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Hendley is solid in his performance as the narrator of his and his grandmother's story. His presentation commands attention without demand, smoothly and effortlessly focusing on the words be…
Harmon meticulously fuses the domestic ups and downs of this bright, well-educated extended family with the overwhelming and unavoidable social upheavals that surround them whether it's the …
The show is well presented but lacks a clear narrative, leaving viewers with more questions than answers. Is it about a man's journey to self-discovery or an exploration into a confusing haz…
Not only is Branden Jacobs-Jenkins' "Appropriate" a classic American family drama with a new wrinkle, it is also a trenchant and scorching look at American racism which is just under the sur…
Aside from the title not being explained, the Jean Graham-Jones translation seems to end very abruptly. Nothing is settled at the end of its short running time and it certainly feels like mo…
Many people probably wonder, though, just what are the main differences between the film and theater industries? Aspiring actors are probably curious to know just what all is involved in eac…
How the ten dancers of Momix create so many beautiful and mysterious images is a credit to artistic director Moses Pendleton and his associate Cynthia Quinn who, along with the dancers, crea…
There are few issues that raise the ire of the religious as a member changing religions. Apostate is the mildest term used for such a person. Mikhl Yashinsky's "The Gospel According to C…
Joy filled Carnegie Hall with The New York Pops' annual two-night Christmas concert entitled "The Best Christmas of All" led by genial host, music director and conductor Steven Reineke. This…
The latest Tennessee Williams revival is the first major New York staging of "The Night of the Iguana" since Roundabout Theatre's 1996 production. Emily Mann's version with a great many well…
Ranchera is a style of traditional Mexican folk music with origins in the ranchos of rural Mexico. The songs are about love, patriotism, or nature and are usually sung by men. The vocals hav…
Dressed in a glittery, silver suit"costumes by Kristin Isola"Bloom immediately takes control of an audience who already admire her from her standup comedy and her bitterly funny TV show, "Cr…
While the exciting new stage musical Buena Vista Social Club shares the same name with the acclaimed 1999 documentary by Wim Wenders, playwright Marco Ramirez's book for the new show takes a…
Jes succeeds where some other bio-storytellers fail. Jes' secret is being comfortable in their own skin to relate intensely personal experiences yet create a sense of universality, or commun…
Mary Kathryn Nagle's "Manahatta" now at The Public Theater, just blocks from where most of the story takes place, is a fascinating combination of American history and recent events. Nagle wh…
Until now it has been believed that the 1937 Joris Ivens-Ernest Hemingway documentary "The Spanish Earth" was paid for by a corporation called Contemporary Historians sponsored by some of th…
Based on an identically titled 2015 HBO documentary by Alexandra Shiva, "How to Dance in Ohio," in its musical form, works best whenever that magnificent seven is completely together onstage…
Through a technologically astute production and fine acting, their intertwining stories unfold in a dramatic tapestry that reveals the sad business of mail-order brides. Using an intrica…
"The Inheritance of a Long-Term Fault," written by Mêlisa Annis and directed by Vanessa Morosco, is an extraordinary play that explores how the societal structures across many cultures ha…
Probably only David Rabe's "Sticks and Bones" (part of his Vietnam trilogy that included "The Basic Training of Pavlo Hummel" and "Streamers") is as demonstrative as "Lone Star" in its depic…
Playing women of a certain age, four women stars of stage and screen who became famous a while ago play friends of a certain age who meet for a birthday brunch in Sandra Tsing Loh's "Madwome…
Despite its fairy-tale plot, Axemas isn't really suitable for children because of language and sexual situations, but everyone else will find something amusing in this rag-taggle production.…
"Killin' Republicans," concept and libretto by Dick D. Zigun and music by Arturo Rodriquez, directed by vagabond, is billed as a rock opera about violence towards certain Republican Party le…
"The Jerusalem Syndrome" is a pleasant new musical comedy with some fine clever songs and good comic moments. However, Don Stephenson's production does not take the farcical elements far eno…
"Mind Mangler: A Night of Tragic Illusion," starring the genial, but daffy, Henry Lewis, is part of the "gone wrong" franchise by Lewis, Jonathan Sayer and Henry Shields: "Peter Pan Goes Wro…
