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The show also explores Lamarr's improbable career as an inventor. She and composer George Antheil held a patent for a miniaturized player-piano mechanism that was synchronized with radio…
Ms. Bentley has vibrantly coordinated all of the presentational elements into an intriguing 75-minute production with her commanding staging. The present, the past, and inner lives all conve…
The Pulitzer Prize-winning Foote (1916-2009) was acclaimed for his cycle of plays that celebrated his native, rural Texas that included "The Trip to Bountiful."Â In "The Traveling Lady," …
Ms. Donovan's enthralling opening sequence sets the tone for the production. Behind the curtains are actors in silhouette with their shadows on view. Other cast members appear to the sid…
Lazarus' score is an entertaining blend of rock, pop and show tunes.  None of Elvis Presley's actual songs are heard, but there are a number of clever takeoffs such as "Viva Milwaukee…
In the play which is billed as "a dramatic verse tapestry," playwright Joseph Pearce ably weaves together poems and diary entries by Sassoon and Owen with extracts of other writers of the er…
Bearded, stocky and with that distinctive, wild comb-over of salt and pepper hair and wearing an artist's smock, Brochu vividly conveys the visual, vocal and personality characteristics of t…
Created by the documentarian theatre company Sister Sylvester, "Maps for a War Tourist" was intended to be a biographical exploration of the life of Deniz Karacagil. A former Turkish art st…
Carlo Adinolfi plays John, the performance artist. With his British accent and wiry physicality he has an intense presence but possesses limited charisma. Mr. Adinolfi's simple but inspire…
The goal of their three week Women in Theatre Festival is "a direct response to gender disparity in theatre leadership, casting, and production, the objective of WIT is to broaden the opport…
Mr. Perry has certainly followed the maxim, "write what you know." We follow the romantic and personal travails of four stereotypical, contemporary Los Angles types who have the financial r…
Director Jesse Berger's fast-paced staging is an exuberant amalgam of physical and verbal virtuosity combined with visual flair. A highlight is a crowd of characters hurrying into a closet …
Mr. Grandbois' engrossing scenario is in the vein of such feminist fantastical works as "Diary of a Mad Housewife" and "Up the Sandbox." An expedition to a salsa dance club, buying a puppy …
It is set in present-day rural Afghanistan. Several years earlier, Paiman as a child was sold by his father to the well to do Jahandar. The two have an intense emotional and physical invol…
Amidst Mr. Maierson's barrage of mechanical set-ups and punch lines, there are a few amusing jokes and insightful observations. Reprise is in the tradition of substantive romantic comedies …
Darryl Reilly, Critic "She was very clear that she wanted her life to be celebrated, not mourned," said Erica Dubno, who superlatively organized the packed, 90-minute memorial tribute to her…
In the ambitious T"hey Promised Her the Moon," playwright Laurel Ollstein explores a relatively untold chapter of American history. Solidly written but unsatisfyingly structured as a clunky…
Director Weyni Mengesha's physical staging is proficient since for 80 minutes the actors are competently placed throughout for a fluid presentation. Unfortunately, Ms. Mengesha has the soun…
The writing is poetically descriptive and moderately engrossing with plentiful profanity. It is, however, a decidedly grim scenario despite abundant humor. The conclusion is a rhetorical a…
Handsome musical theater leading man Ryan Silverman is a commanding Ulysses with his operatic singing. Jeff Blumenkrantz is marvelously humorous and pitiful as Menelaus, Helen's jilted husba…
Darryl Reilly, Critic "For Darryl who isn’t Wally Shawn,” meticulously inscribed John Simon, along with his signature, in my copy of his collected theater reviews. This massive v…
That this production has such an ideal Sloane puts it into the stratosphere. With his sculpted physique, prevalent musculature and chiseled features that recall the young Malcolm MacDowe…
Mr. Karl gives a captivating performance that's a whirlwind of energy, charisma and exceptional singing and dancing. It's a commanding star turn that cannot quite compensate for the show…
The sensational highlight of the concert was a medley from "South Pacific." "I'm Gonna Wash That Man Right out of My Hair" had the luminous Ashley Park euphorically performing that showstop…
Victor Herbert's 1903 operetta "Babes in Toyland" was presented by MasterVoices (formerly The Collegiate Chorale), in a splendid concert production, to celebrate its 75th anniversary. Music…
