Saturday, May 3, 2025
First produced by the Negro Ensemble Company in 1969, Lonne Elder III's Ceremonies in Dark Old Men became an immediate critical success and a defining work of its era. For decades, it stood …
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 02:59AM[SHARE]Monday, April 28, 2025
SEEING THE UNSEEN: JULIA BELL BARRY'S HAUNTING NEW PLAY Part memoir, part The Sixth Sense, Julia Barry Bell's new play, which opened tonight at Theatre Row, asks a haunting question: how do …
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 02:50AM[SHARE]Sunday, April 27, 2025
DEATH BECOMES HIM In 2016, Steve Martin and Edie Brickell's Bright Star introduced a sound I'd never heard on Broadway"a blend of Americana and bluegrass so distinct it felt like a new music…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 04:49PM[SHARE]Friday, April 25, 2025
HUMANS, BEST BE ON YOUR AVANT-GARDE The Employees, originally produced at Studio Teatrgaleria in Warsaw, is a visionary performance and installation work by Polish-born artist, writer and di…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 03:45AM[SHARE]Thursday, April 24, 2025
A MEANINGFUL MUSICAL WHERE IDENTITY, ART, AND SILENCE COLLIDE IN 1996 PENNSYLVANIA The title might suggest a classical drama"perhaps something Shakespearean or starchy"but Keen Company's lat…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 02:59AM[SHARE]Tuesday, April 22, 2025
NOTHING HAPPENS. EVERYTHING HURTS. If you're a fan of Annie Baker"whose plays of quiet revelatory naturalism include The Flick, Circle Mirror Transformation, John, and my personal favorite, …
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 10:40PM[SHARE]Wednesday, April 16, 2025
KNEEL AT THE CHURCH OF CHURCHILL A drum roll begins each act and ends with a cymbal crash. Paired with the red front curtain and chaser lights outlining the proscenium arch, one might brace …
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 10:48PM[SHARE]Saturday, April 12, 2025
THE NAKED TRUTH In Amour, Acide et Noix, Canadian choreographer Daniel Léveillé presents a stark and unflinching meditation on the human form"one that reduces dance to its most essential c…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 02:30AM[SHARE]Saturday, March 29, 2025
WHITEOUT NYU Skirball adheres closely to James Baldwin's dictum: "Artists are here to disturb the peace." With the U.S. premiere of Masterclass, Skirball's mission has been resoundingly fulf…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 02:50AM[SHARE]Thursday, March 27, 2025
IT'LL KNOCK THE PANTS OFF O' YOUSE Who Is Jimmy Pants? is the second production in the York's Spring 2025 "New2NY" series, presented at the Theater at St. Jean's on East 76th Street"a welcom…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 02:50AM[SHARE]Saturday, March 22, 2025
UPSIDE DOWN A STRAIGHT UP MUSICAL SATIRE I admire AMT Theater for two key reasons: its dedication to developing new works"particularly musicals, which I've witnessed in the past"and its comm…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 02:49AM[SHARE]Monday, March 17, 2025
EMBRACIN' JASON For many, Jason Tam first made a lasting impression with his unforgettable audition for Paul in the Broadway revival of A Chorus Line, as seen in the documentary Every Little…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 05:37PM[SHARE]LOOK HOMEWARD, ANGEL In what may be the slowest lights-up in New York theater, the first cue of Grangeville takes several minutes to complete"perhaps a 400 count. But lighting designer Stace…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 12:46PM[SHARE]Monday, March 10, 2025
Danny Brown's two-hander opens with an orgasm and closes with a cathartic cleansing. Between these bold bookends lies 90 minutes of small talk"covering everything from sex and relationships …
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 09:29AM[SHARE]Thursday, March 6, 2025
KEVIN CSOLAK HAS HIS HOPES HIGH, NOT TO MENTION THE TIME, PLACE AND RHYTHM Kevin Csolak (pronounced SO-lack) is currently playing Tulsa in the Broadway production of Gypsy with Audra McDo…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 10:25PM[SHARE]Wednesday, March 5, 2025
FOR ALL IT'S GIRTH Sumo is a Japanese sport in which two bulky Japanese wrestlers clutch and grab at each other within a circular ring. The goal is to either eject the opponent from the ring…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 07:00PM[SHARE]Saturday, March 1, 2025
A SHOUTING SHAME On the Evolutionary Function of Shame"which Second Stage Theater opened on February 26 at The Pershing Square Signature Center"ambitiously tackles complex themes of identity…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 03:37PM[SHARE]Sunday, February 23, 2025
IT'S SAFE TO DRAW YOUR OWN CONCLUSIONS AT HOUSE St. Ann's Warehouse, in association with New York's Irish Arts Center, presents Safe House, a one-person song cycle originally produced at Dub…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 03:21PM[SHARE]Friday, February 21, 2025
A DESIGN AS IMPRESSIVE AS A REDWOOD ITSELF The new Broadway musical Redwood, which opened on February 13, is a master class in tech theater. Set designer Jason Ardizzone-West makes this clea…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 02:13AM[SHARE]Thursday, February 20, 2025
MADELINE SEIDMAN IS REMARKABLE IN GARSIDE'S CAREER Since 1995, the invaluable Mint Theatre Company has been unearthing lost, neglected plays from yesteryear. With artistic director Jonathan …
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 09:40PM[SHARE]Thursday, January 16, 2025
MIND FOR GOLD Vinny DePonto, the Brooklyn-based mentalist, is undeniably a master showman"and a strikingly handsome one at that (I'll draw a comparison to Jake Gyllenhaal). Like all magician…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 02:50AM[SHARE]Monday, December 30, 2024
WAKING US UP TO WOKENESS Playwright Jonathan Spector makes an impressive Broadway debut with Eureka Day, a strikingly relevant and well-crafted production that convincingly captures the comp…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 07:48PM[SHARE]Monday, November 25, 2024
DEATH BECOMES HER BECOMES BROADWAY I had opposite opinions this week between the opening of the film version of Wicked and the new Broadway musical comedy Death Becomes Her. Wicked outsoared…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 10:41PM[SHARE]Monday, November 11, 2024
HELLO, SATCHMO! THANK GOODNESS LOUIS IS BACK IN TOWN; WE NEED HIM MORE THAN EVER There's a new jukebox musical in town. But don't run in the other direction. A Wonderful World, which opened …
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 10:20PM[SHARE]Wednesday, June 19, 2024
DESIGNING THE FUTURE Tony-nominated set designer for this season's Lempicka, Riccardo Hernández also designed Suffs. Other Broadway productions have included The Thanksgiving Play, Jag…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 02:46AM[SHARE]Tuesday, June 18, 2024
Alexi Melvin has found a new home in the New York theater scene, striving to champion innovative storytelling and artists within marginalized communities. In less than one year's time, she h…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 02:59AM[SHARE]Monday, June 17, 2024
THE NOT-SO-GOOD, THE BAD AND THE REALLY REALLY UGLY What better way to get a fresh perspective of our American West than by attending a 300-year history reenactment in 100 minutes? Written a…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 08:58PM[SHARE]Wednesday, June 12, 2024
HOLY QUEER HORROR! IT'S JOEY MERLO Joey Merlo may be best known (so far) for his On Set with Theda Bara, a "haunting and refreshingly funny fever dream" (Vulture), a one-man play starring Da…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 02:00AM[SHARE]Tuesday, June 11, 2024
THE McKITTRICK HOTEL, HOME OFÂ SLEEP NO MORE, EXTENDSÂ LATE NIGHT SULTRY SPECTACLE HYPNOTIQUE ALL-NEW NOCTURNAL EXPERIENCE EXTENDED Performances have been extended again on Friday and Sa…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 04:29PM[SHARE]Thursday, June 6, 2024
AVANT-GARDNER NewYorkRep is currently presenting the world premiere of The Opposite of Love by Ashley Griffin, which runs through June 15, 2024 at the Royal Family Performing Arts Space at C…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 07:39PM[SHARE]Thursday, May 30, 2024
PLATT'S WHERE IT'S AT AT THE PALACE As if opening the newly refurbished Palace Theater (after a 4 year hiatus) isn't exciting enough, why not add Tony, Grammy, and Emmy Award winner Ben Plat…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 03:50AM[SHARE] 
