1,037 stories by "Jk Clarke"
    It's a massive epic, and what masterful stagecraft is marshaled to tell it!   by Carol Rocamora  The Lehman Trilogy, the astonishing new play at the Park Aven…
     By Myra Chanin  I am enraged, infuriated, maddened by the use of phrases like "The Holocaust" or "The Shoah""politically correct, less disturbing words which att…
   By Ron Fassler  Those swinging, singing sisters, Liz and Ann, in their new concert show, Broadway with the Callaways (at the Sony Concert Hall), brought screams of cheers …
    by Samuel L. Leiter  I've been to the Soho Playhouse many times but never have I seen such a crowd of well-dressed, excitedly buzzing theatergoers standing outside on…
      by JK Clarke  The 1620 voyage by members of the Separatists (a Puritan sect) on the Mayflower to what is now New England was one of the most daring ventures…
     by Sheila Watko  With the talent of a seasoned Broadway composer and the optimistic charm of an artist making it in New York City, Toronto-based composer and lyr…
     by Samuel L. Leiter  There are a lot of Jewish jokes in A Jewish Joke, Marni Freedman and Phil Johnson's not-up-to-expectations solo play, in which Johnson portr…
   Sunday, March 10 saw the Opening Night of the Broadway Musical Be More Chill at The Lyceum Theatre, followed by a grand after party at Gotham Hall. The story of teens coping w…
    by Carol Rocamora  It's a wild ride, so fasten your seat belts. Marys Seacole, now playing at Lincoln Center's tiny Claire Tow Theater, will alternately shock you, be…
    In Space, everyone can hear Molly scream.   by JK Clarke  Society's fascination with outer space is well documented, and has been since long before the first …
     by JK Clarke  Since its Broadway debut in 1964, Fiddler on the Roof has remained largely unchanged, and maintained its status as an emotive and poignant musical …
    By Samuel L. Leiter  Audiences investing time and money in seeing New Light Theater Project's production of Imagining Madoff, Obie-winning Deb Margolin's (Turquoise) …
     by Sheila Watko  What happens when you cross Bring It On with Scream, add an incredible girl power cast and throw in some Broadway-pop music for good measure? Yo…
     by Brian Scott Lipton  Lewis Carroll's Victorian-era masterpiece Alice in Wonderland has sparked the theatrical imagination of such diverse talents as Eva Le Gal…
by Sheila Watko Broadway's Richard Rodgers Theatre has been home to over thirty shows since it opened its doors almost a century ago, including favorites l…
by Hazen Cuyler To document your mother's suffering as she dies from cancer requires courage. To expose a family's feelings and desires throughout that traumatic …
By Sheila Watko The year is 1963.; Martin Luther King, Jr. will soon lead one of the country's largest civil rights demonstrations, the Walk to Free…
by JK Clarke In his first book, War on Peace, published last summer, New Yorker investigative journalist and Pulitzer Prize winner (for his exposé …
by Samuel L. Leiter In a script note for his stumbling satire on our racist history, The American Tradition, Ray Yamanouchi asks directors to "utili…
by Ron Fassler In the spring of 1979, Carmelina, a new musical by the formidable talents of Alan Jay Lerner and Burton Lane, opened on Broadw…
by Matt Smith Dianna Agron knows a thing or two about curveballs. Throughout her six-season stint on popular musical dramedy series Glee, her character, spiteful …
by Samuel L. Leiter Given the sturm and drang of what goes on there, it's a wonder anyone would want to return to the medieval convent that forms th…
By Samuel L. Leiter When's the last time you saw 15 talented actors doing a nonmusical show on a tiny Off-Broadway stage? For me, it was last night at The …
By Samuel L. Leiter Since 2016, the St. Louis Actors' Studio has been presenting an annual program of one-acts locally under the rubric LaBute New Theater Festiva…
By Ron Fassler With School of Rock closing January 20th after an impressive run of three years and just over 1,300 performances, I was happily invit…
