THERE’S A NEW GYPSY IN TOWN AND SHE’S STUNNING In the 1920s, Rose Thompson Hovick steamrolled her way through vaudeville and lived vicariously through her reluctant young daughters, Loui…
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 09:14PMPUT YOUR LIFE AND TRUST INTO THE HANDS OF LIFE AND TRUST There is a daunting immersive theater experience in Manhattan’s Financial District that is also somehow prophetic. The location, 69…
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 06:37PMA QUILT BLANKETED BY PREDICTABLE STITCHING Quilts always intrigued me; for millennia, women took scraps of fabric from discarded items and made quilts to be used for warmth or decorative pur…
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 02:59AMGET READY TO CRACK SOME NUTS WIDE OPEN Christmas can be very sexy if you step into the sumptuous world of Théâtre XIV in trendy Bushwick, and catch Company XIV’s neo-Baroque classic Nutc…
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 09:07PMPREPARE TO BE SWEPT AWAY What happens when we are faced with extreme necessity? The 1884 tragic wreck of the yacht Mignonette was a cause célèbre in late 19th-century Britain, but not beca…
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 02:02AMA GENERATIONAL GAP AND A PLAYWRITING GAP As a result of the #MeToo movement, there has been much brought to light about women working in America. But here’s a note to the younger generatio…
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 10:23PMJUST AS PROMISED, IT’S BIG! IT’S GAY! IT’S JAMBOREEING! Yes, there is a way to escape the post-election blues for 90 minutes: The Big Gay Jamboree at the Orpheum Theatre is the sublim…
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 11:42PMA NEOLITHIC AND LEAN LEAR Shakespeare’s works can be read in many ways and I have witnessed so many diverse stage interpretations that I never know what I am about to see when I venture to…
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 08:59PMTHE ZZZZzzz TEAM The Z Team, currently playing at Theatre Row, is a new work by father-and-son team Jeff and Jacob Foy. Directed by Jeff Whiting, it’s advertised to be uproarious: “If T…
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 02:59AMModern dance was born as a protest, a reaction to the rigid structure of classical ballet. It was evident when I’ve reviewed Extreme Taylor at the Joyce in June, and it was such a dazzl…
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 02:59AMMISSA BRAVOS The Limón Dance Company celebrates its 78th season at the Joyce Theater with an epic program that reflects José Limón’s humanist aesthetic: Limón’s The Traitor, Sche…
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 02:04AMGREAT F. SCOTT! Elevator Repair Service’s justifiably heralded Gatz returns to The Public, opening tonight for a final New York City encore, and it’s congenial, unforgettable theater. …
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 11:33PMWhore’s Eye View is a unique event, more of a lecture on the history of women’s sexuality than the personal monologue one would expect from a sex-worker. Now at HERE Arts Center as part …
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 02:59AMOUR SHOCKING HEALTH CARE SYSTEM Rawshock, a new drama by Rita Lewis which opened last night for a limited run by Manhattan Rep at the Chain Theatre, is set in a psychiatric hospital. As is o…
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 02:59AMEVERYTHING ABOUT KAFKAESQUE!, INCLUDING THE COCKROACH, PROVES THAT JAMES HARVEY HAS A HISS, I MEAN, HIT, ON HIS HANDS Full-time lawyer by day, prolific author Franz Kafka wrote at night and …
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 02:59AMLET’S BE FRANKLIN Were our Founding Fathers good fathers to their children? Lloyd Suh‘s play Franklinland, directed by Chika Ike, now having its world premiere at the Ensemble Studio The…
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 06:34PMAN ASTOUNDING CAST CAN’T HELP TO SHAKE THE FEELING THAT WE’VE WITNESSED THIS BEFORE Pedro Antonio Garcia, a criminal defense attorney and a playwright, must have written The Witness Room…
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 02:53AMSOMETIMES THINGS HAVE TO GET VERSE TO GET BETTER Medea: Re-Versed, a Hip Hopera by Luis Quintero, has landed at the Frank Shiner Theatre and it is, without doubt, a memorable experience.…
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 09:27PMI’D LOVE TO FIGURE OUT WHAT YOU WANT ME TO SEE It is extremely hard to translate the work of writers as ingenious and imaginative as Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, the father of Japanese short s…
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 08:58PMRESPLENDENT ISLAND Sri Lanka is the epitome of a tropical paradise with golden sand beaches and luxurious palm trees, regal elephants and sexy leopards, the Pearl of the Indian Ocean once kn…
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 01:50PMA FASCINATING SUBJECT BOTH MOLD AND NEW In 2019, antibiotic resistance contributed to almost 5 million deaths globally affecting everyone, no matter what age, race or financial status. Here …
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 03:18PMA DOWNSIZED HURRICANE Hurricane Season at Theatre Row is an experimental play where it’s difficult to understand what is happening, and why, from the beginning to the very end. Produced by…
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 02:59AMMATTRESS HOLDS THE BREW THAT IS TRUE After 25 years, Once Upon a Mattress is back on Broadway at the Hudson Theatre, with a new adaptation by Amy Sherman-Palladino (creator of The Marvel…
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 02:37AMIF ONLY THIS MUSICAL WAS CONSTRUCTED WITH THE SAME EFFICIENCY AS THE EMPIRE STATE BUILDING Empire, at New World Stages, is unquestionably a musical created with an adult public in mind, par…
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 12:22AMA MEETING THAT’S TOUGH TO INTERPRET Four months before the November 2016 presidential elections, a crucial meeting took place at Trump Tower between Trump’s son, Donald Trump Jr.; Tru…
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 02:51AMPILOBOLUS IS re:INVIGORATING In 1971, at Dartmouth College, three non-dance students were asked by their composition teacher to create a dance piece. The students were Jonathan Wolken, Steve…
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 02:59AMHumor leads to the release of endorphins in the brain, which help to control pain. — RA Haig The Anatomy of Humor A play based on a grief group therapy session and life after an importan…
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 08:14PMIF YOU’RE LOOKING FOR A GREAT JOB, HEAD TO THE HAYES THEATRE Two plays on therapy sessions presented at the same time a few blocks apart certainly show a phycological trend among young New…
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 09:20PMIN A DELICIOUSLY CLAUSTROPHOBIC BOX AT OUT OF THE BOX Out of the Box Theatrics is presenting an intimate, hilarious, original play called Inspired by True Events – written by actor…
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 06:44PMMr. McGuire: I just want to say one word to you. Just one word. Benjamin: Yes, sir. Mr. McGuire: Are you listening? Benjamin: Yes, I am. Mr. McGuire: Plastics. Benjamin: Exactly how do you m…
SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 02:59AMWE’VE GOT TO GET OURSELVES BACK TO THE GARDEN When The Sheen Center announced Ed. Weinberger’s new play The Journals of Adam and Eve starring Hal Linden and Marilu Henner, I thought …
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