All stories by Tony Marinelli on BroadwayStars

Saturday, March 4, 2023

Letters from Max, a ritual by Tony Marinelli

When a tall, lanky Max Ritvo entered Sarah Ruhl’s playwrighting class at Yale, she knew this was no ordinary 20-year-old student. Self-described as a poet with a sense of humor, he managed…

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Saturday, February 25, 2023

Amani by Tony Marinelli

Denise Manning as Amani is totally believable as a 9-year-old who has had to grow up quickly without parents and her naiveté about love as she maneuvers through growing pains is touching. H…

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Saturday, February 18, 2023

Othello (New Place Players) by Tony Marinelli

In the most elementary explanation of a play’s dramatic structure, the protagonist is the character who drives the action and is the emotional heart of the narrative. Everyone knows how th…

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Sunday, February 5, 2023

Sugar Daddy by Tony Marinelli

Sam Morrison’s poignant "Sugar Daddy" has been “on the boards” for just under a year, but first coming to prominence at last year’s East to Edinburgh presentations at 59 East 59th St…

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Saturday, December 10, 2022

Hoagy Carmichael’s Stardust Road by Tony Marinelli

The York Theatre Company’s masthead reads “Where Musicals Come to Life…” and that couldn’t be more evident in their new production, "Hoagy Carmichael’s Stardust Road." Originally…

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Friday, November 25, 2022

Cocoon by Tony Marinelli

Director Kotryna Gesait’s direction does not have the necessary distance from the material to realize that actors speaking simultaneously will blur content and intentions for the audience.…

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Thursday, November 10, 2022

Merciful Delusions : 4 One Act Plays by Tennessee Williams by Tony Marinelli

Director Lorraine Serabian is faithful to the spirit of when these plays were written. She delves into the spirited dreamers and chance takers that Tennessee Williams so faithfully showed us…

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Sunday, November 6, 2022

38th Marathon of One-Act Plays: Series B by Tony Marinelli

Ensemble Studio Theatre’s "38th Marathon of One-Act Plays," their first since 2019, is split up into two programs of five plays each, with an eleventh play, Vera Starbard’s “Yan Tután…

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Sunday, October 30, 2022

HOUND DOG by Tony Marinelli

Director Machel Ross does little to guide this play to any semblance of cohesion.  Scenes 1 and 13, between Hound Dog and Ayse, her childhood best friend, begin with the exact same lines an…

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Sunday, October 23, 2022

Albert Camus’ “The Fall” by Tony Marinelli

Belgian actor Ronald Guttman gives a subtle, yet wrenching performance in "The Fall," expounding the philosophies of Albert Camus trapped in the sad and now resigned character of the exiled …

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Wednesday, October 19, 2022

Melissa Etheridge Off Broadway: My Window – A Journey Through Life by Tony Marinelli

Etheridge may be 61, but she sounds just as she did when she first came on the American rock scene in 1988:  full-throated emotion and raspy vocals that bring honesty and pathos to intensel…

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Friday, October 14, 2022

Powerhouse by Tony Marinelli

Harms’ play never lets up in its homage to corporate intrigue laced with humor. The audience’s caring for how Regan and Guy end up is a given, so that we can forgive his “poetic licens…

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Monday, October 10, 2022

Complicity by Tony Marinelli

On paper, Diane Davis’ play "Complicity" offers a stark, yet refreshing take on the now familiar Harvey Weinstein-tainted Hollywood story of women being victimized by a male-run, male-driv…

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Tuesday, September 27, 2022

Cheek to Cheek: Irving Berlin in Hollywood by Tony Marinelli

As conceived, directed and choreographed by Randy Skinner, who was also part of the creative team that brought the stage version of the 1954 classic Irving Berlin’s "White Christmas" to Br…

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Wednesday, September 21, 2022

Faust et Hélène & L’heure espagnole by Tony Marinelli

Maurice Ravel’s delightful 'L’heure espagnole," usually paired with his other opera, "L’enfant et les sortilèges," is here paired with "Faust et Hélène," an obscure cantata by Lili …

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Thursday, September 15, 2022

On the Verge or The Geography of Yearning by Tony Marinelli

Revived by Retro Productions, we are treated to Eric Overmyer’s alternative Victorian fantasy, "On the Verge or The Geography of Yearning," that takes three vibrant, independent women of 1…

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Thursday, September 1, 2022

ONCE UPON A (korean) TIME by Tony Marinelli

Commissioned by the Ma-Yi Theater Company, Daniel K. Isaac’s brilliant "ONCE UPON A (korean) TIME" was born out of the actor-playwright’s realization that he knew way more about Shakespe…

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2023-2024 BROADWAY SEASON
May 30, 2023: Grey House - Lyceum Theatre
Jun 26, 2023: Just For Us - Hudson Theatre
Jul 24, 2023: The Cottage - Hayes Theater
Nov 16, 2023: Spamalot - St. James Theatre
Dec 18, 2023: Appropriate - Hayes Theater
Mar 07, 2024: Doubt - Todd Haimes Theatre
Apr 14, 2024: Lempicka - Longacre Theatre
Apr 17, 2024: The Wiz - Marquis Theatre
Apr 18, 2024: Suffs - Music Box Theatre
Apr 25, 2024: Mother Play - Hayes Theater
Jun 10, 2024: The Drama Desk Awards