93 stories by "Sarah Downs"
Funny, complex, startling, engrossing -- Chekhov's First Play in the hands the brilliantly creative minds at Dead Centre, is a whoopee, let your hair down theatrical experience. You must s…
Backed by her childhood band, "The Secrets of the Vatican" (in reality her multi-talented musical director Julie Wolf, and two members of the all-female rock trio "Antigone Rising," Nini Cam…
Shelley Cooper conveys Callas's innate elegance and theatricality. She wisely does not attempt to impersonate Callas; rather she delves into La Divina's soul, embodying the singer in pac…
Impassioned and well intentioned, this spare production of 1776 benefits from the talents of a strong cast, but eventually suffers from the production's desire to Get Its Point Across. You …
The evening had a breezy quality -- a little Sondheim here, some Joni Mitchell there, a touch of Rodgers and Hart, and even a dash of Paul Simon. It is as if Ms. Buckley is rooting around i…
I am sure I am missing something, but reading the many words of praise for this play, extolling its beauty and otherworldly, paradigm shifting style, I have to wonder if I saw the same show …
Two cosmologists and particle physicist get on a train…
Strings Attached explores the softer side of physics, in its various intersections of thought and emotion, science and faith, r…
Bobby Conte is an energy vortex, daring the audience not to be swept away by his charisma and sheer abandon. Supported by a kicking 10 piece band conducted by Pianist and Musical Director ex…
Denny and Mason are like two halves of one being. In his playing, Denny's mastery of both driving and echoing Mason's performance leaves her free to explore. For her part, elegant in her w…
Celia Berk On My Way to You Laurie Beechman Theatre April 21, 2022 " 7PM By Sarah Downs In her show On My Way to You, Ms. Berk serves up an eclectic list of songs, unified in their examinati…
Lane Bradbury Mon Histoire en Chansons Francaises Pangea. March 4, 2022, 7pm By Sarah Downs Lane Bradbury loves everything French. And why not? Renoir, croissants, the Champs Elysées " what…
Andrea Bell Wolff Showgirl Don't Tell Mama December 1, 2021 at 8:00 pm By Sarah Downs Andrea Bell has a story to tell and boy is it fun. In her sparkly sequined minidress, Ms. Wolff belt…
Paulo Szot Una Noche Encantada (An Enchanted Evening) Feinstein's 54/Below Nov. 24, 2022 Hello young lovers wherever you are. Paolo Szot is singing your song. In his show An Una Noch…
Jeff Harnar I Know Things Now Feinstein's/54 Below November 10, 2021 Jeff Harnar embodies cabaret. Svelte, handsome and completely at home in the spotlight he inspires the kind of relaxe…
Maria Corsaro You Taught My Heart to Sing October 16, 2021 Pangea By Sarah Downs Maria Corsaro returns to her first love, singing, in her new cabaret "You Taught My Heart to Sing."Â Backe…
Friends in Low Places, starring Katie McGrath. By Sarah Downs As the year winds down, and life is on that between Christmas and New Year's pause, we can take a chance to reflect on the past …
Director Geraldine Hughes has masterfully fine-tuned the work of this pair of enormously talented actors to a razor-sharp attention to detail from the music of the text to the arc of the nar…
JONAH AND OTTO is a fascinating piece of writing wherein a simple premise gives rise to refreshing catharsis. On a midsummer evening, in a faded garden by the sea protected by a tumble-down …
