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This post is by Joel Benjamin
"Awake and Sing!" seems at first an odd choice for NAATCO, the acting company dedicated to the advancement of Asian actors, but after an initial wary uneasiness…
This post is by Victor Gluck, Editor-in-Chief
Although "Sayonara, The Musical" had an acclaimed lavish production at Paper Mill Playhouse in 1987 and a later version at Houston's Theatre Und…
This post is by Ryan Mikita
Based on the book of the same name by EJ Stapleton, The Calico Buffalo gives a close look at a day in the life of a herd of wild buffalo. Not only are these walki…
This post is by Joel Benjamin
The production, directed with oddly erratic pacing by the experienced Jerry Zaks, stars the imperious Patti LuPone as the acidly ambitious Irene, the doyenne of…
This post is by Darryl Reilly
Mr. McPherson has written a rich and engrossing play that is appealing in it's well-crafted simplicity. Each of the five commonplace characters is precisely dr…
This post is by Ryan Mikita
Written almost ten years ago, ":Araberlin" is the story of the mysterious disappearance of Mokhtar (Gabriel Diaz DeSalas), a young man whom it would appear has le…
This post is by Victor Gluck, Editor-in-Chief
The six members of the Lobbyists make up the cast along with Raymond Sicam III (on cello) who perform all of the characters as well as play all …
This post is by Victor Gluck, Editor-in-Chief
While this is a fascinating idea, anyone who has worked in theater will tell you that Tech rehearsals are long and tedious with all the stopping…
This post is by Jean Ballard Terepka
Neglected, ignored and then forgotten, Harry Lawrence Freeman's opera "Voodoo" was brought back to the stage in a compelling production in June, 2015. Th…
This post is by Darryl Reilly
By: Darryl Reilly Catherine Russell Including me there were 28 people at the Wednesday matinee on July 1, 2015, of the 11,568th performance of Perfect Crime. Th…
This post is by Joel Benjamin
he Royal Ballet's second program of its ridiculously short season at the David H. Koch Theater was disappointing as much for what was on it as for what wasn't. …
This post is by Ryan Mikita
Loaded with a bevy of strong-minded characters, "At the Table" pits lifelong friends against each other in the wake of core differences or political beliefs. At a…
This post is by Joel Benjamin
Certainly, the ceaseless energetic intertwinements of the Escher section could allude to his eye-popping, busy canvases and the large rectangles of white light …
This post is by Joel Benjamin
Joshua Harmon, the author of the bitingly engaging "Bad Jews," is back on the boards with "Significant Other," another modern morality tale. Again he displa…
This post is by Darryl Reilly
The very talented and youthful Jonathan Groff is excellent as Gordon. His charming presence known from his work on stage (Spring Awakening, Hair) and on televi…
This post is by Victor Gluck, Editor-in-Chief
His new play "Gloria" goes in another direction, a scathing satire of the media (magazine work, book publishing and television development) as w…
This post is by Jean Ballard Terepka
Over a period of six hours, on an early summer afternoon and evening at Symphony Space, twelve choruses gave "mini-concerts" of 15 " 25 minutes, followin…
This post is by Daniel J. Lee
Norris is interested in examining issues so often argued in black and white terms by drawing out the"pun intended"shades of grey. However, while wryly entertain…
This post is by Joel Benjamin
The Joyce Theater Foundation is presenting a short season of the Royal Ballet at the David H. Koch Theater in Lincoln Center, the Royal's first visit to New Yor…
This post is by Darryl Reilly
Ms. Winkler's writing is so simple but exquisite in its execution. In twenty minutes the sad lives of the girls are deftly dramatized with a compelling range o…
This post is by Darryl Reilly
Hobbling on crutches and with one injured leg encased in a large boot, all due to a recent automobile accident, Sahr Ngaujah made a dramatic entrance from the w…
This post is by Victor Gluck, Editor-in-Chief
Much of the play is directed using Brecht's so-called alienation effect in which the audience is constantly reminded that this is all a play, a …
This post is by Ryan Mikita
As with all productions by the Children's Acting Company & Academy, the cast is comprised entirely of children and teenagers"in this case between the ages of…
This post is by Ryan Mikita
Though "The Pavilion" is a play which addresses time as if it were a simultaneous occasion"past, present, and future all occurring at once"the story takes place i…
This post is by Victor Gluck, Editor-in-Chief
Rajiv Joseph's plays are filled with emotional or physical violence as in "Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo," "Gruesome Playground Injuries" or "…
