Saturday, March 2, 2024
Reviewed by Judd Hollander
The trick when presenting a
biographical vehicle is to make sure the audience is able to relate to the
subject in question. Especially if that subjects happen t…
SOURCE: Stage Buzz at 12:54AMFriday, February 2, 2024
Reviewed by Judd Hollander
Every
once in a great while, all the elements in a theatrical production align
perfectly. So it is with the Encores! Production of the 1959 musical comedy, Once U…
SOURCE: Stage Buzz at 09:06AMTuesday, January 30, 2024
Reviewed by Judd Hollander
The question of faith and what it represents can be found at the core of Ian Richard Barnes' very intense and sometimes talky drama, A Matter of Faith. Presented b…
SOURCE: Stage Buzz at 02:18PMTuesday, November 21, 2023
Reviewed
by Judd Hollander
“The
past isn’t as frightening with one foot in the present.” So says a character in
Scene Partners, the new comedy-drama by John J. Caswell, Jr., now at th…
SOURCE: Stage Buzz at 07:42PMSunday, September 10, 2023
Reviewed by Judd Hollander
The Broadway graveyard is filled with musical
efforts that sprang from movies. Groundhog
Day, Mrs. Doubtfire, Rocky and Pretty
Woman among some of the more recent…
SOURCE: Stage Buzz at 12:55AMSunday, May 7, 2023
Reviewed by Judd Hollander
Some people will always be resistant to change. Though if said changes
are truly worthwhile, one should never stop trying to make them a reality. This
is the mess…
SOURCE: Stage Buzz at 10:24PMThursday, April 27, 2023
Reviewed by Judd Hollander
Shucked, the new musical comedy at Broadway’s Nederlander Theatre has far
too many corn-related puns, references, and innuendos to count. It’s also
corn-popp…
SOURCE: Stage Buzz at 12:18AMMonday, April 17, 2023
Reviewed by Judd Hollander
The aim of immersive theatre is to have the audience feel they’re actually a part of the story. So it is with the National Theatre of Scotland’s funny, poign…
SOURCE: Stage Buzz at 09:36PMThursday, April 13, 2023
Reviewed by Judd Hollander
The hard truth is that every one of
us will someday be ripped apart by the unspeakable pain of losing someone near
and dear. That is, if it hasn’t to you hap…
SOURCE: Stage Buzz at 01:54AMSaturday, April 8, 2023
Reviewed by Judd Hollander
Bad Cinderella, the
new musical at Broadway’s Imperial Theatre, is the latest effort from composer
Andrew Lloyd Webber. While the show boasts a very appealing…
SOURCE: Stage Buzz at 06:24PMTuesday, March 7, 2023
Reviewed by Judd Hollander There's a line in the 1939 film "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington" about lost causes being the only ones worth fighting for. This also proves to be the ultimate truth …
SOURCE: Stage Buzz at 07:13PMSunday, February 12, 2023
Reviewed by Judd Hollander The classic 1959 film "Some Like It Hot" gets the Broadway treatment and comes out running on pretty much all cylinders. Thanks in no small part to an excellent sc…
SOURCE: Stage Buzz at 09:18AMWednesday, January 25, 2023
Reviewed by Judd Hollander When it comes to Eugene O’Brien’s drama Heaven, the story begins and ends with the play’s final line. Presented by Fishamble, this intriguing work about p…
SOURCE: Stage Buzz at 07:22PMSunday, December 25, 2022
Review by Judd Hollander
Vivid recollections of a time long ago often strike a poignant note. Especially to those who never experienced them but wish so much that they could. Such a case i…
SOURCE: Stage Buzz at 04:12AMMonday, June 13, 2022
Reviewed by Judd Hollander
In the late 1840's the colonial government of Ireland, in the face of a severe famine and resulting economic crisis, came up with the Orphan Emigration Scheme. Cap…
SOURCE: Stage Buzz at 09:12PMSaturday, November 27, 2021
Reviewed by Judd Hollander Told in what can best be described as a continual stream of consciousness, the Broadway play The Lehman Trilogy recounts the rise and fall of what would become a g…
SOURCE: Stage Buzz at 08:03PMWednesday, March 24, 2021
Containing themes that resonate today, “Megillah Cycle” offers up a powerful story, well worth the time.
SOURCE: www.theepochtimes.com at 02:14PMSaturday, November 28, 2020
Reviewed by Judd Hollander In the closing narration of the classic Twilight Zone television episode "Where is Everybody?" series creator Rod Serling talks about isolation, the barrier of lo…
SOURCE: Stage Buzz at 07:06PMTuesday, July 14, 2020
Reviewed by Judd HollanderIf you're looking for a complicated dissertation on what it takes to be an actor, then The Understudy, a novel by Ellen Tovatt Leary, is not for you. Though if you …
SOURCE: Stage Buzz at 02:42PMFriday, March 20, 2020
Reviewed by Judd Hollander
(Originally scheduled to run through April 19th, The Woman in Black, as well as all other live performances at the McKittrick Hotel have been suspended until fu…
SOURCE: Stage Buzz at 02:12AMWednesday, March 4, 2020
Reviewed by Judd Hollander
Playwright Lucas Hnath unveils a very personal tale which examines one of humankind's deepest fears. Being held captive by another person while you pray for your…
SOURCE: Stage Buzz at 12:48AMTuesday, February 25, 2020
Reviewed by Judd Hollander
Just because you can do something doesn't mean you should. Such is the message of the new musical Bob and Carol and Ted and Alice. Presented by The New Group at …
SOURCE: Stage Buzz at 12:24AMSunday, February 23, 2020
Reviewed by Judd Hollander
Watching Douglas Sills sing “Movies Were Movies”, the opening number in the recent Encores! production of the 1974 Broadway musical Mack & Mabel, one can …
SOURCE: Stage Buzz at 04:54PMSaturday, February 15, 2020
Reviewed by Judd Hollander
Director Simon Stone has staged his new adaptation of Euripides' classic revenge story Medea, now at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, on a white background. Bob …
SOURCE: Stage Buzz at 02:03AMFriday, February 7, 2020
Reviewed by Judd Hollander
One of the basic tenets of people everywhere is the need to express who they are inside. This is the underlying principle beautifully expressed in the absolutel…
SOURCE: Stage Buzz at 02:54AMMonday, January 6, 2020
Reviewed by Judd Hollander
The idea that every person is responsible for their own actions is a basic tenet in most societies. However, when those actions are called into question, uncoveri…
SOURCE: Stage Buzz at 10:06PMFriday, January 3, 2020
Reviewed by Judd Hollander
Just about everybody has wished for a second chance at least once in their lives. The opportunity to undo a certain decision, change the direction of one's life o…
SOURCE: Stage Buzz at 12:06PMWednesday, December 11, 2019
Reviewed by Judd Hollander
The key to telling a story, no matter how old it may be, is the ability of the one doing the telling to imbue it with passion from the here and now. A particular…
SOURCE: Stage Buzz at 10:18PMSaturday, November 23, 2019
Reviewed by Judd Hollander
Clowns exist in their own pocket universe. A point from which they can project everything from a childlike innocence to a bit of misguided whimsy, a can-do attit…
SOURCE: Stage Buzz at 04:18PMFriday, November 8, 2019
Reviewed by Judd Hollander
The most important element of any circus is the ability to instill feelings of joy and amazement in its audience. Something Big Apple Circus, now beginning its 4…
SOURCE: Stage Buzz at 08:48PMSunday, October 27, 2019
Reviewed by Judd Hollander
One of the most important aspects in a committed relationship is one partner’s willingness to help satisfy the emotional needs of the other. Even if those need…
SOURCE: Stage Buzz at 06:12PM 
