Wednesday, March 11, 2020
Hilary Bettis's new play, 72 Miles to Go..., kind of sneaks up on you. It begins in a Tucson church in 2016, where the pastor, Billy (Triney Sandoval), is giving what evidently is his farewe…
Linked From TalkinBroadway at 06:03AMMonday, March 9, 2020
... you'll be thinking about Song's ocean-diving women long after you've stopped worrying about whether her integrity's intact.
Linked From TalkinBroadway at 09:43PM[Friedman's] writing in many styles, from pastiche to operatic to sorta-Sondheim, and he melds them well to tell an affecting story.
Linked From TalkinBroadway at 08:44PMFriday, March 6, 2020
... a perplexing amalgam of thin-as-a-reed storytelling and powerhouse performances of reimagined tunes from the vast songbook of America's Nobel Prize-winning troubadour, Bob Dylan.
Linked From TalkinBroadway at 05:50AMWednesday, March 4, 2020
While Will Pomerantz and Nancy Harrow's adaptation may not necessarily raise Turgenev's literary stature, it makes for a lovely and bittersweet night at the theater.
Linked From TalkinBroadway at 10:14PMTuesday, March 3, 2020
These debonair individuals aren't easy for us schlubs to identify with, and their problems are neither that acute nor that compelling.
Linked From TalkinBroadway at 10:06PMCoal Country, then, is the forum through which their voices are finally allowed to be heard. And we are there to listen in fellowship to their disquieting recollections.
Linked From TalkinBroadway at 10:06PMTuesday, February 25, 2020
... one of the most exhilarating, reassuring, and life-affirming performances you may experience this year.
Linked From TalkinBroadway at 10:13PM... a theatrical tour-de-force...
Linked From TalkinBroadway at 10:13PM,,, an inventive mix of gradually darkening humor, family drama, and the vicissitudes of memory,
Linked From TalkinBroadway at 05:46AMIn the end, though, the play, overstuffed with ideas and theatricality, does not pack the emotional wallop one might expect.
Linked From TalkinBroadway at 05:46AMMonday, February 24, 2020
,,, a raw, blistering play that's as hopeful as it is devastating.
Linked From TalkinBroadway at 10:22PMThe poem, a dark, dense rant at the death of a loved one, is a harrowing journey into the mind of a grieving artist.
Linked From TalkinBroadway at 05:36AMThursday, February 20, 2020
... t for anyone willing to separate the wheat from the chaff, there is a great deal of enjoyment to be found by focusing on the performances on the stage.
Linked From TalkinBroadway at 11:30PM... Encores! at New York City Center is back on top, doing what it does best with a beautifully rendered Mack & Mabel...
Linked From TalkinBroadway at 06:03PM... ultimately, Lady G: Plays and Whisperings of Lady Gregory shines a warm glow on an overlooked playwright, producer, and nurturer of the greatest writers of the Irish Renaissance.
Linked From TalkinBroadway at 06:22AMTuesday, February 18, 2020
... this Frankenstein is a tedious and uninvolving slog. Directed with lackluster inspiration by Timothy Douglas and running 80 minutes without an intermission, Shelley's story about man's i…
Linked From TalkinBroadway at 03:51AMThis is a slip-shod, bargain-basement production devoid of any serious stagecraft that squanders its cast's talent and its audience's time.
Linked From TalkinBroadway at 03:51AMMonday, February 17, 2020
Pulling off Animal Farm with four actors is just the kind of dare Seeing Place would gravitate towards.
Linked From TalkinBroadway at 03:55PMMonday, February 10, 2020
... a partial success for the Mint. If nothing else, Chekhov/Tolstoy: Love Stories offers the opportunity to view these rarely seen works based on stories by two giants of Russian literatur…
Linked From TalkinBroadway at 07:34PMTuesday, February 4, 2020
... an ambitious musical, but sadly, its appeal is as lasting as a one-night stand.
Linked From TalkinBroadway at 08:09PMThursday, January 23, 2020
The play is often quite funny in the way that a well-written sitcom can be, but a thick layer of jokes and punchlines cannot cover up the fact that there is little of credible substance here.
Linked From TalkinBroadway at 10:23PMA deeply moving testament to the power of emotional resilience, The Scourge is a captivating tribute to the human spirit, and Mahon is an international treasure.
Linked From TalkinBroadway at 08:30PMRomeo and Bernadette: A Musical Tale of Verona and Brooklyn, does not nearly reach the very high bar that Amas has set in its first half century.
Linked From TalkinBroadway at 08:26PMWednesday, January 22, 2020
... the play raises complex questions about the desire to assign blame in the wake of a senseless and tragic massacre.
Linked From TalkinBroadway at 07:50PMTuesday, January 21, 2020
Directed with unfussy simplicity by Knud Adams on a terrific multi-layered set courtesy of David Zinn, the cast of Paris is wonderful in this quiet play that is an indictment against poverty…
Linked From TalkinBroadway at 10:23PMA rock solid cast and a spit-shine production make for a gripping and altogether outstanding revival of Charles Fuller's 1982 Pulitzer Prize-winning A Soldier's Play...
Linked From TalkinBroadway at 10:13PMA New York with a Forbidden Broadway in it is always a happier place. And the franchise's latest incarnation, Forbidden Broadway: The Next Generation, currently occupying the York, is a pip.
Linked From TalkinBroadway at 10:57AMWednesday, January 15, 2020
... as it stands, the production seems like a staged book-on-tape.
Linked From TalkinBroadway at 10:26PMSunday, January 12, 2020
... what emerges is a quirky yet moving story about the vulnerability of the human heart and the universal need for connection.
Linked From TalkinBroadway at 03:21PMTuesday, December 10, 2019
Halfway Bitches Go Straight to Heaven is as hilarious as it is heartbreaking. It is also a master-class in acting and not to be missed.
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