“Glitter and Be Gay” is not just a Leonard Bernstein aria from Candide, but the perfect description of the campily funny new musical "Death Becomes Her" which just hit the Lunt-Fontanne …
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 11:24AMCan the tale of two families living in Palestine just before the partition that created the State of Israel shine a light on the current status of affairs? Playwright Tom Block’s "Oud Play…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 12:47PM"Ragtime," thought of as an unwieldy musical with too many characters and too many themes, hit Broadway in 1998. Based on the 1975 E.L. Doctorow novel of the same name, the many storylines…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 12:47PMNow, director Jamie Lloyd has taken the clunky—but entertaining—Andrew Lloyd Webber musical "Sunset Blvd." (1993) and stripped it of all realistic scenery—and a few songs—hoping to g…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 09:14PMDonald Steven Olson’s "The Christine Jorgensen Show," a two-hander, focuses on the creation of her nightclub act. Jorgensen (portrayed by Jesse James Keitel known for "Younger," "Queer a…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 03:39PMClearly, Hwang’s playwright-within-the-play has been on a colorful journey, full of characters that amuse, anger and move him. Hwang’s genius here is his ability to spin his real life …
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 10:38AMWe’ve come a long way from "Annie Get Your Gun" to the new musical "Distant Thunder" produced by Amas Musical Theatre at the A.R.T./New York Theatres. The Irvin Berlin song “I’m an I…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 04:20PMThe final work of the evening was Takehiro Ueyama’s “Heroes,” dedicated to the brave, hard-working citizens of Japan who helped pull themselves out of the devastation of World War Two.…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 02:21PM"The Goldberg-Variations" by George Tabori (written in 1991, now having its belated new York premiere) is a confused and confusing conflation of Bible stories and backstage bickering amongst…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 02:16PM“Larina Waltz,” choreographed by Ashley Page to the lilting melodies of Tchaikovsky, opened the program. It was a dynamic expression of the classical ballet bona fides of this youthful…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 02:44PM"Airport and the Strange Package" effectively combines good old-fashioned paranoia with witty references to Kafka’s literary classic. King and his collaborators have fashioned a frighteni…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 01:58PM"Memory" brought back “Untitled,” a masterpiece from 1978. This work had everything that made Pilobolus the world class dance troupe it became. Choreographed by Pilobolus founders Robb…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 08:42PMJakob Karr conceived, choreographed and directed his full-length dance/drama, "Ain’t Done Bad" currently heating up the Irene Diamond Stage at the Pershing Square Signature Center just wes…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 12:12PMThe Netherlands-based dance troupe Introdans (Roel Voorinthoff, artistic director) exploded onto The Joyce Theater stage in an aptly titled program, "Energy," making a very welcome return to…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 07:25PMThe tapestry Stone weaves with his multitude of characters—too many to mention here—is always fascinating in its subtle details. Each person stands on his or her own helped by superb p…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 03:42PMThere’s so much fascinating material in "Party Clown of the Rich and Famous" and its companion compendium of four short works, "The Hungry Mind Buffet" that it pains me that the works aren…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 05:07PMChristopher Caswell: "Listen to My Heart" took the audience into his confidence as he opened up about his personal life: friends, loves, children and, of course, show business. His show ha…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 12:13AMChristopher Caswell: Listen to My Heart took the audience into his confidence as he opened up about his personal life: friends, loves, children and, of course, show business. His show had …
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 12:49PMChristie Perfetti Williams’ genial new play "Bettye and the Jockettes Spinning Records at the Holiday Inn" transports the audience back to the moment Elvis Presley became an international …
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 11:26AM"The Heart of Rock and Roll" at the James Earl Jones Theatre is one of the more pleasant entries in the jukebox musical derby. Using the musical catalog of Huey Lewis and the News, Tyler M…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 12:44PM"Mother Play," though based on Vogel’s own life, is her most schematic, more an outline barely fleshed out with lots of details rather than the intense emotional revelations of her earlier…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 11:49PMThe play is an expression of the quiet whirlwind within Mary Jane’s soul, exquisitely expressed by the warm McAdams, surrounded by the boundless support of the others. Director Anne Kauffm…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 03:34PMThe transfer to Broadway has brilliantly expanded the show. The new production designed by Riccardo Hernández (scenery), Paul Tazewell (costumes), Lap Chi Chu (lighting) and Charles G. La…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 06:27PMDavid Adjmi’s "Stereophonic" at the Golden Theatre, a transfer under the auspices of Playwrights Horizons, is a minutely detailed, almost minute-by-minute recreation of a recording session…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 10:59PMThe four patients’ stories occupy the bulk of "Dali’s Dream" in an uneven stream of oddball activities which divert the plot from the more important consideration of the Freud/Dali inter…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 09:03PMNo one should be sacrosanct or above satirical treatment, not even our heroes. Everyone has feet of clay. Cole Escola in their huge hit "Oh, Mary!" at the Lucille Lortel Theatre in Green…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 11:28PM"Travels" at Ars Nova isn’t just a story of the many places James Harrison Monaco has been. That’s part of it, the most superficial part. "Travels" is far more: a deep look at the pe…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 03:28PMPeter Brynolf and Jonas Ljung, two coolly elegant Swedes—who wrote the show with Edward Af Sillén (also the show’s director)—perform one mind-boggling feat after another, fed by infor…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 03:08PMFor those interested in both theatrical history and the lives of our former artistic heroes, Pendleton doesn’t disappoint, even if he exaggerates and manipulates the facts a bit. He does…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 06:44PM"The Look of Love" was filled with Morris’ least complex choreography, relying on repetition, walking, running and soft leg extensions along with simple arm gestures. Considering the sop…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 11:56AMDongpo’s travels through life is set forth in the lovely poems—projected in Chinese script and in English—full of observations of nature, sad inner monologues and thoughts intimating t…
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