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Based on a range of Eisenhower's memoirs, speeches and letters, the play demonstrates without a doubt his belief in moderation and his liberal bent of which many people today are unaware. Se…
While the show approximates a magic show, it also is a lecture demonstration. However, if you are hoping to hear how the tricks are accomplished you will be disappointed. Cuiffo who has a ch…
"The Gospel According to Heather," with book, music, and lyrics by Paul Gordon, is a story about a teenager's struggles with fitting in with her contemporaries, finding a boyfriend, and deal…
New York City Center Encores!'s new production of the musical, directed by Chay Yew, stars another Tony Award winner, the sensational Ruthie Ann Miles, as the determined Margaret Johnson wit…
The show is a deft combination of action and humor with elements of horror. One of the production numbers, "Dissection Dance," is an homage to the "Time Warp" choreography of "The Rocky Horr…
Scheduled to run only until July 1, "Lizard Boy" deserves a longer life as one of the most satisfying musical theater offerings to be seen currently in New York. While the message of toleran…
Spencer Aste in a scene from his one-man show "Wake Up" at the Axis Theatre (Photo credit: Regina Betancourt) Joel Benjamin, Critic Is Spencer Aste a hardworking actor who sold and used d…
Picking the easiest possible creative path, a decision the effort-averse George would no doubt admire, the McSmiths forgo imaginative risk-taking in favor of simply copying their source mate…
"Freedom Summer," written by Toby Armour and directed by Joan Kane, is a semi-autobiographical story of the playwright's experiences that summer as one of those students risking their lives …
Lucas' script remains faithful to Miller's teleplay (with the excision of Joe's delirium tremens in the psycho ward or his second hospitalization) and much of the dialogue is actually Miller…
Branden Jacobs-Jenkins' "The Comeuppance," the culmination of his decade as a Premiere Resident playwright at Signature Theatre, does for the millennials what "The Big Chill" did for the Bab…
"Dancing Spirit" was a gentle ballet choreographed by Ronald K. Brown to a suite of music by Duke Ellington, Wynton Marsalis, Radiohead and War. First one dancer, then two and then the entir…
Caswell's dialogue for and wry observation of a family this dysfunctional is quite compelling. Scenes where two of the siblings verbally gang up on the third are fraught with humor as much a…
The problem with the play is that it has a one joke plot, simply what will happen when Maurice appears " if he does. The play runs out of steam very early on. However, if the drunken scene i…
As for the play itself, "Love + Science" tells a good story, even if not necessarily a new one. It's largely another history of AIDS with a few scientific sprinkles thrown in. Where Glass' s…
The major work of the evening was "Sor Juana," choreographed by Michelle Manzanales ("in collaboration with the Company") and performed to a selection of period music including a composition…
The little OPERA theatre of ny has become known for its adventurous programing of rarely seen and heard operas in English including the New York premieres of Benjamin Britten's opera for tel…
Einhorn has reshaped the dramatic elements of the original play to focus primarily on antisemitism. What he achieves is a show that highlights how the antisemitism of the 16th century is con…
Don't miss Rumours' live performance at Hard Rock Atlantic City on July 7 if you love vintage rock and roll. Rumours, a Fleetwood Mac tribute band that's dominating AC, invites you to experi…
In its earliest scenes--as a Marvin Gaye record spins on the turntable, Adam Honoré's lighting design pairs naturalistically with Wilson Chin's meticulous set, and Dominique Fawn Hill and D…
Eerie and irritating in equal measure, Levi Holloway's "Grey House" at the Lyceum Theatre dredges up the classic plot device of many horror films:Â strangers stumbling into a den of oddba…
Whether you are a basketball fan or not, Rajiv Joseph's "King James" is an intriguing depiction of an unlikely friendship over 12 years. Under Kenny Leon's polished direction, Glenn Davis an…
The six-member cast creates a believable ensemble though their roles are not all clearly defined. While the play reveals much about the Haitian community living in Brooklyn, as 'Bernarda's D…
"GAS" by Charles Cissel explores the "never-never land" of a war without end. It is a time when the characters examine the unreality of the experience. It occurs within an ill-defined dimens…
The world premiere of Emma Sheanshang's "The Fears" is a hilarious and poignant satire on self-help groups and the sort of people who take their emotional temperature all day long " literall…
