Review: Farinelli and The King
The King is having a bad day; he can't catch a goldfish in a glass bowl. King Philippe V of Spain has a "brain inflammation" and appears to be going mad. In Farinelli and The King, t…
The King is having a bad day; he can't catch a goldfish in a glass bowl. King Philippe V of Spain has a "brain inflammation" and appears to be going mad. In Farinelli and The King, t…
What could be more festive than a Christmas feast among the dead? In "The Dead," the concluding tale in James Joyce's 1914 short story collection, Dubliners, the seminal modernist paints the…
The star of Frozen and Hair will headline the New Year’s show at Feinstein’s/54 Below. We caught up with her to talk about her wishes for 2018, putting together her setlist, and …
What started as a social media joke turned out to be a hilarious one-woman show by comedian Jimmy Fowlie. So Long Boulder City takes the few clues given in La La Land to create a wildly dyna…
It takes effort to make a marriage work — sometimes even self-help tapes, movies and therapy sessions. Corky (Amy Schumer) and Norm (Jeremy Shamos) have been at it for years. Yet t…
Lucy Kirkwood’s award-winning play The Children, a disturbing tale about nuclear power that mirrors real events, is troubling from the onset. The frame around the stage is tilted and R…
Right in time for the holiday season, right as were all in desperate need for some meaningful American male role models, Hold These Truths, written by Jeanne Sakata, a solo show up at the Sh…
Watching Kragtar: An American Monster Musical gives you the feeling that you are watching a show that is about to enjoy all of the success of Rent. Witty, sharp, and relevant, with a Broadwa…
Sarah Gancher is an exciting theater writer who has worked around the country and around the world. She is a frequent collaborator with many of the most interesting theater makers of all dot…
There's a bewitching sense of history in the magical inner workings of A Regular Little Houdini, playing now at 59E59 Theaters. Daniel Llewelyn-Williams has created an entrancing tale out of…
AMP is an hour-long multimedia show that jumps through time as writer and actor Jody Christopherson tells the story of Mary Shelley, author of Frankenstein, and how she came to write such a …
Ever since Hamilton we've been asking ourselves what goes in “the room where it happens.” Bulldozer: The Ballad of Robert Moses gives us a brutal, rollicking peek. The story, …
As any Elf aficionado can tell you, the best way to spread Christmas cheer is singing loud for all to hear… and no one knows that statement to be true more than multitalented tour acto…
Cutting through the cacophony of coughs that is a New York City theater during flu season is no easy task, and yet that's precisely what Iestyn Davis does in Farinelli and the King. The coun…
Twelfth Night, Or What You Will has been called Shakespeare’s perfect play. In the same spirit, I’d call Fiasco Theater’s production of Twelfth Night (directed by Noah B…
Perched in the back row of Classic Stage Company's (CSC) bare brick wall theater a couple hours before a preview performance I speak with Jessie Austrian, actress, director and one third of …
Max (Max Crumm) and Eleanor (Lucy DeVito) are thinking about getting married, but first they need to tell each other everything about their past. Eleanor talks about her mental health and is…
If you mourned the closing of Jersey Boys after its 11-year run on Broadway earlier this year, you’ll be pleased to learn that the boys from Jersey are back in New York City — th…
Before we begin our scheduled programming " a review of SpongeBob Squarepants The Musical, now onstage at Broadway's Palace Theatre for its New York City premiere " pardon me a very brief po…
Is self-love a really good trip on psychedelic drugs? A sweet lazy afternoon spooning on the sofa with the perfect mate? A great relationship with a therapist who knows our deepest fears? Al…
Tony nominee Norm Lewis return to Feinstein’s/54 Below with a new holiday show called Santa Baby! We spoke to him about his success this year with the immersive production of Sweeney T…
(To the melody of "Jingle Bells") [Verse 1] Safety from the cold Awaits inside Torn Page The mulled wine freely flows As carolers take the stage Songs of love and hope Steadily set the pace …
Mr. Joe Iconis and Family return to Feinstein’s/54 Below for their 10th annual Christmas Extravaganza. We spoke to the bandleader about keeping the show fresh, getting to work with inc…
Robert Creighton, the star of Frozen and Cagney talks about his holiday show at Feinstein’s/54 Below, his favorite holiday traditions and why Christmas jazz is his favorite music genre…
A cheeky little time capsule from 1971, The Workshop Theater's revival of Where Has Tommy Flowers Gone? provides glimpses of the loose, inventive spirit of the youthful Terrence McNally. It'…