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All four works"particularly the first three"had a certain offhanded similarity, a lack of formal movement ideas and construction, but all four choreographers are clearly students of the scho…
Irish actors Niall Buggy and David Ganly returning to their original roles play two murderers sharing a cell in Dublin's Montjoy Jail. The fiftyish PJ (Ganly) and the sixtyish Christy (Buggy…
Ireland gives a big performance that is almost larger than life. From the moment we meet her, she commands the stage. Watch how intently she listens to the others or how you can hear her tho…
"Emmenez Moi" was the stirring opening number performed by the French Ms. Constant as she majestically strode through Don't Tell Mama's cabaret room and onto the small stage. With her expres…
This setting and premise alone might suggest quite a dull evening of theater, except for the fact that from the moment these actresses converge on the stage, the subtle energies of their cha…
Breen's script, a succession of rapid-fire vignettes divided in half by an unnecessary intermission, tries to compensate for its lack of depth with imagined multitudes. According to a promot…
Of Passloff's eight works, the newest, "Frolic," (2018) to music by Erik Satlie ("Trois morceau en la forme de poire") came closest in spirit to her classical ballet origins, utilizing whims…
An exhilarating trio of short plays by that noted cultural provocateur Neil LaBute make their New York City premieres in this edition of the LaBute New Theatre Festival 2019. Â Since 2013,…
Eve Wolf's play is essentially a monodrama, with John Noble portraying the title character. The production is a rich one, both visually and aurally. It features an abundance of live music, p…
She encouraged me to dream big, grab opportunities when they came, and work full steam--and not to wait, because none of us know how much time we have. (I thought she'd live forever.) When…
A spirited cast and a talented director do their best to bring playwright Katelynn Kenney's heartfelt but leaden "Wendell & Pan" to the stage. It's an unsatisfying family secre…
Now playing at the MTC's Samuel J. Friedman Theatre on Broadway, "Choir Boy" is set at The Charles R Drew Preparatory School for Boys, a Catholic academy for young men of color. Written by T…
Theaterscene.net is deeply saddened to report the passing of the legendary Carol Channing. Channing died at 12:31am on Tuesday, January 15th, 2019, at home in Rancho Mirage, CA of natural ca…
Whether being pushed in a wheelchair or hobbling around on a cane, Mark Peters is an excellent Lear. Mr. Peters forcefully captures all of the character's pathos, humor and despair with his …
Do you have any objection to being touched?" asks the theater representative of audience members when they check in at the Brooklyn basement where British playwright Dan Ireland-Reeves' "Ble…
The four choreographers whose three works were represented at the Japan Society's Contemporary Dance Festival: Japan + East Asia flung themselves headlong into the modern world of dance with…
We felt like we toured the world this past weekend without ever leaving New York. It was a three-stop whirlwind of music and dance, and we were both spectators and participants. Spain. On Su…
Mr. Brader's writing on this fascinating subject is sharp, insightful and well-observed. As a performer, Brader's breezy personability endows his personal odyssey with an appealing everyman …
The supernatural scenario is a little like something one might find on an eerie episode of Alfred Hitchcock's old TV anthology. Unfortunately, it all comes off as fairly stilted and heavy-ha…
Translator Shane Baker has found excellent Yiddish equivalents for Beckett's language. He understands that Yiddish is a minor key tongue full of sadness, quicksilver tone changes, perfec…
No one loves Berlin's music more than I do. But the creators of this stage adaptation have tried to jam too many well-known songs into the show. I think that cutting a couple of the songs…
Mr. Brader is an engaging and soulful performer with a smooth and pleasing vocal delivery. Brader is an admirer of Spalding Gray and channels that monumental artist's impassioned sense of st…
Employing humor, documentary detail and suspense, Bachner offers an emotional detective story. Wit and whimsy meld with poignancy as the picaresque quest begins in present day New York City.…
In the plus column, it was easy on the eyes. Scenic designer Lou Anne Gilleland created agreeable though not particularly elaborate sets: a rocky stretch of seashore for the first act and a …
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