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Shakespeare is canceled. Don't ask why"he just is. It might have something to do with the tremors that keep jarring the college diversity office, or then again, it might not. We'll never rea…
Despite its seemingly unsophisticated vibe, Shucked is an extremely polished, well-crafted musical. After all, the show is directed by Jack O'Brien (Hairspray, Full Monty, Porgy and Bess, In…
I've seen my fair share of plays about racism, but I've never seen the struggle between a facist government and its oppressed citizens dramatized as a puppet show. In We, Puppets, presented …
Shakespeare is the indisputable dominating figure on stages around the world"delivered in many languages. But, no where does he seem to get more nuanced interpretations than in hometown …
I am a native New Yorker, and I honestly love NYC. Although I know the city has its many flaws, I will defend it against all comers. Yet I cringed at the rosy 'melting-pot' version of the ci…
There's a fine line between satire and silliness, and "The Thanksgiving Play" crosses that line too often. Playwright Larisa Fasthorse takes shots at well-meaning, naive white people trying …
Sometimes performers are so good at their roles that they become forever identified with that part. For many, Sean Hayes will always be Jack on television's "Will and Grace," kooky, egocentr…
The last time I saw "Sweeney Todd," it was as a barebones production of 10 performers, including Patty Lupone and Michael Cerveris. Each performer even played an instrument, and the show was…
I had such high hopes for the revival of Lerner and Loewe's Camelot at Lincoln Center Theater this season. The music was a known quantity- glorious, lush and romantic. The title song had bec…
Some of my favorite theater moments have come when something unexpectedly went wrong onstage. Alan Bates caught a picture falling off the wall and ad libbed about poor housekeeping. Faith Pr…
photo by Matthew Murphy The real stars of the show "Life of Pi" are puppets: a hyena, a zebra, an orangutan and a 450 pound Royal Bengal tiger. Although animated by skilled puppeteers who ma…
In the 1967 film version of Camelot (a movie I adore), there comes a moment when Arthur senses that the presence of his illegitimate son, Mordred, together with the forbidden passion s…
Émilie du Châtelet was playing around with physics more than a century before Einstein entered the scene. Her analysis of force and velocity, which she articulated as F = mv², woul…
photo by Julieta Cervantes Most musicals feature two or three impressive dance numbers, numbers that leave the audience breathless. However, often those dances are incidental to the story. T…
Most people today (myself included) have an absence of ritual in their lives, and never is this more apparent than at this time of year"when Catholics worship in specifically orchestrated wa…
Dance can be a powerful vehicle for storytelling, for expressing emotion, and for conveying truths that are sometimes difficult to articulate in words. If you need proof, go see J. Chen Proj…
photo by Matthew Murphy and Evan Zimmerman The good news about "Bad Cinderella," the new musical with music by Andrew Lloyd Webber and lyrics by David Zippel is that it's not all that bad. T…
photo by Joan Marcus Most shows on Broadway begin with an announcement reminding the audience to turn off phones and recording devices. The revival of the musical "Parade" begins with a reco…
Jessica Chastain is undeniably one of the finest actresses performing in the movies today. When it was announced that she would return to Broadway after an 11 year gap, it was considered an …
What kind of person can laugh amid the jaws of hell? One who knows his survival depends on it. In Cabaret in Captivity, we become those imprisoned in the Terezin Camp as, in commemoration"no…
Identity is a tricky, complicated thing. That was the main idea I pondered as I left the theatre after Karl O'Brian Williams' The Black That I Am: a pastiche of monologues, scenes, and movem…
Though it seemed a little counterintuitive to leave my Harlem apartment and trek down to the Lower East Side to watch a play about Harlem, I'm glad I did. In She's Got Harlem on Her Mind, th…
"You have no control who lives, who dies, who tells your story." If Calamity Jane was a character in Hamilton, I have to think she'd agree with General Washington"probably very vocally, utte…
photo by Joan Marcus Historically, the Jewish people have been wanderers, always in search of a homeland. They moved from place to place seeking somewhere to put down roots. Never totally we…
Photos by Julieta Cervantes Today most celebrities are on social media, so everything they do is shared with the public. It was quite different years ago when celebrities like Neil Diamond p…
