Friday, December 10, 2021
Parsons’ first work on the program was the tour de force solo “Balance of Power” performed by the phenomenal Zoey Anderson. Clad in Barbara Erin Delo’s brilliantly colored tight co…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 02:40PMMonday, November 22, 2021
If you are a Princess Diana completist, "Diana: The Musical" will satisfy your needs along with the deeper Spencer and The Queen and all the innumerable documentaries about this ill-fated fa…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 07:50PMSunday, November 21, 2021
When Sonny Marie Lee stepped onto the stage of the Actors Temple Theatre as the eponymous "The Bronx Babe" I thought she was putting the audience on, acting the stereotypical, Noo Yawk accen…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 12:05PMTuesday, November 16, 2021
Unfolding from a stand-up comedy routine—“A prisoner walks into a bar…!”—and set in a comedy venue designed with ingenuity and style by Walt Spangler, Turtle veers from hokey to ho…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 12:07PMTuesday, November 9, 2021
"Caroline, or Change" is an important musical, more now than in 2004. It should be seen. The Roundabout production, though somewhat flawed, still communicates the complicated relationshi…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 11:41AMFriday, November 5, 2021
Now there’s "Swan Lake Rock Opera" created by Mirit Shem-Ur (book and lyrics), Tsedi Sarfati (director and dramaturge) and Sharona Pick (music production and additional music). The show …
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 08:59AMThursday, October 21, 2021
Before the dancers appeared live, "Dance" commenced with a burst of Glass’ iconic, pulsating music—here pre-recorded, originally performed live—and a still from LeWitt’s original vid…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 03:26PMTuesday, October 19, 2021
The final work on Program 1 was its finest. A.I.M. By Kyle Abraham presented its director’s “Our Indigo: If We Were a Love Song,” a deeply moving paean to the darker meanings of love…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 12:23PMMonday, October 11, 2021
DiMurro writes with an acute sense of the rhythm of New York speech and its old-school jargon, helped by director William Roudebush’s complementary sense of timing, not to mention four exp…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 12:54AMSunday, October 3, 2021
The dances on this program are perfect examples of the Denishawn aesthetic which combined what was then exoticism with impeccable theatricality. The Denishawn troupe was very much of its t…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 12:43PMFriday, October 1, 2021
Benjamin Viertel directs "Between the Bars" brilliantly finding the balance between theatricality and reality. Each character emerges as distinct and multidimensional, even the guards who …
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 12:41AMMonday, September 27, 2021
It is to the credit of the entire cast—dressed in Anthony Paul-Cavaretta’s period tunics and flowing robes—that Lackey’s sometimes over-the-top dialogue lands credibly. Two other ele…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 08:24PMSaturday, September 25, 2021
As the opaquely complicated plot played out on the stage, the three lead dancers (Ranee, Aparna and Ashwini Ramaswamy) took turns displaying impeccable Bharatanatyam technique: feet adorne…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 07:54PMThursday, September 16, 2021
Sadly, these promises aren’t kept in this mishmash of plots and characters that never quite meshes into a viable whole; it remains an unsteady comedy/fantasy never morphing into a smooth-r…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 12:08PMMonday, September 6, 2021
"Roles and Rules of Comedy," six short comedic bits of fluff written and directed by Harold Dean James is a character-driven view of contemporary New York City. Presented at the elegant Pl…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 05:34PMFriday, August 20, 2021
It’s unlikely that New York City will ever see these five troupes sharing a stage again. This was a festive occasion despite being uneven in tone and not particularly representative of a…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 12:41PMTuesday, August 17, 2021
It is definitely worth a gander for both its subject matter and its performer, the disarming and immensely talented Jon Peterson who also adapted the one-man play from Chip Deffaa’s origin…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 07:00PMSunday, July 18, 2021
Hamilton Clancy, the artistic director of The Drilling Company, joins forces with his assistant director Karla Hendrick to stage The Two Noble Kinsmen in a modern-dress version that makes th…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 08:14PMThursday, July 15, 2021
She gets to sing everything from the Patsy Kline classic “Crazy,” “Respect” (made famous by Aretha Franklin), and “Summertime” from Porgy and Bess to generous, beautifully acted …
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 12:01AMFriday, July 9, 2021
In what might just be the best stage role of her career, Jackie Hoffman plays the multi-faceted Ariana in E. Dale Smith’s "Fruma-Sarah (Waiting in the Wings)" at Nancy Manocherian’s the …
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 12:00PMFriday, July 2, 2021
The Icarus of Icarus and Amina is a poster of Henri Matisse’s brilliantly colorful abstraction of that Greek mythological character who soared too close to the sun, and Amina (Sidney Carut…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 01:28PMFriday, June 25, 2021
Havel’s Audience represents CAMT’s first foray into modern Czech literature having previously staged imaginative productions of folk material. This visit to contemporary theater, unfor…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 08:46PMTuesday, June 22, 2021
Written by Krista Knight and Brinegar, Sloppy Bonnie follows its title character (played with irresistible zest by Amanda Disney) as she lays waste to everything and everyone in her path, le…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 09:01PMMonday, May 31, 2021
“Sea,” according to Magloire’s program notes is “loosely inspired by the movement of waves.” Five dancers—Anabel Alpert, Megan Foley, Amber Neff, Rachele Perla and Alison Tatsu…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 01:49PMFriday, April 30, 2021
Sutton Foster, one of the shining lights of New York City’s currently dimmed theater scene, glowed in Sutton Foster/Bring Me to Light. Her voice and interpretations were the richest they…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 03:12PMFriday, April 16, 2021
Ephrat “Bounce” Asherie, the artistic director of the effervescent Ephrat Asherie Dance (EAD) has absorbed the disciplines of a number of dance forms: hip-hop, breaking, Latin-American…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 04:09PMMonday, March 29, 2021
Aguirre manages to have written a play that doesn’t feel like a play thanks to his interpretation of the main character. He doesn’t overdo the emotions, letting the songs carry that we…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 01:53PMSaturday, March 6, 2021
"Jericho" has a great deal going for it. It is directed by Marsha Mason and features Jill Eikenberry. These two formidable theater artists’ participation promises quality which is evid…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 12:35PMWednesday, October 21, 2020
Now directed by the energetic and warm Enrique Cruz DeJesus, Alpha Omega provided welcome relief from months of quarantine and angst with “Solo Suites,” a breezy—in every sense of the …
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 11:13AMMonday, July 20, 2020
“Rooms2020” was to have been presented in a live season which was aborted by the current Covid crisis. Instead, the troupe has presented the work artfully streamed in a version that is m…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 11:54AMMonday, March 16, 2020
Van Hove's energetic cast is too often lost among the video images which is sad because they are a wonderfully scrappy group of actor/dancer/singers who give their all. (I’m told that th…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 11:26PM 
