80 stories by "Esther"
Follies, at Broadway's Marquis TheatreGratuitous Violins rating: **** out of ****Because my opportunities to get to New York City are limited, I almost skipped the Broadway revival of Follie…
Sons of the Prophet, at the Roundabout Theatre Company,Laura Pels TheatreGratuitous Violins rating: ***1/2 out of ****Sometimes a play connects with me for the way it depicts a slice of life…
Asuncion, Rattlestick Playwrights Theatre off BroadwayGratuitous Violins rating: ** out of ****I think Jesse Eisenberg intended his play Asuncion to be about the clash of cultures: what hap…
Good riddance to Brett Ratner and if Eddie Murphy wants to follow him, that's fine. The dignity of my gay friends is more important than allowing Ratner to produce the Oscars in the wake of …
Other Desert Cities, at Broadway's Booth TheatreGratuitous Violins rating: ***1/2 out of ****I've been hooked on a few nighttime soap operas over the years, most notably Dallas and Falcon Cr…
Chinglish, at Broadway's Longacre TheatreGratuitous Violins rating: *** out of ****During the year I lived in Israel, my halting attempts to speak Hebrew resulted in lots of linguistic misad…
The Agony and the Ecstasy of Steve Jobs, at the Public TheaterGratuitous Violins rating: ***1/2 out of ****I've never seen anything quite like The Agony and the Ecstasy of Steve Jobs. A mono…
Clybourne Park, at Trinity Repertory CompanyGratuitous Violins rating: **** out of ****How we talk about race - or avoid talking about it - is at the heart of Clybourne Park, a penetrating w…
Relatively Speaking, at Broadway's Brooks Atkinson Theatre Gratuitous Violins rating: ** out of ****I was looking forward to the three one-act comedies that make up Relatively Speaking for t…
The Mountaintop, at Broadway's Jacobs TheatreGratuitous Violins rating: **** out of ****When he was governor of New York, I once heard Mario Cuomo read a story to students at an elementary …
When I found out yesterday - reading a news bulletin on my iMac - that Apple cofounder Steve Jobs had died, it hit me hard.It's not just that Jobs passed away much too young, at age 56 of pa…
Circle Mirror Transformation, at the Gamm TheatreGratuitous Violins rating: *** out of ****At the beginning of Circle Mirror Transformation, which takes place in an acting class at a communi…
Anything Goes, at Broadway's Sondheim TheatreGratuitous Violins rating: *** out of ****Set aboard an ocean liner sailing from New York to London, the Tony-winning Broadway revival of Anythin…
After spending a week obsessively checking the forecast on my iPhone, Sunday turned out to be a beautiful sunny day in New York City - perfect weather for attending the 25th annual - and my …
Candide, at Boston's Huntington Theatre Company Gratuitous Violins rating: ***1/2 out of ****I know that everyone goes to the theatre with their own expectations but for me, above all, I lov…
My 2011-2012 New York theatre season starts this weekend!I'm even more excited than usual because my first trip of the fall coincides with Sunday's Broadway Flea Market sponsored by Broadway…
The events of Sept. 11, 2001, were a bit distant to me, geographically speaking.I'd never spent much time in New York City and although I'd often visited friends in Washington, D.C., I had n…
Today is Steve on Broadway's birthday!Many of you reading this know Steve and even some of you who've never had the pleasure have heard me kvell over him and what a wonderful friend he's bee…
Has there ever been an actual Broadway baby? I mean, a real live infant in a Broadway show.
I was so taken with seeing a baby in Porgy and Bess at the American Repertory Theater. Simply ado…
Porgy and Bess, at the American Repertory Theater
Gratuitous Violins rating: ***1/2 out of ****
I've mentioned that Porgy and Bess was never high on the list of musicals I hoped to see some…
I was so sad to hear that Steve Jobs is resigning as CEO of Apple, above all for what it may mean about his health. Jobs, 56, has been fighting pancreatic cancer for years and had a liver tr…
I love season announcement season but this year I just didn't have the energy to blog about what's coming up theatre-wise in the Providence/Boston area for 2011-2012. Now that tickets have g…
I've never seen Porgy and Bess. I'm not even sure I've ever heard any of the songs. So the objections raised by Stephen Sondheim to changes in the upcoming production go over my head.
In fa…
I finally managed to post the last review of my 2010-2011 theatre season - a month after the show closed but who's counting.
So, just a few observations:
I made progress toward my goal of s…
The actress Marlo Thomas and the musical Funny Girl are both headed back to Broadway. The former will appear this fall in Relatively Speaking and the latter in 2012 featuring Lauren Ambrose …
