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This post is by Daniel J. Lee
The concert's triumph was due largely to its headliner, the incomparable Sutton Foster. Since her Tony Award-winning portrayal of the title character in the 200…
This post is by Darryl Reilly
Dream sequences, fantasies, and confessional monologues add to the play's eclectic form. There's a rapid montage portion with racing NYC denizens including bus…
This post is by Caleb Ryan
Whether or not I am convinced that Hillary Clinton needs to take a lover, and indeed how confident I am in Meek's sexual aptitude for the task, the presentation wa…
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Mary-Mitchell Campbell In celebration of the third annual International Day of Happiness at the United Nations Headquarters in New York, the NGO Relations and Advocacy …
This post is by Jean Ballard Terepka
The memory of a remarkable organist and sacred music choral conductor continues to inspire.
The post Remembering and Honoring Charles Dodsley Walker (19…
This post is by Darryl Reilly
The play's scenes alternate between the scientific research institute and the couple's apartment. The theatrical device of having one set representing both …
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Though totally unknown to Americans, Ferenc Molnár's "Fashions for Men" is another treasure newly unearthed by the reliable Mint Theater. Dav…
This post is by Victor Gluck, Editor-in-Chief
Frances Ya-Chu Cowhig's eye-opening The World of Extreme Happiness reveals the urgent problems in contemporary China in which people from rural …
This post is by Jean Ballard Terepka
Recently, as part of the Miller Theatre at Columbia University's Composer Portrait series, Augusta Read Thomas was briefly interviewed between performanc…
This post is by Darryl Reilly
This play was originally produced in London's West End in 2013. Ms. Mirren was awarded The Olivier and Evening Standard Award as best actress. She is repeating …
This post is by Victor Gluck, Editor-in-Chief
Not seen locally since 1979, Musicals Tonight! is giving this light-hearted romp another outing as a concert staging in the Goodspeed Opera Hous…
This post is by Darryl Reilly
This hasn't played London's West End, and has not been performed in the United States until now. The Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church's Theatre Fellowship has p…
This post is by Jean Ballard Terepka
Stile Antico's February 28 concert, part of the Miller Theatre at Columbia University's Early Music series, at the Times Square Episcopal Church of St. M…
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Does love provide the strength that keeps a marriage bound, or is love fragile and, when it wanes, the cause of the failures in a partnership? Maybe it's both? T…
This post is by Victor Gluck, Editor-in-Chief
While Broadhurst is most famous today for the Shubert theater named after him on 44th Street, in his own time he was an expert at light comedy a…
This post is by Daniel J. Lee
The famous late-19th century author Oscar Wilde is a rather paradoxical historical figure. On the one hand, he was a proud Irishman quick to correct anyone who …
This post is by Darryl Reilly
Beaming Broadway musical comedy veteran, Lee Roy Reams presented the final honor, the ASCAP Major Engagement Award to Lillias White. "My grandmother's table was…
This post is by Jean Ballard Terepka
The structure of the early evening concert was simple, sensible, intimate … and exhilarating. The JACK Quartet was seated on the stage, as were several…
This post is by Victor Gluck, Editor-in-Chief
The advantage of an evening of one acts is that you are bound to like one, while a single long play may disappoint you. After a series of very …
This post is by Darryl Reilly
The Peccadillo Theater Company has finely and faithfully revived this rarely seen Odets play, the 6th of his plays to be produced in the late thirties. They are…
This post is by Victor Gluck, Editor-in-Chief
Alexander Hamilton may have been the unsung hero among the Founding Fathers of the American Revolution but a new musical will change all that. "…
This post is by Daniel J. Lee
In 2015, it's a bold move to revive a century and a half-old play that bears a racially insensitive title, and it's an even bolder move to refrain from apologiz…
This post is by Victor Gluck, Editor-in-Chief
Playwright Jennifer Haley describes her work as delving "into ethics in virtual reality and the impact of technology on our human relationships,…
This post is by Darryl Reilly
Inspired by real life events of the 1860's and concerned with telling the relatively unknown stories of women pioneers, "Abundance" is highly engrossing, steepe…
This post is by Caleb Ryan
"Sisyphus" played at the Abrons Arts Center this February, the newest avant-garde production from Experiments In Opera. Composers Jason Cady, Aaron Siegel, and Ma…
