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Saturday, February 10, 2024

Off-Broadway Review: JONAH (Roundabout at the Laura Pels Theatre at the Harold and Miriam Steinberg Center) by Paola Bellu

A mysterious coming-of-age story that focuses on women’s sexuality, written and directed by two talented artists like Rachel Bonds and Danya Taymor, was unquestionably the reason I wante…

SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 02:58AM
Monday, February 5, 2024

Off-Broadway Review: THE FOLLOWING EVENING (PAC NYC) by Paola Bellu

ALIVE AND KICKING: MADDOW AND ZIMET AT PAC/NYC New York City, 1947: Julian Beck and Judith Molina found The Living Theatre, the oldest experimental group in the United States, giving life, w…

SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 02:50AM
Saturday, February 3, 2024

Off-Broadway Review: ARISTOCRATS (Irish Repertory Theater) by Paola Bellu

IRELAND’S GENTRY IS DISINTEGRATING IN FRIEL’S ARISTOCRATS, BUT SO IS THE DRAMA The mid-19th century, with its changing class dynamics, marked the decline of the power of aristocracy in E…

SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 01:45AM
Monday, January 29, 2024

Broadway Review: DAYS OF WINE AND ROSES (Studio 54) by Paola Bellu

LET’S RAISE OUR GLASSES AND CHEER DAYS OF WINE AND ROSES There is an old Irish proverb that goes “A man takes a drink, the drink takes a drink, the drink takes the man.” Based on a JP …

SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 02:59AM
Wednesday, January 24, 2024

Off-Broadway Review: CRIME AND PUNISHMENT (Phoenix Theatre Ensemble at the Gural Theatre) by Paola Bellu

THIS SHOW ISN’T A CRIME, BUT IT SOMETIMES FEELS LIKE PUNISHMENT Following his return from a decade in exile in Siberia as a dissenter against the Romanov order, Fyodor Dostoevsky intended …

SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 02:59AM
Friday, January 19, 2024

Cabaret Review: PIECES: NEW MUSICAL SELECTIONS (Richard C. Walter at Chelsea Table + Stage) by Paola Bellu

It’s hard to compose for modern musicals and not fall for pop-tunes or Sondheim’s classic songs to be safe; Theatre is made of trials and errors, you keep reworking ingredients until you…

SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 09:20PM
Thursday, January 18, 2024

Off-Broadway Review: ALL THE DEVILS ARE HERE: HOW SHAKESPEARE INVENTED THE VILLAIN (Patrick Page at DR2) by Paola Bellu

WICKED GOOD THEATER Patrick Page was exposed to Shakespeare as a toddler in the mid-sixties; since then he seems to have been deeply feeling, researching, analyzing and performing every word…

SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 02:50AM
Tuesday, January 16, 2024

Dance Review: MONSTER MOURNING (Weena Pauly and Katie Workum at Kestrel’s in Brooklyn) by Paola Bellu

MONSTER MOURNING, HOME OF FRIENDSHIP Weena Pauly and Katie Workum aim to highlight the essence of their friendship in a minimalistic form of postmodern dance-theatre. Like children followi…

SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 01:55PM
Saturday, January 13, 2024

Broadway Review: PRAYER FOR THE FRENCH REPUBLIC (Manhattan Theater Club’s Samuel J. Friedman Theatre) by Paola Bellu

“ARE WE SAFE?” In a world that foolishly brought back authoritarian regimes and fascist rhetoric, as if they didn’t do enough damage to humanity in the past, it is always wise to keep …

SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 01:51PM
Friday, January 12, 2024

Off-Broadway Review: VOLCANO (St. Anne’s Warehouse) by Paola Bellu

Written, directed and choreographed by Luke Murphy from Ireland, Volcano — at St. Anne’s Warehouse as part of Under the Radar Festival — is a dance/theatre production you will not forg…

SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 06:23PM
Monday, December 18, 2023

Off-Broadway Review: MANAHATTA (The Public Theater) by Paola Bellu

THE CONSEQUENCES OF GREED: MANAHATTA IN MANHATTAN Before getting into the play, it is important to know that Manahatta is written by playwright, activist and attorney Mary Kathryn Nagle, who…

SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 03:04PM
Friday, December 8, 2023

Off-Broadway Review: SABBATH’S THEATER (The New Group at Pershing Square Signature Center) by Paola Bellu

TERRIFIC TURTURRO, MARVELOUS MARVEL, CUNNING KRAVITS AND RIOTOUS ROTH: DON’T MISS SABBATH’S THEATER The New Group‘s production of Sabbath’s Theater is a perfect adaptation of Philip …

SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 06:59PM

All that Chat

2024-2025 BROADWAY SEASON
Jun 05, 2024: Home - Todd Haimes Theatre
Jul 11, 2024: Oh, Mary! - Lyceum Theatre
Jul 30, 2024: Job - Hayes Theater
Sep 12, 2024: The Roommate - Booth Theatre
Nov 14, 2024: Tammy Faye - Palace Theatre
Dec 12, 2024: Cult of Love - Hayes Theater
Dec 19, 2024: Gypsy - Majestic Theatre
Mar 17, 2025: Purpose - Hayes Theater
Apr 10, 2025: Smash - Imperial Theatre
TBA: Titanic
TBA: Ragtime