387 stories from Usher Nonsense
Maude Maggart is a singular talent. Her voice is as pure as crystal and her delivery slides in and out of centuries like a schooner on a calm sea. Maggart is a devotee of the American Song…
This is a play that is paved with good intentions, but good intentions are not enough to nourish a hungry audience.This is the story of a Palestinian family living in Bethlehem on the West B…
Alrighty then. Now we're talkin'. After a string of plays that made me want to stick my head in the freezer, I finally found something that kept me awake. And that's not all, folks. It m…
I hate hearing young women call each other Dude. It makes me want to whack them in the head and give them a lecture on "This is how you erase yourselves!!!" And furthermore, 15 and 16 year…
For starters, no one is a tree in this one-person show. So right off the bat, we are mislead by the title, and I'm sorry to report that things don't improve.Claire (Dulcy Rogers) is on a qu…
In a classroom of Zolile High School in Soweto, Mr. M (James A. Williams) whose real name is Anela Myalatya is refereeing a debate, which has dissolved into a respectable shouting match. Is…
This is another in the line up of ill-advised plays "based on a true story," but it is easy to see the why the authors were tempted. In 1940-41 George Davis (Julian Fleisher) found a chair …
They are kicking butt at the Flea Theater with their New Play Festival. I was lucky enough to see two productions. The Wundelsteipen and Letter From Omdurman. All the actors are member of…
This is a story that I know well because when I did my own one-woman show What Everywoman Knows, Alice Paul was one of the women I portrayed. Her story often gets lost in the flotsam of Wom…
What a sweet, twisted and surprising tale. This play raises so many questions, the first one being " why aren't there more plays like this floating around? Well, in a way there are. Once …
Well this is a soggy disappointment that is packed with potential.Emile (Gordon Clapp) and his son Danny (Theo Stockman) share what appears to be a one-bedroom house (the one bedroom is upst…
The first thing you will notice upon entering the theatre, if your nose is in working order, is the faint smell of rubber. Those are not wood shavings covering the set, they are rubber shav…
Timing is everything, and the too bad part of the timing on this show is that there is a British farce up the way doing a much better job ofit - One Man, Two Guvnors. I believe it will also…
Synopsis: Boy and girl are in love. Sam (Richard Fleeshman) works in finance. Mollie (Caissie Levy) is a sculptor. They move into a loft together. Time passes. They are still in love. …
This is a really not a play in the classic sense. It is a theatrical triptych of one acts. The first, in which Linda Lavin as Rita Lyon glows red hot, is the story of a man on his deathbed…
What a total pleasure. Good writing. Spot-on directing. Glowing performances. Excellent design team. Funny how that works. And to think it almost never made it back to New York. Clybo…
Oh my, my, my. There is Joy in Mudville once again. And more than that, there are moments in this play that are so funny you don't just laugh, you bark. There are a few things at which th…
When is a rope not a rope? Answer: When it is a doorway, a window, an ocean wave, a ship's rail and oh, yeah, when it is used to tie up hostages. I guess it is a rope for the latter, but b…
I didn't feel very good after seeing this show, and I have struggled to find the right word to describe how I was feeling. Abandoned. That's the word. This is a story about a supremely unha…
For Immediate Release " 4,000 MILESVera Joseph (Mary Louise Wilson) is a woman in her 90's living in a walk-up apartment somewhere near Chelsea. Her balance is off, she can't hear so well, …
When Barbara cook sings, she takes a small golden arrow from her quiver and shoots it directly into your heart. This is all done sleight of hand. You don't see a thing, but you feel the hi…
Ahh. The Civilians. A playwright or two could take a page out of their book. I mean the playwrights who want to remind us over and over again that "This is based on a true story." More …
Okie dokie then. This is the latest contestant for the John Randolph "Never Blame The Actors" Award, which in this season has seen quite a few entries.The show opens with screeching music (…
You should hang out in front of the theatre and see the fathers and sons standing in front of the photos of Magic and Bird. "Those are the real ones,' the fathers say gazing not only at the…
"Based on a true story" is always a phrase that puts me off my feed. Usually the author is so dedicated to the details of the tale that s/he forgets to create a plot around which a play can…
