Monday, April 28, 2014
OUR HEARTS BELONG TO MARY, BUT THE REVUE ABOUT HER LIFE NEEDS REINVENTING The legendary actress and singer Mary Martin would have been 100 years old today, and to celebrate this centennial Y…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 11:40PMSOME OF THE GLITZ WORKS, BUT BULLETS BASICALLY SHOOTS BLANKS In keeping with the growing trend of turning films into Broadway musicals, Douglas McGrath and Woody Allen’s 1994 comedy, Bulle…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 04:37AMMonday, March 24, 2014
A FAMOUS LITERARY FEUD MAKES GREAT DRAMA In 1980, in a television interview with Dick Cavett, novelist and literary critic Mary McCarthy made an especially biting comment about her longtime …
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 01:41AMTuesday, March 11, 2014
AN UNHAPPY COUPLE – UNHAPPY IN ITS OWN WAY Stockholm Syndrome is a form of traumatic bonding in which hostages develop an irrational sympathy for their captors. The term refers to a ro…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 07:18PMWednesday, November 27, 2013
a gentle musical with something of a rambling plot line. But thanks to the lively musical numbers and memorable characters, it remains interesting and entertaining.
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 08:50AMFriday, September 13, 2013
Zachary Wobensmith Sings from the Heart about Stiff Upper Lips: In his first solo show in New York City, Stiff Upper Lip at The Duplex (61 Christopher Street), Zachary Wobensmith celebrates …
SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 04:06PMJohn Tartaglia Celebrates His Third Decade at 54 Below: John Tartaglia got his start appearing alongside puppets, first on Sesame Street and later in Avenue Q.
SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 03:47AMThursday, August 29, 2013
he National Asian American Theatre Co (NAATCO) does Clifford Odets' story of a Jewish family during the Great Depression.
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 11:04AMThursday, July 25, 2013
The image of dancing on nails is not pretty. It speaks of self-inflicted injuries and the transformation of something that should be pleasurable into something painful. It is the perfect tit…
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 06:47AMTuesday, June 4, 2013
Given all that has been written about these presidents and their wives, there probably is not a great deal that is new here, but Bronka's delightful and insightful portrayal of these woman m…
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 07:08AMTuesday, April 30, 2013
The Folkbiene's Purim show arrives after this year's holiday, but when a show is as much fun as this, even without a holiday, it's cause for celebration
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 04:29PMSunday, April 7, 2013
oe Gilford's play about his parents is often funny, generally moving and has an ending that leaves the audience feeling satisfied and just a bit nervous
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 07:31AMSaturday, March 23, 2013
This play by Anita Loos is the kind of play that begs for the lament “They don’t make them like that anymore.†Fortunately, TACT is still staging them, and hopefully alway…
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 07:33AMSunday, March 17, 2013
Target Margin's production of Peretz Hirschbein's play may leave even those familiar with Yiddish theater baffled.
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 03:11PMWednesday, February 13, 2013
The New Victory's presentation is so visually inventive and the story so intriguing that the 70 minutes, like Zorro, gallops by
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 11:12AMTuesday, November 13, 2012
he story of Jewish immigrants is really the story of the American nation. After all, what could be more American than the film industry, Broadway and a lot of Yiddish words that have effortl…
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 02:59PMMonday, November 12, 2012
The Pearl production is a most enjoyable experience. But let us not forget it preceded the French Revolution by only eleven years. Laughter can be dangerous. . . . Read More
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 07:54AMTuesday, November 6, 2012
Tourists (and natives) can now learn everything they ever wanted to know about the Big Apple, while enjoying a New York lunch at Sofia’s Downstairs. The show, directed by Robert Ross Parke…
SOURCE: www.nytheatre-wire.com at 10:55AMMonday, October 29, 2012
These are colorful characters indeed. And they are played by a versatile ensemble cast, dressed in dazzling costumes, complete with feathers and flowing scarves. Wilson’s African-influence…
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 12:47PMMonday, June 25, 2012
Jim Henry’s psychological drama, is being presented as a new play, but it has actually has been produced around the country for several years, including a stint at Missouri Valley College …
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 07:31PMFriday, June 8, 2012
Despite Eve Brandstein’s capable direction and fine performances by Lynne Wintersteller and Nancy Johnson, thi play never fulfills its potential.
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 07:14AMFriday, June 1, 2012
a traditional play waiting to come out of a solo show. . .
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 08:19AMMonday, April 30, 2012
The formidable Lynn Cohen is the best thing about Rivka Bekerman-Greenberg's first play . .
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 11:32AMThursday, March 22, 2012
Monica Bauer's play at Urban Stages speaks not so much to the Omaha riots that inspired it as to the attitudes that led to racial strifea. . .
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 07:22AMFriday, January 6, 2012
In Catherine Treischmann’s new play, the red and blue states worlds collide, with interesting results.
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 05:01PMSaturday, December 17, 2011
Besides being imbued with Klezmer this offers many lessons. And you don't have to be Jewish to appreciate them and enjoy the show
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 03:05PMFriday, November 11, 2011
The Prospect Theater's delightful musical gets a welcome second life .
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 08:29AMSunday, October 16, 2011
Part cyber-thriller, part farce, tjos seems to be what we might get if Alfred Hitchcock and the Marx brothers had lived in the 21st century.
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 08:59PMSaturday, September 17, 2011
for all who like their history tweaked a bit . . .
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 09:22AMTuesday, August 16, 2011
Josh Koenigsberg writes with both humor and insight. In the end, his new play is about something much more severe than a midlife crisis.
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 09:18AMMonday, July 4, 2011
Musical celebration of New York's most beloved neighborhood . . .
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 10:27AM 
