387 stories from Usher Nonsense
I am not a Judy Garland groupie. And bio dramas rarely work for me. But I am still thinking about this one.Tracie Bennett has managed to capture the breadth and depth of the wild arc of the…
There is more star power here than you can shake a stick at. And believe me you may want to shake something when you see this show. Like your fist.The first sign that there is trouble in R…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE " NOW. HERE. THIS.It's amazing that we all have survived.Our destiny is suddenly right here upon us!Ladies and gentlemen, the momentWe've waited for all our lives has a…
I am pleased to report that Jesus is still blonde and blue-eyed and Christian. On Broadway anyway. And this particular Jesus has had his vocal chords decked out in a coating of brass from …
You can say that again. Lost, lost, lost. Two young teenage brothers, Jay (Matthew Gumley) and Arty (Russell Posner) are left to survive for 10 months with their Grandmother Kurnitz (Cynth…
The star of this show is, of course, The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald. It is a verbal symphony, and were Scott Shepherd the only person on the stage for the entire 6 hours and 15 min…
While I know the author would like me to get what The Big Meal is, I must say there is more than one species of big meal in this play.Played to perfection by this cast, this is the story of …
Ethan Lipton has part-time work on a full time basis. He is an information refiner. He has a desk, and he knows where everything is on that desk. He has a place to go in the morning, and …
To judge by the title of this show you might thing there would be a touch of real live ecstasy tucked away somewhere in this tale. Well there is, but it is located mainly in the 16th centur…
For starters, this is a fascinating story and it would make a great documentary. As a young girl, Marcella Goheen discovered that her grandmother, Maria, was murdered by her grandfather. M…
Our narrator, The Poet, in this case Denis O'Hare, although you can also catch Stephen Spinella as well, tells us that he sang this song for a year at one time. Over the years it gets short…
Within the first ten minutes of this show, it is clear that nothing is about to happen, and that it will take two hours for it to do so.Duncan Grant and Vanessa Bell are hold up in Charlesto…
I feel out of the loop here. As I understand it, this play was nominated for a Pulitzer. Really? What am I missing? While the subject matter is both timely and probably personal for many…
If you want to see a master class on acting and experience the serious thrill of a new theatre complex, then hustle on over to Signature Theatre and buy a ticket ($25 for all seats " I am no…
Nina Raine is a fortunate playwright. She could not have asked for a better production that this very fine offering, directed by David Cromb. Billy (Russell Harvard) is a young deaf man w…
Once again the Irish Rep has transformed their postage stamp sized theatre into an entirely different land. But after about five minutes of this production the word "tedious" starts floatin…
Hurt Village is a housing project in Memphis. The time is the second Bush term. The project is about to be torn down to make room for a spiffy development that will erase the memory of the …
I used to work for a guy who was at one time a mucky-muck manager/producer in Hollywood. His best days were behind him, but his need for a personal assistant was still vibrant. My duties w…
When first you enter the theatre and see Adrianne Lobel's set that is spare and dynamic, and beautifully lit by Justin Townsend, your first thought is, "I hope the play is as good as the set…
I have been a serious admirer of Athol Fugard since 1975. I was living in Woodstock, Connecticut and watched David Susskind interviewing Winston Ntshona and John Kani who were appearing in …
From the minute this play begins, the dullness of it creeps out into the audience like that spooky cloud that came to kill all the non-Jewish babies in The Ten Commandments. Except that thi…
In every play you need, or hope for, a protagonist and an antagonist to butt heads. The person who wants something vs. the person who is in the way.As far as I can tell, and I am not certai…
This story brings new meaning to the phrase Poetic License, and once all the marbles get rolling there is some very fine acting available to get the eight ball in the side pocket.Katherine (…
It has been my experience that when someone on the production staff places a written explanation of how a show came to be in the program, it is because they think the show needs explaining. …
How fourteen people morph themselves into an ensemble this talented and this supportive of one another is one of those fabulous miracles that reminds you what theatre is all about. This is …
