1,107 stories by "Victor Gluck, Editor-In-Chief"
Famous pianist Hershey Felder has toured the world with his many shows about legendary composers from Chopin and Tchaikovsky to Gershwin and Irving Berlin giving over 6,000 performances. Now…
"The Saviors," Bubba Weiler’s second play to be produced in New York in the past year is a coming-of-age play about how to live your life as well as loss of faith. All of its four characte…
Feminism did not start in the 20th century. Three-times Grammy winner country singer-songwriter Jennifer Nettles has written an exciting new musical (book, music and lyrics!) inspired by the…
Kecia Lewis as Lurleen (foreground) and the cast of Whoopi Goldberg’s “The Whoopi Monologues” at the Mitzi E. Newhouse at Lincoln Center Theater (Photo credit: Angela Marie Orellana) N…
Don’t attend the world premiere of Joseph Summer’s new opera version of William Shakespeare’s "The Tempest" expecting to recognize the text or the characters. Both the libretto by Eve …
In its second producing year, Ensemble Shakespeare Company is offering a fine staging of "Julius Caesar" with some debatable casting choices. As directed by Dylan Diehl, the use of theater i…
Eric Bentley’s 1972 docudrama "Are You Now or Have You Ever Been" is a powerful play based on the original testimony of the artists, writers and performers who were called to testify befor…
Although the three plays have been reduced to two and many of the actors appeared previously in the 2018 production, Henry VI is still challenging for audiences unfamiliar with the Hundred Y…
In the hands of avant garde director Daniel Fish, the world premiere of Courtney Bryan’s first opera "Suddenly Last Summer" derived from the one-act play by Tennessee Williams is more a pe…
John S. Anastasi’s "Pied À Terre" is one of those small cast dramas with a lot of secrets to unload. Unfortunately, director Mitch Poulos has staged the play at so slow a pace that it see…
The new musical "A Walk on the Moon" by original screenwriter Pamela Gray and composer and lyricist AnnMarie Milazzo is pleasant but innocuous. Based on the hit 1999 movie set during the sum…
Dr. Arthur Benjamin is a charming, genial “math-e-magician” and professor of mathematics. Presented by Science Theater Company in association with the National Museum of Mathematics (MoM…
Under Claudel’s direction, the four actresses are totally believable as teenage girls circa 2014, with Yoo’s Mal giving the most layered and mysterious performance. (Yoo had her big brea…
Montaro’s career as an actor allows him to create a different voice and stance for each jockey, trainer and owner that he describes. That is enhanced by the atmospheric sound design by Bri…
June designated as Pride Month is a time when a great many plays and entertainments are geared specifically for the gay community. The latest is Mickey Gooch, Jr.’s "Silverback Mountain," …
Associate artistic director/resident director Saheem Ali of The Public Theater believes in updating Shakespeare in ways that modern audiences can identify with. His latest production of "Rom…
John J. Caswell’s "Jerome" is a lovely low-key play about a love, loss and illness. However, Dustin Willis who also directed Caswell’s "Wet Brain" at Playwrights Horizons never really le…
The Scottish Ballet’s exciting "Mary, Queen of Scots" tells its complicated story extremely well and balances classical and modern choreography with ease. Its minimal décor helps make swi…
The title of Eisa Davis’ "||: Girls :||: Chance :||: Music :||" tells it all: four gifted teenagers attend a prestigious girls’ music program in Berkeley, California, apparently for unde…
Part of the play is an eye-filling fashion show with Solange and Claire trying on Madame’s gowns or taking them out of her closet to ogle them. However, what is most remarkable about Willi…
While "I Wanttt a Unicorn Frappe!!!" could have been a satire on wedding and wedding planning, the mockery is much too mild and familiar to have any sting. Both Darla and Cassandra are way a…
Unlike earlier New York productions, for this "Joe Turner's Come and Gone" set designer David Gallo has moved the set and action up close to the audience. It is as though we have been invite…
The play is interesting and enlightening for those of us not aware of this chapter of American history. However, the author doesn’t make it easy for the audience to follow the characters: …
Sara Chase, McKenzie Kurtz, Brad Oscar, Alex Brightman and the company of Cinco Paul’s new musical “Schmigadoon!” at the Nederlander Theatre (Photo credit: Matthew Murphy and Evan Zimm…
The trials and downfall of groundbreaking 1960s counterculture comedian Lenny Bruce is a fascinating story judging from the success of Julian Barry’s play "Lenny," Bob Fosse’s film versi…
