387 stories from Usher Nonsense
Cockamamie #2 of the year. The first one being The Madrid. The way you can tell is that without Vanessa Redgrave there would be no reason to watch this play. So let us give thanks that sh…
In 1981 Stephen Sondheim saw Ettore Scola's film, "Passione d'Amore," and was so struck by it that he wanted to create a musical based on the character Fosca, who is a woman with a terminal …
This doesn't quite qualify for my worst production list. Cockamamie. That's the list it belongs on. This show is like watching a live kaleidoscope where the pieces are human. Proof of pa…
Oh, David Ives, you make me laugh. You make me laugh out loud. And you should go see THIS production of your work because it is brilliant. But then you know that…David Ives likes to tak…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE " CLIVEThis is a play based oninspired bystolen fromBrecht's Baalretold byJonathan Marc ShermanIf you know anything about that play, Baal, or even if you just snoop aro…
An extraordinary evening of theatre. This is a beautifully crafted piece that takes you on a journey and brings you to a place you had NOT planned on going. What a pleasure. A total plea…
Martin Moran is a man of simple miracles. He watches and witnesses one miracle after another, and if he had his druthers he would keep us in his vest pocket and point them out every day. I…
Lately we have had a rash of people ending up on the wrong side of a subway train. And this is a brave and unsuccessful attempt to tell the tale of someone inclined that way. Actually it i…
Now THIS is theatre you can sink your teeth into. This is theatre that takes itself back to the beginning when we were not only entertaining one another around the fire, we were bringing ne…
If looked at for what it actually is, a student production for a first time writer and actor, this play passes muster. It doesn't do much more than that, but an artist has to start somewher…
Well this is a charming little piece of fluff. An unusual story. Some great lines. Excellent acting. This cast is having so much fun that Patch Darragh is almost unrecognizable. Every s…
They had me for Episodes 1 and 2. I was hooked and fascinated by this bold presentation. This co-production of Soho Rep and the Public Theater is my first experience with Nature Theatre of …
There is some fierce magic happening on the stage at the Ohio Theatre. It begins with the set that is a series of diaphanous curtains strung along the edge of the stage, being aided by the …
This is a crackerjack production. The text is fresh and crisp and the cast, Cora Bissett (Helena) and Matthew Pidgeon (Bob), is nothing short of sublime.And then there is the story. Not a …
James DeVita is about as sincere as they come. When performing and speaking of Shakespeare he wears his heart on his sleeve. Devita revears the Bard with a ferver that nearly raises the te…
Maurice Hines is captivating. Simple and serious and glorious. He is exuberant and bursting with life and possibilities. Oh yeah " he can sing and dance too.Hines has been dancing since h…
BLAND. This show is so bland it nearly put me to sleep in the first 20 minutes. It is so bland that I actually came home and pulled the play off my shelf to read it again. What was I miss…
Wowee " what a show. Adapted from Studs Terkel's book Working: People Talk About What They Do All Day and How They Feel About What They Do this production takes us into the lives of people …
Maureen McGovern is terrific. Period. Many of us remember her songs from movies: The Morning After from The Poseidon Adventure and Can You Read My Mind? from Superman. Both decades ago.We…
What do you do when the past walks up and taps you on the shoulder with a memory that you do not recall? Actually he doesn't come up with the memory per se. He has his own memory of abuse …
I don't know why it is, but nearly every time I go off to see one of the Bats major productions, I am in a crappy mood. I walk in, and everyone is all enthusiastic, almost bordering on perk…
This is a sublime production. Yep " it's that old saw of a trifecta: good writing, good directing, good acting. It is a mystery why something like this doesn't happen more often, but when …
Well this is a sweet show. It cold have been more, but sweet ain't bad. It especially ain't bad when the one person doing most of the talking and singing is a woman with some life experien…
WE ARE PROUD TO PRESENT A PRESENTATION ABOUT THE HERERO OF NAMIBIA, FORMERLY KNOWN AS SOUTHWEST AFRICA, FROM THE GERMAN SUDWESTAFRIKA, BETWEEN THE YEARS 1884-1915This is devastating theatre.…
This is a spectacular production of a well-intentioned play. I cannot remember when I saw such a fine collection of actors roaming the stage under the guidance of an equally fine director. …
