Another problem with the play is that although the subject is “Improv” we never actually witness any, just theater games to prepare for group improvs. Games like Mind Meld, Mating Call, …
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 10:42PM"Back to the Future: The Musical," the time travel adventure, joins a long line of problematic screen to stage musicalizations which do not improve on the originals in any way. Joining the l…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 03:35PMThe family-oriented TheaterWorksUSA’s latest musical adaptation of the best-selling children’s novels of Dev Pilkey is "Cat Kid Comic Club: The Musical," an exuberant colorful one hour i…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 05:23PMWhat appears to be filmmaker Jing Ma’s first stage play, "Wheel of Fortune" is a touching story of a depressed man about to turn 30 and without a job or a girlfriend. His bad luck changes…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 06:47PMWhether you follow basketball or not, Candrice Jones’ "Flex" is exciting theater. Actually, the play is not only about women’s high school basketball but also passions, future plans, rom…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 10:27PMAlthough Sandy Rustin’s "The Cottage," now arrived at Broadway’s Helen Hayes Theater, bills itself as “A Romantic and (Not Quite) Murderous Comedy of Manners,” it is devoid of the tw…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 08:30PMAnother head scratcher is that advance publicity on the play calls it “an uproarious comedy”; however, as there are no more than two laughs in the whole play as currently produced on the…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 11:14PMAmong the problems with the production is the fact that there is no chemistry between Siff and Alexander. We are supposed to believe that their encounter not only brings Lady Torrance back t…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 10:36PMPyle is an engaging performer. However, not only does her story wander around but the interruptions by her father or rather her day dreams about past lovers become hard to follow due to all …
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 10:37PMJuliet Stevenson as Dr. Ruth Wolff in a scene from Robert Icke’s “The Doctor” at the Park Avenue Armory (Photo credit: Stephanie Berger) Victor Gluck, Editor-in-Chief Robert Icke’s T…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 12:46PMThe only problem with Hartmere’s plot is that it remains undeveloped. None of the princesses get to read Friedan's book (there is initially only one copy) and they take it on faith that it…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 10:11PMFor this year’s Free Shakespeare in the Park, director Kenny Leon has set his modern dress "Hamlet" in what looks like the same Georgia estate as his acclaimed 2019 production of "Much Ado…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 11:47PMBased on a range of Eisenhower’s memoirs, speeches and letters, the play demonstrates without a doubt his belief in moderation and his liberal bent of which many people today are unaware. …
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 03:05PMWhile the show approximates a magic show, it also is a lecture demonstration. However, if you are hoping to hear how the tricks are accomplished you will be disappointed. Cuiffo who has a ch…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 03:49PMScheduled to run only until July 1, "Lizard Boy" deserves a longer life as one of the most satisfying musical theater offerings to be seen currently in New York. While the message of toleran…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 10:40PMLucas’ script remains faithful to Miller’s teleplay (with the excision of Joe’s delirium tremens in the psycho ward or his second hospitalization) and much of the dialogue is actually …
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 03:39PMBranden Jacobs-Jenkins’ "The Comeuppance," the culmination of his decade as a Premiere Resident playwright at Signature Theatre, does for the millennials what "The Big Chill" did for the B…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 09:20PMThe problem with the play is that it has a one joke plot, simply what will happen when Maurice appears – if he does. The play runs out of steam very early on. However, if the drunken scene…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 01:45PMThe little OPERA theatre of ny has become known for its adventurous programing of rarely seen and heard operas in English including the New York premieres of Benjamin Britten’s opera for t…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 06:02PMWhether you are a basketball fan or not, Rajiv Joseph’s "King James" is an intriguing depiction of an unlikely friendship over 12 years. Under Kenny Leon’s polished direction, Glenn Davi…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 03:08PMThe six-member cast creates a believable ensemble though their roles are not all clearly defined. While the play reveals much about the Haitian community living in Brooklyn, as 'Bernarda’s…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 04:07PMThe world premiere of Emma Sheanshang’s "The Fears" is a hilarious and poignant satire on self-help groups and the sort of people who take their emotional temperature all day long – lite…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 11:47PMAs directed by the astute Josh Sharp, Kayne begins his show as a stand-up act, but warns us “This is a comedy show. BUT it is also sad. There will be long stretches where you will not be l…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 09:41PMAll of this is told by Baer in Twain’s humorous and inimitable style filled with anecdotes both true and untrue. As we are told from the author himself, “I have never been a man to allow…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 07:12PM"New York, New York" is a big, jazzy show in the style of golden age musicals we have not seen for a while. While it removes the abusive relationship between Jimmy and Francine from the film…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 04:06PMHowever, both every scene as written by Maldonado and directed by Theatre East’s artistic director Judson Jones is staged as though it were the climax. It is one thing to enact a play up t…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 04:34PMMasterVoices concluded its 2022-23 season with a lovely concert staging performance of Gilbert and Sullivan’s rarely seen comic opera "Iolanthe (or The Peer and the Peri)" staged and cond…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 04:23PMSean Hayes, up till now best known for his Emmy Award-winning performance as Jack McFarland on "Will and Grace," gives a titanic performance as humorist, raconteur and pianist Oscar Levant o…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 08:22PMDirectors Noah Brody and Emily Young, both of the Fiasco Theater, have neatly trimmed the dialogue and some of the minor characters so that the play comes in at two hours and 15 minutes. How…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 12:25PMLarissa Fasthorse’s "The Thanksgiving Play" gives a good tweaking to those who are so hung up on political correctness that they dare not make a decision. On the other hand, the play remin…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 01:38AMWhile the playlets seem too slight to have much dramatic weight as they are mainly about one minute long, they do have a cumulative effect summing up a year that was like no other in recent …
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