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Wonderfully self-effacing in his well-structured cabaret act, Panaro is in love with performing and crafts an evening of pleasurable sincerity.
Review by Ron Fassler . . . As an avid theatregoer and critic, I consider myself fortunate that at the age of twelve, I saw the original 1969 Broadway production of 1776. A critic even back…
By Alix Cohen Unable to reach her mother, Susan, for days, Suzanna (Lauren Patten), who has a tendency towards the dramatic, is freaking out. Susan has MS. Despite their antagonistic relatio…
By Samuel L. Leiter The Broadway revival of David Auburn’s 1999 drama Proof at the Booth Theatre, directed by Thomas Kail (Hamilton), has various laudatory features, but it fails to prov…
By Alix Cohen The good news is that Beaches remains tender hearted. As book and lyrics are written by the novel’s author, Iris Rainer Dart, the musical retains much of its appeal even with…
With two heaven-sent actresses, it is unfortunately left to the gifted Rose Byrne and Kelli O’Hara to grapple with a play that has always been a bit of a soufflé and is now downgraded to…
By Andrew Poretz . . . Andrea McArdle first shot to fame at 13 as the lead star of Annie on Broadway in 1977. She is now part of the Legends in Residency series at The Laurie Beechman Theatr…
"The Ballusters" provides more gut-busting laughter than any show this season
By Alix Cohen “Because we don’t know when we will die, we get to think of life as a well…How many times will you watch the moon rise and yet it all seems limitless…” gentle, gruff …
By Alix Cohen Founded by Lee Pope in 1983, The Schoolhouse Theater is Westchester’s longest running professional Equity venue, producing over 100 plays and supporting new works. Operating …
By Carol Rocamora... Adrien Brody stars in this amazing, true life story of suffering and redemption
BY Alix Cohen Since 2018, Stephen Hanks, at various times editor, writer, publisher, reviewer, publicity agent, vocalist; always a dedicated political activist, has produced 11 Blue Wave con…
By Alix Cohen "Everybody loves a circus/Until they become the clown/Every weak cog has its purpose… until they been chased from town…" ("Everybody Loves a Circus"- Michele Bettencourt/He…
By Alex Eichholz . . . If you haven't heard by now, Cats, now dazzlingly rebranded as Cats: The Jellicle Ball, has opened on Broadway at the Broadhurst Theatre after a critically acclaimed a…
Review by Ron Fassler . . . In a 2011 interview, the legendary composer Jerry Herman referred to Milk and Honey, his first musical produced on Broadway, as "an extraordinary adventure, fi…
By Ron Fassler . . . The Annual fundraiser concert for Broadway Inspirational Voicers (BIV) was held Monday night at City Winery. As the sun set on the Chelsea Piers, a festive and happy cro…
Review by Ron Fassler . . . The early 20th century playwright Elmer Rice, born Elmer Leopold Reizenstein in New York City in 1892, had two dozen plays produced on Broadway in his lifetime ov…
By Alix Cohen Charlotte Moore and Ciarán O'Reilly concocted Irish Repertory Theatre picturesquely chatting at a kitchen table, rather like Judy Garland and Mickey Rooney, except with cred…
By Alix Cohen The work of thirteen Broadway choreographers is here showcased in a series of numbers accompanied by full orchestra. Though singing is less polished, dancing is predominantly t…
By Alix Cohen Donna McKechnie explodes onto the stage, arms shooting out like fireworks. "Everything's Coming Up Roses" (Jule Styne/Stephen Sondheim), usually a finale, is here a wake-up son…
By Andrew Poretz . . . Mult-hyphenate performer, producer, speaker and TV host Quinn Lemley finished her latest run of The Heat is On! A Life in Concert at The Triad Theater in March. The on…
By Alix Cohen Adam Gopnik, master of the caffeinated essay (forty years at The New Yorker) and iconoclastic books, navigates culture with fluid elegance and restless curiosity. At the same t…
By Alix Cohen The thespian walks onto a stage empty but for a chair and ghost light. "It still smells like stale coffee and opening night nerves…" He drops his bag breathing in familiar at…
By Andrew Poretz . . . Mary Porter has been making the scene here in New York with several well-attended and excellent performances at 54 Below. This writer, who reviewed her November show f…
By Ron Fassler . . . Anyone serious about theatre will most likely recall their introduction to Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman. At age eighteen, when director Mike Nichols saw its or…
