The Mint Theatre, Off Broadway
By Jason Rost
BOTTOM LINE: A period piece of morals and manners gets a new life with splendid performances and intriguing design.
The Mint Theater rare…
“SINCERE EFFORT” BY A NOSE IN THE FIFTH Sam Shepard's Geography of a Horse Dreamer offers the lyric combination of the rough and ridiculous we expect of Shepard, with eponymous t…
The Philadelphia Theatre Company's production of John Kander and Fred Ebb's highly-acclaimed musical The Scottsboro Boys, took home four awards, including Outstanding Production of a Musical…
Christopher Innvar, Mary McCann, Mary Beth Peil, Jordan Lage, Madeleine Martin, Gareth Saxe star in Simon Stephens' tale of Harper Regan to life for Off-Broadway's Atlantic Theater C…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:00am on September 27, 2012☆⚑
Toronto's Mirvish Productions — known for big musicals in the Ontario metropolis — is packaging a collection of smaller, riskier productions produced by local and internation…
SOURCE: Playbill at 1:31pm on September 24, 2012☆⚑
In "Mary Broome," a comedy by Allan Monkhouse, known for his acerbic take on the English bourgeoisie, a man leading a life of privilege is suddenly thrust into poverty.
Like many of Sam Shepard's plays, this is not one to shoot for easy laughs, and it seems at times that director Carlo Lorenzo Garcia doesn't know whether to make *Horse Dreamer* funny or dar…
RECOMMENDED Gangsters Santee (Mark Vallarta) and Beaujo (Rudy Galvan) stand guard over Cody (Gavin Robinson), who's capable of dreaming horse-race winners. Problem is, he's in a slump. But w…
The Atlantic Theater Company kicks off its 2012-13 season with the New York premiere of Simon Stephens’ Harper Regan on September 20. Directed by Gaye Taylor Upchurch and starring…
Christopher Innvar, Mary McCann, Mary Beth Peil, Jordan Lage, Madeleine Martin, Gareth Saxe and more bring Simon Stephens' tale of Harper Regan to life for Off-Broadway's Atlantic Th…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00am on September 20, 2012☆⚑
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The tale of how the world's most beloved nanny, Mary Poppins, flew from the pages of a popular book onto the big screen is the subject of a new film starring Tom Hank…
Mary Mossberg joins the cast of Off-Broadway's Cougar the Musical, which is directed by Tony nominee Lynne Taylor-Corbett, Sept. 19. She succeeds Catherine Porter in the role of Lily.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:00am on September 19, 2012☆⚑
Kansas City Repertory Theatre opens its 48th season with the Tony Award-nominated musical Pippin, which features a score by Grammy-winner Stephen Schwartz and book by Roger O. Hirson. The Re…
I love nothing more than checking out revivals of once-successful but long forgotten plays. They are often as illuminating about the times in which they were first produced as the “sur…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 12:19pm on September 18, 2012☆⚑
The Mint Theater Company's production of Allan Monkhouse's 1911 comedy Mary Broome has been extended an additional week of performances through Oct. 21. The first-ever New York reviv…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:53am on September 18, 2012☆⚑
Kansas City Repertory Theatre opens its 48th season with the Tony Award-nominated musical Pippin, which features a score by Grammy-winner Stephen Schwartz and book by Roger O. Hirson. The Re…
Claybourne Elder stars in the title role of the Kansas City Repertory Theatre production of Pippin, which began previews Sept. 14 under the direction of Eric Rosen. Wallace Smith and Mary Te…
SOURCE: Playbill at 3:55pm on September 17, 2012☆⚑
Jonathan Bank at the Mint Theatre continues to unbury bits and pieces of our theatrical heritage as he continues his successful leadership off this unique off Broadway company. Some of his r…
The groundbreaking Showtime series "Weeds," which casts Tony winner Mary-Louise Parker as a drug-dealing suburban mom, concludes Sept. 16 following an eight-season run.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00am on September 16, 2012☆⚑
Kansas City Repertory Theatres artistic director Eric Rosen has cast Broadway musical veteran Wallace Smith as the Leading Player in the Reps production of Pippin. Rosen will direct the musi…
Claybourne Elder stars in the title role of the Kansas City Repertory Theatre production of Pippin, which begins previews Sept. 14 under the direction of Eric Rosen. Wallace Smith and Mary T…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00am on September 14, 2012☆⚑
For my first review back after an unusually long "vacation," and for a show being produced by the normally wonderful Mint Theater Company, I wish I had more positive things to write. But thi…
