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While Bettany and Pope are each very convincing as Warhol and Basquiat since they are made up to look exactly like they did in life, they seem to be in two different plays, using different a…
While Albert Bergeret's old-fashioned production does not sparkle, it is a solid, steady ship that satisfies with all its jokes intact plus a few new ones like the hilarious drunken scene be…
Under the direction of Karl Janes and Andy Smith, Tim Crouch is a very commanding performer, using his resonant baritone to paint pictures with words, holding our attention at all times. Nar…
"Fiddler"--brilliantly directed by Joel Grey"is an unusually impactful production. It's emotionally rich, moving, and timeless. And wholly believable. They had me from the first words of…
"Darkness: unfolds in many very short scenes with some confusing transitions. Dubashin, the traitor to Russia, finally gets to confront Number One in a knock-down personal battle. Th…
"Christmas Magic in the Big Apple" continues Richard Holbrook's many years of presenting Christmas season shows. What sets his productions apart from many other performers is his view that t…
McDonald is mesmerizing as she speaks Kennedy's strong, clear, poetic and evocative prose. We never forget that McDonald's Suzanne Alexander is giving a lecture but she changes ages in an in…
Michael Shannon, Hari Nef, Heather Alicia Simms, Arliss Howard and Johanna Day in a scene from Denis Johnson's "Des Moines" at Theatre for a New Audience (Photo credit: Gerry Goldstein) Vict…
Sommerville gives an exquisite reading of Betsy's emotional highs and lows, embracing the difficult range of expression so that the audience can experience the intensity of the feelings bein…
While Arthur Greenleaf Holmes is the creation of a talented comedian Gordon Boudreau as is Holmes poetry, the presentation is very much true to the era being presented. It is funny. It is ba…
Matthew López & Amber Ruffin (book) and Marc Shaiman & Scott Wittman (music and lyrics) have transformed the written-for-laughs film into a joyous musical, keeping much of the sha…
In any event, Ruhl has not written a play set in 1692 or a sequel to "The Crucible" but a comedy about free-spirited Becky Nurse, a descendant of the accused witch Rebecca Nurse, a pious 71-…
All of the above occurs prior to the intermission and, if "The Far Country" has a shortcoming, it's that the second half feels like a sequel to what came before rather than a continuation of…
Everyone who loves theater owes a debt of gratitude to Julie Boardman and Diane Nicoletti. About five years ago, they got the idea of creating a museum in the theater district, dedicated…
Erik Ehn's title "The Weak and the Strong" taken from St. Paul may refer to the bad choices that some people make that others avoid, but it seems to only reinforce the clichés of most weste…
Jordan E. Cooper's scathing new racial comedy, "Ain't No Mo'" has made the successful transition to Broadway with five of the six original actors from the previous Public Theater staging in …
The York Theatre Company's masthead reads "Where Musicals Come to Life…" and that couldn't be more evident in their new production, "Hoagy Carmichael's Stardust Road." Originally scheduled…
Taylor Reynolds has directed an excellent ensemble in bringing this play to life in an engaging, thought-provoking, and heartfelt way, but not without some issues. Through his direction and …
Under the permissive direction of Garfield-Szita"who also designed the costumes"the cast comes across more as members of a sitcom than a serious drama, not helped by Morgenstein's dependence…
Famed performance artist John Kelly has brought his latest show, "Underneath the Skin" to La MaMa, subtitled "A Penetrative Portrayal of a Queer Giant Based on the life and work of Samuel St…
Adopting the hokey framing device of a concert documentary, Kim turns the impending U.S. debut of a South Korean entertainment company's three hottest acts into a triptych of rigorously gend…
Deffaa comments: "I've always loved Cohan's attitude--that 'can-do' spirit of his is inspiring. He had no formal education; he learned by doing; and left a terrific legacy. Just a re…
The new production of "The Sound of Music" at New Jersey's Paper Mill Playhouse is such an utter delight, you shouldn't be wasting time reading this review, you  should be ordering ticket…
Boy! This is going to be a tough review to write. The York Theatre Company, which has such a strong track record when it comes to honoring important songwriters, is currently presenting …
The cast is a combination of New York stage favorites (Stark Sands, "Kinky Boots," and Betsy Wolfe, "Waitress," "Falsettos" and "The Mystery of Edwin Drood"), new faces (Lorna Courtney, Ben …
