Tuesday, September 17, 2019
Ms. Backhaus'Â writing is erudite, well-shaped and imaginative but isn't funny which is problematic considering it's intended as a barbed comedy until its heartfelt metaphysical conclusion…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 12:00AM[SHARE]Sunday, September 8, 2019
The small studio theater space where the show is performed with its basic living room scenic design informs director Cameron Clarke's resourceful and bold staging. Working in such a confined…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 10:58PM[SHARE]Saturday, September 7, 2019
The latest edition of the recurring political humor show "Laughing Liberally" is titled "Make America Laugh Again"Â and is decidedly anti-Trump. It's created by the brilliant veteran comed…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 11:33AM[SHARE]Wednesday, September 4, 2019
The score with Ms. Hagedorn's sharp lyrics and composer Fabian Obispo's pointed melodies in the manner of Stephen Sondheim and John Kander is quite accomplished with its rousing group number…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 12:00AM[SHARE]Friday, August 23, 2019
Hass directed and his stilted staging is adequate. Simple entrances and exits, cast members going through the theater's aisle and basic character interactions occur. Some performances are ex…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 03:01PM[SHARE]Tuesday, August 20, 2019
On screen and stage Gyllenhaal has exhibited his talent and star quality to great effect many times. "A Life" is not one of those shining occasions as he is just passable in it. Stammering, …
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 01:11PM[SHARE]Monday, August 19, 2019
Mr. Wills' demonstrates a facility for dramatic writing with his snappy dialogue and fast-paced scenario that inspires laughter and also incites thoughtfulness. Amidst the merriment are keen…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 09:24PM[SHARE]Saturday, August 10, 2019
Within five brisk opening minutes, playwright Domenica Feraud crisply establishes her characters, imparts exposition and creates tension in her shattering and finely written contemporary fam…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 11:47AM[SHARE]Friday, August 9, 2019
"Paradise by the Dashboard Light" exuberantly conceived as the memory of a middle-aged married couple's first time having sex provides a few enjoyable minutes in the execrable "Bat Out of He…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 05:32PM[SHARE]Saturday, August 3, 2019
As the romantic, tubercular and charismatic Satine, the magnetic Ms. Olivo delivers a ferocious, sensual and grandiose performance that's one of the most memorable recently seen on Broadway.…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 11:50PM[SHARE]Friday, August 2, 2019
Ms. Murphy's writing is a rich amalgam of biographical data, pivotal incidents and humane observations. The monologue structure has the three characters alternately expressing themselves in …
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 04:14PM[SHARE]Wednesday, July 31, 2019
"Pour Some Sugar on Me"Â by Def Leppard in a smashing live rendition accompanies a lusty production number at a seedy Los Angeles strip club with scantily clad pole dancers and creepy patr…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 01:20AM[SHARE]Saturday, July 27, 2019
Wearing a green prison uniform, the tall athletic blonde curly-headed Mr. Stewart who is in his early 20's delivers an enthralling performance. Speaking in smooth rich tones that convey a yo…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 11:32PM[SHARE]Friday, July 26, 2019
The power and majesty of the theater are affirmed by this ravishing production of the acclaimed English playwright Philip Ridley's two-character play, "Tender Napalm." For 75 enchanting min…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 03:40PM[SHARE]Tuesday, July 23, 2019
Dressed in gray jeans, a gray T-shirt and white sneakers, the gutsy seasoned comic Ms. Novak expertly paces, gesticulates and does wild double take after double take while clutching a microp…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 12:48PM[SHARE]Sunday, July 21, 2019
Cluttered, lively and quaint, the zany musical comedy "I Spy A Spy" is reminiscent of the sort of lightweight material directorial legend George Abbott would have had a go at in the late 196…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 10:29PM[SHARE]Saturday, July 20, 2019
Dedicated to "creating socially and politically acute theatre for the 21st century" the PTP/NYC (Potomac Theatre Project) for their 33rd season offers this exuberant revival of Tom Stoppard'…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 11:47AM[SHARE]Wednesday, July 17, 2019
If ever a play needed a talkback afterwards, Joseph Scott Ford's bewildering, grating and slight "Not Even the Good Things" does. By the end of its gobsmacking 75 minutes, the eerie ever-pre…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 06:44PM[SHARE]Sunday, July 14, 2019
Playwright Winter Miller offers a shakily hollow mélange of Genet, Beckett and Pinter with her two women in a prison cell scenario taking place in an unnamed foreign country. Ms. Miller's d…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 06:42PM[SHARE]Saturday, July 13, 2019
Packed with emotion, adolescent angst and eventfully picaresque, "The White Dress" is playwright Roger Q. Mason's passionate autobiographical saga of a "gender non-conforming queer person…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 01:19PM[SHARE]Friday, June 28, 2019
Gracefully clomping around in silver pumps and clad in a short-sleeved black jumpsuit, the upper portion adorned with shimmering multi-colored sequins in the configuration of the rainbow, th…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 08:48PM[SHARE]Wednesday, June 26, 2019
Passero's expressive tenor voice, twinkling eyes, seasoned character actor presence which recalls that of Michael Tucker and jovial personality enables him to entertainingly chronicle his in…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 04:17PM[SHARE]Sunday, June 23, 2019
Employing her charming accent with its expressive vocal cadences and exhibiting her alluring sleek physicality and charismatic presence, Moloney totally embodies Molly Bloom as she forcefull…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 04:36PM[SHARE]Wednesday, June 19, 2019
This first-ever revival of "Galas" intentionally coincides with World Pride and the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Uprisings. It honors the memory of Ludlam who died of AIDS in 1987 at th…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 10:58PM[SHARE]The perennial tale of a noble servant exploited by a self-absorbed upper class family is given a bewildering and tedious treatment by playwright Amina Henry in "The Great Novel." It's an ene…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 03:27PM[SHARE]Living up to its title, a racially and physically diverse game company of ten male performers really are nude throughout "Camp Morning Wood: A Very Naked Musical." It succeeds as a joyous fl…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 01:32PM[SHARE]Twenty-five-year-old African-American Michigan native and New York University graduate Usher is an usher at a Disney Broadway musical who is writing an autobiographical musical about his tro…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 01:03PM[SHARE]Tuesday, June 18, 2019
Today is the centennial of that irascible and preeminent American film critic and I offer my thoughts and reminiscences upon this significant occasion.
The post Pauline Kael: Reflections …
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 11:16PM[SHARE]Friday, June 14, 2019
Regrettably these achievements are marred by hollow tangents, diluting the play's potential power. Having come up with a such a novel premise, Rocco is carried away by a concern with form ra…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 11:44AM[SHARE]Monday, June 3, 2019
"It's best when each performer is older, or younger, or of a different gender- expression, ethnicity, or ability than you might expect. This keeps the play vibrating in your imagination" are…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 11:18AM[SHARE]Friday, May 31, 2019
Eliza Lynch (1833-1886) was an Irishwoman who grew up in France and became a courtesan. In 1854 she began a relationship with Francisco Solano López, the son of Paraguay's president. He l…
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