Although "Burbank: Walt Disney in Crisis" occasionally has its actors delivering monologues out to the audience, the most compelling drama occurs from the interactive scenes between the acto…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 10:41AMAs a piece of writing, "The Near Disaster of Jasper & Casper" is whacky and creative, and except for a couple of out-of-place bits of humor, one involving a middle finger and another a c…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 11:37AMD'Astolfo (that’s duh-STAHL-fo, mkay?), who also wrote the piece, sends Taylor off like a firecracker from the moment he comes onto the stage, speeding through Taylor’s wry and witty dia…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 10:42PMShekar’s script is extremely smart, funny at just the right moments, and morally gripping. Her characterizations of Ariel and Sanam are fully formed, uniquely individual and carefully comp…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 01:02PMLiz Larsen, Dan Sharkey, Midori Nakamura and Allen McCullough in a scene from Charles Gluck’s “Our Brother’s Son” at The Pershing Square Signature Center (Photo credit: Russ Rowland)…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 02:11PMIn the 13 years that span this earnest, thought-provoking play, three weddings, fear, war, and death all serve to test the strength and sanctity of these women’s bonds. Toossi’s script i…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 09:40AMDirection by Victoria Pérez could have better negotiated the script transitions and emotional shaping of the piece; however, script, director and actors, as well as lighting design by Migue…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 02:43PMAs a piece of theater, "Songs About Trains" is earnest and unique. Lead author (and performer) Beto O’Byrne, along with contributing authors Eugenie Chan, Reginald Edmund, Jay B Muskett an…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 09:11PMGreenspan, a six-time Obie Award winner, whirls at breakneck speed through this three-act play in just over an hour, transforming from one character to the next with expert fluidity. He tran…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 11:30AMThe play itself is suitably dramatic and thought-provoking; as a piece of theater it should continue to be presented to enlighten future audiences. This particular production isn’t quite u…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 12:39PMMandell’s costume and wig design are exquisite, perfectly defining each character in their own distinct look and style with numerous fabrics and colors and without overlap. Each of the act…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 11:55AMThroughout these plays there resonates an overarching message of female empowerment, a message that provides depth to the otherwise light comedy being served up. Nuns are habit forming, that…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 08:00PMMargaret Edson’s Pulitzer Prize winning play Wit, an exquisitely literate and dramatically poignant piece, would certainly suffer in the hands of less than able artists. Fortunately, the p…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 08:20PMThis show is conceived, directed, and choreographed by Randy Skinner, and his four-time Tony Award-nominated talents shine throughout the production. The choreography is inventive, interacti…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 06:59PMMeyer’s darkly comic script is ultimately terrifying, a nod to Orwell and a brilliantly satirical parable which is uncannily prescient in today’s political climate. Director Jess Chayes …
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 08:53PMWithout the benefit of sight, one must strain to listen more closely in order to understand the events of the play; footsteps, cane taps, ball bounces, far off music, distant voices and othe…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 03:11PMVon Essen did sing a couple of songs from a living composer, one Andrew Lloyd Webber. He relayed the story of going on for Ricky Martin in Evita, where the curtain had to be held so that all…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 03:08PMEach interviewee’s name is projected onto the back wall as Clark carefully transitions between the 21 people she’s interviewed; young, old, male, female, cis- or otherwise. This is a lar…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 10:02AMIn his thankless role as Ray, Grossman’s performance is perpetually defensive, harried and out of breath. As unlikable a character as Ray is expected to be, Grossman doesn’t quite manage…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 11:17AMFortunately, good things come to those who wait, even after an hour and a half. The play suddenly takes a turn when Karen X has a breakdown behind a dumpster at Whole Foods. Karen X may have…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 03:00PMAs Sammy, Jason Alexander’s exquisite comic genius delivers like gangbusters, a delivery which gets even richer in some subtler moments when Sammy surprises himself with some honest emotio…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 11:56AMThe music by Manuel Pelayo, Giancarlo Bonfanti and Katz sets an eerie, futuristic tone that, combined with numerous dance and visual elements, presents X the Experience like a long MTV video…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 01:51PMChapdelaine’s writing is funny and sincere, thought-provoking and smart. There is a suggestion in the script that these four individuals could all be different facets of the same person, a…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 12:44PMThere is plenty of over-the-top acting, physical antics and far-fetched story lines, all perfectly acceptable ingredients for a zany gender-bending farce. The only thing missing are the laug…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 06:53PMOne of the most interesting attributes of this play (apart from the clever title being a less common and unharmful definition of the word “faggot”) is playwright J. Julian Christopher’…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 01:08PMEven before the playwright pays homage to William S. Burrough’s "Naked Lunch" through this last line, one is already drawing comparisons to the psychotic, structureless existence of that n…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 04:14PMAdditional credit can be given to Simon and Wolkowitz’s performances by the excellent supporting cast and Einhorn’s writing. The script's one weakness appears to be an insistence on prov…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 11:22AMEmploying an impressive array of voices and mannerisms, and only sometimes augmented with a wig or article of clothing, Miller as “Narrator” impersonates numerous performers, personaliti…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 02:02PMThe story itself has potential, yet despite the actors’ heroic attempts to bring truth to it, the script has its characters written to say and do so many unrealistic things that the core a…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 03:33PMHouses on the Moon Theater Company’s delightful and earnest mission is to “dispel ignorance and isolation through the theatrical amplification of unheard voices.” "The Santa Closet," a…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 01:18PM"The Giant Hoax" is a charming morality tale about telling the truth and growing up. The expert hands of director Christopher Michaels and choreographer Molly Model are clearly at work in al…
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