“Abundance” at the Beckett Thereat on Theatre Row (Closed Saturday March 28,...
Referencing the word “Abundance” in the dictionary, several meanings appear, including ‘an extremely plentiful or over sufficient quantity or supply,’ ‘overflowing fullness,’ and affluence or wealth,’...
View Article“John & Jen” at the Clurman Theatre on Theatre Row (Closed Saturday April 4,...
The charming chamber musical “John & Jen” opened in 1995 at the Lamb’s Theatre and is enjoying its twentieth anniversary revival at the Clurman Theatre on Theatre Row. It is a musical montage of...
View Article“For the Last Time” at the Clurman Theatre on Theatre Row (Closed Saturday...
When Nathaniel Hawthorne wrote “The Marble Faun” (his last novel), he was concerned about themes that recur in his previous novels. Are there any benefits extant in human suffering? What happens when...
View Article“The Fairer Sex at Theatre Row (Closed August 2, 2015)
Imagine a world where women are free of sexual violence, oppression, and make the same, if not more, money than men. Finally, in a stunning humanistic dark comedy, “The Fairer Sex” presented by Between...
View Article“In Bed With Roy Cohn” at the Lion Theatre on Theatre Row (Closed October 3,...
The life and times of the notorious Roy Cohn have been chronicled in fiction and non-fiction and perhaps most notable in Tony Kushner’s “Angels in America” where Ethel Rosenberg “appears” at Cohn’s...
View Article“Hard Love” at TACT at The Beckett Theatre on Theatre Row (Closed Saturday...
“So now faith, hope, and love abide, these three; but the greatest of these is love.” I Corinthians 13:13 It is a hard kind of love that haunts Hannah (Victoria Mack) and Zvi (Ian Kahn) as they attempt...
View Article“The Eternal Space” at the Lion Theatre on Theatre Row (Closed Sunday...
Two men – one older, one younger – cross paths in the former Pennsylvania Train Station from 1963 until 1966. The older Joseph Lanzarone (Clyde Baldo) teaches American and British Literature at Xavier...
View Article“Rose” at the Clurman Theatre on Theatre Row (Closed Sunday December 13, 2015)
“I’m thinking unnecessary thoughts. I always keep busy, but what can I do? I can’t go to early morning mass. The reporters sit in nearby pews whispering their queries. I can’t take my daily walk on the...
View ArticleReview: “Broadway and the Bard” at the Lion Theatre on Theatre Row (Closed...
There is nothing better than listening to an actor deliver Shakespeare’s lines with unbridled passion and the natural “heartbeat” rhythms inherent in the Bard’s iambic pentameter. And that is precisely...
View ArticleReview: “Straight” at the Acorn Theatre on Theatre Row (Through May 8, 2016)
“And anyway–it is an excellent time to be gay. I sorta like gay people better!” (Emily to Ben) If Emily (Jenna Gavigan) has her bioinformatics grad student finger on the national pulse when it comes to...
View ArticleReview: Keen Company’s Transformative “Boy” at the Clurman Theatre
“I wouldn’t want to be Frankenstein.” (Adam to Jenny in “Boy”) The Keen Company’s Mission is to create “theater that provokes identification, reflection, and emotional connection – enduring stories...
View ArticleOff-Broadway Review: “Implications of Cohabitation” Flounders at the Clurman...
The Homeless Man (David Pendleton) sums up Nelson’s (Anthony Ruiz) dilemma in a simple phrase, “You should know there are implications to cohabitation.” Nelson is the husband and father of two families...
View ArticleOff-Broadway Review: Keen Company’s “Tick, Tick…BOOM!” Explodes with Joy at...
“I want to write music. I want to sit down right now at my piano and write a song that people will listen to and remember, and do the same thing every morning for the rest of my life.” – Jon Before...
View ArticleOff-Broadway Review: “Matthew McConaughey Vs. The Devil” at the New York...
“Matthew McConaughey vs The Devil: An American Myth” is yet another version of the story based on the fictional character “Faust” here set in Hollywood and dealing with an unsuccessful actor who makes...
View ArticleOff-Broadway Review: “Dorian Gray” at the New York Musical Festival at the...
Oscar Wilde might be turning in his grave, or at least twitching – that is if he has seen a certain NYMF production appropriately titled “Dorian Gray” a musical loosely based on his notorious...
View ArticleOff-Broadway Review: “The Time Machine” at the New York Musical Festival at...
The new musical “The Time Machine,” presented as part of New York Musical Festival, is an overwrought musical adaptation of the H.G. Wells classic, plagued with too many genres, resulting in a...
View ArticleOff-Broadway Review: “The Cadaver Synod: A Pope Musical” at the New York...
Is it serious or a joke, a love story, a punk rock pseudo opera or possibly a retro piece paying homage to the irreverent, sensational pop musicals of the seventies, which were usually found playing in...
View ArticleOff-Broadway Review: “Temple of the Souls” at the New York Musical Festival...
Perhaps “Temple of the Souls,” the new musical being presented as part of NYMF, would be more powerful as an operetta, which would validate the melodrama afforded in this current production. It is yet...
View ArticleOff-Broadway Review: “Peace, Love, and Cupcakes” at the Acorn Theatre at...
“Peace, Love, and Cupcakes: The Musical,” currently running at the New York Musical Festival at the Acorn Theatre at Theatre Row, is a sweet bubble gum musical that, on the surface, addresses the issue...
View ArticleOff-Broadway Review: “A Wall Apart” at the New York Musical Festival at the...
“A Wall Apart” at the New York Musical Festival at the Acorn Theatre at Theatre Row is a stunning and powerful new rock musical about the three Ostermann brothers living in the German Democratic...
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