Monday, January 15, 2024
Harmon meticulously fuses the domestic ups and downs of this bright, well-educated extended family with the overwhelming and unavoidable social upheavals that surround them whether it’s th…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 08:39PMFriday, December 29, 2023
How the ten dancers of Momix create so many beautiful and mysterious images is a credit to artistic director Moses Pendleton and his associate Cynthia Quinn who, along with the dancers, crea…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 11:29PMThere are few issues that raise the ire of the religious as a member changing religions. Apostate is the mildest term used for such a person. Mikhl Yashinsky’s "The Gospel According to C…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 12:25PMFriday, December 22, 2023
Dressed in a glittery, silver suit—costumes by Kristin Isola—Bloom immediately takes control of an audience who already admire her from her standup comedy and her bitterly funny TV show,…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 01:47PMMonday, December 11, 2023
Through a technologically astute production and fine acting, their intertwining stories unfold in a dramatic tapestry that reveals the sad business of mail-order brides. Using an intricate…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 12:25PMThursday, December 7, 2023
Despite its fairy-tale plot, Axemas isn’t really suitable for children because of language and sexual situations, but everyone else will find something amusing in this rag-taggle productio…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 04:30PMMonday, December 4, 2023
"Mind Mangler: A Night of Tragic Illusion," starring the genial, but daffy, Henry Lewis, is part of the “gone wrong” franchise by Lewis, Jonathan Sayer and Henry Shields: "Peter Pan Goes…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 07:49PMFriday, December 1, 2023
The secrets revealed seem more contrived and clichéd and take away from the moving story of Mary’s battle with cancer. Nick behaves badly. Lucy has a drug habit and Jason questions …
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 04:04PMMonday, November 27, 2023
Director Matthew “Motl” Didner manages to make what might have been just a well-staged concert of moving songs into a dramatic whole with a deep feeling for the ebb and flow of emotions …
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 06:24PMSunday, November 19, 2023
It takes an artist of the stature and extraordinary talent of Wiest to keep Caswell’s fragmented play from flying off in all directions as it veers from reality to fantasy and from flashba…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 11:33AMFriday, November 17, 2023
The musical "Harmony," the lovechild of pop music greats Barry Manilow (music) and Bruce Sussman (lyrics and book), has opened at a time when anti-Semitism has peaked once again and lessons …
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 05:08PMThursday, November 2, 2023
Far less mystical that he would have us believe, "Somnole" nevertheless is Charmatz’s honest exploration of his stated theme, although self-indulgence reared its ugly head too often. The…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 01:41PMTuesday, October 31, 2023
How does a Holocaust-themed play land with such emotional impact as Leslie Epstein’s "King of the Jews" at the HERE Theatre? Based on his novel of the same name, "King of the Jews" is a …
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 09:01PMWednesday, October 25, 2023
The dancers performed their dystopian tasks with great dedication and the occasional display of actual technique. They were all good-looking and clearly into what they believed was an icon…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 09:44PMTuesday, October 24, 2023
The spine of the work wasn’t the choreography or dancing, but the lines spoken by the dancers as they walked about the stage; however, since the lighting by Crawford was shadowy and the da…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 07:03PMSunday, October 22, 2023
Sometimes good intentions do not have the best results—at least in theater. Such is the case with "Scrambled Eggs" at the Gene Frankel Theatre. Presented to bring immediacy to the issue …
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 03:35PMTuesday, October 17, 2023
Melissa Etheridge is a bona-fide superstar. So, why is this artist, used to appearing in huge venues, “slumming” in a Broadway theater with a capacity of less than 800? Let’s not loo…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 10:30AMSaturday, October 14, 2023
Does it matter how autobiographical Amy Crossman’s "The Great Divide" at the HERE Arts Center is? A production of the Boomerang Theatre Company, "Divide" is Crossman’s one-person play …
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 10:40PMWednesday, October 11, 2023
The immediate impression of "Gira" was of the semi-circle of lights designed by Gabriel Pederneiras and Paulo Pederneiras (the Grupo Corpo artistic director) and their somber illumination of…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 10:40AMFriday, October 6, 2023
The Houston Ballet, Julie Kent and Stanton Welch, directors, opened the program with Welch’s genteel "Clear" to music by J.S. Bach. Originally staged on American Ballet Theatre, the Hous…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 07:24PMMonday, October 2, 2023
Ballet BC, the Canadian-based modern ballet company, began the program with 'The Statement," Crystal Pite’s witty take on a boardroom meeting, a corporate boardroom meeting full of intrigu…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 03:13PMThursday, September 28, 2023
An alternate title for Albert M. Tapper’s Clifford Odets-esque "Bettinger’s Luggage" might be "The Flood." In Tapper’s period piece, a flood destroyed the eponymous shop, an event arou…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 12:38AMSaturday, September 23, 2023
Clearly, "Zoetrope" often becomes difficult to follow for non-Spanish speakers. The dearth of realistic sets makes knowing which location is which confusing, despite the occasional descrip…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 02:26PMMonday, September 18, 2023
Shaye tells of a pot and drug-addicted couple who are totally disgusting parents to a two year old. That’s just not acceptable even though it is told as a funny hippy-dippy anecdote. Eve…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 11:51PMWednesday, September 13, 2023
Elisha has written a refreshing new take on Anne Frank’s life. Called "Anne Being Frank" (a title that should, perhaps, be reconsidered), the one-person, multi-character show posits a su…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 04:35PMFriday, September 8, 2023
In "Relapse" ’s most original conceit, a quartet called The Intrusive (Vinny Celerio, Audree Hedequist, Nicole Lamb and Zummy Mohammed) becomes a Greek Chorus, insinuating themselves into …
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 01:17PMMonday, September 4, 2023
Antonio Fini in Ted Shawn’s “The Cosmic Dance of Siva,” performed as part of 2023 Fini Dance Festival at the Ailey Citicorp Theater (Photo credit: Wendy Wild) Joel Benjamin, Critic The…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 02:27PMWednesday, August 23, 2023
Redman’s "A Séance with Mom" at the Chain Studio Theatre veers dizzyingly from one character to another, characters that include middle-aged Nadine who searches for her Mom; her mom, Guss…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 03:36PMWednesday, August 2, 2023
"Here Lies Love" unreels like an MTV music video with the emotional content lost in the technique. The real issue of this musical is that it’s impossible to feel anything for the lead ch…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 11:57PMWednesday, July 26, 2023
Korean Arts Week celebrated the theatrical and fine arts of South Korea, a culture under-represented in New York City compared to, say, those of Japan, China and India. At the David H. Koch …
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 01:08AMTuesday, July 18, 2023
There is an elegiac formality to Buscando. However, other than Juan de Pareja’s name in the title there is little in the choreography that evokes either period or personality. The chor…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 05:33PM 
