DRAMA IN THE MARKETPLACE Trade Practices, which launches HERE's 2014-2015 season, takes the audience on a tour into the bowels of the corporate world where deals are negotiated, promises are…
MUCH ADO ABOUT SOMETHING YOU WANT TO SEE If one were only to see Shakespeare as produced by The Public Theater at the Delacorte Theater, it would be easy to come to the conclusion that all o…
As long as these men can set the stage on fire, the music that is America's greatest cultural contribution to the world will never die.
OUR HEARTS BELONG TO MARY, BUT THE REVUE ABOUT HER LIFE NEEDS REINVENTING The legendary actress and singer Mary Martin would have been 100 years old today, and to celebrate this centennial Y…
SOME OF THE GLITZ WORKS, BUT BULLETS BASICALLY SHOOTS BLANKS In keeping with the growing trend of turning films into Broadway musicals, Douglas McGrath and Woody Allen's 1994 comedy, Bullets…
A FAMOUS LITERARY FEUD MAKES GREAT DRAMA In 1980, in a television interview with Dick Cavett, novelist and literary critic Mary McCarthy made an especially biting comment about her longtime …
AN UNHAPPY COUPLE – UNHAPPY IN ITS OWN WAY Stockholm Syndrome is a form of traumatic bonding in which hostages develop an irrational sympathy for their captors. The term refers to a ro…
a gentle musical with something of a rambling plot line. But thanks to the lively musical numbers and memorable characters, it remains interesting and entertaining.
Zachary Wobensmith Sings from the Heart about Stiff Upper Lips: In his first solo show in New York City, Stiff Upper Lip at The Duplex (61 Christopher Street), Zachary Wobensmith celebrates …
John Tartaglia Celebrates His Third Decade at 54 Below: John Tartaglia got his start appearing alongside puppets, first on Sesame Street and later in Avenue Q.
he National Asian American Theatre Co (NAATCO) does Clifford Odets' story of a Jewish family during the Great Depression.
The image of dancing on nails is not pretty. It speaks of self-inflicted injuries and the transformation of something that should be pleasurable into something painful. It is the perfect tit…
Given all that has been written about these presidents and their wives, there probably is not a great deal that is new here, but Bronka's delightful and insightful portrayal of these woman m…
The Folkbiene's Purim show arrives after this year's holiday, but when a show is as much fun as this, even without a holiday, it's cause for celebration
oe Gilford's play about his parents is often funny, generally moving and has an ending that leaves the audience feeling satisfied and just a bit nervous
This play by Anita Loos is the kind of play that begs for the lament “They don’t make them like that anymore.†Fortunately, TACT is still stagin…
Target Margin's production of Peretz Hirschbein's play may leave even those familiar with Yiddish theater baffled.
The New Victory's presentation is so visually inventive and the story so intriguing that the 70 minutes, like Zorro, gallops by
he story of Jewish immigrants is really the story of the American nation. After all, what could be more American than the film industry, Broadway and a lot of Yiddish words that have effortl…
The Pearl production is a most enjoyable experience. But let us not forget it preceded the French Revolution by only eleven years. Laughter can be dangerous. . . . Read More
Tourists (and natives) can now learn everything they ever wanted to know about the Big Apple, while enjoying a New York lunch at Sofia's Downstairs. The show, directed by Robert Ross Parker,…
These are colorful characters indeed. And they are played by a versatile ensemble cast, dressed in dazzling costumes, complete with feathers and flowing scarves. Wilson's African-influenced …
Jim Henry's psychological drama, is being presented as a new play, but it has actually has been produced around the country for several years, including a stint at Missouri Valley College (2…
Despite Eve Brandstein's capable direction and fine performances by Lynne Wintersteller and Nancy Johnson, thi play never fulfills its potential.
a traditional play waiting to come out of a solo show. . .