387 stories from Usher Nonsense
Bring your child (or borrow one) and go see Wanda, her big purple monster, her brother and grandmother. Great for ages 4 - 6; slightly older if they love the book or still believe in monster…
We like to think the iconic folks are still with us, and sometimes it is only after they have passed on that we can get within a hair's breadth of them. And even when our heads tell us this…
The play is accurately described by the director Roark Littlefield as "an absurdest farce about existential dread". And at first - before it even started - I had dread, because it…
Growth can come from destructionI came with high hopes because I love solo shows. It's often an intimate experience: we leave our baggage at the door or drop it as we get drawn into their st…
As a sucker for the sideshow who always wanted to don the hat and swagger of the pitchman, I was mesmerized by the central figure of Minnie Minoseczeck (Aimee Rose Ranger), whose cynical pi…
59E59th is the exquisite small space, rife with wonderful theater, just where you wouldn't expect to find it - next to a gym two doors in from Park Avenue on 59th Street.  They've es…
Well, here goes my second review ever. They say the second time is better than the first, let's see.  It took me some time to warm up, but this show got better and bett…
A few hours before the show, I was sitting in my friend's office, killing time, when I spotted an "answer wheel" that responds to any question in two words or less. Inching towards it, the …
So here is the deal with Cirque Du Soleil: Leave your brain at the door. Well, not all of it, but leave the part that wants to make sense of anything. You know " that part looking for log…
Discovering the harsh realities of marriage and maternity are tough enough. When you try to set those realities to music in the mouths of mugging actresses, tougher still. The added burden o…
I'll get right to the point, if you're not into cutesy, melodramatic, coming of age stories then Crossing Swords is not for you"emphasis on not! If that happens to be your thing then this pr…
It was the luck of the Irish that got my butt into a seat at The Linney Theater to see God's Country in the 10th Annual New York Musical Theater Festival. Okay - maybe not so much luck as th…
Bend In The Road, the new family musical currently playing at The Pearl Theatre as part of the New York Musical Theatre Festival, is based on Canadian author Lucy Maud Montgomery's 1908 best…
Well, I am about to lose my virginity. This is the first time I am writing a theater review. Previously, I have been critical of critics. The cherry on the cake was when Ben Br…
The play ends - I leave the theater - I hear the breaking news… "George Zimmerman: Found Not Guilty" " and many of the questions evoked by this provocative production of Sam Shepard's 1…
Thursday, July 18th, 2013Lilith, Adam's first wife, refuses to lie beneath and be obedient to Adam. Wanting her independence Lilith flees the Garden of Eden. God finds her in a cave bearing …
Help Yourself is a short one woman show written and performed by Lauren Hunter about the effort to discover and accept yourself. It plays like a work-in-progress, and it is worthy of being f…
The Pirates of Finance, at the Alice Griffin Theater on 42nd Street, is just what it sounds like, but so much more. It is a send-up of Wall Street's recent excesses draped in the lively, com…
Under the skillful and inspired direction of Ian Poitier, Legacy Falls leaves me yearning for the days when soap operas were televised every weekday afternoon, on all three major networks. …
Sometimes in the small off-Broadway houses that New Yorkers treasure, the audience gets to be Ê»our crowdʼ, you know, theatre geeks. Not so at Bill W. and Dr. Bob, the two hour (one int…
Savage/Love is not a play as much as a display of everything you already know about that thing called love, if you'll only admit it.  The script is a collection of improvisational poem…
Personality! That's how you sum the show Mother Divine in one word. A cast of colorful characters who are sure to tickle you into laughter, come together to tell a story surrounding Father D…
To Recall Jane Eyre, Wuthering Heights, or any other Brönte classic is to recall sentiments of destined struggle, unforeseen detours, disturbed love and rock n' roll? I didn't think so eith…
Chaotic yet soft, sultry, and entertaining, Mata Hari in 8 Bullets is definitely a production that won't easily be forgotten by the audience. Mata Hari (Onalea Gilberston) is not a fictional…
There are serious challenges facing anyone who wants to translate THE SWISS FAMILY ROBINSON for the stage. Modeled self-consciously after ROBINSON CRUSOE and written as an instructional ent…
