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Gregory S. Moss' "Indian Summer" at Playwrights Horizons is an uneasy mix of two stories, the first about the doomed romantic encounter between two teens and the second concerning the quiet …
Although "Hamilton" had been nominated for 16 awards in 13 categories, it failed to break the record of Mel Brooks' "The Producers" which remains the all-time winner with a total of 12. Hami…
'Universal Robots" uses historic characters like journalist and playwright Capek and President Masaryk of Czechoslovakia, characters taken from Capek's play like Rossum, Helena and Radius, a…
First performed in 1979, this is a relatively early work by the supreme British dramatist Alan Ayckbourn (b. 1939) who is as of this writing up to his 79th play, "Hero's Welcome.' The new pl…
Since his youthful career heyday of the 1980's with major roles on Broadway in Neil Simon plays and starring in the enduring cultural touchstone film "Ferris Bueller's Day Off," Mr. Broderic…
There's a cascade of military interrogations, implied torture, romantic interludes, sex talk, political sloganeering, vague reminiscences, and other semi-comprehensible digressions that fill…
An all-around tour-de-force, Dan Hoyle's "The Block" is a stark portrayal of the times at hand in the Bronx. Though things have changed somewhat since the dangerous days of the 1960's, the b…
"Paramour," the Cirque du Soleil's stab at producing a Broadway style musical at the Lyric Theatre, is the circus equivalent of a jukebox musical. Instead of songbook"Beach Boys, Four Seaso…
A chatty, openly gay bon vivant over the years, Andrew Martin had his feet in many waters; all of them related to show business. He was proud of his long-winded stories and exceptional knowl…
Maggie Lacey as Nora Helmer and John Douglas Thompson as Torvald Helmer in a scene from "A Doll's House" (Photo credit: Gerry Goodstein) Was Swedish playwright August Strindberg a misogynist…
The primary reason I wrote this book was for people to appreciate exactly what it is to be a producer. He or she has to be the captain of the ship in every respect " they start with the idea…
In the program notes and in informal remarks to the audience, Ochsner encouraged the audience to listen to all the works as music inspired by nature; this theme proved to be a useful organiz…
Stew and Ms. Rodewald's command of the musical genres of the 1960's and 1970's"gospel, Motown, soul, glam-rock, funk, R&B, blues, etc."is astounding. The songs are organic extensions o…
 As Time Goes By Cabaret has many definitions. Mistinguett poster  It had its origins in 19th century Paris. There was a club called Le Chat Noir that randomly hosted musicians and poe…
This is heady theater and demands concentration. However, the excellent cast of four made of Geneva Carr (Theatre World Award winner for "Hand to God"), Charlie Cox (Netflick's" Daredevil"),…
The Cast of "A Persistent Memory" (Photo credit: Russ Rowland) Courtney Marie, Critic Jackob G. Hofmann's new play, A Persistent Memory, is a gripping and emotional account of the experie…
This production combines the simplicity of the 1967 Off Broadway original version with the additions from the 1999 Broadway revival, using two of Mr. Lippa's songs and much of Mr. Mayer's ad…
Sam Harris--the American actor and Broadway Alumni--recently launched a kickstarter.com campaign to fund the professional filming of his acclaimed one-man show, "Ham: A Musical Memoir." Bes…
Leading this bucolic tale of amor interruptus were Gillian Murphy (her usual strong technique subsumed in girlish sweetness) as the farm girl, Lise, the "badly guarded girl" of the title, an…
As with many CSC productions, the modern dress costumes (here designed by Ann Hould-Ward) are entirely in black and white. A small handful of props are used (a tin of buttons, an onion) but …
Building wooden play backgrounds is a fairly simple and creative project that helps develop woodworking skills. If you're already a skilled woodworker, you'll probably just enjoy the creativ…
Such feast days deserve magnificent music; Bach and Handel created it. And the Saint Thomas Choir of Men and Boys, the first rate period-instruments Concert Royal, and five marvelous soloist…
It's clear why Edward Albee's "The Sandbox" (1959), MarÃa Irene Fornés' "Drowning" (1986) and Adrienne Kennedy's "Funnyhouse of a Negro" (1964) are considered modern absurdist classics. …
That's the familiar set up of author Dan Moyer's engaging contemporary romantic comedy of the two-character "Half Moon Bay." As Mr. Moyer's lost souls get to know each other, personal secr…
British film star Rupert Everett gives a bravura performance as playwright and author Oscar Wilde in the Chichester Festival Theater revival of "The Judas Kiss" by David Hare now at the BAM …
