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Doménica Feraud who has also written "Rinse, Release" has made a career of writing about very human psychological problems. While "Someone Spectacular" is rather untheatrical in its present…
"Odd Man Out" takes what is essentially a radio drama and puts the audience within the physical context of the story. You can hear the characters moving. You can smell the flowers in the gar…
"Airport and the Strange Package" effectively combines good old-fashioned paranoia with witty references to Kafka's literary classic. King and his collaborators have fashioned a frighteni…
Max Wolf Friedlich's "Job" starts out with a bang or, more accurately, a near bang that elicits a couple of immediate worries: first, something awful will happen to a seemingly benign charac…
The dynamic and exciting dances include the five elements of voguing: catwalk, duckwalk, hand performances, floor performances and spins and dips in various combinations. The competitions wh…
"Memory" brought back "Untitled," a masterpiece from 1978. This work had everything that made Pilobolus the world class dance troupe it became. Choreographed by Pilobolus founders Robby …
Seemingly not trusting the material, director Brian Mertes has used all kinds of stage gimmicks including having the two actors photographed live by a team of three videographers whose equip…
The cast does a beautiful job interpreting their characters. Watson plays Reynaldo as an anxious, emotionally fragile person ready to fulfill their employer's slightest request. Moore imbues…
When was the last time you saw a new play in which you cared about the characters and wanted them to end up together? "The Sabbath Girl: A New Musical" is that kind of show. A delightful and…
"It's Not What It Looks Like," is a two-hander, written by John Collins in collaboration with Chesney Mitchell. It is the winner of the 2023 Soho Playhouse Lighthouse Series competition for …
The play doesn't tell us enough about any of the characters which gives the actors little to work from. What does Lotte do for a living or is she a trust fund kid? As Lena Drake plays her, s…
I just got back from the Bucks County Playhouse, which I always enjoy visiting, to catch the world-premiere production of "Last of the Red Hot Mamas," a new musical about Sophie Tucker. The…
So, this was all about the best-performing arts colleges in the London list. There are many scholarships available for theatre and drama in the UK. Furthermore, you can get in touch with pri…
Actor Ryan Spahn's first play "Inspired by True Events" at the new Theatre 145 (formerly the Ohio Space) is a professional, skillful production. Unfortunately, as a backstage thriller it lea…
MarÃa Irene Fornés' rediscovered "La Viuda" is a valuable addition to her better known canon. It is a challenging play in that it is basically an 80-minute monologue with other character…
A Hundred Circling Camps, written by Sam Collier and superbly directed by Rebecca Wear, is a story based on the "Bonus March" of 1932. It is more than a play about a historical event. It is …
"Bill's 44th" is a story of loneliness told within the context of a birthday celebration. It is a wordless puppet show for grown-ups created and presented by Dorothy James and Andy Manjuck. …
Jakob Karr conceived, choreographed and directed his full-length dance/drama, "Ain't Done Bad" currently heating up the Irene Diamond Stage at the Pershing Square Signature Center just west …
In "Empire," Caroline Sherman and Robert Hull attempt to tell a very big story but are unable to bring this unwieldy tale into suitable shape. The time traveling framework is both unnecessar…
Ehrenpreis' "Clowns Like Me" is sad, but true, and with the help of writer and director Jason Cannon, the brutally honest tale finds all the humor that's possible. Within a very few minutes …
Correa who for many years worked for Congresswoman Constance A. Morella knows his way around government and his characters are very convincing. The casting of Diane Paulus' production is sup…
"A Man Among Ye" is episodic, with flashbacks and confusing dialogue. It is filled with sword fights, sea shanties, revenge plots, mermaids, witches, and mythical creatures. As a highly styl…
The film of Chip Deffaa's "George M. Cohan Tonight!"--with Jon Peterson reprising his highly acclaimed stage performance--is being released on the day that Cohan always proudly claimed as hi…
Visiting live theater cannot be compared to any other live experience; it's the captivating anticipation before the performance starts and the pure delight when actors immerse you in their s…
Berlin, incidentally, could not write music. He could play piano"not too well, and in only one key. He would play, sing, and hum songs that he created, which a musical secretary woul…
