So much has been written about Shakespeare over the years that it's a challenge to find a novel approach to discuss his work. Yet actor Patrick Page ("Hadestown," "Spider-man Turn Off the Da…
photo by Matthew Murphy Getting married and becoming an American citizen are two events in Jaja's life. However, "Jaja's African Hair Braiding" by Jocelyn Bion is more universal than that. I…
It's been over 60 years since "Purlie Victorious" played on Broadway. Written by actor Ossie Davis and premiering in 1961, sadly the play feels as relevant as when it first opened. Deftly di…
The name Dracula always evokes iconic images of the fang-baring scary creature dressed in black. Think Bela Lugosi. Or the Count. Or even the incredibly sensual heartthrob portrayal by Frank…
The Off-Broadway show Pay The Writer at The Pershing Square Signature Center asks what it costs a writer to pursue his art. It focuses on Cyrus Holt (Ron Canada,) a celebrated author coming …
Photo by Hugo Glendinning Broadway tickets can be expensive, especially for musicals. But you really get your money's worth when you attend "Back to the Future:The Musical." It's got glitter…
It's been almost 50 years since the release of the movie Jaws. Directed by Steven Spielberg in 1975, it was based on the 1974 novel by Peter Benchley and starred Roy Scheider as a police chi…
In hindsight, a show about a group of friends in NYC slowly breaking up may not have been the best thing for me to watch just a couple weeks before moving away from the city. I left David Ro…
photo by Joan Marcus If you don't keep your eyes fixed on the stage at The Hayes Theater at all times during "The Cottage," you are likely to miss some of the show's most humorous moments. T…
Once upon a time, children were raised on fairy tales where the beautiful princess waited to be rescued by the valiant handsome prince. Today those stories have been changed to reflect a dif…
I'm a sucker for a good ghost story. When that ghost story happens to include gorgeous folk harmonies, graceful black box intimacy, and an elusive yet inescapable meaning, consider me sold. …
Ever heard of Alan Freed? If so, then you might enjoy Rock & Roll Man, the musical at New World Stages. Freed was the risk-taking disc jockey who coined the term "Rock and Roll" but his …
It's no secret that many of the fairytales we know and love today are pretty sexist. Take Sleeping Beauty or Little Red Riding Hood: helpless heroines who need men to save them. In other sto…
photo by Ahron R. Foster Based upon the 1962 movie starring Jack Lemon and Lee Remick, Days of Wine and Roses is now a musical at Atlantic Theater Company, starring the divine Kelli O'Hara a…
A world devastated by pollution and climate change. A soulless corporation with mindless employees. A girl from the outside with dangerous ideas. Welcome to In Corpo: a new musical by Ben Be…
How far would you go to secure a date for high school prom? For Madison, Stella, and Grace"three high school seniors who have dreamed of this moment their entire lives"the answer is a resoun…
Alan Freed didn't invent Rock & Roll"in fact, he wasn't even the first to call it that. What he did, which was arguably more challenging and more important, was to make it mainstream. Be…
From its inception four years ago at The Kraine Theater, New Ambassadors Theatre Company's Blurring Boundaries"comprising a lineup of short one-act plays written, performed, and directed by …
The 2023 Tony Awards was, as they say, one for the books… and despite the ongoing WGA strike threatening to stifle the sanctity of our ceremony, it all went off without a hitch. (No, reall…
Magician Steve Cuiffo has a problem: his wife hates magic. He doesn't know it's a problem until his friend Lucas Hnath (the playwright behind Broadway's radical Dana H.) asks him to creat…
The world is so chaotic that sometimes all a viewer wants is a slice-of-life story with a happy ending. Primary Trust, the new play by Eboni Booth, a Roundabout Theatre Company production at…
Having seen (read "been positively blown away by") several of Edward Einhorn's previous shows produced through Untitled Theater Company No. 61, and being a long-time lover of Shakespeare,…
Kelli O'Hara, as everyone knows, is a gift to the world of theatre. Her voice is otherworldly, her acting immaculate. Now, she can add to her resume the triumph of largely carrying Days of W…
Ironically, though New York City is home to more than 8 million people, it's been called "the lonely city," and it's easy to see why. You could easily pass hundreds of people on your morning…
By definition, the legal term prima facie means the first impression, accepted as correct until proven otherwise. The theatrical term Prima Facie refers to an exciting one-woman play starrin…