Thursday, July 19, 2018
By Dan Bacalzo, Contributing Writer, July 19, 2018 London is a treasure trove for theatre lovers, with a wide range of exciting new stage offerings, Broadway imports, top-notch revivals, and…
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American Psycho deserves a far longer run than it is going to receive. The stylish and engaging new musical recently announced a Broadway closing date of June 5 at a reported $8.8 million do…
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Early in her set at the Café Carlyle, Megan Hilty sings Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman's "Let Me Be Your Star," one of the most iconic and most reprised songs that the duo wrote for the NBC…
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"No one here is getting out alive," Thomas Honeck informs his audience in Dancing with Death, his cabaret show at The Duplex. No, he's not about to kill anyone " even if he does enter the ro…
SOURCE: NiteLifeExchange at 11:09PM[SHARE]Saturday, January 31, 2015
Move over, Meryl Streep. Fiasco Theater proves you don't need a Hollywood budget or mega-wattage stars to deliver a moving and highly entertaining version of the Stephen Sondheim-James Lapin…
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Not all movies make good stage musicals. While there are some successes such as Billy Elliot and The Producers, there are also a number of clunkers. Honeymoon in Vegas, which recently opened…
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Cheyenne Jackson possesses a suave and charismatic presence as he regales the Café Carlyle audience with songs and stories in his new cabaret, Eyes Wide Open. He doesn't literally embody th…
SOURCE: NiteLifeExchange at 01:17AM[SHARE]Friday, September 19, 2014
Jeff Goldblum knows how to work a crowd. Prior to the official start of his jazz-infused cabaret show at the Café Carlyle, he is up on the stage sharing anecdotes from his film career and q…
SOURCE: NiteLifeExchange at 04:46AM[SHARE]Thursday, September 11, 2014
Mime and cabaret are two artistic forms that you might not think go well together. However, that's exactly what you get with Richmond Shepard's curious yet engaging new show, You Want to Be …
SOURCE: NiteLifeExchange at 11:17PM[SHARE]Thursday, August 28, 2014
Most people are aware of Tennessee Williams' stature as a great playwright, but less is commonly known about the man himself. Writer/performer William Shuman seeks to redress this lack of kn…
SOURCE: NiteLifeExchange at 03:50AM[SHARE]Tuesday, August 19, 2014
"When you suffered, how did you resist?" asks Karen D. Taylor in Riffs on Race, Love, and War: The Musical, part of the New York International Fringe Festival. The writer/performer shares se…
SOURCE: NiteLifeExchange at 03:39AM[SHARE]The new musical Urban Momfare, part of the New York International Fringe Festival, humorously explores such issues as how to get your kid into the best schools and what to do when your child…
SOURCE: NiteLifeExchange at 03:38AM[SHARE]Greek tragedy meets 90s-style rock in Olympus Records, a new musical performing as part of the New York International Fringe Festival. Featuring music and lyrics by Morgan Clarke and a book …
SOURCE: NiteLifeExchange at 03:36AM[SHARE]Sunday, August 17, 2014
A potent combination of passion and intellect drives Catherine Yu's beautifully written The Sun Experiment, part of the New York International Fringe Festival. The play is reminiscent of the…
SOURCE: NiteLifeExchange at 03:51AM[SHARE]Wednesday, August 13, 2014
Joel Creasey is on a quest for fame. However, he's the first to admit that he hasn't achieved it yet"particularly in the U.S. where he's pretty sure no one has heard of him. But if the high …
SOURCE: NiteLifeExchange at 09:50PM[SHARE]Sex addiction, infidelity, and codependency are among the issues explored by Thomas and Judy Heath in Bedroom Secrets, being presented as part of the New York International Fringe Festival. …
SOURCE: NiteLifeExchange at 09:47PM[SHARE]Sunday, August 10, 2014
The ongoing political controversy about deporting undocumented children from the United States lends a sense of urgency to the FringeNYC show No One Asked Me. The three teenagers at the cent…
SOURCE: NiteLifeExchange at 05:16PM[SHARE]A phone call from an ex-girlfriend alerts Ralph Harris to the possibility that he might be the father of a teenage boy who has gotten into a bit of trouble with the police. This unexpected r…
SOURCE: NiteLifeExchange at 05:14PM[SHARE]Sunday, July 20, 2014
The Gig is a pleasure to watch from start to finish. Part of the New York Musical Theatre Festival, this tuner from Douglas J. Cohen features smartly sophisticated lyrics and a jazzy musical…
SOURCE: NiteLifeExchange at 09:59PM[SHARE]Wearing a skimpy black dress and fishnet stockings, Alexis Fishman commands the stage with a seductive sensuality and fiercely independent outlook in Der Gelbe Stern (The Yellow Star), part …
SOURCE: NiteLifeExchange at 09:58PM[SHARE]Thursday, July 17, 2014
Disney's animated hit Frozen drew inspiration from the Hans Christian Andersen tale, The Snow Queen, but drastically altered the plot. Those looking for something much closer to the original…
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There is a good deal of potential contained in The Mapmaker's Opera, part of the New York Musical Theatre Festival. Based on Bea Gonzalez's novel of the same name, the work tells a story wit…
SOURCE: NiteLifeExchange at 12:33AM[SHARE]Bayonets of Angst is the musical theatre equivalent of Comedy Central's Drunk History. Presented as part of the New York Musical Theatre Festival, the tuner by Rick Kunzi, Justin Zeppa, and …
SOURCE: NiteLifeExchange at 12:32AM[SHARE]Friday, July 11, 2014
If Jean-Paul Sartre had written a musical comedy, it might look something like Valueville, the clever and hilarious new show by Rowen Casey now playing PTC Performance Space as part of the N…
SOURCE: NiteLifeExchange at 09:51PM[SHARE]Thursday, March 20, 2014
Karen Akers, Aisha de Haas, Mandy Gonzalez, and KT Sullivan are just a few of the amazing theater and cabaret performers who are participating in The Amanda McBroom Project, at the Laurie Be…
SOURCE: NiteLifeExchange at 03:57AM[SHARE]Friday, January 31, 2014
Duncan Sheik's original score breathes new life into Bertolt Brecht's A Man's a Man, currently being revived by Classic Stage Company under the direction of Brian Kulick. The opening song ha…
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A catchy score, stylish direction, and outstanding performances help to make A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder an utter delight. This new Broadway musical comedy features book and lyric…
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The music of Cole Porter " famous for such Broadway hits as Anything Goes and Kiss Me, Kate " is always a delight, even when performed in a show that is less than ideal. Such a vehicle is Lo…
SOURCE: NiteLifeExchange at 12:29AM[SHARE]Sunday, December 8, 2013
Phoebe Legere radiates an aura of excess. Dressed in an Elizabethan-era costume with fetishistic accents, she has a buoyantly outsized presence and a tendency to indulge in a presentational …
SOURCE: NiteLifeExchange at 06:01PM[SHARE]Wednesday, November 27, 2013
Ann Hampton Callaway is a gifted composer and lyricist, having written a variety of tunes from the theme song to television's The Nanny to the Barbra Streisand recorded "At the Same Time." H…
SOURCE: NiteLifeExchange at 10:16PM[SHARE]Saturday, November 16, 2013
Dark humor pervades the ironically titled Little Miss Sunshine, a new musical by composer/lyricist William Finn and book writer/director James Lapine. Based upon the 2006 film of the same na…
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