Thursday, March 7, 2024
Len Cariou is majestic as the upbeat professor dying of ALS; the magnetic Christopher J. Domig is his pupil in this ravishing production at a NYC church.
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The acclaimed NYC vocalist triumphed in his retrospective show that was smartly directed by Jeff Harnar and gloriously accompanied by The Tom Nelson Trio.
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This vividly performed Larry David-style comedy of revenge is a highlight of a program of accomplished short plays presented by the Chain Theatre.
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Cynthia Nixon is ferocious as an egotistical performance artist and Taylor Trensch is fearless as her gay son in this haunting high-tech family drama.
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An uproarious 1950’s show business spoof with plentiful “All About Eve” references that is performed by a dynamic cast; a Broadway diva is a man in drag.
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A mystical donkey (a fabulous life-sized puppet) figures in this riotous farce set in a Bogotá “erotic resort” where private U.S. forces are on a mission.
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A trio of grand actors recite poetry and interact at a bar in Nyack, New York, as a dystopian scenario emerges outside in this stimulating presentation.
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SOURCE: theaterscene.org at 12:22PMA happily married Black couple’s 31st anniversary celebration is complicated by the arrival of the wife’s two sisters in this entrancing domestic drama.
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Gabby Beans is sensational as a woman from a dysfunctional background who triumphs over adversity in this stylized theatrical saga spanning over 20 years.
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SOURCE: theaterscene.org at 05:00PMThursday, January 25, 2024
Peter Friedman and Sydney Lemmon are awesome in this cryptic, topical and theatrical psychological thriller about a therapist and a troubled tech worker.
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Bina Sharif and Kevin Mitchell Martin vividly portray two Manhattan tramps in Sharif’s latest existential two-character one-act play.
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SOURCE: theaterscene.org at 08:28PMSunday, January 7, 2024
“The Glass Menagerie” gets an affectionately loopy performance piece-style reworking by an engaging cast in an energetic Almodóvarean presentation.
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Two young male and female singer-songwriters meet in Central Park’s Strawberry Fields in this engaging and bittersweet musical; life’s harshness intrudes.
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Two deceased Black female playwright’s works, personal Off-Off-Broadway shows, and two Broadway revivals were highlights of the New York stage this year.
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Matt de Rogatis is awesome as a disaffected Texas Vietnam veteran in this expanded adaptation of deceased Southern author James McLure’s one-act play.
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SOURCE: theaterscene.org at 03:58PMWednesday, November 15, 2023
Wade McCollum is phenomenal as a now obscure mid-20th century gay male performer and writer in this exhilarating biographical solo show with music.
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SOURCE: theaterscene.org at 04:10PMDianne Wiest is magnificent as a 75-year-old Wisconsin widow who moves to LA to make it show business in this zany odyssey that is given an epic production.
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Sean Young is triumphant as a washed-up B actress in this uproarious yet poignant exploration of old Hollywood’s underside; four sad tales are enacted.
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John Turturro is titanic in this euphoric stage adaptation of Philip Roth’s acclaimed novel about a mentally unraveling 64-year-old licentious puppeteer.
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SOURCE: theaterscene.org at 09:18PMW. Somerset Maugham’s scintillating 1926 social comedy is given a fizzy revival by a NYC-based theater company devoted to artists over the age of 50.
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SOURCE: theaterscene.org at 12:03PMTuesday, October 31, 2023
David Dean Bottrell’s self-written solo show is an entertaining personal exploration about death comprised of well-crafted short, intertwined episodes.
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European Jewish collaboration with the Germans during the Holocaust is dramatized in this searing immersive presentation which is set in a bustling café.
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French sculptor Camille Claudel’s tumultuous life and tempestuous relationship with Auguste Rodin are dramatized in this absorbing theatrical depiction.
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Patrick Page enraptures with one towering Shakespearean characterization after another in his enthralling and erudite self-created theatrical solo show.
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This heartfelt and dynamically enacted solo performance piece explores a trans person’s pre-transition existence through comedic and dramatic sequences.
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Charlotte Booker is dazzling as the complex “The Bride of Frankenstein” English actress in her imaginative self-written solo biographical fantasia
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SOURCE: theaterscene.org at 06:00PMMonday, October 2, 2023
A Lana Turner-style murdered mobster boyfriend, a framed daughter and reptilian religious cultists feature in this high-energy campy musical spoof.
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SOURCE: theaterscene.org at 01:20PMFriday, September 29, 2023
Three brilliant actors portray multiple characters in this entrancing stripped-down faithful theatricalization of Dostoevsky’s classic 1866 novel.
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James Daly is the ideal Count in this comically sexy spoof of the familiar tale; it is laden with homoeroticism, gender-bending and jokey anachronisms.
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Three magnetic fabulously clad comic actors enact this imaginative fantasia based on the 7th century tale of the Irish St. Dymphna's martyrdom.
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SOURCE: theaterscene.org at 02:56PMTuesday, September 19, 2023
Veteran actor David Dean Bottrell hilariously and insightfully chronicles his life journey from Kentucky to NYC and LA, in his entertaining solo show.
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