291 stories by "Elyse Trevers"
How far would you go to retain your youth? Theater and film are replete with tales of women attempting to stay young. If the woman is Maddy Ashton, an egotistical narcissistic performer, one…
With his raspy gravelly voice and broad smile, trumpet-player Louis Armstrong has become an iconic figure. Yet his story is much more complex than that. The new Broadway bio-musical, "It's A…
When people need to recharge, they take a nap or have a cup of coffee or a piece of chocolate. When the charming Helper Bots in the different quirky new musical, "Maybe Happy Ending" need a …
Is there anyone who doesn't know the story of Romeo and Juliet, the young star-crossed lovers? The challenge for a director, then, is how to retell the story to appeal to a younger audience.…
The chemistry between Julianna Margulies and Peter Gallagher is charming, and that's the most compelling reason to see the new play "Left on Tenth". The autobiographical play by novelist, sc…
In "Gypsy" three strippers explain the key to success by singing "You Gotta Get a Gimmick." Lately that seems to be the theme of Broadway revivals. The goal is to differentiate the show from…
Vladimir Putin is an intriguing figure and last spring, he was one of the two main characters in playwright Peter Morgan's play "Patriots." This season, a second show by Erika Sheffer called…
We grow up, seek partners and then we die. That's the storyline of "Thornton Wilder's Our Town". There's very little cutesy and kitschy about the play which begins in 1901 in Grover's Corner…
Jez Butterworth's latest play, "Hills of California" moves so smoothly that you are never aware of its 2 hours and 45 minutes running time. Arriving on Broadway after a successful London run…
They say you can't go home again. Yet in "Good Bones," the new play by Pulitzer Prize winning playwright James Ijames ("Fat Ham") that's what Aisha (Susan Kelechi Watson) is doing when she a…
I'm a sucker for the Iron Man movies. I love Tony Stark who uses his wealth to combat crime and terrorism. Robert Downey, Jr plays Tony Stark aka Iron Man, and his role has won him a legion …
It can't be easy portraying a living person, and it must be even more daunting when the person you are playing is the person who wrote the play. Such is the task for Daniel Dae Kim, the good…
This season Broadway is hoping to use star power to boost ticket sales. So popular movie and television performers are headlining new theatrical productions as well as revivals. Producers ho…
They say you never forget your first time and one of the first shows I ever saw was "Once Upon a Mattress" starring comedienne Carol Burnett. It was unforgettable! Incomparable! For me, it w…
Jane makes me uncomfortable. Maybe it's her nervousness and twitching. Maybe it is the gun she is brandishing as the play JOB begins. According to Anton Chekhov, if a writer includes a gun i…
Orthodox Jews won't work on the Sabbath. Work includes simple tasks, such as turning on air conditioners and lights. Over the years they have enlisted the aid of a Shabbos Goy, a non-Jew who…
What can the audience learn from the new production "Empire: The Musical" directed by Cady Huffman? The building was originally supposed to be named after former governor Alfred E. Smith. Th…
I had a stressful week and was really hoping to see a lighthearted play, certainly not one about politics. However, "N/A," the new play by Mario Correa, was next in the queue. Correa comes t…
Cephus Miles never wanted to leave his home in Crossroads, North Carolina. The central figure of the beautiful revival of Samm " Art Williams's "Home" presented at Roundabout's Todd Haimes T…
Can two extremely talented female performers overcome their history of unhappy relationships and learn to love again? Zoe Sarnak and Rachel Bonds's rock musical, The Lonely Few, is a lesbian…
Brian Friel's play "Molly Sweeney" directed by Charlotte Moore is staged in the simplest form imaginable. The three major characters are seated in chairs on stage. They speak directly to the…
It's estimated that there are over 5 million people who belong to book clubs and 80% of the participants are women. Some of the clubs are organized and have a paid leader while others are mo…
The NYTW production of "Here There Were Blueberries" in a co-production with Tectonic Theater Project, begins with a single object onstage. It is a Leica camera and the narrator explains how…
Imagine you are the fly on the wall in a recording studio. One of your favorite groups is scheduled to record its latest album. It's the 1970's, and the group has an album on The Billboard c…
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