387 stories from Usher Nonsense
Welcome to the only two character one-woman show in New York. The two onstage would be Debra Winger and Patti Lupone. This is Patti's show, and not because she asked for it. Cathy (Lupone…
You have to love Michael Feinstein. You just have to. It's like gravity: not only a good idea, but it's also the law. I'm pretty certain Bloomberg signed off on it.Feinstein has taken a g…
Theresa Rebeck has a taste for the obscure subjects; stamp collecting; the essence of good writing; and now dead accounts. A dead account is a pot of money sitting in a bank, the owner of w…
Oh Good Grief. We are awash in hopeful holiday musicals. And THIS one is stupendous. Taken from a story the wonderful Jean Shepherd (Dan Lauria) told on the radio, and made into a 1983 mo…
This is an extraordinary play. This is not an extraordinary production, but the text still wins out " luck for us.Gunner (Peter Strauss) is a man at the end of his rope. Alzheimer's is abo…
Listen " I know it's Thanksgiving week, and you have a lot on your plate " but here's the thing: you just don't want to miss this show. Period.Fist of all Bill Charlap is the kind of artis…
This is a production of substance and grace. It is stacked with relationships so layered and family history branches so deep and convoluted that you practically need hip boots to wade on in…
For Immediate Release " THE TWENTY SEVENTH MANOh. Wow. A play about six white men.That being said, there is some riveting theatre going on here. Well there is one great scene.Backtrack. …
I was talking to someone the other day about stock splits. And, if I am getting this right, you can split a stock that is say, worth $10, into four that are each worth $2.50. So you have f…
In the very first scene of this very long production we meet Bick (Brian D'Arcy James) and Leslie (Kate Baldwin). It is a serious moment in their 27-year marriage. Leslie is upstage lookin…
This may just be the stupidest play ever written. Oh, I have seen worse " and dragged you through the gory bits more than once. But for downright s-t-u-p-i-d, the award goes to The Perform…
This play begins with the second act. In a scene crafted with great care Eng Tieng-Bin (Greg Watanabe) and the Reverend Baines (Matthew Maher) exchange pleasantries in what is clearly Chine…
This show nearly made the top of my head explode. It beings an entirely new meaning to the phrase Girls! Girls! Girls! This is a brilliant evening. Let me tell you a bit of how it all sh…
Whoops! Here we go again. Into that world where people have way too much time on their hands and have become founding members of the Paralysis by Analysis Club. For that reason alone, Che…
NYC could use a little TLC and this show fits that bill perfectly. It satisfies that little voice that says 987 Fifth Avenue, if it existed, would be a perfect place to live, and that hot a…
The Ladies Room, and indeed the theatre lobby, was very, very quiet as we exited a recent performance of The Whale. Not because it was a bad production, but because we were all thinking of …
What a pleasant surprise. Seriously. You know, The Heiress is one of those classic plays where my mind always begs the question " "Does it end the same way?" "Do I have to watch this woma…
This is a delicate spider web of a play woven with silk that has the strength of steel. It has to be a strong web because this is the story of the man who never returned. Karen Allen (Olde…
So here's the deal. I didn't believe it. From the minute Amy Morton opened her mouth and had trouble calling her husband a cluck in the offhand way that people did back then " I didn't bel…
Coleman Domingo has a huge heart, a wild imagination and a big mouth. The first two should continue on their unbridled journey that can only benefit all of us. The last could use a big dos…
My love affair with The Bats continues.Tamara-Lee (Layla Khoshnoudi) lives in a border town and has a few things to say. Mostly about Nigerians, but that is because of the Mexicans, and tha…
There are heady conversations going on about town. Don't Go Gentle offers a fistful. The themes here are mythic and bold and boils down to family vs. friend. Who is who and how come we en…
There is some fancy footwork going on over at the Court Theatre.I am, of course, speaking of the set.This is not to say that the actors are horrid or anywhere near it. The are not, however,…
This is a play that is so flimsy it is almost invisible. This is the story (what IS it with these bio-dramas???) of Anne Morrow Lindbergh. Ms. Lindbergh had a fairly tough go of it. She m…
This play begs the question: Did anyone read this script before they decided to produce it?This is supposed to be the story of a woman who is cornered by life and death, and takes it upon h…
