350 stories by "Doug Marino"
Norbert Leo Butz (Edward Bloom) is the very definition of a leading man in Big Fish. His voice, his stage presence, and chemistry with the rest of his cast has a depth beyond imaginati…
This is the first of many more evenings to come. Musical composer and performer extraordinaire - Bobby Cronin who is cute as a button - is hosting a bi-monthly (that's every two m…
I sense a conspiracy here. In a season that promises Rocky, The Musical, we seem to be getting a sister-preview in Fetch Clay, Make Man - the (abridged) story of Muhammad Ali. Go…
A delightful evening in the company of my theatre-loving friend, Adam. What was equally lovely was the thoughtful and tender memoir performed by Lane Bradbury - whom I knew nothing abo…
Pippn emerges fresh and refreshed after a long sleep. Director, Diane Paulus, has breathed some new life into a mid-70's classic. It's a modern mix of part Cirque du Soleil, part…
Reality TV meets Broadway... sort of. Itmar Moses jumps into the reality TV cesspool by penning a funny, yet predictable, rom-com now playing over at Second Stage. Heath Calvert (Byron…
A top notch cast. And Judith Light still all but stole the show. Set over 20 years, this family drama reveals the good, the bad, and the ugly of a Jewish family who celebrates Ch…
A delicious romp way downtown on the east side at the Richmond Shepard Theatre (huh? where?) - yes the former Vineyard theatre space, i presume - on East 26th almost in the river!Let's…
A powerhouse. Packs a punch. Profound. These are some of the words used to describe Jason Robert Brown's musical tour de force, The Last Five Years. Jamie and Cathy both si…
What a dichotomy of emotions this play elicited. Superb acting and what I suspect is superb direction in what just might be the most self-indulgent, childish, selfish play I've ever pa…
Not a lot of 'happy' going on in this play. Amy Herzog, a fresh, young playwright takes us on a tour of two slightly 'off' individuals currently living in Paris. Why are they the…
"Tough as nails, Funny as hell." That just about sums it all up. Ann, a touching, heart-felt one-woman memoir of a classy and brassy southern belle makes it debut this spri…
Paul Downs Colaizzo takes a dull pencil-to-paper with his new work, Really Really. New take on an old issue? Rape. But as we come to learn, there are always three or four…
A play about addiction, redemption, hope, and family. It's a Pulitzer prize winning work by Quiara Alegria Hudes that reminds us of the absolute fragility of sobriety. The second in a …
Amy Herzog, last dazzled us with 4000 Miles at Lincoln Center Theater. Once again, in a magical and emotional journey into memory, identity, and truth, Ms. Herzog assisted by a fine ca…
The proverbial gun is not so proverbial in this 90-minute stinger over at the Cort Theater. The play opens at the literal and figurative end - loaded gun included. We're instant…
Roma, once again, was right! Rob McClure is the shining centerpiece of this charming and delightful new bio-musical by Christopher Curtis & Thomas Meehan. Chaplin is an audac…
Roma was right. This play stinks. And when I say "this play", I mean the actual script itself. Theresa Rebeck got thrown off SMASH after the first season and someone should…
OK, take a deep breath. Ready? This one is a mouthful. A delightful, delicious, and audaciously entertaining mouthful. Charles Dickens started a novel and died before it wa…
Paula Vogel has penned a historical perspective on an age-old tradition - Christmas. Her version is a dramatic triptych on the holiday which takes place during the civil war. Eac…
A brutally honest, raw, and sad tale told by Samuel D. Hunter over on 42nd Street at Playwrights Horizons. What do you get when you combine a morbidly obese man, an estranged daughter,…
Pretty much a 'Debbie Downer' over at Roundabout's Laura Pels. I spent a lot of time trying to figure out who was related to whom and why we were all here. As the vague plot unfo…
A great book by Harvey Fierstein, knock-out music & lyrics by Cindi Lauper and some fresh direction and choreography by Jerry Mitchell will surely turn this out-of-town tryout into an in…
Stephen Belber's new play, Don't Go Gentle, is a powerful and moving family and human drama. And with Michael Cristofer (Lawrence) at the helm, it's a bona-fide tour-de-force. Dav…
I'm not one of those people who attends sporting or political events and chants "U-S-A. U-S-A". But neither am I some bleeding-heart liberal who thinks a terrorist is an unavoidable pr…
