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Theater is an art form of ideas. Ideas that are transformed to character’s actions and reactions. Ideas that even with plays that are absurdist in form build into a satisfying journey. Sat…
For now, How to Put Down the Weight of Your Past is worth seeing for the nerve of it, even if you leave still carrying some of the weight yourself.
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The Drilling Company offers a fun, quality production for free in a unique setting. So what if it's not perfect?
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I definitely did not expect this piece to enter into trauma and recovery, but this navigation through mental, physical, and emotional trauma shows Brader's vulnerability through a performanc…
Two vastly different brothers discover the West of their imaginations won't save them from their destructive rivalry.
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Nothing short of astonishing in Ludwig's comical adaptation of the Hound of Baskerville. Ludwig is pure genius.
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First Love.
Did you just go there? I know you had one - or maybe a few. That is the work of "Shifters", and it succeeds.
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Make no mistake about it. This show belongs to Whoopi Goldberg. Oh you may be going because there are a few performers you want to see, but this is a Whoopi event.
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By David Walters “Life is a problem solved by dying,” is one of the fatalist absolvers for a mundane life put forth by comedians Jane Wickline and Liva Pierce in their funny, laugh out l…
Rarely does a comedy leave you laughing and quietly undone at once. Teatro Grattacielo's Così fan tutte did exactly that — Mozart made intimate, human, and wickedly alive. Do not let the …
Rarely does an afternoon of music leave you both heartbroken and hopeful. The Massapequa Philharmonic's Romeo & Juliet did exactly that — Shakespeare, dance, and three immortal scores …
This is a play full of big emotions, but this production could go bigger.
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The story, the truth of what happened. Let me tell you, it absolutely explodes on the stage at this point with story, song, music, and movement in an existential form of storytelling that ha…
Suddenly Last Summer a multi-media, operatic adaptation of the Tennessee Williams drama, currently running at the Fisher Center at Bard College, is something special. This play is the perf…
The quintet, including Laks, Allison Lee on bass, Hannah Mayer on piano, Noah Nelson swapping in on drums, and Andre Perlman on trombone, brought that euphonious sound and a relaxing ene…
Unlike the cheeky title might suggest, Hill actually offers a sensitive and almost anthropological look at the dark side of fan culture.
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Morrison allowed fans of himself and general supporters, musical theater people, to connect with one another--not through him, but through themselves. He started the evening with a few popul…
With Tony's Italian machismo, and his Catholic good boy, he brings humor and depth to everything on the stage. You feel the songs. And I love the evolution of his life from boxer to actor to…
Nashville bar meets Broadway singers in Music City. The entire room, at St Luke's Theatre, transformed into the Wicked Tickle. This show follows singer-songwriters and brothers TJ and Drew d…
It’s the summer of 1969, and we are about to take A Walk on the Moon. Suddenly—very suddenly and with no explanation—Pearl wants to be more than a speck. As her teenage daughter Alison…
In Picasso, Le Monstre Sacrė at LaMama Experimental Theatre, Peter Tate portrays one of the most brilliant and influential painters of the last century - the man, they myth, the monster - w…
What does a production that runs nearly three and a half hours need to succeed? Lightning-fast pacing, a large cast full of engaging characters, fearlessness in exploring big ideas, and a de…
Migration Diary played in NYC for four nights only. I hope that the producers are able to find a venue for a longer run for more to experience this marvelous night of the amazing strength th…
This was such an important effort, a wonderful performer, and a beautiful space.
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La Cage Aux Folles - Porter and Brady Are Superb. This incarnating of La Cage is greater than the sum of its parts. Mostly it runs on enthusiasm and a firm belief that if they sing it, we…
