350 stories from Act Three - The Reviews
The 3rd in a trilogy of plays by Quiara Alegria Hudes, this one just might need a bit more work. There's nothing wrong with the story - unless you think the disjointed, unconnected cha…
This play is very unique and another thoroughly enjoyable installment of the New York Theatre Workshop. Actually, less of a play more a series of thematic vignettes - long and short. &…
It's been a while for me, but eventually the delight of a fresh production at Encores! has caught my attention. Little Me - Book by Neil Simon - Music by Cy Coleman- is an evenin…
A theatre critic is sometimes biased, and this is one of those times. Well, it is not too often that I get to see a play staring someone who I acted with in High School. So when …
Major League Baseball and The New York Yankees are actually a part of ("in association with") the new Eric Simonson written and directed two act play, Bronx Bombers. Yes, it's baseball…
A creation by its star, Larissa Husiak (Billie Jean King), She is King is a verbatim reenactment of the words of Billie Jean King through various interviews for TV. It's an intensive r…
Who would have thought a lyrical play about a crazy woman who kills her husband and gets the electric chair would be so engrossing? Sophie Treadwell's 1928 play about this very subject…
In a charming single act, playwright, John Patrick Shanley, doesn't cease to entertain in this quirky Irish romantic comedy. As with all thing Irish, there's always alcohol and death -…
This is a workshop run so I can't be too critical. That said, the rather long name of this show could be shortened and clarified. It really could be titled "The Mandy and M…
At the helm of this new work, Canadian crooner and successful young actor and artist, Kyle Riabko, takes a bunch of classic tunes from an old master, Mr. Burt Bacharach, and re imagines them…
It's a grand party in a glamorous pop-up cabaret tent right here on Broadway, freshly moved uptown from the Meatpacking district. One would think the edgy, avant-garde performance styl…
Neil Patrick Harris directs this brief wonder now running at the Signature Theatre on W42nd Street. (Did you know that in addition to being an uber-handsome actor and award show host h…
Joshua Harmon's new play just got promoted upstairs! Roundabout moved the bitingly funny play from the black-box theater downstairs to the Laura Pels stage for a run during their 2013-2014 s…
It's like a walk down musical memory lane. Four crooners peddling delicious melodies, tight harmonies, and a songbook packed with hits. The affable Bill Daugherty, the incredibly…
Stunning. Enchanting. Emotional. Potent. Transformative. All these words resonate when it comes to John Tiffany's direction of this new production of Tennessee Willia…
Hysterical. Absolutely delicious. Non-stop, zany, top-notch talent and entertainment. These and other similar tags have been associated with Joe Kinosian and Kellen Blair's…
Brilliantly crafted, cleverly executed, delightful from beginning to end! Finally, an old fashioned original musical has come to Broadway. The indomitable duo of Jefferson Mays and Bryce Pin…
Living its second life, reincarnated and redesigned since its debut at La Jolla, the curtain now rises on Little Miss Sunshine at Second Stage Theater. If you've seen the movie (like s…
I kind of expected more once I got the gist that this was a Bernie Madoff kind of story. Wife who may or may not have known what her convicted criminal (we're to assume financial fraud…
Rupert Holmes has adapted a classic best seller and movie for the stage. John Grisham's first book and now his first play for the stage is a remarkable work that needs just a bit more …
An entrant in the All for One Theater Festival, which specializes in developing and showcasing one-person shows, Kelly Carlin shows us a behind-the-curtain look at her life growing up with h…
Terence Rattigan's new play, The Winslow Boy, took it's second spin at Roundabout's MainStage this season after its production at the Old Vic in London. It's a play for playgoers. &nb…
They are indeed the Kings of New York. Given their tender ages one might instead use the term Prince to describe them. Whatever you choose, there's no doubt they power thro…
This the tale of two reviews. First Date was amusing. First Date was cute. First Date was everything a delightful, off-Broadway show for $40 a ticket should be. Trou…
Headliner, Mary Louise-Parker, may be listed first in the cast due to her star-power, but this one's got a true ensemble cast - every single one of them superb actors from start to fini…
