Off-Broadway Review: “Lonely Planet” at the Keen Company at the Clurman at...
“And this is the thing: they will train you, they will teach you to hit, they will teach you to move – but they never tell you about the fear. Nothing the people in your Corner can tell you will...
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...
View ArticleOff-Broadway Review: “Lonely Planet” at the Keen Company at the Clurman at...
“And this is the thing: they will train you, they will teach you to hit, they will teach you to move – but they never tell you about the fear. Nothing the people in your Corner can tell you will...
View ArticleOff-Broadway Review: Mint Theater Company’s “Conflict” at the Beckett Theatre...
The themes of Miles Malleson’s “Conflict,” currently running at the Beckett Theatre at Theatre Row, could not be more relevant and the playwright’s treatment of these themes could not be more modern or...
View ArticleOff-Broadway Review: “Days to Come” at Mint Theater Company at Theatre Row’s...
The moral turpitude of those who “consume” is in the spotlight in Lillian Hellman’s 1936 “Days to Come” currently running at Mint Theater Company at Theatre Row’s Beckett Theatre. On the surface,...
View ArticleOff-Broadway Preview and News: “Miracle in Rwanda” Opens on April 9, 2019 and...
MIRACLE IN RWANDA – the play by Leslie Lewis and Edward Vilga – scheduled to premiere Off Broadway following an acclaimed world tour, with preview performances beginning April 4 prior to an official...
View ArticleOff-Off-Broadway Preview: Broadway Bound Theatre Festival Announces 2019...
In a celebratory move uptown to the theater district, the Broadway Bound Theatre Festival, celebrating its third year in Manhattan, has announced its 2019 season lineup at Theatre Row, 410 West 42nd...
View ArticleOff-Broadway Preview and Interview: Lenore Skomal Shares Her Thoughts on Her...
David: Lenore, your new off-Broadway show “The Exes” officially opens on Thursday August 15th at Theatre Row. That’s getting close! What are your thoughts and feelings as the opening approaches?...
View ArticleOff-Broadway Review: Ma-Yi Theater Company’s “Felix Starro” at Theatre Row
Currently running at Theatre Row, Ma-Yi Theater Company’s “Felix Starro” launches the Company’s 30th Anniversary Season. The musical is based on Filipino-American writer Lysley Tenorio’s short story of...
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