Watch out, Edward Cullen. There's a new vampire on the block. And this one isn't happy about it. There are no wisecracking high school students, and his skin doesn't sparkle. This vampire is…
A lovely scene has been staged at the Laura Pels Theater, courtesy of the Roundabout Theater. A picturesque villa filled with attractive people is onstage for your viewing pleasure. Unfortun…
"Never look back." This song lyric from the musical Follies is also a warning to each of the characters in the show. A love and hate letter to nostalgia, and one of Sondheim's richest…
Dan Heching was 25 and living in Paris when he was mugged. Six years later, the award-winning playwright has taken his experience and turned it into an original one act play. Sammy Gets Mugg…
The battle of the sexes is a timeless topic explored in drama. However, when presented in a fresh and inventive way, it can provide a thought-provoking night at the theater. All's Well That …
Some see life through rose-colored glasses, and others see it with crystal clear vision. The Illusion, the final production in the Signature Theater Company's season of works by Tony Kushner…
A Minister's Wife, a chamber musical in performances at the Mitzi Newhouse Theater at Lincoln Center, is reminiscent of a delicately decorated candied bon-bon " sweet, lovely and absolutely …
Parenthood, the eternal subject of entertainment, is considered from both perspectives " parents without children and parents of a newborn baby " in Cradle and All, a surprisingly poignant a…
It's finally opened. And no, it's not as good or as bad as everyone says it is. The infamous musical Spider-Man " Turn Off the Dark has officially opened on Broadway after 183 previews, two …
The 65th Tony Awards were held on Sunday, June 12th at the Beacon Theater in New York. The big winners of the night were The Normal Heart, War Horse and The Book of Mormon. The Normal Heart …
It's an oldie, but it's not a goodie. Baby It's You!, the latest jukebox musical to appear on Broadway is a formulaic, synthetic and flat-out boring musical and an unfortunate vehicle for th…
"Donna Murphy is not human, she's not human," my friend sang as we walked out of Studio 54 after seeing The People in the Picture. I couldn't disagree. A new musical, with a book and lyrics …
Some pieces of drama are timeless. Classic works like Long Day's Journey into Night, tragedies like Macbeth or Hamlet and comedies like A Funny Thing Happened On the Way to the Forum remain …
A broken-hearted old man slowly enters the stage, cradling the body of his beloved daughter and uttering a cry of despair that will shake you to your core. This one scene could be the entire…
The title is certainly representative of the play. Tony Kushner's new drama The Intelligent Homosexual's Guide to Capitalism and Socialism with a Key to the Scriptures, currently playing at …
Finding heroes in unlikely figures is nothing new to drama but I doubt there has ever been a hero like Johnny "Rooster" Byron before. Eccentric to the extreme and a truly mysterious, captiva…
It's bright enough to make you think you're seeing the Heavens, but I regret to inform theatergoers that it's not the afterlife you're witnessing " just the costumes from Sister Act. And thi…
Appearances are deceiving in the revival of Born Yesterday, currently in performances at the Cort Theater. The opulent set (designed by John Lee Beatty) filled with rich colors and golden to…
Dark comedy is a fine art, and it's easy to miss the mark when attempting to achieve it. Sadly, the Broadway revival of House of Blue Leaves only achieves the first of the two adjetives. Dir…
Broadway is haunted by ghosts. And not the friendly types, like Casper, or mischievous poltergeist that break a few trinkets. These ghosts are tortured victims of the war in Iraq, wandering …