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It takes a while for the title character to appear in the revival of Gina Gionfriddo’s play Becky Shaw. When Becky does appear, she changes the dynamics of the play. Becky is a catalyst wh…
“Covenant / Binding, undying, a gift and a curse / Won’t get what you desire / You’ll get what you deserve.” Such is the theme at the heart of Blood/Love, the seductive and spine-tin…
Is madness inherited? Is genius inherited? Are the two connected? These are some of the questions posed in Proof, David Auburn’s Pulitzer Prize and Tony winning play in 2001. When an aging…
I’m a musical theater nerd and love classic Broadway musicals. Even though they may be dated now, I still have an affection for them. So when the television show called Schmigadoon aired i…
What is comedy? Countless books have been written describing, explaining, analyzing and dissecting the genre. Yet we know it when we see it and Fallen Angels, the Noel Coward 1952 comedy of …
Young girls often have BFFs (best friends) with whom they share everything. They swear to be besties forever, and sometimes they actually remain friends over the years. Through school, jobs,…
Triskaidekaphobia is the fear of the number 13 and one of the vocabulary words prison inmate Nick Yarris learned during the years he was on Death Row. It is also the name of his memoir – T…
From Off-Broadway to the West End to Broadway, the ship Titanique has traveled a long way. The musical parody of James Cameron's epic movie Titanic has delighted its audiences so much that i…
"Cats:The Jellicle Ball" at the Broadhurst Theatre is not your mother's "Cats," the 1981 Andrew Lloyd Webber musical based on T.S. Eliot's Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats. In the origina…
"Bad with money. Great with a spray gun." Such is a supremely apt tease of Nicole Travolta is Doing Alright, the critically-acclaimed solo show written and performed by the titular comedi…
"Experimenting on yourself is insane. An experiment on a single person, with no controls, tells you nothing. It is incapable of predicting anything." Or… is it? Such is the premise of Spar…
In Dog Day Afternoon, playwright Stephen Adly Guirgis has adapted a play from a movie based on an actual event. I knew nothing about the movie except that it starred Al Pacino, and nothing a…
Though we understand their circumstances may have been a bit different, like Oliver and his clan of orphan boys, we've all fallen into a daze dreaming of "food, glorious food" at one point o…
Sometimes an actor gives such a commanding performance that he will always be that character. So it was with John Lithgow portraying Roald Dahl in the Olivier award- winning play Giant, rece…
The play Antigone (This Play I Read in High School) by Anna Ziegler is not the play you and I read in high school. Although the major characters are the same, the play, directed by Tyne Rafa…
How can you trust a man who lies about doing yoga? In the intimate one-man-show Touch, directed by Jonathan Silverstein and written by playwright Kenny Finkle, the actor Anthony Rapp deliver…
Why do couples stay together? Mutual comfort? Desire? Self-destructive neurotic drives? Is it because nobody else knows how to make that Cajun chicken alfredo just the way you like it? Or is…
In my role as a critic, I see a lot of shows. While I enjoy many of them, I rarely leave planning to buy tickets for my family. However, by the end of Every Brilliant Thing starring Daniel R…
Let's say you have all the money in the world. You've ruthlessly built a global corporate tech empire from nothing; it's taken you your whole life. Legions of employees do the hokey-pokey wh…
We've all heard of the mythical Bigfoot. He's a huge creature covered in fur and a popular figure in American and Canadian folklore. Now we can see and hear him at New York City Center Stage…
The versatile performer picks his favorite noshes in NoHo ahead of the return of his acclaimed solo show. Though we understand their circumstances may have been a bit different, like Oliver …
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How do you spell " enjoyable. Definition, please -The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. The revival of the musical at New World Stages, celebrating the 20th anniversary of the Tony awa…
"Haven't you ever just wanted a chance to prove you can do something really great? To prove everyone wrong?" Such is the question at the center of The Hula-Hoopin' Queen, the new musical set…
The intimacy of Bug makes the revival of Tracy Lett's play moving and powerful. Waitress Agnes White (Carrie Coon) lives in a seedy Oklahoma motel. Except for a certain amount of clutter, th…
