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An idealistic down on his luck Filipino American father home schools his two children. To teach them about The Great Depression and the present U.S. economy, he has them study the plays of C…
Wearing costume designer Katrina Lindsay's artful business attire is the distinguished British trio of Simon Russell Beale, Adam Godley and Adrian Lester. They initially portray the three Le…
Before the dancers appeared live, "Dance" commenced with a burst of Glass' iconic, pulsating music"here pre-recorded, originally performed live"and a still from LeWitt's original video proje…
Previously only known for his novels and short stories, first-time playwright Kevin Barry brings the same full-hearted doom and gloom to the stage in "Autumn Royal" that was evidenced in his…
Keenan Scott II's engrossing Broadway debut play, Thought of a Colored Man, appears to be a masculine version of Ntozake Shange's 1976 "For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/When the…
The final work on Program 1 was its finest. A.I.M. By Kyle Abraham presented its director's "Our Indigo: If We Were a Love Song," a deeply moving paean to the darker meanings of love.Â�…
Douglas Lyons' new comedy, "Chicken & Biscuits" introduces us to the dysfunctional Jenkins/Mabry clan at the funeral of its patriarch Bernard, the former pastor of his New Haven church. …
Employing his majestic vocal and physical talents, Santiago-Hudson supremely differentiates each of his brief characterizations with specificity and pathos. There's also a poignant dynami…
Although the characters never meet in person, they communicate mostly through letters that are spoken by the actors directly to the audience, and then halfway through the play, in texting wh…
DiMurro writes with an acute sense of the rhythm of New York speech and its old-school jargon, helped by director William Roudebush's complementary sense of timing, not to mention four exper…
More concert than musical, the 80-minute show's libretto adds little to its cast album, with the lyrics of each queen's autobiographical song also pruning their individual histories to a poi…
Von Essen did sing a couple of songs from a living composer, one Andrew Lloyd Webber. He relayed the story of going on for Ricky Martin in Evita, where the curtain had to be held so that all…
"Simon says let the games begin," and so they do, at the opening of "Chasing Jack," a new play by John S Anastasi, M.D. As directed by Peter J Loewy, "Chasing Jack" is a smart and rewarding …
While Marshall Pailet's direction is breezy and fastpaced, the dialogue has too many Borscht belt jokes ("Take my Grandma, for instance. No really take her-," Camp Rosenblatt, "As my Grandma…
The dances on this program are perfect examples of the Denishawn aesthetic which combined what was then exoticism with impeccable theatricality. The Denishawn troupe was very much of its…
Benjamin Viertel directs "Between the Bars" brilliantly finding the balance between theatricality and reality. Each character emerges as distinct and multidimensional, even the guards wh…
Ms. Blauvelt has a fine ear for contemporary dialogue, sharply delineates her seven characters and gradually sets up a credible plot. The resolution is a familiar take on the financial world…
Bedlam's 2014 production of "Sense and Sensibility," adapted by Kate Hamil from the novel by Jane Austen, and directed by Eric Tucker, set the bar so high for cleverness, originality and wit…
The pop music classics of the 1980's intermixed with audio clips of President Ronald Reagan telling jokes is an apt pre-show soundtrack to playwright Alix Sobler's "Hindsight." With Stoppard…
Martyna Majok writes powerfully and brilliantly about marginalized people, particularly undocumented immigrants living in Northern New Jersey, as in "Ironbound" and her 2018 Pulitzer Prize-w…
The title, Extra! Extra! refers to Raneri's past livelihood as a prolific screen background player in such television shows as The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel. "I'm finally playing the lead part i…
A highlight of the benefit is to be a rehearsal sequence of the troupe's upcoming revival of "Cat on a Hot Tin" Roof, featuring cast members Alison Fraser and Austin Pendleton. The productio…
It is to the credit of the entire cast"dressed in Anthony Paul-Cavaretta's period tunics and flowing robes"that Lackey's sometimes over-the-top dialogue lands credibly. Two other elements el…
Each interviewee's name is projected onto the back wall as Clark carefully transitions between the 21 people she's interviewed; young, old, male, female, cis- or otherwise. This is a large n…
As the opaquely complicated plot played out on the stage, the three lead dancers (Ranee, Aparna and Ashwini Ramaswamy) took turns displaying impeccable Bharatanatyam technique: Â feet ador…
