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Laurence Holder's impressive bioplay celebrates the 125th anniversary of Zora Neale Hurston's birth and her phenomenal literary accomplishments. Zora once said: "The present was an egg laid…
In this smart, clever version of the story, Iago, slightly uptight longtime member of Othello's crew believes that he is not appreciated when newcomer Cassio, a much happier rapper who just …
An exploration into the minds of two tennis buddies, this promising premise falls short of the engaging examination of the psyche it proposes.
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"He" and "She" are a 40ish upper middle class couple who divorced ten years earlier following the traumatic death of their young son who was hit by a car. Due to toxic waste from a nearby g…
There were a number of fine performances on the stage. But the performance I enjoyed the most was given by the fellow who, I noted last year, gave the most commanding performance of any fell…
Performed the evening before the American election, the theme and purpose of the concert " remembrance of John F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King, Jr., two "outstanding stewards of humanity,"…
Music director Steven Reineke led a perfectly respectable concert with the help of The Soldiers' Chorus of The U.S. Army Field Band (First Lieutenant Alexandra Borza, Associate Bandmaster), …
Told in real time from five to seven PM on Election Day, November 8, 2016, not much happens in the play but as the Gabriel women talk, they reveal their hopes, their fears, their desires and…
From the very first opening bars of the "Chaos" overture, Hyde set the tone for the evening: conducting with gentlemanly authoritativeness, Hyde led the Orchestra of St. Luke's " who were al…
Gordon created the role of Gertrude Stein with mezzo-soprano Stephanie Blythe in mind. Blythe's monumental presence, thanks to a towering, charismatic, forceful voice, is meant to arrest and…
Throughout it all, Finn's songs illuminate the joys, loves, hates, passions and complaints of this delightful cast of characters. From the opening "Four Jews in a Room Bitching" to the exqui…
Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur's "The Front Page" remains the quintessential comedy about the tabloid newspaper racket. Jack O'Brien's production plays it safe while a more brazen and outra…
Darryl Reilly, Critic "I'm profoundly grateful I'm not on it," said Frank Langella during his moving speech at The Episcopal Actors' Guild's annual Memorial Service for deceased show busines…
Shrouded by clear shower curtains, the actors enter the stage and bring out furniture, including a gramophone, and chat with each other. There is newsreel footage proclaiming the end of W.W…
"Sweat," which won the 2016 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize, is reputed inspired by interviews conducted by playwright Nottage and director Kate Whoriskey in Reading, Pennsylvania, named the poo…
Just as Ulysses S. Grant and Dwight D. Eisenhower did centuries later, Coriolanus, urged on by his powerful mother, Volumnia (a startling, stinging Lisa Harrow), uses his military success as…
The pomposity of the Tony Kushner-style title extends to naming its leading characters "The Academic" and "The Writer." They're two gay men in their late 20's and the play charts their meet…
Focusing on a group of roughly fifteen regulars that attend the homeless shelter in question, the play is a series of intimate and telling conversations between homeless people of all differ…
Not only does Nguyen have a unique sensibility and style, but the story is told entirely from the Vietnamese-American point of view, one not often seen on our stages. We hear the Americans a…
"Lavender Songs: A Queer Cabaret in Weimar Berlin" has the mature and slim Mr. Lawrence in drag virtually for the entire length of the performance. In a dirty-blonde curled wig, his face ga…
Whether you see one or both of Gurney's "Two Class Acts," these are provocative plays of ideas on topics of the day. The playwright continues to demonstrate that he has a wise and discerning…
British actor Richard Armitage making his New York stage debut and Tony and Academy Award nominee Amy Ryan work hard to make Kenneth and Sandra three-dimensional, likeable people, but, as wr…
"Hoi Polloi" was Coward's tribute to the London working class that was trying to get back on its feet after the devastation of World War II. Partly out of his element and partly as Coward ne…
In the first concert of the 2016-2017 Composer Portraits season at Columbia University School of the Arts' Miller Theatre, current music of American composer John Zorn (b. 1953), including f…
Healy's treatment is faithful to the novel with a good deal of it being Clegg's narration addressed to the audience. There are lengthy conversations between Miranda and Clegg, and her escap…
