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"Life Among the Aryans" is the latest work from Ishmael Reed, the American poet, novelist, essayist, and Pulitzer-Prize nominee. Directed by Rome Neal, the play's thematic nexus lies in disi…
Artistic director, writer, arranger and host David Loud was at lectern off to the side onstage and passionately delivered his erudite and informative commentary at length. Mr. Loud grew up w…
Unfortunately, O'Reilly's heavy reliance on the production team is also indicative of a significant problem: the play is repetitive. Despite finding new, and often lovely, poetic ways to con…
Playwright Lizzie Stern has an ear for contemporary discourse and her dialogue is well-crafted. The characters are appealing and are finely detailed. The universal focus is on the relationsh…
The letters alternate with the musical portions played by Ji on piano, Ari Evan on cello and Stephanie Zyzak on violin in various combinations which are beautiful but it is never clear in wh…
The current staging of "Our Lady" at The Pershing Square Signature Center, directed by Phylicia Rashad, magically now comes across as an addled, profane sitcom. It's entertaining and at …
While "Brokeback Mountain" impresses in its sincerity, it does not move which is a serious problem considering the romantic and tragic plot. Director Jacopo Spirei's cast is in fine form as …
The Cast of "Stage Life" (Photo credit: Courtesy of Creative Arts Lab) David Kaufman, Critic As conceived and adapted by Martin Tackel, Stage Life is too ambitious by half. While it attempts…
Mr. Cruz realizes his scenario with his patented style. There's rueful humor, Chekhovian reveries and a sense of the mystical all with a demonstrative Latin sensibility. The dialogue is fill…
The nine pieces on this program differed tremendously from each other in style, tone and effect. However, two important qualities unified all the performances. First, the composers all cause…
Director Shira-Lee Shalit provides breakneck pacing, swift scene transitions and compelling stage compositions that include the presence of the violinist.  The visual and the verbal ar…
Tagaq makes music with her whole body: it is an act as fundamental as consuming, excreting, orgasm and birthing. She can make any sound " whisper and howl, caress, growl and grunt " and use …
Packed into Theodora Skipitares' "There's Blood at the Wedding" are multiple takes on how authorities have abused their powers, too often killing innocent people. By theatricalizing and …
While "The Beast in the Jungle" is a musical for our time it contains a message that was dear to the heart of writer Henry James, that of the unlived life. Ultimately very moving when the st…
Standing in the way of the show's success is the workshop-like production. Some of Pellegrino's melodies are pleasant but musical director Michael Wittenberg's piano playing drowns out many …
Mr. Clements' treatment of these events is straightforward and confirms existing perceptions of these figures. Diana is charismatic but immature and self-aggrandizing, Morton is a go-getter,…
We learn a great deal about hospice, possibly more than one might want to know in a play. While most death watch plays like Edward Albee's "All Over" and Scott McPherson's "Marvin's Room," t…
Bit and Otto recall tomboy Frankie Addams and Berenice the maid from Carson McCullers' "The Member of the Wedding" while Pigman and Missy parallel Pozzo and Lucky from Samuel Beckett's "Wait…
In many ways Dominique Morisseau's "Paradise Blue" shares similarities with August Wilson's brilliant, if long-winded, Pittsburgh based plays. "Blue" is part of Morisseau's Detroit Proje…
While director David Mercatali has them continually circling each other like boxers in a ring--sparring emotionally, if not physically--Sophie and Tom never really connect or even touch each…
Played as older than either Viola or Sebastian, Elizabeth Heflin is charmingly eccentric as the strong cougar who becomes lovesick and yielding at the sight of Cesario and then Sebastian. In…
Unlike many of the recent New York stagings, Eyre's production makes it clear that the thrust of this four act play is an attempt for the Tyrones to exorcise their demons in one alcoholic in…
Conceived by Carrie Heitman and written by Cynthia Babak it was developed in workshops over the last three years by the Hook & Eye Theater company. According to Chad Lindsey's director'…
The new work, "Microburst," was a quartet performed to classical Indian music composed and played live by Avirodh Sharma. Brilliant and audacious, "Microburst" took the four dancers, all…
In the spirit of the loquacious Winnie in Samuel Beckett's "Happy Days," the animated Yuki Kawahisa beautifully portrays Honoka with sunny depth. Maho Honda as Arisa, the play's unifying …
