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He grew up in rural Pennsylvania, was raised by foster families, and learned about magic by reading books at the public library. These biographical details add depth to his shaded yet sunny …
In the central character of Buffalo Bill Cody, Michael Hardart plays only the one role. The play seems to be his coming to terms with the mythologizing of his achievements. Although twice he…
David Gow is the show's producer and he also plays Tommy Flowers. Mr. Gow perhaps saw this showy role as a vehicle for him to shine in and he does up to a point. Gow is an appealing,…
In "Lines," the videos were straightforward representations of Mr. Selden, clad in a loose-fitting red outfit, pausing his image in dramatic moments while in the second work, "Untranslatable…
Like most C4 concerts, this one had a theme: it was an evening of "songs about love " both for and against." Songs' ideas and purposes mirrored, echoed, anticipated and challenged each other…
There is nothing much very wrong with Susan Miller's '20th Century Blues" that a few more revelations or dustups wouldn't solve. Beth Dixon, Franchelle Stewart Dorn, Polly Draper, Kathryn Gr…
Crumm and DeVito have a marvelous chemistry together and terrific mutual comic timing that make them seem like a real couple. Their compelling performances energize and elevate what could ha…
Philip's shaggy-dog yarn keeps exposing him as what used to be known as a pathological liar. And with little more than a wooden deck chair, a small table, a wooden slated floor and a sky-blu…
With his commanding and emotionally expressive baritone voice, the eternally boyish Holbrook wearing formal wear, vividly performs a program drawn from show tunes, Hollywood musicals, classi…
This time Gotheiner put his dancers through a faux competition that fell in mood somewhere between "Dancing with the Stars' and "Shark Tank," combining eager striving with off-handed sadism.…
Darryl Reilly, Critic With his characteristic philosophical drollness, Quentin Crisp's posthumous, third volume of autobiography, The Last Word is not only an entertaining chronicle but a re…
While this is not a Bedlam production as was Hamill's hugely successful stage version of Austen's second published novel, "Sense and Sensibility," director Amanda Dehnert has staged the play…
Big Dance Theater, conceived and directed by Annie-B Parson, presented "17c" at the BAM Harvey Theater. The work somehow combined the diary of Englishman, Samuel Pepys, the works of Marg…
Such changes as Captain Hook being a woman or Tinker Bell speaking French are neither explained nor meaningful, while some of the doubling simply makes the play hard to follow as the charact…
The two soprano soloists were marvelous. Hélène Brunet combines supple lyricism with technical elegance. Clara Rottsolk's voice is at once silvery and earthy, delicate and powerful. In the…
I'm sorry to note the passing of David Cassidy. And I want to share a few  remembrances of him--as a performer and as a person.
He was capable of conveying magic in his concerts--a "Peter…
The protagonist of "Junk" is one Robert Merkin (Steven Pasquale), whose name alone is reminiscent of the real-life person he represents, Michael Robert Milken, the "Junk Bond King" of the mi…
"American Idol" winner Candice Glover, "The Voice"'s Josh Kaufman, "America's Got Talent"'s Bianca Ryan and the attractive, married couple Peter Hollens and Evynne Hollens, who are po…
After his teenaged son is called a "beaner" by one of his classmates at a WASPy private school, Leguizamo is inspired to educate the rest of the United States about the overlooked achievemen…
Not only is Julia Cho's "Office Hour" rivetingly acted by Sue Jean Kim and Ki Hong Lee, it is one of the few plays in recent memory to tackle a major social problem and offer an explanation …
Ms. Bioh's snappy dialogue perfectly renders the rhythms of teenage lingo and the pain beneath the bravado, emitting the universality of adolescence. Bioh's construction is meticulous as…
Tunde Skovran as Shari and Julia Ubrankovics as Clara are sensational. The brunette Ms. Skovran and the blonde Ms. Ubrankovics are a dynamic team who each offer vivid portrayals with their p…
The conversations revolve around the topics of the New York Shakespeare Festival's poor finances in 1958, Vaughan's defection to the Phoenix Theatre which was paying a living wage while the …
Kait Kerrigan and Brian Lowdermilk's original book is filled with incidents, vignettes, reflections, observations, and flashbacks, but short on actual plot. There is deciding on which co…
The first 26 chapters are the original text of "Contradictions" with each followed by ""Reflections," where Prince variously corrects, expands upon and ruminates about that portion. Afte…
