Tuesday, February 16, 2016
Television and film actor Timothée Chalamet (Showtime’s "Homeland" and Christopher Nolan’s "Interstellar") makes an impressive New York stage debut as the play’s young protagonist. Th…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 11:44PMMonday, February 15, 2016
The forest setting by Ortiz seems to envelop the audience as does the sound design which is created by the actors in tandem with violinist Naomi Florin who plays Edward W. Hardy’s melancho…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 10:57PMWednesday, February 10, 2016
Do not expect an exact reproduction of the original which after four revivals is probably to the good. With the consent of lyricist Sheldon Harnick, the only surviving creator, Sher has adde…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 02:10PMTuesday, February 9, 2016
At the top of the show Cariou tells us that he made his Broadway debut in the Stratford Connecticut Shakespeare Festival’s transfer of "Henry V" in 1969 and six months later in the spring …
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 11:25PMMonday, February 8, 2016
Schwend’s dialogue is realistic, believable, and true to life, as are the characters. As a play, however, it is a bit of a downer as we watch Amber become wearier without any relief in sig…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 11:27PMSunday, February 7, 2016
Nevertheless, Wills’ production is continually taking us by surprise both by his casting and his choices. His transgendered characters are played by transgendered actors. Moran’s Wilder …
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 11:34PMThursday, February 4, 2016
So begins a remarkable comedy-drama of two very opposite teenagers who shouldn’t have met and wouldn’t have if Anthony had not chosen the reclusive, mysterious Caroline for his partner. …
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 06:40PMSunday, January 31, 2016
Both teenagers are desperate for our approval and understanding of their lives and what they did, unlike the tabloids which have apparently had headlines branding them as monsters. Listening…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 03:39PMFriday, January 29, 2016
While Frayn’s roles are juicy parodies of very specific kinds of people, for the laughs to roll in one on top of the other, the play must be performed fast enough that we don’t have time…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 11:35PMA Dream of Red Pavilions is set in 18th century China during the reign of Emperor Qianlong. The framing story which gives the plot its mythic quality involves a stone and a flower that are r…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 05:56PMWednesday, January 27, 2016
Director Lordi-Kirkham has unaccountable staged the play as though it were a radio play or a reading, making it more talky and static than it needs to be. While the text is faithful to the R…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 11:41PMFriday, January 22, 2016
Ross DeGraw as Joseph Stalin and Brian J. Carter as Mikhail Bulgakov in a scene from John Hodge’s “Collaborators” (Photo credit: Michael Abrams) Victor Gluck, Editor-in-Chief Although …
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 04:45PMWednesday, January 13, 2016
The interpretations are also open to question. Although she should be demure before her sexual awakening, Sara Topham plays Beatrice as experienced and sophisticated which allows her nowhere…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 05:28PMThursday, December 31, 2015
Though the stage show does not have the imitable and irrepressible Jack Black, it does have rising stars Alex Brightman and Sierra Boggess who make the roles of hero Dewey Finn and Principal…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 04:53PMWednesday, December 30, 2015
The cast includes beloved NYGASP favorites as well as some less familiar faces. Coloratura soprano Sarah Caldwell Smith’s Mabel wins a justly earned ovation signing her aria, “Poor Wande…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 05:37PMTuesday, December 29, 2015
Jerry Mayer’s "2 Across" will remind of a great many other romantic comedies but in the hands of Andrea McArdle and Kip Gilman, it is a charming light-hearted evening in the theater. At le…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 10:15PMFriday, December 25, 2015
Although this is the eighth show minimalist director Ivo van Hove has directed for New York Theatre Workshop, one would be hard put to recognize it as his. The production uses Tal Yarden’s…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 01:00PMWednesday, December 23, 2015
Belgian–born director Ivo van Hove has brought his London Young Vic revival of Arthur Miller’s" A View from the Bridge" to Broadway in a production so stripped down to its essentials tha…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 04:41PMFriday, December 11, 2015
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While C.S. Lewis’ famous theological allegory, "The Great Divorce," is written as a series of conversations, you might not expect that it woul…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 04:34PMTuesday, December 8, 2015
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"Gigantic," the new feel-good musical, is a dynamic up-to-date show about teenagers at a summer weight-loss camp. Previously seen as Fat Camp in…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 11:41PMThis post is by Victor Gluck, Editor-in-Chief
The new musical is similar to Sater’s "Spring Awakening" in that it takes a group of people in a specific historic time and place (here New Yo…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 08:19PMFriday, December 4, 2015
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The legendary stage actress Kathleen Chalfant is appearing in her second one-woman show, a follow-up to her “Mrs. Dalloway” in The Party, fr…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 11:19PMWednesday, December 2, 2015
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Pendleton has made some strange directorial choices. Characters appear on stage and stand silently long before their entrances. This is distract…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 03:11PMTuesday, December 1, 2015
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The great mid-20th century American poets Elizabeth Bishop and Robert Lowell were friends from 1947 until his sudden death 30 years later. As th…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 01:41PMThursday, November 26, 2015
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Metropolitan Playhouse has done itself proud with its revival of the rarely seen "Alison’s House." Alex Roe’s splendid production with its a…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 11:49PMTuesday, November 24, 2015
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Aside from the obvious theme of morality in politics, the play also deals devastatingly with issues of privacy in public life and in the informa…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 12:55PMMonday, November 23, 2015
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The best role in the story is that of sociopath, deranged Annie Wilkes. Metcalf runs the gamut of emotions from bliss to murderous rage and back…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 08:04PMThursday, November 19, 2015
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In this centennial of the birth of jazz great Billie Holiday, The New York Pops November concert was devoted to Harlem Renaissance ladies like E…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 02:37PMMonday, November 16, 2015
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The title refers to three generations of women whose lives have been derailed by early pregnancies. When the play begins, we are in the modest h…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 04:46PMThis post is by Victor Gluck, Editor-in-Chief
Handled as stand-up comedy, Story tells us that he did not at first accept Dr. Gray’s theories until he heard one of his lectures, and then he…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 12:53AMThursday, November 12, 2015
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For the first half of Stephen Karam’s “The Humans,” the Blake family Thanksgiving seems to be nothing but a banal seasonal gathering. And …
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