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Finkel needed only minimal help to get up on the stage after recovering from a short illness. He began with patter about how Jews don't usually drink because it interferes with their suffer…
The musical known for its "Let's put on a show!" plot has a great deal more going for it than one might expect. First off, it has one of the greatest scores ever written for a Broadway music…
Patrick Brian Scherrer plays Peter, appearing in all 11 scenes, often in intense situations. The very personable Mr. Scherrer's performance is quite heroic as he boldly embraces the play's …
Along the way she met the songwriters whose work she illuminated. During "Mabel Madness," Ms. Beverley sings "Can't Help Lovin' That Man of Mine" (Kern/Hammerstein), "Down in the Dumps on t…
The inspiration for the play began when poet and playwright Dan heard the Fresh Air interview. Paul was already famous as the photographer who took the now iconic 1993 picture of U.S. Staff …
The family tension is defined in terms of the strong female relationships between mother Marvelous (Tamara Tunie) and the bride-to-be, who differ when it comes to wedding plans as well as th…
The most colorful character in more ways that one is Uncle Jackie (Cantone) who lives upstairs. A closeted gay man in a society that doesn't accept him, he has become an angry, self-loathing…
Robert Klein, the comedian/actor/writer, was the laid back host whose shtick"a cell phone conversation with God (a humorless lady)"provided the backbone of the show. Klein had to prove to t…
Nunn's adaptation rearranges some of the scenes and adds material from a prose version of the work by George Wilkins, believed to be Shakespeare's collaborator. Using music, song, dancing, j…
For his latest production, Brinkman has assembled over 20 songs which, cohesively, tackle every aspect of the climate crisis. Starting with a background of the physics and chemistry behind w…
The audience for "Angel Reapers" is immediately immersed in the Shaker world, forced to cross the set"simple board floors, ladder-back chairs, a couple of windows and doors"en route to the s…
"Song Before Spring," to a vibrant and pulsating steel band score by Philip Glass is an exciting addition to the NYTB repertory. Choreographed by Zhong-Jing Fang and Steven Melendez, "Song"…
When the audience enters, the curtain is up and Christopher Oram's imposing scenic design of the faded hotel lobby is in view. The visual effect of its industrial greenish walls, dirty ston…
Todd Rosenthal's remarkably atmospheric and evocative setting is waiting for the audience when they come into the theater: a huge expanse of a corrugated ice flow in Northern Minnesota in fo…
The most psychologically complex role is Silvia's. Over the course of the opera, she moves from childlike naïveté to loving generosity of heart. Energetic and intelligent, she unlearns …
At the onset of the production, each cast member is introduced by walking onto stage one by one. Starring intently out into the audience, there is a general sense of unrest to be found behin…
Breezily delivering his erudite script from a music stand, black-backed cards that he occasionally held, and from memory, Naughton cited Jazz, Gospel, The Blues, Country and Doo-wop. He also…
The play seems to be saying that life is full of suffering but love will conquer all, not a very new or profound message. One flashback (Violet and Daniel's first date) is replayed at least …
Under the umbrella title "Tennessee Williams 1982" (the year of both play's composition the year as well as that of playwright's death), The Playhouse Creatures Theatre Company is presenting…
The second Balanchine masterpiece was "Prodigal Son," the final work that the great impresario Serge Diaghilev commissioned. Prokofiev's moody, rough-hewn score and colorful, scenery and co…
Man! There's nothing more exciting than seeing a brand new musical that works. I was enthralled from beginning to an end by A Bronx Tale"currently getting its world-premiere production at …
Though most of the performances of the evening were solely from vocalists, some of the performers showed versatility by playing with various different instruments. This added a refreshing am…
The focus too often strays from Chekhov and his darkly comic portrait of a Russia to a piece of silly business or a maladroit placement of rows of audience members, breaking the fourth wall.…
Maillot decided, however, to set his version in a distorted fantasy realm, with no identifiable time period or place, distancing the story's emotional impact. It is difficult to identify wi…
The satire begins early: it turns out that although the department likes having Brian doing his research proving that whites are genetically racist, they are not happy with his conclusions. …
