1,113 stories by "Victor Gluck, Editor-In-Chief"
At the top of the show Cariou tells us that he made his Broadway debut in the Stratford Connecticut Shakespeare Festival's transfer of "Henry V" in 1969 and six months later in the spring of…
Schwend's dialogue is realistic, believable, and true to life, as are the characters. As a play, however, it is a bit of a downer as we watch Amber become wearier without any relief in sight…
Nevertheless, Wills' production is continually taking us by surprise both by his casting and his choices. His transgendered characters are played by transgendered actors. Moran's Wilder and …
So begins a remarkable comedy-drama of two very opposite teenagers who shouldn't have met and wouldn't have if Anthony had not chosen the reclusive, mysterious Caroline for his partner. The …
Both teenagers are desperate for our approval and understanding of their lives and what they did, unlike the tabloids which have apparently had headlines branding them as monsters. Listening…
While Frayn's roles are juicy parodies of very specific kinds of people, for the laughs to roll in one on top of the other, the play must be performed fast enough that we don't have time to …
A Dream of Red Pavilions is set in 18th century China during the reign of Emperor Qianlong. The framing story which gives the plot its mythic quality involves a stone and a flower that are r…
Director Lordi-Kirkham has unaccountable staged the play as though it were a radio play or a reading, making it more talky and static than it needs to be. While the text is faithful to the R…
Ross DeGraw as Joseph Stalin and Brian J. Carter as Mikhail Bulgakov in a scene from John Hodge's "Collaborators" (Photo credit: Michael Abrams) Victor Gluck, Editor-in-Chief Although satiri…
The interpretations are also open to question. Although she should be demure before her sexual awakening, Sara Topham plays Beatrice as experienced and sophisticated which allows her nowhere…
Though the stage show does not have the imitable and irrepressible Jack Black, it does have rising stars Alex Brightman and Sierra Boggess who make the roles of hero Dewey Finn and Principal…
The cast includes beloved NYGASP favorites as well as some less familiar faces. Coloratura soprano Sarah Caldwell Smith's Mabel wins a justly earned ovation signing her aria, "Poor Wandering…
Jerry Mayer's "2 Across" will remind of a great many other romantic comedies but in the hands of Andrea McArdle and Kip Gilman, it is a charming light-hearted evening in the theater. At leas…
Although this is the eighth show minimalist director Ivo van Hove has directed for New York Theatre Workshop, one would be hard put to recognize it as his. The production uses Tal Yarden's a…
Belgian"born director Ivo van Hove has brought his London Young Vic revival of Arthur Miller's" A View from the Bridge" to Broadway in a production so stripped down to its essentials that it…
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While C.S. Lewis' famous theological allegory, "The Great Divorce," is written as a series of conversations, you might not expect that it would …
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"Gigantic," the new feel-good musical, is a dynamic up-to-date show about teenagers at a summer weight-loss camp. Previously seen as Fat Camp in…
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The new musical is similar to Sater's "Spring Awakening" in that it takes a group of people in a specific historic time and place (here New York…
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The legendary stage actress Kathleen Chalfant is appearing in her second one-woman show, a follow-up to her "Mrs. Dalloway" in The Party, from t…
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Pendleton has made some strange directorial choices. Characters appear on stage and stand silently long before their entrances. This is distract…
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The great mid-20th century American poets Elizabeth Bishop and Robert Lowell were friends from 1947 until his sudden death 30 years later. As th…
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Metropolitan Playhouse has done itself proud with its revival of the rarely seen "Alison's House." Alex Roe's splendid production with its accom…
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Aside from the obvious theme of morality in politics, the play also deals devastatingly with issues of privacy in public life and in the informa…
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The best role in the story is that of sociopath, deranged Annie Wilkes. Metcalf runs the gamut of emotions from bliss to murderous rage and back…
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In this centennial of the birth of jazz great Billie Holiday, The New York Pops November concert was devoted to Harlem Renaissance ladies like E…
