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Wednesday, October 30, 2019

Let your imagination run wild with ‘The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical’ at the Longacre Theatre by Deb Miller

Adapted from the best-selling young adult novel by Rick Riordan, The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical, now in its Broadway debut at the Longacre Theatre (following a blockbuster Of…

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Tuesday, October 29, 2019

Tony-Winning Actor Rob McClure Introduces ‘Harmony Helper’ – A New Digital App for Singers by Deb Miller

Promoted as “a singer’s best friend,” Harmony Helper is a brand new app designed to provide musical theater performers and vocalists of all genres with the convenience and control of a…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:00AM
Monday, October 28, 2019

“Building dreams, not walls, in ‘Sueños: Our American Musical’ at The Green Room 42” by Deb Miller

Writing duo Jesse Sanchez (book, music, and lyrics) and Jeff Chambers (additional music and orchestrations) brought down the house and lifted our spirits at The Green Room 42 on Saturday eve…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:47PM
Sunday, October 27, 2019

A personal view of the lingering devastation of rape in ‘When It Happens to You’ at The Sheen Center by Deb Miller

In The Sheen Center’s world-premiere Off-Broadway production of When It Happens to You, best-selling author Tawni O’Dell shares her personal story of the ongoing effects that the brutal …

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 10:12PM

Come one, come all, to the ‘Big Apple Circus’ at Lincoln Center’s Damrosch Park! by Deb Miller

Aerialists and acrobats, big tops and bicycles, cotton candy, cats, and clowns – the ABC’s of 21st-century circus-arts entertainment can be enjoyed by one and all with the return of New …

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 07:00PM
Thursday, October 24, 2019

Broadway Producer Martin Markinson: Reflections on ‘My Life in Theatre’ by Deb Miller

Now retired and dividing his time between his homes in Maui and Santa Fe with his wife of 56 years Arlena, Brooklyn-born Martin Markinson played a key behind-the-scenes role in the theater i…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:29PM
Wednesday, October 23, 2019

Review: ‘Scotland, PA’ at the Laura Pels Theatre by Deb Miller

If you need proof of the universality of Shakespeare’s themes, Scotland, PA – a whacked-out new musical comedy adapted from the eponymous cult film (original screenplay by Billy Morrisse…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:00PM
Tuesday, October 22, 2019

Review: ‘The Sound Inside’ at Studio 54 by Deb Miller

Tony- and Emmy-Award winner Mary-Louise Parker has made her highly anticipated return to the Great White Way in Adam Rapp’s suspenseful two-hander The Sound Inside – an engrossing new Am…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:14PM
Monday, October 21, 2019

Review: ‘Is This A Room’ at Vineyard Theatre by Deb Miller

With a story ripped straight out of today’s headlines, Is This A Room offers a staged re-enactment of the verbatim transcript of the now-unclassified FBI interrogation of a whistleblower c…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:00PM
Saturday, October 19, 2019

Review: ‘Glenn Miller Orchestra’ at The Town Hall by Deb Miller

Performing in New York for the first time since their concert at Lincoln Center 21 years ago in 1998, the Glenn Miller Orchestra (the present incarnation of which was formed in 1956; the ori…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:29PM
Friday, October 18, 2019

Review: ‘The Rose Tattoo’ at the American Airlines Theatre by Deb Miller

Although Tennessee Williams’ rare romantic comedy won the Tony Award for Best Play when it made its Broadway debut in 1951, followed by a fiery 1955 film adaptation starring Anna Magnani (…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:41PM
Thursday, October 17, 2019

Review: ‘Little Shop of Horrors’ at the Westside Theatre by Deb Miller

Just in time for the spooky Halloween season, Little Shop of Horrors, the cult-classic sci-fi horror rom-com rock musical by Howard Ashman (book and lyrics) and Alan Menken (music), is back …

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:00PM
Wednesday, October 16, 2019

Review: ‘Linda Vista’ at the Helen Hayes Theater by Deb Miller

A male mid-life crisis, a deadbeat dad, sexual harassment in the workplace, the objectification of women, callous philandering, and every other conceivable manifestation of toxic masculinity…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 06:17PM
Saturday, October 12, 2019

Review: ‘Dublin Carol’ at Irish Repertory Theatre by Deb Miller

Now playing a limited Off-Broadway engagement at Irish Repertory Theatre, Irish playwright Conor McPherson’s Dublin Carol, which made its debut at London’s Royal Court Theatre in 2000, t…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 10:09PM
Friday, October 11, 2019

Review: ‘Slave Play’ at the Golden Theatre by Deb Miller

Sitting in a theater for a two-hour-and-five-minute running time without intermission is not particularly comfortable for many audience members who might require a bathroom break or a chance…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 03:00PM
Wednesday, October 2, 2019

15 Questions in 15 Minutes with Two-Time Tony and Emmy Award Winner Bebe Neuwirth by Deb Miller

Singer/dancer/actress Bebe Neuwirth is not only a triple threat, she’s a multiple award-winning one. Among the honors she’s received are two Emmys for her role as Dr. Lilith Crane in the…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 07:27PM
Saturday, September 28, 2019

Review: ‘The Height of the Storm’ at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre by Deb Miller

“For better or worse” is a promise couples make when taking their wedding vows, but few comprehend how bad the worst can be when old age, dementia, and death bring shattering change to a…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 02:01PM
Wednesday, September 25, 2019

Getting the Scoop on ‘The Lightning Thief’ with Writer Joe Tracz by Deb Miller

Known to millions of fans for creating the book for the musical stage adaptation of viral sensation Be More Chill (based on the young-adult novel by Ned Vizzini), writer Joe Tracz is about t…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:00AM
Tuesday, September 24, 2019

Review: ‘Caesar & Cleopatra’ at Theatre Row by Deb Miller

The Gingold Theatrical Group honors its mission of presenting works inspired by the socio-political principles espoused by George Bernard Shaw with its new adaptation of the Irish playwright…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 07:30PM
Sunday, September 15, 2019

Review: ‘Derren Brown: Secret’ at the Cort Theatre by Deb Miller

When I was a kid, enthusiastically attending every show on Broadway, I never would have predicted that, in the new millennium, theaters on The Great White Way would be home not just to great…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:00PM
Friday, September 13, 2019

15 Questions in 15 Minutes with The Amazing Kreskin by Deb Miller

For the past six decades, world-renowned mentalist The Amazing Kreskin has been an icon of pop culture, whose fame was spread through his recurrent TV appearances with Johnny Carson, Regis P…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:56PM
Wednesday, September 11, 2019

A Conversation with Music Man John Miller: “Stage Door Johnny” Gives his Takes on Broadway by Deb Miller

In honor of the tenth anniversary of its release, Stage Door Johnny: John Miller – Takes on Broadway has been reissued on CD and for download and streaming on digital platforms. The acclai…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 06:16PM

Review: ‘Decky Does a Bronco’ at The Royal Family Performing Arts Space by Deb Miller

Boys will be boys, until a shocking event thrusts them into the harsh realities of life and continues to traumatize them throughout adulthood. The US premiere of Decky Does a Bronco by Scott…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 05:04PM
Friday, September 6, 2019

Review: ‘Drunk Shakespeare’ at The Lounge by Deb Miller

If you’re a theater-lover expecting a traditional performance of a classic work by Shakespeare, with just one chosen actor struggling to remember the lines after downing multiple shots of …

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 02:01PM
Thursday, September 5, 2019

Review: ‘Betrayal’ at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre by Deb Miller

London’s acclaimed revival of Betrayal – Harold Pinter’s 1978 drama about the devastating effects of infidelity, inspired by the playwright’s own seven-year extra-marital affair in t…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:30PM
Wednesday, September 4, 2019

Review: ‘Laughing Liberally: Make America Laugh Again’ at The Theatre at St. Clement’s by Deb Miller

New York’s longest-running political comedy stand-up act brings its brand of incisive topical humor Off-Broadway to The Theatre at St. Clement’s for a fifteen-show engagement (in associ…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:40AM
Thursday, August 22, 2019

Review: ‘Da Vinci & Michelangelo: The Titans Experience’ at St. Luke’s Theatre by Deb Miller

Images, information, and interpretations are the main ingredients of Da Vinci & Michelangelo: The Titans Experience, which has now arrived in New York. Though presented Off-Broadway at S…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:00PM
Monday, August 19, 2019

Review: ‘Jaime Lozano: Songs by an Immigrant’ at Joe’s Pub by Deb Miller

For his smashing debut at Joe’s Pub, Mexican-born and New York-based composer and music director Jaime Lozano gathered a roster of his talented family, friends, and collaborators to join h…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 10:32PM

Review: ‘Waiting for Johnny Depp’ in the Rave Theater Festival by Deb Miller

This month marks the premiere of the Rave Theater Festival, playing Off-Off-Broadway at The Clemente Solo Velez Cultural Center, the former home of FringeNYC. Among the 20 works chosen to pe…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 02:35PM
Saturday, August 17, 2019

Review: ‘Michael Feinstein: I Happen To Like New York’ at Feinstein’s/54 Below by Deb Miller

For his annual summer engagement at Feinstein’s/54 Below, the eponymous multi-platinum Grammy-nominated artist celebrates the songs, entertainers, and musical history of our city in Michae…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 04:38PM
Friday, August 16, 2019

Review: ‘Bat Out of Hell” at New York City Center by Deb Miller

Loud, flashy, dissipated, and crass – Bat Out of Hell is everything you’d expect in a rock-n-roll jukebox musical based on the 1970s mega-hits of Meat Loaf, who served as associate produ…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 03:59PM

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