387 stories from Usher Nonsense
When last I reviewed Barbara Cook I posited the question " can a person be named a National Treasure or is it just those pesky pieces of property. Well it turns out that this weekend Ms. Co…
Boyd (Tom Cobley) and Ryan (Chris Westgate) sit in a waiting room. Outside is a door that periodically bangs shut. Why and how, we never find out. The door is there to annoy both the char…
This is not Six Characters in Search of an Author. This is more Four Authors in Search of a Character. Four people in their 20's or 30's are assembled and waiting, waiting for thei writing…
Well, this is a dreary bit of business. But not the kind that you throw back. This is dreary because it is telling tales that most people don't want to hear. Me included. What makes it b…
Once upon a time, long, long ago, there was an English Colony called Burma. In 1926 there were about 4,000 Burmese and 7 Brits. The center of this universe was the European Club. It was a…
As I was leaving the theatre, another reviewer was puzzling about the fact that, although he didn't care for this production he never lost interest in the watching of it. Why was that? We …
Bravo, Bravo! There is so much right with this production, including the fact that it is the men's room that has a waiting line, that I hardly know where to begin. I guess I could start wi…
Well, this Godspell has tarted itself quite a bit in the "let's be current' department. It comes complete with a new rap song, cell phones, references to Steve Jobs, Gadaffi, Facebook. Occu…
It's the choice on the highway that gets Brooke Wyeth (Rachel Griffiths). There is the exit for Palm Springs, and then there is the sign that points down the highway and reads "Other Desert…
This is a musical about WWI ,and to a lesser extent WWII, and the tumult of the young-ish people, mainly artists and scientists, but there are other riff-raff represented as well, who lived…
I don't know what Nina Arianda has for breakfast, but I think she must cut it with gunpowder. This is an actor that is nearly a force of nature.I saw this production in its original incarna…
This convoluted tale is the story of a Jon (Max Casella) who is writing his version of his family while his real family is hovering around objecting to nearly everything he is writing. So i…
When a person is cornered " they look a bit like a bunny. Frozen. Still. Looking for a way out without moving a muscle. There is a lot of that going on in this neighborhood. Katie is st…
In case you didn't like boxing before " this show will help you understand why.Jonny Collis-Scurll is a talented actor who knows his way around a stage as well as a boxing bag. Flynn is a y…
This show is a prime example of the good that can happen when one person finds the most brightly lit corner of the room and takes control of it.Felix Scott is a gifted storyteller, and in hi…
So the Rule here is that when two out of three people want to do something, the third person has to go along or get along. The problem with this script is that these three never come up wit…
This is an odd collection of plays for an evening's fare. Lots of shtick. A billion one-liners. Even some meaningful text here and there. But for the most part this is sit-com writing pe…
Thank goodness for Tonya Pinkins who brings some gravitas to this unintentionally light-weight show. Three young women Talisha (Cherise Boothe), Annie (Angela Lewis), and Margie (Nikiya Mat…
When I recently saw The Mountaintop I steamed about its shoddy quality for hours. Ch'inglish is a play so lacking in substance that it barely stayed with me to the corner.This is the story …
Kids " what to do with them. A. R. Gurney has a few thoughts. Some you keep. Some you caution. Some you throw back.This is Mother's dilemma as she frets over her brood of three "grown" c…
Aside from the fact that there are a few gaps in the plot through which you could easily drive a large truck, this is a great show. And how refreshing to have an actor, who is known best fo…
This is a gem. Period.And it starts with the very first scene in which Joanna Gleason is transporting. As Gloria, the rich and manic woman exiled from the publishing industry to Lebanon, P…
You might think that the end of Steve Jobs time on this planet would affect the validity of this show. It doesn't, with the exception that Daisey still refers to Jobs in the present. Part …
Two words Carl Kissin doesn't want to hear: GREAT START!!Well too bad for him because he has written what may become a great show. This is the story of two people looking for, and sort of f…
Well. This is mighty unfortunate. Mighty unfortunate. With the dearth of black actors, directors and playwrights on Broadway, this show came in with a lot of high hopes piled on top of th…
