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Hamilton Clancy, the artistic director of The Drilling Company, joins forces with his assistant director Karla Hendrick to stage The Two Noble Kinsmen in a modern-dress version that makes th…
Early in the play, songs are sung by various members of the cast including the anachronistic "The House of the Rising Sun," (sung twice) set in New Orleans in the twentieth century. The cast…
More than 30 Broadway productions are expected to open or re-open before year's end. Producers are gambling that by the fall, audiences will be ready to return. I'll list below the shows and…
For "The Importance of Being Earnestly LGBTQ+" which wildly lives up to its title, director Maarten Cornelis updates Wilde's scenario to present day New York City. Currency is in dollars; Ma…
She gets to sing everything from the Patsy Kline classic "Crazy," "Respect" (made famous by Aretha Franklin), and "Summertime" from Porgy and Bess to generous, beautifully acted scenes from …
In what might just be the best stage role of her career, Jackie Hoffman plays the multi-faceted Ariana in E. Dale Smith's "Fruma-Sarah (Waiting in the Wings)" at Nancy Manocherian's the cell…
There are installations, written words, video projections, and recorded spoken word. One setting is intended as a break area where patrons can dance or play with beachballs. Other interactiv…
The Icarus of Icarus and Amina is a poster of Henri Matisse's brilliantly colorful abstraction of that Greek mythological character who soared too close to the sun, and Amina (Sidney Caruth …
Two police detective partners have breakfast while working a case at a generic U.S.A. hotel in author Gabriel Nathan's electric 15-minute play Morning Was Safe. Mr. Nathan's dialogue crackle…
He died 20 years ago today at the age of 76. Why am I moved to note this anniversary? For the same reason I was compelled to see "Tribute" onstage. Viewing 1973's "Save the Tiger" as a child…
Havel's Audience represents CAMT's first foray into modern Czech literature having previously staged imaginative productions of folk material. This visit to contemporary theater, unfortu…
Written by Krista Knight and Brinegar, Sloppy Bonnie follows its title character (played with irresistible zest by Amanda Disney) as she lays waste to everything and everyone in her path, le…
Aside from the unevenness of the acting, Drance's production has no consistent tone, shifting from comedy to drama to tragedy and back again. Not all of his interesting ideas are carried thr…
During Mr. Reilly's breezy segment his life, career and views on theater were discussed. The Bronx-born Reilly has been a critic for seven years, is a member of the Drama Desk and has a BFA …
Grodin created his meta gag in 1973, which was that he was playing a snide and combative version of himself. He was so good at it that some audience members gasped at his rudeness and home v…
Highlights of Ed Dixon's sharp writing and grand acting inlcude joyous recreations of George Rose in My Fair Lady and The Pirates of Penzance, a sad mini portrait of Ray Walston and being tr…
Read by unseen British stage star Juliet Stevenson, "Blindness" is as timely as Albert Camus' "The Plague" with its story of an epidemic which affects first a community, then a city and fina…
"Sea," according to Magloire's program notes is "loosely inspired by the movement of waves."Â Five dancers"Anabel Alpert, Megan Foley, Amber Neff, Rachele Perla and Alison Tatsuoka-dresse…
"We have remained dear friends for 45 years, so I know the stories she has to tell. You'll love this!" wrote Alex Trebek of Ruta Lee in his foreword.
The post Consider Your Ass Kissed appea…
The HB Studio Facebook page thread about his death was filled with former students' testimonials of his greatness. There was mention of a video of him on YouTube, it's a revelation.
The post…
Of course, there's Wilde's brilliance with his ingenious epigrams, the barbed skewering of the British class system and the precise plot. Most importantly, this glorious document preserves B…
"Lilies" is an attempt at old-fashioned theater or to couch a modern story in old-fashioned trappings. The problem with the play for modern audiences may be stated in its subtitle, "The Revi…
Cameron Cueva Clarke and Logan Alexis Troyer , each offer riveting performances energetically rendering the poignant complexities of their dysfunctional characters. Director Tyler Riley's c…
While the chronology is somewhat convoluted as the text occasionally skips around grouping some similar events (such as two trips to New York City), if you follow along, the script depicts W…
Now ready to take on a global circuit, we started working on promoting AcebergTM's brand new debut EP "Far From Home" which was just released on April 16th, 2021 along with his music video f…
