Not only is Livian Yeh’s "Memorial" revealing in its historic depiction of a recent piece of American history, it is additionally a very satisfying dramatic work. It is also very pertinent…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 10:46AMEduardo Machado’s 11th play to premiere at Theater for the New City is called "Not About Me" which is a complete misnomer as it is about his life for the last 40 years with his alter ego a…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 09:04PMIvan Faute’s "The Dog Show" is ambitious in trying to tell a story by holding back on the details. Unfortunately, the method has grave, unresolved problems. For most of the first act we ha…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 11:57PMWhile Bettany and Pope are each very convincing as Warhol and Basquiat since they are made up to look exactly like they did in life, they seem to be in two different plays, using different a…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 11:30PMWhile Albert Bergeret’s old-fashioned production does not sparkle, it is a solid, steady ship that satisfies with all its jokes intact plus a few new ones like the hilarious drunken scene …
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 10:58PMUnder the direction of Karl Janes and Andy Smith, Tim Crouch is a very commanding performer, using his resonant baritone to paint pictures with words, holding our attention at all times. Nar…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 12:58PMMcDonald is mesmerizing as she speaks Kennedy’s strong, clear, poetic and evocative prose. We never forget that McDonald’s Suzanne Alexander is giving a lecture but she changes ages in a…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 11:57PMMichael Shannon, Hari Nef, Heather Alicia Simms, Arliss Howard and Johanna Day in a scene from Denis Johnson’s “Des Moines” at Theatre for a New Audience (Photo credit: Gerry Goldstein…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 10:44PMIn any event, Ruhl has not written a play set in 1692 or a sequel to "The Crucible" but a comedy about free-spirited Becky Nurse, a descendant of the accused witch Rebecca Nurse, a pious 71-…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 10:55PMErik Ehn’s title "The Weak and the Strong" taken from St. Paul may refer to the bad choices that some people make that others avoid, but it seems to only reinforce the clichés of most wes…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 12:15PMJordan E. Cooper’s scathing new racial comedy, "Ain’t No Mo’" has made the successful transition to Broadway with five of the six original actors from the previous Public Theater stagi…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 02:22PMFamed performance artist John Kelly has brought his latest show, "Underneath the Skin" to La MaMa, subtitled “A Penetrative Portrayal of a Queer Giant Based on the life and work of Samuel …
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 10:25PMThe cast is a combination of New York stage favorites (Stark Sands, "Kinky Boots," and Betsy Wolfe, "Waitress," "Falsettos" and "The Mystery of Edwin Drood"), new faces (Lorna Courtney, Ben …
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 11:19PMVisually the show pulls out all of the stops continually making stage magic. Every scene offers new scenic effects and things that appear impossible but are right there on stage before you, …
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 10:55PMCale’s story uses many film noir devices from the 1940’s: exotic locale, strange encounters, searching down unknown streets, disappearing characters, a sexy stranger, danger signals avoi…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 10:44PMWill Arbery’s Evanston "Salt Costs Climbing" (set in the city in which the author received his Master of Fine Arts Degree in 2015) is a perplexing experience as it shifts from realism to a…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 11:47PM"Camp Siegfried" is a new departure for the author of "Small Mouth Sounds," "Continuity," "Make Believe" and "Grand Horizons." Depicting an important piece of history in an age when hate spe…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 03:04PMNoel Coward’s "The Rat Trap" is not only entertaining but seems to have been ahead of its time. Discounted by critics and the author alike when it had its only production until now in 1926…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 11:28PMWriter/ director/actress Madeline Sayet is an engaging performer. Directed by Mei Ann Teo, her one-woman show “Where We Belong” is an autobiographical tale of her Mohegan roots and her s…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 04:00PMWhat Crowe has done in writing his own book for the new show is recreate almost exactly every scene in the movie starting from the time when 15-year-old hero William Miller meets rock critic…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 04:17PMHudes has directed her own play in a delightful vaudeville/musical comedy style with dancing between the scenes to choreography by Ebony Williams to live music played by pianist Ariacne Truj…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 04:05PMThe first Off Broadway revival of Edward Albee’s " A elicate Balance," his first Pulitzer Prize-winning play (of three), is also the first to feature an all Asian American cast as well as …
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 05:46PMThe 20th anniversary revival of Suzan-Lori Parks’ Pulitzer Prize-winning play, "Topdog/Underdog," is just as powerful and absorbing as before with its story of two African American brother…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 01:20PMRalph Fiennes’ towering performance as a megalomaniac who changes the face of New York as we know it is worth the price of admission. With his puffed out chest and nose in the air remaking…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 11:29PMG.D. Kimble’s "What Passes for Comedy" depicts the fascinating era of early live television talk shows and the racism and anti-Semitism which was acceptable in those days. However, it also…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 06:44PMMandi Masden, Tonya Pinkins and Toussaint Battiste in a scene from Robert O’Hara’s production of Lorraine Hansberry’s “A Raisin in the Sun” at The Public Theater (Photo credit: Joa…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 09:33PMWhile director Dustin Wills has given 'Montag" a superb production, the meaning and message of Kate Tarker’s play remains obscure. Demonstrating female empowerment alone is not enough if t…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 03:49PMMany of Bedlam’s productions have used small casts with most of the actors playing more than one role. In the case of "The Winter’s Tale," not one of Shakespeare’s more often produced …
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 01:20PMTom Stoppard’s "Leopoldstadt" is a powerful achievement, a history of our time as well as a cautionary tale. In depicting Jewish life in Vienna from 1899 - 1955, It also reveals a way of l…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 11:53PMActor/writer/director Douglas McGrath is a charming storyteller and his one-man show "Everything’s Fine" is a total delight. He tells the entertaining and poignant story of his eventful 14…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 08:48PM"Baldwin & Buckley at Cambridge" should stir up controversy as their 1965 topic is still relevant. Such a debate today would have a great deal more ammunition than either of these men ha…
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