The Tempest by Victor Gluck, Editor-in-chief

This post is by Victor Gluck, Editor-in-Chief The first thing one notices on entering the Delacorte Theatre is how empty the large stage looks. In Riccardo Hernandez's scenic design, except …

SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 9:00pm on June 20, 2015☆⚑

Injunction Granted by Victor Gluck, Editor-in-chief

This post is by Victor Gluck, Editor-in-Chief The recent national rallies to raise the minimum wage have made the Federal Theater Project's 1936 "Injunction Granted" relevant all over again.…

SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 11:49pm on June 18, 2015☆⚑

Cagney by Victor Gluck, Editor-in-chief

This post is by Victor Gluck, Editor-in-Chief Although he was probably Hollywood's most famous tough guy, James Cagney's life story is not as well-known as that of many other legendary movie…

SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 12:05pm on June 11, 2015☆⚑

Casterbridge by Victor Gluck, Editor-in-chief

This post is by Victor Gluck, Editor-in-Chief In recent years, there have been many Off Broadway attempts to musicalize the works of Thomas Hardy. The latest is composer Christopher Beste an…

SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 9:49am on June 10, 2015☆⚑

For the Last Time by Victor Gluck, Editor-in-chief

This post is by Victor Gluck, Editor-in-Chief As a follow-up to their musical based on Fitzgerald's This Side of Paradise, lyricist/composer Nancy Harrow and writer/director Will Pomerantz h…

SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 9:21pm on June 9, 2015☆⚑

The Spoils by Victor Gluck, Editor-in-chief

This post is by Victor Gluck, Editor-in-Chief Can an obnoxious, sadomasochistic nerd be the central character of a play? This is the thought that will run through your mind as you watch Jess…

SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 1:14pm on June 5, 2015☆⚑

Permission by Victor Gluck, Editor-in-chief

This post is by Victor Gluck, Editor-in-Chief Robert Askins' hilarious and engrossing new play is set in Texas just like his Hand to God also produced by MCC Theater at the Lucille Lortel Th…

SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 11:46pm on June 3, 2015☆⚑

The Two Gentlemen of Verona  by Victor Gluck, Editor-in-chief

This post is by Victor Gluck, Editor-in-Chief For those who saw Fiasco Theater's inventive and clever version of "Into the Woods" at the Roundabout's Laura Pels Theatre earlier this year, yo…

SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 11:44pm on May 31, 2015☆⚑

Don Juan by Victor Gluck, Editor-in-chief

This post is by Victor Gluck, Editor-in-Chief The Pearl Theatre Company's express aim in reviving this curiosity according to translator Jess Burkle, responsible for this world premiere adap…

SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 10:00pm on May 27, 2015☆⚑

The King and I by Victor Gluck, Editor-in-chief

This post is by Victor Gluck, Editor-in-Chief The Lincoln Center Theater revival of Rodgers & Hammerstein's The King and I is a provocative, eye-filling and poignant experience. Both yo…

SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 11:01pm on May 12, 2015☆⚑

'Tis Pity She's a Whore by Victor Gluck, Editor-in-chief

This post is by Victor Gluck, Editor-in-Chief We associate Jacobean revenge tragedy with the reign of King James I. Each play's atrocities seemed to dare the next playwright with an unspoken…

SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 5:55pm on May 6, 2015☆⚑

Finding Neverland by Victor Gluck, Editor-in-chief

This post is by Victor Gluck, Editor-in-Chief Directed by the usually innovative Diane Paulus (whose credits include the critically acclaimed "Hair," "Porgy and Bess," "Pippin"), "Finding Ne…

SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 4:29pm on May 3, 2015☆⚑

Airline Highway by Victor Gluck, Editor-in-chief

This post is by Victor Gluck, Editor-in-Chief Unlike D'Amour's last New York play, "Detroit," a Pulitzer Prize finalist which had four characters and a tight arc, "Airline Highway" is diffus…

SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 2:12pm on April 29, 2015☆⚑

Wolf Hall, Parts One & Two by Victor Gluck, Editor-in-chief

This post is by Victor Gluck, Editor-in-Chief As deftly adapted by British playwright Mike Poulton and vigorously directed by Jeremy Herrin, the plays on the stage of the Winter Garden vivid…

SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 1:12pm on April 28, 2015☆⚑

Gigi the Musical by Victor Gluck, Editor-in-chief

This post is by Victor Gluck, Editor-in-Chief Though this sophisticated story was intended for equally sophisticated adults as part of the mores and manners of a society and culture gone wit…

SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 12:44pm on April 21, 2015☆⚑

Hamlet by Victor Gluck, Editor-in-chief

This post is by Victor Gluck, Editor-in-Chief The first problem is the attractive modern setting by Walt Spengler of the wedding breakfast of Claudius and Gertrude with a huge cake in the ba…

SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 11:24pm on April 17, 2015☆⚑

The Undeniable Sound of Right Now by Victor Gluck, Editor-in-chief

This post is by Victor Gluck, Editor-in-Chief Like Laura Eason's "Sex with Strangers" seen at The Second Stage last summer, "The Undeniable Sound of Right Now," her new play having its world…

SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 2:24pm on April 15, 2015☆⚑

Pardon My English by Victor Gluck, Editor-in-chief

This post is by Victor Gluck, Editor-in-Chief Ironically, the only script that has survived is the original one by Hebert Fields (Annie Get Your Gun) and Morrie Ryskind (Pulitzer Prize for O…

SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 4:01pm on April 10, 2015☆⚑

Jules Verne: From the Earth to the Moon by Victor Gluck, Editor-in-chief

This post is by Victor Gluck, Editor-in-Chief ERC's unusual evening includes music by Ernest Chausson, Cécile Chaminade and Jacques Offenbach, video taken from George Méliès' silent film …

SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 11:57pm on April 9, 2015☆⚑

Twelfth Night, or What You Will by Victor Gluck, Editor-in-chief

This post is by Victor Gluck, Editor-in-Chief Since Bedlam theatre company arrives on the radar in 2013, theatergoers have left their performances as devoted fans. Beginning with acclaimed p…

SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 3:19pm on April 8, 2015☆⚑

On the Twentieth Century by Victor Gluck, Editor-in-chief

This post is by Victor Gluck, Editor-in-Chief The best revival of the season to date, Roundabout's On the Twentieth Century is as streamlined and fast-paced as the actual train and twice as …

SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 5:13pm on April 3, 2015☆⚑

The Mystery of Love & Sex by Victor Gluck, Editor-in-chief

This post is by Victor Gluck, Editor-in-Chief Bathsheba Doran's new drama, "The Mystery of Love & Sex," now at Lincoln Center Theater's Mitzi E. Newhouse, is yet another play whose titl…

SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 2:28pm on March 23, 2015☆⚑

Fish in the Dark by Victor Gluck, Editor-in-chief

This post is by Victor Gluck, Editor-in-Chief Director Anna D. Shapiro, usually associated with heavier dramas from such authors as Kenneth Lonergan, Stephen Adly Guirgis, Tracy Letts, Bruce…

SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 12:36pm on March 22, 2015☆⚑

Hazel Flagg by Victor Gluck, Editor-in-chief

This post is by Victor Gluck, Editor-in-Chief Sometimes stage properties that have been forgotten are lost for a good reason. "Hazel Flagg" is one of those shows. Jule Styne completists, how…

SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 11:24pm on March 19, 2015☆⚑

Fashions for Men by Victor Gluck, Editor-in-chief

This post is by Victor Gluck, Editor-in-Chief Though totally unknown to Americans, Ferenc Molnár's "Fashions for Men" is another treasure newly unearthed by the reliable Mint Theater. Dav…

SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 10:25pm on March 16, 2015☆⚑