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This post is by Victor Gluck, Editor-in-Chief
Using a versatile cast of seven (Ito Aghayere, Patrick Boll, Marc delaCruz, Theresa McCarthy, Chinaza Uche, Barbara Walsh, and Zoe Wilson) who a…
This post is by Ryan Mikita
"Butcher Holler Here We Come" begins like any other theatrical: a quick pre-show announcement to silence all electronic devices, a note about the run-time of the …
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Sally lays out her heart and soul onto the stage and her chemistry with the talented composer and pianist, Matthew Martin Ward, is unmistakable. At the end of…
This post is by Victor Gluck, Editor-in-Chief
Yussef El Guindi's "Threesome" is really a political treatise in the guise of a romantic comedy. Engrossingly performed by Alia Attallah, Quinn …
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Definitely not for children, "Songs for the Fallen" is a sophisticated cabaret/vaudeville celebrating the decadent life. Its main character Mari…
This post is by Courtney Marie
Featuring catchy tunes such as "Breakthrough" and "Talk to Tony" as well as inspiring ballads such as "The Life I Was Meant to Live," "What Do Critics Know?" w…
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Of course, Mrs. Smith is the marvelous creation of writer/actor/performance artist David Hanbury and director Andrew Rasmussen, based on a chara…
This post is by Darryl Reilly
Mark Vogel and Lynn Shore in a scene from "Happy 50ish" (Photo credit: Jeremy Daniel) My sleeping Johnson needs to wake I need a charmer for my snake This littl…
This post is by Joel Benjamin
Famously, it was an 18th century slave trader who redeemed himself, after many gruesome twists and turns in his life, by writing this song. Told with something…
This post is by Daniel J. Lee
The premise of "Foolerie" centers on a clowning competition between the aptly named Clowne and a modern day Knave challenger. At the Earl's behest, the two enga…
This post is by Joel Benjamin
An astounding array of Broadway singers triumphantly performed without any electronic assistance at Scott Siegel's Broadway Unplugged 2015 at The Town Hall. Al…
This post is by Darryl Reilly
Conveying the joyous spirit and monumental artistry of Eugene Ionesco, Nichols and May, as well as Monty Python, the clever comedy of "Odd Birdz" is universal, …
This post is by Darryl Reilly
Eric, a young man in his early 20's nervously enters through a door onstage and sits at a piano and plays. He is writing a musical about his life and is soon j…
This post is by Victor Gluck, Editor-in-Chief
A very powerful and topical theme runs though Penny Jackson's play, "I Know What Boys Want," but the author's understandable anger leads to a go…
This post is by Victor Gluck, Editor-in-Chief
For PTP/NYC (Potomac Theatre Project)'s 29th season they have chosen to pair one-acts by two of their favorite playwrights, Howard Barker and Ca…
This post is by Joel Benjamin
Roberto Villanueva describes BalaSole as "a diverse dance company," and it is just that. He provides opportunities for dance artists who would otherwise find i…
This post is by Joel Benjamin
The suite of discrete scenes, distinguished by quasi-poetic lines in the program notes and a series of obvious theatrical gimmicks"tall columns that become anci…
This post is by Ryan Mikita
Clearly a passion project, two of the three male actors of the cast are the previously named co-creators"Paul Louis and Nick Santa Maria. Both play their roles wi…
This post is by Darryl Reilly
"Audience members are encouraged to come dressed in their best funeral attire" is in the promotional material for "Deep Love" and "Funeral Attire Recommended" i…
This post is by Darryl Reilly
His commanding voice often begins with a light and an expected approach to these often very familiar songs and then veer off into surprisingly much deeper tones…
This post is by Jack Quinn
How long have you been collaborating with Mark Vogel, David Burnham, and Paul Stancato. How did you meet? Mark Vogel and I have known each other since I was in hig…
This post is by Darryl Reilly
Sutton Foster is electrifying as Queenie the sexually insatiable nightclub performer who incites men to violence in this revival of the 2000 Off-Broadway musica…
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Plays about three very different sisters go back to Shakespeare's "King Lear." In modern times, the topic immediately recalls Chekhov's "Three S…
This post is by Courtney Marie
With stardom and the ever-present celebrity culture plaguing our world today, Ã la famous families such as the Kardashians, the relationship between "momage…
This post is by Darryl Reilly
Wearing a red plaid shirt, black shorts, and black combat boots, the acclaimed lesbian performance artist Marga Gomez vibrantly barrels through her solo show "P…
