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The gregarious Matt Koplik plays Donald Moscowitz who constantly bears the brunt of his parents' overbearing natures. He is instantly likable, charming, and relatable as any young person can…
Grand highlights of Mr. Horton's dynamic work includes an analysis of "Animal Farm" while he erases the novel's seven animal commandments that are written on a blackboard as they are overtur…
Sheppard recollected that in the Underground Railroad game his fifth grade classmates were designated to be either Union or Confederate soldiers. The Yankees (Union) tried to covertly run sl…
Gentili and Davis riotously appear together in a confrontational scene that's similar in style to one of Tennessee Williams' outlandish later works written during his 1960's drug fueled "Sto…
Cirque du Soleil's "Kurios: Cabinet of Curiosities" has a wonderful premise and an eye-filling mise en scène. However, without the needed narration or program notes, the idea remains still …
Trial is stacked against Bush from the get-go. The torrent of facts alone convicts him. The director, Stephen Eich, the author and probably the actor, Mr. Carlin, seem to have decided to m…
The problem with Peter Dobbins' productions is not the quaint spiritual underpinnings of the plays but the fact that they are directed too leisurely and consequently do not generate any laug…
Headsets are on the backs of the audience's seats when they arrive and which they are asked to wear throughout the show. The stage is set with a desk, several microphones and many water bot…
The live action elements of the show are performed on various platforms and screens on which are projected Deco Dawson's designs which give the dramatization a 3-D look. In addition to 2 -D …
"Misty Copeland" is not just the celebration of Misty Copeland the feisty, young classical ballet dancer, but of Misty Copeland the young, nubile, well-proportioned young woman. She looks g…
At certain points during "90210! The Musical!," references are made pertaining to actors or other people who were involved in the original TV series, and none is more self-referential or sat…
The playwright sets the action in Turner's jail cell where he's chained up, visited by Gray, and overseen by a guard, the night before his execution. Mr. Davis states that this situation is…
The two women size each other up, first by Sister Rosetta singing such gospel numbers as "This Train," "Rock Me" and "Sit Down," while Marie demonstrates her style with "Were You There When …
"All the Ways to Say I Love You" is refreshingly free of this formula. The incidents are straightforwardly depicted and the circular conclusion is simple. LaBute palatably sets up the situ…
Writer and director Peter Darney's script is based on and intertwines over 50 hours of interviews with gay men contacted through the gay social media site Grindr. From this real life materi…
The creators of this version combined songs from the period"several probably used in the original production"with a pared-down version of the second-rate melodrama written with by Charles Ba…
Hosted by the always charming Steven Reineke, the fundraising event, New York Pops Underground, featured two terrific Broadway stars, Montego Glover and Tony Yazbeck, whose performances cle…
The single disadvantage of director Patricia McGregor's approach is that in cutting so much text, the events of the play seem to occur one on top of each other, making the play a bit melodra…
Under Bob Moss' vigorous and energetic direction, the cast of 20 young actors grab hold of the show and never let up for a moment playing a multitude of colorful New York types with energy a…
Darryl Reilly, Critic "She creeps me out!" quipped Hedda Lettuce upon the appearance of wild-eyed Eve Harrington wearing her trench coat and funny hat. When Margo Channing roared, "Fasten yo…
Director Austin Pendleton made some choices which don't help the now creaky play. Although Peter is described as ten years younger than Helen, Pendleton has cast the ever reliable Bradford C…
"Safe" is crammed with so much dysfunction and adolescent angst that if its adult language were excised it would make a perfect "ABC Afterschool Special," if those were still being produced.…
"Bears In Space" is a story-within-a- story. An interstellar archivist, who collects "every story in the universe," enjoys having his sons (Bertram, Darcy and Lady Susan Vernon) regularly ac…
Like his "Apple Family Plays," Nelson's "The Gabriel" cycle all take place in a kitchen on a specific day in almost real time using the same six actors to play the family members. These are …
Two queen-like figures, Ms. Corona and Maricarmen Garcia, dressed in a parade of Aviad Arik Herman's sumptuous costumes, reigned over four young men"Nick Burrage, Alexandre Barranco, Nichola…
