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This post is by Darryl Reilly
Director Mindy Cooper's very well executed transitions between the show's 27 numbers, the personable Scott Siegel's erudite remarks, and the variety of gifted p…
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"The Winter's Tale" is classified as one of Shakespeare's "problem plays" or "dark comedies" and as such it does not get produced very often. Un…
This post is by Victor Gluck, Editor-in-Chief
Playwright Lucy Thurber is angry about the state of things in America today. As a result she has written an angry play about her feelings and gi…
This post is by Eric Grunin
Ronald Keaton gives us an amiable but charmless man. (The latter is arguably authentic.) He replicates faithfully the halting speaking style (young Churchill stam…
This post is by Stefan Woych
"Fabulous!," which returns to Off-Broadway after a successful run last fall, is an unabashed gay mash-up of "Anything Goes" and "Some Like it Hot," where two bes…
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Under the assured direction of Cynthia Nixon, renowned actresses Tony Pinkins and Diane Wiest turn Joel Drake Johnson's "Rasheeda Speaking" into…
This post is by Caleb Ryan
The fabric of the community of a small Jersey shore town is torn apart in the wake of the mysterious disappearance of young Leonard Pelkey. At first this one-man s…
This post is by John Hoglund
The eclectic world of cabaret is unique in the entertainment industry. It allows artists' to connect with an audience in an intimate setting. Today, the clubs a…
This post is by Darryl Reilly
Premiering in 1982 as a one-act play with music, author Eduardo Machado, has now revised and expanded it into a full length musical. The first act is a decent …
This post is by Jean Ballard Terepka
Leading The New York Virtuoso Singers with characteristic wit, panache and artistic integrity, Harold Rosenbaum presented an a cappella evening of a song…
This post is by Jean Ballard Terepka
The second half of the concert consisted of Fauré's Requiem. This familiar, deeply loved work " an examination of requiem themes that is more about inte…
This post is by Victor Gluck, Editor-in-Chief
New York Theatre Workshop is hosting Britain's Actors Touring Company production of Scottish playwright David Greig's acclaimed Edinburgh Festiv…
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Hugely talented singer-comedienne Christina Bianco has become famous for her "Forbidden Broadway" and YouTube appearances where she has performe…
This post is by Darryl Reilly
Venerable and accomplished fixture of the theater, Austin Pendleton has perfectly directed the play. The characters and their relationships have all been minut…
This post is by Stefan Woych
Pintauro's play about a tragic American family is highly dramatic but lacks nuance. The four main characters are clearly defined in the first fifteen minutes of …
This post is by Darryl Reilly
It's a stylized "family secrets" drama, presented with a broad comedic tone. Heightened and arch (often including lengthy florid speeches) the dialogue has sha…
This post is by Caleb Ryan
With only a few days until Valentine's Day we are surrounded by constant reminders of humanities obsession with being loved and understood. Quite timely, and unapo…
This post is by Daniel J. Lee
Matthew Socci, Zoë Pike and Leah Brewer In a scene from "Sun and Room" (Photo credit: Danielle Faitelson) We've all had those nights. Like the one where your…
This post is by Eric Grunin
Nevermore, a pop operetta written, composed and directed by Jonathan Christenson, presents us with a biography of Edgar Allen Poe. The mostly sung-through piece i…
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While Alan Govenar's "Texas in Paris" is not a musical in the traditional sense, it is definitely a concert in the literal sense. It is also an …
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Michael Unger, Associate Artistic Director New York, NY (February 13, 2015) " The York Theatre Company, dedicated to the development of new musicals and preserving musi…
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Unlike Strindberg's Dream Play, it is not always possible tell what is real and what is dreamed from what the main characters say. Aside from th…
This post is by Darryl Reilly
Mr. Busch, known as a playwright of campy homages to old movies in which he often plays female roles, was an appropriate and authoritative host. For most of th…
This post is by Jean Ballard Terepka
Though Lhamo has absorbed all sorts of Western musical idioms and made them her own, her voice is distinct in its range of octaves and volumes and in its…
This post is by Darryl Reilly
One of the chief pleasures here is the first appearance in more than 30 years by the legendary Tommy Tune in a New York City musical. Since his Tony Award-winn…
