Forbidden Broadway The Next Generation: Musical Comedy Takes It on the Chin by David Finkle

★★★★ Gerard Alessandrini is back with his usually delectable vengeance The post Forbidden Broadway The Next Generation: Musical Comedy Takes It on the Chin appeared f…

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 9:45pm on October 16, 2019☆⚑

The Rose Tattoo: Tennessee Williams' Rose Isn't a Rose Isn't a Rose by David Finkle

★★★ Director Trip Cullman takes the work, starring Marisa Tomei, to be only a comedy, but it's more than that The post The Rose Tattoo: Tennessee Williams' Rose Isn't a Ros…

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 9:00pm on October 15, 2019☆⚑

The Decline and Fall of the Entire World as Seen Through the Eyes of Cole Porter: The Decline Rises by David Finkle

★★★★ The 1965 Ben Bagley revue well treated by director Pamela Hunt, with Lee Roy Reams The post The Decline and Fall of the Entire World as Seen Through the Eyes of …

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 4:01pm on October 14, 2019☆⚑

Terra Firma: Sally Hammond's Comedy(?) Not on Firm Ground by David Finkle

★★ The Coop's introductory production lacks substance, wastes the marvelous Andrus Nichols The post Terra Firma: Sally Hammond's Comedy(?) Not on Firm Ground appeared first on Ne…

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 11:00am on October 11, 2019☆⚑

All My Fathers: Sometimes You Can Go Home But Maybe Shouldn't by David Finkle

★★★ Paul David Young's drama eventually waxes metatheatrical to no heavy benefit The post All My Fathers: Sometimes You Can Go Home But Maybe Shouldn't appeared first on Ne…

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 8:30pm on October 8, 2019☆⚑

The Wrong Man: How Wrong a Wrong Man Can Go in Song and Dance by David Finkle

★★★ Ross Golan's original musical looks at injustice but not with sufficient insight The post The Wrong Man: How Wrong a Wrong Man Can Go in Song and Dance appeared first o…

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 9:21pm on October 7, 2019☆⚑

Round Table: King Arthur Sort of Remembered Then and Now by David Finkle

★★★ Liba Vaynberg's (autobiographical?) play views troubled romance during two disparate eras The post Round Table: King Arthur Sort of Remembered Then and Now appeared fir…

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 7:30pm on October 6, 2019☆⚑

Broadway's 'Slave Play': A Free (But Costly) Racial Satire by David Finkle

Harris' play is so scattershot that his many points, and the fireworks that generate, remain unhappily in chains. The post Broadway's 'Slave Play': A Free (But Costly) Racial Satire appeared…

SOURCE: Clyde Fitch Report at 7:01pm on October 6, 2019☆⚑

The New Englanders: Mixed-Race Gay Couple with Daughter Clash by David Finkle

★★★ Jeff Augustin's play doesn't quite get to the bottom of a family's incipient dysfunction The post The New Englanders: Mixed-Race Gay Couple with Daughter Clash appeared…

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 6:42pm on October 4, 2019☆⚑

In 'Wives,' Playwright Backhaus Tries Comedy " and #MeToo by David Finkle

But why salt so much dialogue with, like, annoyingly contemporary expressions? The post In 'Wives,' Playwright Backhaus Tries Comedy " and #MeToo appeared first on Clyde Fitch Report.

SOURCE: Clyde Fitch Report at 5:00pm on September 16, 2019☆⚑

Margaret Trudeau: Certain Woman of an Age: Former First Lady Tells All by David Finkle

★★★ How the onetime headline grabber deals with bipolar disorder and other exigencies The post Margaret Trudeau: Certain Woman of an Age: Former First Lady Tells All appear…

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 6:33pm on September 13, 2019☆⚑

Only Yesterday: John Lennon and Paul McCartney Caught in the Rain by David Finkle

★★★★ Fans will love what Bob Stevens imagines two Beatles get up to on a documented day off The post Only Yesterday: John Lennon and Paul McCartney Caught in the Rain…

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 7:15pm on September 12, 2019☆⚑

American Moor: Keith Hamilton Cobb Turns an Othello Audition Red Hot by David Finkle

★★★ The playwright/actor questions how effective any understanding between the races can be The post American Moor: Keith Hamilton Cobb Turns an Othello Audition Red Hot ap…

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 9:00pm on September 8, 2019☆⚑

Lear: That Old Man I Used to Know: Not the Tragedy You Used to Know by David Finkle

★★★ Writer-director Beth Ann Hopkins fools with Shakespeare's King Lear for intriguing changes The post Lear: That Old Man I Used to Know: Not the Tragedy You Used to Know …

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 6:00pm on September 8, 2019☆⚑

On Broadway, 'Betrayal' Is the Only Constant of Life by David Finkle

Actors Zawe Ashton and Charlie Fox add immeasurably to the playwright's most biographical work. The post On Broadway, 'Betrayal' Is the Only Constant of Life appeared first on Clyde Fitch Re…

SOURCE: Clyde Fitch Report at 9:13pm on September 6, 2019☆⚑

Dust: Milly Thomas Wrote, Performs an Ashen but Lively Monologue by David Finkle

★★★★ A raw look, directed by Sara Joyce, at what happens after a death that isn't exactly final The post Dust: Milly Thomas Wrote, Performs an Ashen but Lively Monolo…

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 12:44pm on September 6, 2019☆⚑

Felix Starro: Musical on Philippines Psychic Surgery Needs Gurney by David Finkle

★★ Playwright Jessica Hagedorn, composer Juan Obispo take on questionable healing clumsily The post Felix Starro: Musical on Philippines Psychic Surgery Needs Gurney appeared fir…

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 8:59pm on September 3, 2019☆⚑

Hercules: The Strong Man and Huge Cast Sing Lustily on Stage by David Finkle

★★★★ The 1997 Disney cartoon with Alan Menken-David Zippel score transfers under Lear deBessonet The post Hercules: The Strong Man and Huge Cast Sing Lustily on Stage…

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 5:25pm on September 2, 2019☆⚑

Musical Malaise: The Twilight of the Original Score? by David Finkle

The zeitgeist doesn't bode well for top-flight musical theater scores. Unless... The post Musical Malaise: The Twilight of the Original Score? appeared first on Clyde Fitch Report.

SOURCE: Clyde Fitch Report at 4:00pm on August 27, 2019☆⚑

House, or How to Lose an Orchard in 90 Minutes or Less: No Ax Needed by David Finkle

★★★★ The Mitu Theater Group reworks Chekhov's "Cherry Orchard" for emphatic new meaning The post House, or How to Lose an Orchard in 90 Minutes or Less: No Ax Needed…

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 8:00pm on August 25, 2019☆⚑

Sea Wall/A Life: Jake Gyllenhaal, Tom Sturridge in Great, Nervous Shape by David Finkle

★★★★ Carrie Cracknell forcibly directs tough-minded one-acts by Simon Stephens and Nick Payne The post Sea Wall/A Life: Jake Gyllenhaal, Tom Sturridge in Great, Nervo…

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 8:54pm on August 8, 2019☆⚑

Love, Noël: Steve Ross, KT Sullivan Honor the Great Coward by David Finkle

★★★★★ Charlotte Moore directs the praise-worthy Barry Day-devised-and-written compilation The post Love, Noël: Steve Ross, KT Sullivan Honor the Great Coward…

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 7:57pm on August 1, 2019☆⚑

#DateMe An OKCupid Experiment: Comic Robyn Lynne Norris Has Only OK Dating Flings by David Finkle

★★ Audience members get to participate in the six-actor send-up, directed and choreographed by Lorin Latarro The post #DateMe An OKCupid Experiment: Comic Robyn Lynne Norris Has …

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 2:13pm on July 30, 2019☆⚑

Little Gem: Three Generations in One Family Work It All Out by David Finkle

★★★★ Elaine Murphy's engaging play features Marsha Mason, Brenda Meany, and Lauren O'Leary The post Little Gem: Three Generations in One Family Work It All Out appear…

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 11:00am on July 26, 2019☆⚑

the way she spoke: Abuse of Women in Mexico Urgently Exposed by David Finkle

★★★ Isaac Gomez asks Kate del Castillo and director Jo Bonney to make his overdone drama lucid The post the way she spoke: Abuse of Women in Mexico Urgently Exposed appeare…

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 10:00pm on July 18, 2019☆⚑