and Darren Criss in a scene from the new musical “Maybe Happy Ending” at the Belasco Theatre (Photo credit: Matthew Murphy & Evan Zimmerman) The new musical Maybe Happy …

SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 03:26PM
Sunday, November 17, 2024

King Lear (The Shed) by Victor Gluck, Editor-In-Chief

Firstly, the play has been shortened to two hours without any intermissions, when most recent productions have been three and a half hours with one intermission. This makes all of the events…

SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 09:28PM
Tuesday, November 12, 2024

Walden by Victor Gluck, Editor-In-Chief

Nevertheless, the play is one of several interesting takes on climate change in the theater recently like "Deep History." As the play evolves we are more and more immersed in the problems of…

SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 10:29PM
Monday, November 11, 2024

Romeo+Juliet by Victor Gluck, Editor-In-Chief

This is another one of those cut down versions of Shakespeare with only ten actors in total. As result, seven of the ten actors double (one triples). The problem is that almost all of the ac…

SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 06:08PM
Sunday, November 3, 2024

Strike Up the Band by Victor Gluck, Editor-In-Chief

David Pittu, Victoria Clark and John Ellison Conlee in a scene from the MasterVoices concert production of the Gershwins’ “Strike Up the Band” at Carnegie Hall on October 29, 2024 (Pho…

SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 06:50PM
Thursday, October 31, 2024

The Big Gay Jamboree by Victor Gluck, Editor-In-Chief

Following her star turn as “Celine Dion” in "Titaníque" which she co-wrote, Marla Mindelle has a new role in "The Big Gay Jamboree," another parody musical which she co-wrote with Jonat…

SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 04:38PM
Tuesday, October 29, 2024

Hold on to Me Darling by Victor Gluck, Editor-In-Chief

Adam Driver in a scene from Kenneth Lonergan’s “Hold on to Me Darling” at the Lucille Lortel Theatre (Photo credit: Julieta Cervantes) Film and stage star Adam Driver has stepped into …

SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 03:54PM
Sunday, October 27, 2024

Left on Tenth by Victor Gluck, Editor-In-Chief

Although the play is graceful and appealing, it is mainly presented in narrative form with Delia played by Julianna Margulies in New York and Peter Gallagher playing Dr. Peter Rutter, her su…

SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 11:21PM
Saturday, October 26, 2024

Our Town by Victor Gluck, Editor-In-Chief

Wilder’s experimental play uses no scenery except for two tables, some chairs, a piano and usually two ladders for the upstairs bedroom windows of the young people. Here, however, Leon and…

SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 11:45PM
Wednesday, October 23, 2024

Deep History by Victor Gluck, Editor-In-Chief

Directed by Annette Mees, "Deep History" is a real eye opener but it is not depressing. Finnigan is so upbeat and compelling a storyteller it is not possible not be pulled into events as he …

SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 01:32PM
Tuesday, October 22, 2024

Franklinland by Victor Gluck, Editor-In-Chief

Lloyd Suh writes quirky historical plays from a unique perspective as ironic comedies. In "Franklinland," the latest entry in the EST/Sloan Project, commissioning and developing plays about …

SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 02:17PM
Monday, October 21, 2024

Good Bones by Victor Gluck, Editor-In-Chief

James Ijames’ new play now at The Public Theater is quite different from his satiric Pulitzer Prizing-winning "Fat Ham" which appeared there two years ago.  "Good Bones" is a realistic de…

SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 12:55PM
Thursday, October 17, 2024

Sump’n Like Wings by Victor Gluck, Editor-In-Chief

While "Sump’n Like Wings" is a lovely little play about a feisty 16-year-old girl who wants her independence in the 1913-16 period just after Oklahoma became a state, unfortunately Raelle …

SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 03:47PM
Tuesday, October 15, 2024

McNeal by Victor Gluck, Editor-In-Chief

As in Ayad Akhtar’s plays "Disgraced," "JUNK" and "The Who and the What," all of which have been produced by the Lincoln Center Theater, "McNeal" is always interesting, always arresting. U…

SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 02:53PM
Wednesday, October 9, 2024

InunDATEd by Victor Gluck, Editor-In-Chief

The problem with the show is two-fold: first, it doesn’t have anything new to say about dating other than trying to turn it into a cabaret commentary, and visually the show looks the same …

SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 12:57PM
Thursday, October 3, 2024

Fatherland by Victor Gluck, Editor-In-Chief

While the play is compelling, the question is what is the message? Is the play asking would we have done what the son did? The father is quoted by the son as calling him a traitor while the …

SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 12:05PM
Monday, September 30, 2024

Forbidden Broadway: Merrily We Stole a Song by Victor Gluck, Editor-In-Chief

The spate of Sondheim shows both this past season and opening this fall is given prime place in this musical revue. Unsurprisingly, the new "Merrily We Roll Along" which ran all of last seas…

SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 06:13PM
Thursday, September 26, 2024

Medea Re-Versed by Victor Gluck, Editor-In-Chief

Quintero who obviously knows his Greek plays and Greek mythology is extremely faithful to the original myth and to Euripides’ play. What he has added is a contemporary vernacular all in rh…

SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 06:53PM
Wednesday, September 25, 2024

Monte Cristo by Victor Gluck, Editor-In-Chief

However, in the sweeping new musical epic retitled Monte Cristo, canny and adept librettist Peter Kellogg ("Desperate Measures," "Penelope") has streamlined the story, reduced the number of …

SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 10:56AM
Monday, September 23, 2024

That Parenting Musical by Victor Gluck, Editor-In-Chief

While "That Parenting Musical" will not tell you anything you didn’t already know, it is a pleasant and undemanding way to spend an evening. The six attractive performers four of whom appe…

SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 03:06PM
Thursday, September 19, 2024

The Roommate by Victor Gluck, Editor-In-Chief

Of course, with Farrow and LuPone under the direction of six-time Tony Award winner Jack O’Brien, this is an occasion for cheering although this comedy drama, a cross between a female ver…

SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 10:44PM
Tuesday, September 17, 2024

Beyond the Horizon (Teatro Grattacielo) by Victor Gluck, Editor-In-Chief

The libretto by the composer and musicologist Walter Simmons is very faithful to the O’Neill play, almost entirely dialogue taken from the original script. Unfortunately, they chose to sho…

SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 10:06PM

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2024-2025 BROADWAY SEASON
Jun 05, 2024: Home - Todd Haimes Theatre
Jul 11, 2024: Oh, Mary! - Lyceum Theatre
Jul 30, 2024: Job - Hayes Theater
Sep 12, 2024: The Roommate - Booth Theatre
Nov 14, 2024: Tammy Faye - Palace Theatre
Dec 12, 2024: Cult of Love - Hayes Theater
Dec 19, 2024: Gypsy - Majestic Theatre
Mar 17, 2025: Purpose - Hayes Theater
Apr 10, 2025: Smash - Imperial Theatre
TBA: Titanic
TBA: Ragtime