Saturday, October 8, 2022
Tom Stoppard's entrancing epic drama charts a Viennese Jewish family's lives from 1899 to 1955 and is theatrically rendered by director Patrick Marber.
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SOURCE: theaterscene.org at 04:22PM[SHARE]Friday, October 7, 2022
David Zayas is majestic in this uneven contemporary drama depicting underclass lives which features two outstanding actors with disabilities.
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SOURCE: theaterscene.org at 05:56PM[SHARE]Thursday, October 6, 2022
In the waiting room of a NYC skin cancer clinic we get to know four diverse patients in this unsatisfying play that is well-performed and crisply mounted.
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SOURCE: theaterscene.org at 12:24PM[SHARE]Saturday, September 24, 2022
This Off-Broadway revival of the classic musical is richly entertaining due to its sensational cast and superlative score, book and staging.
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SOURCE: theaterscene.org at 12:01PM[SHARE]Thursday, September 22, 2022
This energetically performed and well-presented musical spoof of the Netflix Sci-Fi series will delight fans and its zaniness should entertain non-viewers.
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SOURCE: theaterscene.org at 10:45PM[SHARE]Monday, September 19, 2022
This splendid outdoor production of Wilde's classic comedy has clever staging, lively performances and is part of the Phoenix Festival: Live Arts in Nyack.
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SOURCE: theaterscene.org at 11:48AM[SHARE]Thursday, September 1, 2022
Good-natured zaniness abounds as that boy who won't grow up and Captain Hook appear at the home of a contemporary American family in this zesty fantasia.
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SOURCE: theaterscene.org at 08:51PM[SHARE]Thursday, August 25, 2022
Theaterscene.net's owner Jack Quinn and his editor-in-chief Victor Gluck recently erased my name from the site and so far have deleted 80+ of my articles.
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SOURCE: theaterscene.org at 10:37AM[SHARE]Sunday, August 21, 2022
A vivacious quintet portray college theater students who've competed for the role of Lady Macbeth in this hilarious and knowing dark campus comedy.
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SOURCE: theaterscene.org at 05:14PM[SHARE]Friday, July 29, 2022
Jack, Rose and The Heart of the Ocean are all in this sly, clever and amusing musical spoof hosted by "Celine Dion," which is uproariously performed.
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SOURCE: theaterscene.org at 09:57PM[SHARE]Friday, July 1, 2022
Ira Levin's sense of eerie foreboding initially looms over playwright Brian Watkins' entrancing drama, "Epiphany." As a reunion dinner party comically unfolds, we anxiously await supernatura…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 11:41AM[SHARE]Tuesday, June 28, 2022
Four appealingly performed single Manhattan roommates' tangled romantic lives are depicted in the pleasant contemporary Off-Broadway musical, "Love Quirks," which has a rapturous score. C…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 10:03AM[SHARE]Thursday, June 23, 2022
"Corsicana" is a heartfelt and absorbing family drama that's been given a pretentiously distracting production: just for starters, its cryptic houselights up preamble is at odds with the pla…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 10:47AM[SHARE]Wednesday, June 22, 2022
In 'Circle Jerk," this cocky duo confidently preen, bray and cavort while donning various wigs and flamboyant costumes as multiple fey stock characters for over two numbing hours of their se…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 03:14PM[SHARE]Saturday, June 18, 2022
''Atkinson was the conscience of the theater. He rediscovered Off-Broadway in the 50's when other critics did not want to bother going off the beaten path. His standards were tough, but his …
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 09:45AM[SHARE]Saturday, June 11, 2022
Tennessee Williams' full-length play's titles, characters and dialogue have been part of the consciousness since "The Glass Menagerie"'s 1944 premiere. During his peak years of the 1940's an…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 10:13PM[SHARE]Friday, June 10, 2022
The animated Aline Salloum fearlessly embraces all of Najaf's unsettling complexities, delivering a riveting performance. In the early sexually frank verbal exchanges, Ms. Salloum marvelousl…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 11:39AM[SHARE]Tuesday, June 7, 2022
Can a 27-year-old Black gay professional journalist and a 21-year-old Blatino bicycle messenger with an out of wedlock son find love and happiness together in Brooklyn? That is the crux of a…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 11:57AM[SHARE]Thursday, June 2, 2022
In four scenes spanning a few months, Ra renders his gay family trio's life events, medical situations, numerous clashes and resolutions with pungent topicality. The pandemic is referenced, …
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 10:36PM[SHARE]Friday, May 27, 2022
Written by Renee Philippi, this witty mockery of authoritarianism is derived from Friedrich Schiller's play "The Robbers" and the Korean novel "The Story of Hong Gildong." Compos…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 12:58PM[SHARE]Friday, May 20, 2022
This premiere five-performance Off-Off-Broadway showcase run of "The Oracle" is best viewed as a tryout, and the production's presentational flaws are cited with that belief. Co-author El…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 12:24PM[SHARE]Monday, May 16, 2022
This charming show comes from the acclaimed Spanish troupe, Kulunka Teatro. The ensemble of Jose Dault, Garbiñe Insausti and Edu Cárcamo all offer awesome physically commanding silent …
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 02:36PM[SHARE]Tuesday, May 10, 2022
Though there's two well-delineated characters and a compelling plot, "A Case for the Existence of God" plays out like a 90-minute cerebral exercise, reaching an unsatisfying pseudo-fantastic…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 01:27PM[SHARE]Friday, May 6, 2022
Anyone else may find this decent show to be a tired affair which just about sustains its two-and-half-hour running time. The memory-piece book by Crystal, Lowell Ganz and Babaloo Mandel is b…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 12:32PM[SHARE]Friday, April 29, 2022
Beanie Feldstein's clunky rendition of "I'm the Greatest Star" crystalizes the absurdist dimension of this off-kilter first Broadway revival of the 1964 musical, "Funny Girl." With her nasal…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 11:43AM[SHARE]Friday, April 22, 2022
A lure of this Broadway premiere revival is 25 years later experiencing the acclaimed performances of much of its original cast. Being a memory play, their current ages are irrelevant, espec…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 12:16PM[SHARE]Friday, April 15, 2022
Lee peppers his worn scenario with plenty of pop, cultural and political references, well-crafted zingers and familiar conflicts. Dating apps, "Dancer from the Dance," "Sex and the City" are…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 10:59AM[SHARE]Monday, April 11, 2022
Whether frenetically dancing, rhapsodizing over Nancy Drew, fretting about when she'll wear a bra or reacting horrified upon learning about sex, Ms. Curry performs with the verve of Lily Tom…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 11:54AM[SHARE]Tuesday, April 5, 2022
An astronaut in a space station, a YouTube cooking show, evicted apartment residents and a romance on the rocks are a few of the dramatic and antic incidents depicted in "Take Shape," an ent…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 09:53AM[SHARE]Saturday, April 2, 2022
Audience laughter abounds during Matthew Broderick and Sara Jessica Parker's uproarious performances in this splendid first Broadway revival of Neil Simon's 1968 hit comedy, "Plaza Suite." T…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 12:04AM[SHARE]Tuesday, March 29, 2022
Presentational flourishes abound in director Ralph B. Peña's gorgeous physical staging which combines small-scale spectacle with humanity. Scenic designer Junghyun Georgia Lee provides a…
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