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By Alix Cohen... Precision and Control
Lauren Ambrose’s riveting lead performance can’t fully elevate a show that doesn’t quite go deep enough. Review by Stuart Miller . . . The first time The Unbelievers abruptly shifts …
By Samuel L. Leiter... Playwright Richard Nelson is back with another of his series of Apple Plays at the Public Theatre.
By Ron Fassler... After close to 20 years, "In the Heights" is back to remind us once again of Lin-Manuel Miranda's songwriting gifts for the musical theatre.
By Alix Cohen... Theatrical Scenarios - Dancing That Never stops Exploring.
Review by Ron Fassler . . . In 1989, despite mixed reviews, Aaron Sorkin’s A Few Good Men opened on Broadway and ran for over a year. Its 1992 film version, which starred Tom Cruise and …
Review by Ron Fassler . . . Opening tonight, Rope is the second show of the season at the New Group’s new home, the Theatre at St. Clement’s on W. 46th Street. Billed in its advertisem…
Clifford Odets’ Waiting for Lefty receives a major revival at Classic Stage Company. Review by Ron Fassler . . . On January 6, 1935, at the old Civic Repertory Theatre on West 14th Stree…
By Carol Rocamora... Jethro Compton’s enchanting adaptation of Fitzgerald’s classic reminds us that it’s not how much time we have, but what we do with it.
Review by Ron Fassler . . . I’m partial to TV medical dramas and have been watching them for decades. From the heroics of Ben Casey and Dr. Kildare in the 1960s, Medical Center in the…
By Eyal Solomon, Publisher & Editor, Theater Pizzazz... The New York Pops and Tony Award winner Lena Hall delivered a lively, stylish celebration of six decades of James Bond music, from…
Review by Carol Rocamora . . . “When it’s not a storm, it’s a railway strike; when it’s not a pandemic, it’s war. When it’s not war, it’s still war.” Ukrainian-born director…
By Samuel L. Leiter . . . For all his status as France’s greatest playwright, it must be admitted that, like Shakespeare’s, some Molière plays no longer have much of a pulse, at least n…
Review by Ron Fassler . . . William Finn was a composer and lyricist of remarkable versatility. His death in April of 2025, at age seventy-three, was especially sad because he was still work…
By Alix Cohen... All the Things You Are is an exceptional show- swanky, well calibrated, richly inhabited, quietly affecting, and fun.
Review by Ron Fassler . . . Oliver Cotton’s The Score presents German composer Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) as its primary character: a musical giant of the late Baroque period. As …
By Alix Cohen... An enchanting and moving piece about the proximity of grief and the healing power of play
Review by Ron Fassler . . . There are times when you see a new play and, once the plot gets underway, find yourself wondering whether the playwright can balance the many issues and themes in…
Casual notes on show-biz books, memoirs and studies, dust gatherers and hot off the presses. Book Review by Samuel L. Leiter . . . . Nat C. Goodwin, Nat Goodwin’s Book. Boston: Richard C…
Review by Ron Fassler . . . In 2011, Jon Robin Baitz’s Other Desert Cities opened at the Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater at Lincoln Center. With strong reviews and healthy ticket sales, it mov…
By Alix Cohen Democratic activist Stephen Hanks has produced 16 Blue Wave cabaret fundraisers since 2018 raising over $20,000 for Democrats. This year’s funds targeted ten senate races hop…
By Alix Cohen... Cicely Hamilton’s characters are whole, her dialogue crackling, understanding of human nature spot on. This is an entertaining play with meat on it and an utterly captivat…
By Alix Cohen... A thoroughly entertaining musical version of the saga
By Adam Cohen... Ever wonder what your dog is thinking about? "The Dog Show: Come. Sit. Stay." deftly explores what’s on your dog’s mind.
The New York Cabaret Convention's grand finale delivered a cornucopia of talent, dazzling voices, delightful surprises and a showstopping finish.
