1,037 stories by "Jk Clarke"
A rare adult puppet show exploring human emotions with grace and humor. Editor’s Note: Theater Pizzazz has the rare privilege of offering separate re…
Editor’s Note: Theater Pizzazz has the rare privilege of offering separate reviews of Made in China by two of our esteemed critics. The following is Samuel …
by Susan Hasho At 54 Below, almost once a month now, you can be exposed to the dervish brilliance of David Yazbek. Monday night he hosted and performed a spirited concer…
by Myra Chanin God of Vengeance is a century old drama, but one which is very contemporary in its perception of love, lust and ambition. Written in …
by Alix Cohen Storm Large bursts onto the stage at Feinstein's/54Below, a cross between Janis Joplin and Jessica Rabbit. She wears a soon-to-be-jettisoned …
Campy antics informed by love, hard work and brilliant coaching. by Joel Benjamin The early, halcyon days of Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte …
by James Steinman-Gordon The Astonishing Times of Timothy Cratchit is a lively musical which takes place on a picturesque and wonderfully 19th century set, has me…
by JK Clarke & Sandi Durell The romanticized New York immigrant story is as old as the city itself. The only difference now is that the "immigrant" is from el…
Tuesday night, December 13 at the famous McKittrick Hotel (home of the immersive theater spectacle Sleep No More) saw the opening night and New York premiere of T…
by JK Clarke One of the core foundations of comedy is also very often one of its pitfalls: it is sometimes inextricably linked to the period in whic…
by JK Clarke The timing couldn't be better for the powers that be to release the musical version of the story of life growing up in the 1960s…
by JK Clarke Shakespeare must have been getting sentimental in his declining years. His last few plays are generally lumped into a new category that schola…
by Steve Nardoni The Big Uncut Flick (now playing at the Studio Theatre on Theatre Row) is a droll scramble into the look of early television and film noir…
Sunday evening, December 4, the New York Stage & Film held it’s annual Winter Gala at the Plaza Hotel, honoring two titans of the entertainment industry…
by Sophia Romma August Strindberg Rep is currently presenting a performance of the folkloric tale of Abu Casem's Slippers at The Gene Frankel Theater"a piece that…
Thursday, December 1, 2016, MCC Theater celebrated the opening night of Ride the Cyclone (reviewed here), a new musical with book, music and lyrics by Jacob Richmond and Brooke Maxwel…
Monday evening, November 21 saw the Broadway Dreams' annual "Night of Dreams" Gala which celebrated Tony Award®-winning lyricist and composer Lynn Ahrens and Stephen …
by JK Clarke A handful of Shakespeare plays are routinely subjected to radical re-interpretations"Macbeth, Romeo & Juliet, Hamlet"and for a variety of reasons, whether it b…
The Power and the Passion: A Tale of Two Coriolani by JK Clarke In the New York theater world, it should come as no great surprise that in this, the unprec…
Monday evening, November 14, Dear Evan Hansen, last season’s off-Broadway sleeper sensation, began previews at the Music Box Theatre on Broadway, commemorating the…
Monday evening, November 7, The Drama League presented its 33rd Annual Musical Celebration of Broadway honoring Tony® and Emmy® Award-winner David Hyde Pierce The Plaza  …
by JK Clarke It's remarkable how things can change in a short amount of time. Including the way we perceive the same character in a story. Case in point is the Vicomte de Valoi…
by JK Clarke There is no Shakespeare company in New York (and likely few elsewhere) as dedicated to plumbing the depths and exploring every dimension of the works…
by Monica Charline Brown Kate Baldwin is a KNOCKOUT in her new show Extraordinary Machine"or as Kate calls it near the end of her concert, "Kate Bal…
Tuesday evening, October 25 saw the opening night, screening and party for Sam, the first film by Nicholas Brooks together with his father, executive producer M…
