82 stories by "Aileen Jacobson"
The cartoonist has written the book, while the producer Jeffrey Seller is directing the show's premiere.
This upbeat, fluffy production of the jukebox musical is playing at the John W. Engeman Theater at Northport.
The director Michael Arden tries new takes on the musical by imagining the characters as participants in a scientific experiment.
Despite the over-the-top costumes, the musical at the Patchogue Theater for the Performing Arts has a dark underside.
A serious comedy set in Atlanta examines the lives of a group of Jews and how they relate to their own religion and to each other.
"The Underpants," the comedian's adaptation of a German farce, shows a sweet young housewife struggling with lust in 1910.
Jonathan Tolins's comedy, having its world premiere at the Bay Street Theater, explores a range of loaded dichotomies through spirited dialogue.
The show at the John W. Engeman Theater reinforces a sense of nostalgia for the 1920s, when a smart girl's "modern" goal was to marry for money.
In this production, Andrea McArdle and Sally Struthers are surrounded by an outstanding cast, a sparkling nautical set and fine musical accompaniment.
The audience sits with the cast at an intimate production at Guild Hall of Conor McPherson's play, with wry humor, bloody fights and philosophical musings.
The Tony-winning musical, now at the Engeman Theater at Northport, explores racial tensions in the 1950s music industry in the South.
In Yasmina Reza's comedy, what seems like social banter takes a combative turn as two sets of Brooklyn parents discuss a violent episode involving their sons.
A musical version of a classic Christmas movie brings the search for the truth about Santa Claus from the screen to the the John W. Engeman Theater at Northport.
From the first finger snaps, the production at the John W. Engeman Theater in Northport, tailored to a non-Broadway stage, retains the show's emotional urgency.
The adaptation of "Saturday Night Fever: The Musical" in Bellport hews to the popular 1977 film but adds three more songs.
The play by Sandy Rustin, set in 1923 England and inspired by Noël Coward and perhaps Oscar Wilde, continues through Sept. 6 at the John W. Engeman Theater.
The Gateway production of the show, which won 10 Tony awards, has two actors alternating in the lead role of a boy who loves ballet.
An imagined meeting of the five presidents who attended Richard Nixon's funeral, written by Rick Cleveland ("The West Wing" and "House of Cards").
There is a lot to enjoy in this bubbly, bodacious production of the "The Producers" now at the John W. Engeman Theater at Northport.
Alena Smith's play, directed by Bob Balaban in its world premiere in Sag Harbor, tells of a journalist and her friends coming of age as the Occupy Wall Street movement develops.
The high-octane 'Rock of Ages' exploits 1980s excesses with big hair and bigger ballads.
A musical that’s often a diva vehicle allows other actors to shine.
The 80-minute play is the story of squabbles both domestic and foreign.
A production in Northport of the acclaimed musical “Cabaret” is as raw, raunchy and unsanitized as the material demands.
This production of "My Fair Lady" at the John W. Engeman Theater has the familiar satirical contrast between wealth and poverty, and a few departures.
