1,037 stories by "Jk Clarke"
Thursday night, February 22, Hello, Dolly! re-opened on Broadway at the Shubert Theatre with Tony Award winner Bernadette Peters at the helm as Dolly Gallagher Levi, taking over from …
by Steve Nardoni This past Wednesday at Feinstein's/54 Below saw a Valentine-themed celebration of Broadway, romance, and relationships, delightfully represented by coup…
by Marilyn Lester The Tara Finney anniversary production of Disco Pigs is a completely stunning piece of theater. In 75 minutes of nonstop action, Evanna L…
by JK Clarke At this point it's fair to call Kate Hamill a one-woman cottage industry of theatrical interpretations of 19th century English Literature clas…
The evening of Sunday, December 17 saw the Broadway opening of Claire Van Kampen’s new play, Farinelli and the King, starring three-time Tony Award and Oscar-winni…
by JK Clarke Much is known of the life of British literary icon C.S. Lewis, but he was a man who meant different things to different groups of people, such that h…
by JK Clarke Even among those who eschew Shakespeare plays, whatever their reason"language, content, repetition"the much beloved, comic masterpiece …
by Michael Bracken When's the last time you attended "an immersive guerrilla folk opera"? Â At the risk of sounding like I've led a sheltered life, I have to admit Cou…
by JK Clarke At some point in a long list of accolades, the Public Theater's Mobile Unit should be singled out for consistently turning out first rate, acc…
Thursday, November 30, Beau Willimon’s The Parisian Woman opened on at the Hudson Theatre, ushering in with it Uma Thurman’s Broadway debut. Directed by Pam MacKinn…
Wednesday, November 29 saw the Broadway opening of Steve Martin’s Meteor Shower at the historic Booth Theatre. The comedy starring Amy Schumer, Keegan Michael Key, Tony winner L…
By JK Clarke Anyone walking in to see the new production of Peter Pan at the Duke on 42nd Street is in for a shock if they're not familiar with its produci…
Monday, November 6, the Drama League celebrated its 34th Annual Musical Celebration of Broadway at the Plaza Hotel by honoring Mark Twain award winning humorist, Kennedy Center…
By Samuel L. Leiter If you love physical comedy in the manner of Buster Keaton and Charlie Chaplin or, to cite more recent exemplars, Bill Irwin and…
by JK Clarke There is no greater sign of a rock and roll cover band's devotion to an artist than playing one of its albums in its entirety. Tangentially, i…
Monday, October 23, Abingdon Theatre Company celebrated its 25th Anniversary Gala at the Edison Ballroom in Times Square, NYC. This year’s Gala honored the legendary Tony…
By Eric J. Grimm Sara Fellini and her company, spit&vigor, put on the most daring work I have seen in New York theater. Her plays are substantial and often monumenta…
Friday, October 13 was full of good auspices at Cipriani on 42nd Street as the Irish Arts Center celebrated with its Spirit of Ireland Gala. This year’s event honored: Emmy, Gra…
by JK Clarke To label Classic Stage Company's new production of William Shakespeare's As You Like It "Marxist" might be at first off-putting to some…
Monday, September 18, The American Theatre Wing celebrated 100 years of service to the musical theater industry with its Annual Gala at Cipriani’s on 42nd Street. …
Fashion icons RuPaul and Marc Jacobs kicked off fall fashion week September 7 at the McKittrick Hotel with the “Fashion Does Drag Ball, benefiting Planned Parenthood. The…
by JK Clarke William Shakespeare's plays are far too often slandered as snooty intellectual fare, despite their being, from the beginning, theater for the …
With red, white and blue-clad drummers and much fanfare, Michael Moore’s Broadway debut, The Terms of My Surrender, opened at the Belasco Theatre Thursday, August 10. …
Beloved Broadway and Cabaret legend Barbara Cook died Tuesday August 8 at her home in Manhattan. She was 89. Recipient of a Kennedy Center honor in 2011, the legendary Soprano …
Thursday evening, August 3, saw the opening of the new musical comedy Curvy Widow at the Westside Theatre. With Book by Bobby Goldman, Music & Lyrics by Drew Brody and directe…
