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This post is by Victor Gluck, Editor-in-Chief
The new musical is similar to Sater's "Spring Awakening" in that it takes a group of people in a specific historic time and place (here New York…
This post is by Darryl Reilly
Over the course of just over an hour, the actors enact Dylan Thomas' classic prose work of his childhood recollections interspersed with their sweet performance…
This post is by Darryl Reilly
Victor Morales enters and introduces himself and notes that we are at Dixon Place. Mr. Morales who created this piece is stocky, bald, bespectacled, and posses…
This post is by Courtney Marie
Every member of this trio has experienced love and loss, and this show explores what it truly means to be human. Moments of drama exemplify the character's tou…
This post is by Victor Gluck, Editor-in-Chief
The legendary stage actress Kathleen Chalfant is appearing in her second one-woman show, a follow-up to her "Mrs. Dalloway" in The Party, from t…
This post is by Darryl Reilly
Bejeweled codpieces, sequined thongs, taut bustiers, powdered wigs, elaborate masks, frock coats, tutus, and leather harnesses, are among the eye-catching eleme…
This post is by Ryan Mikita
"That Physics Show!" is the brainchild of David Maiullo, a professional physics demonstrator who also happens to have a knack for comedy. Created and performed by…
This post is by Joel Benjamin
Inspired by George Takei's experiences in a Japanese internment camp during World War II, "Allegiance" is a sometimes moving, sometimes stodgy musical about thi…
This post is by Darryl Reilly
Author Jane Martin has taken the familiar dramatic staple of a love story between two clashing opposites and rendered it compellingly here. There are plot twis…
This post is by Victor Gluck, Editor-in-Chief
Pendleton has made some strange directorial choices. Characters appear on stage and stand silently long before their entrances. This is distract…
This post is by Joel Benjamin
The pleasure of" Night Is a Room" is watching these three expert actors speak Wallace's rich, insightful language which veers from wittily highfalutin to exciti…
This post is by Victor Gluck, Editor-in-Chief
The great mid-20th century American poets Elizabeth Bishop and Robert Lowell were friends from 1947 until his sudden death 30 years later. As th…
This post is by Constance Radut
It wasn't until the sixth song, "Birth of the Blues" by DeSylva, Brown and Henderson, that she finally addressed the crowd which had filled the small venue. S…
This post is by Jean Ballard Terepka
Calling their 2015-2016 season "Cornerstones," C4 is exploring musical and artistic themes that have established the group's identity and excellence duri…
This post is by Joel Benjamin
Arthur Miller is having a great posthumous 100th birthday! "A View from a Bridge" opened on Broadway to sensational reviews to be followed soon by "The Crucibl…
This post is by Victor Gluck, Editor-in-Chief
Metropolitan Playhouse has done itself proud with its revival of the rarely seen "Alison's House." Alex Roe's splendid production with its accom…
This post is by Joel Benjamin
"Shadowland" follows the young girl, played to perfection by Heather Jeane Favretto, on a surreal journey, exposing her fears and pleasures, leaving her forever…
This post is by Darryl Reilly
From offstage we hear the hyperbolic exclamations of a young man, Copious Fairchild, as he masturbates mixed with the soundtrack of a television cooking show. …
This post is by Joel Benjamin
Twyla Tharp is a choreographer who can infuriate and charm audiences in equal measure. (Paul Taylor also comes to mind.) Her choreography is clearly the resul…
This post is by Victor Gluck, Editor-in-Chief
Aside from the obvious theme of morality in politics, the play also deals devastatingly with issues of privacy in public life and in the informa…
This post is by Darryl Reilly
Ms. Rush is also the performer and she is stupendous. In addition to playing Bernadette, she portrays a gallery of characters she encounters. These include he…
This post is by Ryan Mikita
Colin Quinn in a scene from "The New York Story" (Photo credit: Mike Lavoie) Reaching as far back as the Dutch occupation of the island of Manhattan and all the w…
This post is by Victor Gluck, Editor-in-Chief
The best role in the story is that of sociopath, deranged Annie Wilkes. Metcalf runs the gamut of emotions from bliss to murderous rage and back…
This post is by Jean Ballard Terepka
Launching its twelfth season with a revival of its 2010 production of Tom Cipullo's widely acclaimed "Glory Denied," Chelsea Opera made clear once again …
This post is by Joel Benjamin
It was inevitable that legalized gay marriage would lead to plays about gay parenthood. "Dada Woof Papa Hot," Peter Parnell's sweet-natured, but frustratingly …
