Off-Broadway Theater Review: THE OLD MAN AND THE OLD MOON (The Gym at Judson) by Sarah Taylor Ellis

EXTRAORDINARILY BEAUTIFUL PIGPEN PROJECT PigPen Theatre Co.'s The Old Man and the Old Moon is guaranteed to gently pluck at your heartstrings. An enchanting fable told through shadow pupp…

SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 3:21pm on October 16, 2012[SHARE]

Off-Off-Broadway Theater Review: I HATE FUCKING MEXICANS (The Flea Theater) by Sarah Taylor Ellis

PINCHES GRINGOS! The aliens have arrived. Mexicans, that is. Fucking Mexicans. And fucking Nigerians. Small town Southern girl Tamara-Lee can't seem to decide which she hates more. I Hate Fu…

SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 12:22pm on October 16, 2012[SHARE]

North: the for/word company, 59E59 by Sarah Taylor Ellis

North: Review for Stage and Cinema

SOURCE: Compositions on Theater at 3:06pm on October 14, 2012[SHARE]

Off-Broadway Theater Review: NORTH (59E59) by Sarah Taylor Ellis

NORTH GOES SOUTH As a child, I flew to the stars with Antoine de Saint-Exupéry's The Little Prince " a work of youthful wonder tinged with adult melancholy, loneliness, and wistful philosop…

SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 7:23pm on October 12, 2012[SHARE]

Island: Or, To Be or Not to Be: New York Shakespeare Exchange, The Connelly Theater by Sarah Taylor Ellis

Island: Or, To Be or Not to Be: Review for Stage and Cinema

SOURCE: Compositions on Theater at 1:35pm on October 3, 2012[SHARE]

Off-Broadway Theater Review: ISLAND: OR, TO BE OR NOT TO BE (The Connelly Theater) by Sarah Taylor Ellis

COSPLAYING WITH THE BARD A delightful dash through Shakespearean tropes is now the two hours' traffic of The Connelly Theater stage. Siblings separated in a tempest, long lost lovers, conjoi…

SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 12:44pm on October 3, 2012[SHARE]

An Enemy of the People: Manhattan Theatre Club at The Samuel J. Friedman Theatre by Sarah Taylor Ellis

An Enemy of the People: Review for Stage and Cinema

SOURCE: Compositions on Theater at 11:05pm on October 1, 2012[SHARE]

Broadway Theater Review: AN ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE (Manhattan Theatre Club at The Samuel J. Friedman Theatre) by Sarah Taylor Ellis

SHOUTING FOR THE MAJORITY In the wake of Occupy Wall Street and the rise of the 99%, Henrik Ibsen's 1882 political drama An Enemy of the People crackles with contemporary relevance. Manhatta…

SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 10:40pm on October 1, 2012[SHARE]

Through the Yellow Hour: Rattlestick Playwrights Theatre by Sarah Taylor Ellis

Through the Yellow Hour: Review for Stage and Cinema

SOURCE: Compositions on Theater at 9:25am on September 28, 2012[SHARE]

Off-Broadway Theater Review: THROUGH THE YELLOW HOUR (Rattlestick Playwrights Theatre) by Sarah Taylor Ellis

CHILLING BUT MADDENING We are bunkered down in a ratty East Village apartment: blood stains smeared across the walls and newspapers plastered over the windows so the sunlight seeps in wit…

SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 10:00pm on September 27, 2012[SHARE]

Red Dog Howls: New York Theatre Workshop by Sarah Taylor Ellis

Red Dog Howls: Review for Stage and Cinema

SOURCE: Compositions on Theater at 12:33am on September 25, 2012[SHARE]

Off-Broadway Theater Review: RED DOG HOWLS (New York Theatre Workshop) by Sarah Taylor Ellis

HAUNTING HOWLS Rose Afratian harbors a dark secret. This wiry old woman's shoulders are hunched and her eyes are sunken from ninety-one years of hell on earth, living with a sin she dare not…

SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 12:00am on September 25, 2012[SHARE]

Shuffle: Elevator Repair Service, Brooklyn Public Library by Sarah Taylor Ellis

I was lounging at an oversized library desk, perusing the papers strewn about – fragments of Gatz (The Great Gatsby), The Select (The Sun Also Rises) and The Sound and the Fury (…

SOURCE: Compositions on Theater at 1:58am on September 21, 2012[SHARE]

Forbidden Broadway: 47th Street Theatre by Sarah Taylor Ellis

Forbidden Broadway: Review for Stage and Cinema

SOURCE: Compositions on Theater at 3:45pm on September 20, 2012[SHARE]

Off-Broadway Theater Review: FORBIDDEN BROADWAY: ALIVE & KICKING! (47th Street Theatre) by Sarah Taylor Ellis

FORBIDDEN BETTER THAN BROADWAY Musical theater fans, rejoice! Forbidden Broadway is back " Alive & Kicking! " with a raucous new romp through the current theatrical season. This off-Broa…

SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 2:37pm on September 20, 2012[SHARE]

Chaplin: Ethel Barrymore Theatre by Sarah Taylor Ellis

Chaplin: Review for Stage and Cinema

SOURCE: Compositions on Theater at 11:56pm on September 18, 2012[SHARE]

Broadway Theater Review: CHAPLIN (Ethel Barrymore Theatre) by Sarah Taylor Ellis

WHAT'CHA GONNA DO? In a poignant moment in Act II of the new musical Chaplin, cultural icon Charlie Chaplin realizes that life is not a movie. One has to take the tears with the laughter, an…

SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 10:39am on September 18, 2012[SHARE]

The Fazzino Ride: New York City Streets by Sarah Taylor Ellis

The Fazzino Ride: Review for Stage and Cinema

SOURCE: Compositions on Theater at 11:32pm on September 15, 2012[SHARE]

New York Theater/Event Review: THE FAZZINO RIDE (Literally on the streets of New York!) by Sarah Taylor Ellis

ONLY IN NEW YORK The next time you pass through Times Square, be sure to wave at the tricked out tour bus with windows that soar to the ceiling, flashing LED lights, and a pounding sound sys…

SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 1:10pm on September 15, 2012[SHARE]

A Fond Farewell to Los Angeles by Sarah Taylor Ellis

I moved to Los Angeles in the summer of 2008 to start a PhD in Theater and Performance Studies at UCLA. My dad and I packed up Lil Pesh Aveo in North Carolina and road tripped across the …

SOURCE: Compositions on Theater at 11:43pm on September 11, 2012[SHARE]

The Train Driver: The Pershing Square Signature Center by Sarah Taylor Ellis

The Train Driver: Review for Stage and Cinema

SOURCE: Compositions on Theater at 9:11pm on September 11, 2012[SHARE]

Off-Broadway Theater Review: THE TRAIN DRIVER (The Pershing Square Signature Center in New York) by Sarah Taylor Ellis

PLODDING ALONG THE TRAIN TRACKS What does it mean to persist in a world without hope? Athol Fugard's The Train Driver tackles human mortality with grim poetic grace, but the New York premier…

SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 6:55pm on September 11, 2012[SHARE]

Peter and the Starcatcher: Brooks Atkinson Theater by Sarah Taylor Ellis

Peter and the Starcatcher: Review for Stage and Cinema

SOURCE: Compositions on Theater at 12:12am on September 10, 2012[SHARE]

Broadway Theater Review: PETER AND THE STARCATCHER (Brooks Atkinson Theatre) by Sarah Taylor Ellis

CLAP YOUR HANDS IF YOU BELIEVE A theatrical revolution is taking place at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre, where a high-tech Broadway spectacle has been swapped for the homespun magic of a talen…

SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 12:49pm on September 9, 2012[SHARE]

FRACTURED BONES / LET'S GET LOST: Findlay//Sandsmark by Sarah Taylor Ellis

fractured bones / let’s get lost: Review for Stage and Cinema

SOURCE: Compositions on Theater at 12:43am on September 7, 2012[SHARE]