By Alex Eichholz . . . If you haven't heard by now, Cats, now dazzlingly rebranded as Cats: The Jellicle Ball, has opened on Broadway at the Broadhurst Theatre after a critically acclaimed a…
Review by Ron Fassler . . . In a 2011 interview, the legendary composer Jerry Herman referred to Milk and Honey, his first musical produced on Broadway, as "an extraordinary adventure, fi…
By Ron Fassler . . . The Annual fundraiser concert for Broadway Inspirational Voicers (BIV) was held Monday night at City Winery. As the sun set on the Chelsea Piers, a festive and happy cro…
Review by Ron Fassler . . . The early 20th century playwright Elmer Rice, born Elmer Leopold Reizenstein in New York City in 1892, had two dozen plays produced on Broadway in his lifetime ov…
By Alix Cohen Charlotte Moore and Ciarán O'Reilly concocted Irish Repertory Theatre picturesquely chatting at a kitchen table, rather like Judy Garland and Mickey Rooney, except with cred…
By Alix Cohen The work of thirteen Broadway choreographers is here showcased in a series of numbers accompanied by full orchestra. Though singing is less polished, dancing is predominantly t…
By Alix Cohen Donna McKechnie explodes onto the stage, arms shooting out like fireworks. "Everything's Coming Up Roses" (Jule Styne/Stephen Sondheim), usually a finale, is here a wake-up son…
By Andrew Poretz . . . Mult-hyphenate performer, producer, speaker and TV host Quinn Lemley finished her latest run of The Heat is On! A Life in Concert at The Triad Theater in March. The on…
By Alix Cohen Adam Gopnik, master of the caffeinated essay (forty years at The New Yorker) and iconoclastic books, navigates culture with fluid elegance and restless curiosity. At the same t…
By Alix Cohen The thespian walks onto a stage empty but for a chair and ghost light. "It still smells like stale coffee and opening night nerves…" He drops his bag breathing in familiar at…
By Andrew Poretz . . . Mary Porter has been making the scene here in New York with several well-attended and excellent performances at 54 Below. This writer, who reviewed her November show f…
By Ron Fassler . . . Anyone serious about theatre will most likely recall their introduction to Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman. At age eighteen, when director Mike Nichols saw its or…
By Alix Cohen Anna (Danielle Ryan), Denise (Kate MacCluggage) and Cora (Carmen M. Herlihy) were at school together and shared rooms. Over the years, life distanced them. Cora, the neediest o…
By Alix Cohen Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847) was a German composer, pianist, and conductor of the early Romantic era, famous from childhood, known for his melodic elegance and clarity. This i…
By Alix Cohen Billie Dawson (Sally Mayes) has returned to Livingston, Texas to clear out her mama's house after she passed. Her Southern-influenced accent"closer to Louisiana and Arkansas in…
By Carol Rocamora... Director Robert Icke dazzles us again with an urgent new adaptation of an immortal classic
By Alix Cohen "Jason Graae explores his Graae-ness" is an accurate description for this utterly charming, biographical collage of wit, music and storytelling- not just patter. Graae is a pat…
Jon Bernthal commands the stage from start to finish, accomplishing that with an honest charisma, a true voice made for the theater, and solid acting chops.
"Rhinoceros" couldn't be timelier.
Review by Ron Fassler . . . In 1966, children's book author Stoo Hample, along with Eric Marshall, co-edited a small volume of letters to God written by children, aptly titled Children's …
By Melissa Griegel… Photos by Melissa Griegel Photography How many superlatives can I put in my description of Jenn Colella's 54 Below show? Colella wowed audiences for two glorious nights…
By Melissa Griegel Photos by Melissa Griegel Photography A favorite 54 Below performer, Linda Eder (Jekyll & Hyde) returned to the illustrious cabaret venue, along with musical director …
By Alix Cohen The Grand Ole Oprey began in 1925 as Nashville's "WSM Barn Dance", a simple radio show of fiddle tunes and folk songs. A joking, on-air remark gave it the formal name. Quickly …
By Stuart Miller... "Spare Parts" asks challenging questions but with a flair for the dramatic.
The theatrical event of the season.