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Linda Lavin wears Anna in Richard Greenberg's "Our Mother's Brief Affair" like a chic couture outfit with many layers each of which reveals layers of colorful, woven cloth. There is a const…
Brendan (NBC's "Blindspot") Gall's sexy and seductive new thriller, "Wide Awake Hearts," thrusts audiences into a challenging game of cat and mouse, as they are left to decipher the story of…
The collaborative script is by the One Idiot troupe's writers that include Jon Bershad, Aaron Burdette, Allie Kokesh, Kristy Lopez-Bernal, Nathan Min and Katelyn Trela. It's a smart mash-up…
Chase put extreme physical demands on her dancers in some works, relied on their acting ability in others, most often combining these elements. She also"as the Pilobolus creators did"collab…
Ross DeGraw as Joseph Stalin and Brian J. Carter as Mikhail Bulgakov in a scene from John Hodge's "Collaborators" (Photo credit: Michael Abrams) Victor Gluck, Editor-in-Chief Although satiri…
Joe Casey is a charming actor. He exudes a "playboy" vibe which goes hand-in-hand with the character of Michael whose vices range from women to booze and back again. Casey shows an understan…
This Grand Guignol concept is sensationally realized by the striking physical production. John Gromada's chilling sound design configures his spooky original score with its dominant organ a…
Question: Why are these five young choreographers so unhappy, so full of angst and disquietude? There's nothing wrong with exploring the darker side of life, but virtually all of the works…
The opening one is British author Lexi Wolfe's delightfully wistful "Stand Up for Oneself."Â It's a Chekhovian romantic comedy with clipped Noel Coward-style dialogue taking place in the …
Asner's appearance in "A Man and His Prostate" is a delightfully thrilling opportunity to experience his considerable talents live. He vividly grouses, grimaces, and perfectly lands every j…
Directed by Danya Taymor, 'In Quietness" excels in its exploration of intimacy. When dialogue is being spoken between two actors at a time, there are moments of silence that are loaded with …
Reggie Wilson has been combining dance and cultural anthropology for many years. His troupe, Fist & Heel Performance Group, is a living testament to his passion with "Moses(es), Moses(e…
The crowd went wild when she sang some iconic favorites and became silent so as you could hear a pin drop when she crooned out others. Maye sure knows how to work a room. This snazzy, jazzy …
Director Laura Lindow's staging is a thrilling exhibition of pure stagecraft using very simple elements. The expressive actors are choreographed at times often in arresting tableaux especia…
The interpretations are also open to question. Although she should be demure before her sexual awakening, Sara Topham plays Beatrice as experienced and sophisticated which allows her nowhere…
Displaying her flawless vocal abilities, superb comic timing, dramatic range and exuberant presence, Ann Harada was the standout of the six-member company. She was in the original Broadway …
"Maurice Hines: Tappin' Thru Life" is a pleasantly entertaining look at the personal and professional life of Maurice Hines. Of course, his life and career were closely intertwined with his…
The title is never explained and remains a cryptic point of thought. Is it the name of the jet that the plot revolves around? Is it a reference to a woman? What could it mean? Knowing the …
The personable Mr. Mitchell is the evening's host and starts off the show by explaining the format. The six performers then go through the theater asking audience members for missing words …
Though the stage show does not have the imitable and irrepressible Jack Black, it does have rising stars Alex Brightman and Sierra Boggess who make the roles of hero Dewey Finn and Principal…
The cast includes beloved NYGASP favorites as well as some less familiar faces. Coloratura soprano Sarah Caldwell Smith's Mabel wins a justly earned ovation signing her aria, "Poor Wandering…
The act itself is a potpourri of story songs that she was drawn to at an early age starting in 1985 when making her cabaret debut with pianist Christian Daizey at the old Duplex on Grove Str…
Jerry Mayer's "2 Across" will remind of a great many other romantic comedies but in the hands of Andrea McArdle and Kip Gilman, it is a charming light-hearted evening in the theater. At leas…
The gifted puppeteer-dancers " Kristen Kammermeyer, Brendan McMahon, Justin Perkins, Rachael Shane " were barefoot and dressed in black; they moved with graceful economy of movement and made…
In Rolin Jones' re-do of "Much Ado," the soldier buddies have become a Beatles-like rock band called The Quartos, the first of many Shakespearean references. Continuing the parallels: Leo…
