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It's been almost 50 years since the release of the movie Jaws. Directed by Steven Spielberg in 1975, it was based on the 1974 novel by Peter Benchley and starred Roy Scheider as a police chi…
In hindsight, a show about a group of friends in NYC slowly breaking up may not have been the best thing for me to watch just a couple weeks before moving away from the city. I left David Ro…
photo by Joan Marcus If you don't keep your eyes fixed on the stage at The Hayes Theater at all times during "The Cottage," you are likely to miss some of the show's most humorous moments. T…
Once upon a time, children were raised on fairy tales where the beautiful princess waited to be rescued by the valiant handsome prince. Today those stories have been changed to reflect a dif…
I'm a sucker for a good ghost story. When that ghost story happens to include gorgeous folk harmonies, graceful black box intimacy, and an elusive yet inescapable meaning, consider me sold. …
Ever heard of Alan Freed? If so, then you might enjoy Rock & Roll Man, the musical at New World Stages. Freed was the risk-taking disc jockey who coined the term "Rock and Roll" but his …
It's no secret that many of the fairytales we know and love today are pretty sexist. Take Sleeping Beauty or Little Red Riding Hood: helpless heroines who need men to save them. In other sto…
photo by Ahron R. Foster Based upon the 1962 movie starring Jack Lemon and Lee Remick, Days of Wine and Roses is now a musical at Atlantic Theater Company, starring the divine Kelli O'Hara a…
A world devastated by pollution and climate change. A soulless corporation with mindless employees. A girl from the outside with dangerous ideas. Welcome to In Corpo: a new musical by Ben Be…
How far would you go to secure a date for high school prom? For Madison, Stella, and Grace"three high school seniors who have dreamed of this moment their entire lives"the answer is a resoun…
Alan Freed didn't invent Rock & Roll"in fact, he wasn't even the first to call it that. What he did, which was arguably more challenging and more important, was to make it mainstream. Be…
From its inception four years ago at The Kraine Theater, New Ambassadors Theatre Company's Blurring Boundaries"comprising a lineup of short one-act plays written, performed, and directed by …
The 2023 Tony Awards was, as they say, one for the books… and despite the ongoing WGA strike threatening to stifle the sanctity of our ceremony, it all went off without a hitch. (No, reall…
Magician Steve Cuiffo has a problem: his wife hates magic. He doesn't know it's a problem until his friend Lucas Hnath (the playwright behind Broadway's radical Dana H.) asks him to creat…
The world is so chaotic that sometimes all a viewer wants is a slice-of-life story with a happy ending. Primary Trust, the new play by Eboni Booth, a Roundabout Theatre Company production at…
Having seen (read "been positively blown away by") several of Edward Einhorn's previous shows produced through Untitled Theater Company No. 61, and being a long-time lover of Shakespeare,…
Kelli O'Hara, as everyone knows, is a gift to the world of theatre. Her voice is otherworldly, her acting immaculate. Now, she can add to her resume the triumph of largely carrying Days of W…
Ironically, though New York City is home to more than 8 million people, it's been called "the lonely city," and it's easy to see why. You could easily pass hundreds of people on your morning…
By definition, the legal term prima facie means the first impression, accepted as correct until proven otherwise. The theatrical term Prima Facie refers to an exciting one-woman play starrin…
Shakespeare is canceled. Don't ask why"he just is. It might have something to do with the tremors that keep jarring the college diversity office, or then again, it might not. We'll never rea…
Despite its seemingly unsophisticated vibe, Shucked is an extremely polished, well-crafted musical. After all, the show is directed by Jack O'Brien (Hairspray, Full Monty, Porgy and Bess, In…
I've seen my fair share of plays about racism, but I've never seen the struggle between a facist government and its oppressed citizens dramatized as a puppet show. In We, Puppets, presented …
Shakespeare is the indisputable dominating figure on stages around the world"delivered in many languages. But, no where does he seem to get more nuanced interpretations than in hometown …
I am a native New Yorker, and I honestly love NYC. Although I know the city has its many flaws, I will defend it against all comers. Yet I cringed at the rosy 'melting-pot' version of the ci…
There's a fine line between satire and silliness, and "The Thanksgiving Play" crosses that line too often. Playwright Larisa Fasthorse takes shots at well-meaning, naive white people trying …
