4,024 stories from http://www.theaterscene.net
This post is by Chip Deffaa, Editor-at-Large
I'm glad I got to attend the opening night of "The Bandstand""an intriguing, ambitious, original musical--at Paper Mill Playhouse. Does the show"…
This post is by Darryl Reilly
"The golden age of transportation!" intoned the ebullient, mellifluous, mutton-chopped ringmaster John Kennedy Kane. Clad in a red and black striped waistcoat …
This post is by Ryan Mikita
Continuing the trend of producing challenging new works of theater in interactive environments, The Representatives are back with a riveting production of Stan Ri…
This post is by Victor Gluck, Editor-in-Chief
Initially based on Plautus' Roman comedy, "Amphitryon," "Out of This World" is an uneasy mix of 1950's slang and idiom, and classic Greek themes…
This post is by Joel Benjamin
Two veterans of the most recent revival of On the Town were splendid interpreters of Finn's songs. First, Stephen DeRosa conjured a second-rate out-of-town pro…
This post is by Darryl Reilly
The musical first appeared in 1966 at the small historic Off-Off Broadway performance space Café Cino in New York City's Greenwich Village as "Dames at Sea, or…
This post is by Joel Benjamin
The Limón Dance Company celebrated its 70th Anniversary by presenting the José Limón International Dance Festival at the Joyce Theater. The Limón da…
This post is by Victor Gluck, Editor-in-Chief
Havergal's adaptation is unusual in that it uses four male actors to play 25 roles including the central role of Aunt Augusta, with all the acto…
This post is by Courtney Marie
Rubin-Vega dazzles from her first moments on stage. She is sassy and witty while sharing her life story in a raspy tone to match the mood, and maintains this i…
This post is by Darryl Reilly
Though it touches on complex societal issues during this turbulent time period in the United States, the show's overall lack of depth depicting these conditions…
This post is by Jean Ballard Terepka
The evening consisted of two sets; the first six pieces lasted from 8:00 to 9:05 PM, were then followed by a between-set break of almost an hour for last…
This post is by Victor Gluck, Editor-in-Chief
Robert O'Hara's "Barbecue" may seem like a series of sleights of hand, but as a satirist of American culture, the playwright has a good deal to …
This post is by Courtney Marie
In Joe Godfrey's new play, Romance Language, middle-aged Kay (Audrey Heffernan Meyer) is searching for joy again after experiencing a divorce and the death of …
This post is by Victor Gluck, Editor-in-Chief
What is most remarkable about Caryl Churchill's time traveling comedy "Cloud Nine" is that this prescient play about sexual politics and repress…
This post is by Joel Benjamin
"South of Gold Mountain," the latest dance work from the iconic Chinatown-based H.T. Chen & Dancers, is a warmhearted, historically-based piece that illumi…
This post is by Joel Benjamin
Mr. Taylor, who was the "stylist" on all works, shared this credit with Mr. Patterson and Andy Corsten. Often the choreography looked like slow-motion Vogue-in…
This post is by Victor Gluck, Editor-in-Chief
From the evidence of Colgan's Musicals Tonight! production, "Oh, Kay!" not only still works in the original but has a glorious score including s…
This post is by Ryan Mikita
Performed by two bonafide Boogie Woogie experts, Baldori and Migliazza are positioned on stage next to each other in front of their dueling grand pianos. With a l…
This post is by Jean Ballard Terepka
The American Classical Orchestra and Chorus' recent performance of Georg Philipp Telemann's "Der Tag des Gerichts" (Day of Judgment) realized the very be…
This post is by Ryan Mikita
Director Sarah C. Carlsen does an excellent job of utilizing minimalism to tell the story. "Unseamly" is told in a non-linear format, and relies heavily on flashb…
This post is by Victor Gluck, Editor-in-Chief
With a cast led by downtown icons Joey Arias and Julie Atlas Muz, "Sisters' Follies" includes life size puppets, flying ghosts, music and dance,…
This post is by Joel Benjamin
Now the frail-seeming, but elegant Cicely Tyson and imposing, stout-voiced James Earl Jones have taken on "The Gin Game" and make it totally their own, finding …
This post is by Joel Benjamin
The choreography, mostly by Emily Smyth Vartanian, tends toward the musically unsophisticated, combining ballet (piqué turns, little jumps, attitude and arabes…
This post is by Constance Radut
As always, Holbrook was dapper in his signature tux and brought real class and style to the stage. His rich, tenor voice was soothing to the ears and stirred …
This post is by Victor Gluck, Editor-in-Chief
Although Arthur Miller grew up in a Jewish family, none of his characters with the exception of the antique dealer in The Price are explicitly J…
