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On what is either a shoestring budget or a conscious effort to strip Henry James' novel down to its essentials, Randy Sharp's new adaptation of "Washington Square" is both exciting theater a…
Krevolin is a clever writer, turning Wilder's American folk tale into a modern comedy/drama with relevance to today's audiences. Although he often makes his points a bit too obviously wi…
On paper, Diane Davis' play "Complicity" offers a stark, yet refreshing take on the now familiar Harvey Weinstein-tainted Hollywood story of women being victimized by a male-run, male-driven…
There are two truisms in life in addition to the one about death and taxes: it takes all kinds of people to make a world and something will get everyone in the end. The world premiere of Gra…
"Weightless" is an engaging little indie rock musical, little in the sense that it has only three characters plus a narrator and runs only 75 minutes of playing time. The show features the B…
"Men of Kyiv," choreographed to high-spirited traditional folk music by Pavlo Virsky, pitted two groups of men"one wearing blue T-shirts, the other yellow, the colors of the Ukrainian nation…
As conceived, directed and choreographed by Randy Skinner, who was also part of the creative team that brought the stage version of the 1954 classic Irving Berlin's "White Christmas" to Broa…
Perhaps the supreme dance festival in New York City, maybe even in the world, New York City Center's Fall for Dance 2022 is celebrating its 19th year of presenting a panoply of domestic and …
If you like your W.W. II history unadulterated, you may object to a love story between a French teenage girl and a Nazi soldier even if they are inexperienced and innocent and unaware of wha…
Is it possible to be completely truthful in attempting to tell the life of a famous author in a biofilm? That is the premise of Argentinian novelist and playwright Romina Paula's "Fauna" now…
Although Alan Cumming is a charismatic performer, the distracting video design, the often overpowering music, and the often flashing lighting by Tim Lutkin, gets in the way of viewing the sh…
Maurice Ravel's delightful 'L'heure espagnole," usually paired with his other opera, "L'enfant et les sortilèges," is here paired with "Faust et Hélène," an obscure cantata by Lili Boulan…
Greenspan isn't always totally clear when switching points of view, but made up for this by turning the entire, long script into a wonderland of gestures, vocalizations, postures and movemen…
Most poignantly, when Drew starts to wonder if maybe their son's survival has been the opposite of a blessing, Andrea expresses horror for a thought that, thanks to Pimentel's touchingly sub…
The finished score by Lehrman is 50% music he created based on themes by Blitzstein: pieces of his unproduced 1932 opera "The Condemned" (an earlier work about Sacco and Vanzetti), a march, …
Mark Wilding's "Our Man in Santiago" is billed as a "raucous political farce" but it is neither loud and noisy nor hilariously funny. Inspired by Gabriel Garcia Marquez's 1974 article in Har…
"Love, Sex & Real Estate" moves swiftly, thanks to John D. McNally's direction. Â He skillfully manages the quick shifts between romantic liaisons, real estate discussions, Ugo's youth…
Aside from his ability to create multiple characters with his voice and body language, Strathairn's physicality is remarkable in aging from a young man to a senior citizen before our eyes as…
Revived by Retro Productions, we are treated to Eric Overmyer's alternative Victorian fantasy, "On the Verge or The Geography of Yearning," that takes three vibrant, independent women of 188…
From the clever double entendre title to its fantastical involvement of three famous long dead physicists, Carole Buggé's "Strings Attached" tries very hard to rise out of the morass what i…
Although "Burbank: Walt Disney in Crisis" occasionally has its actors delivering monologues out to the audience, the most compelling drama occurs from the interactive scenes between the acto…
"My Onliness," Robert Lyons' latest stage work, is a musical homage to Polish avant-garde playwright Stanislaw Ignacy Witkiewicz (active 1918-1934) but who resurfaced during the 1960's when …
A fresh antidote to the usual brassy, loud rock musicals of today, "Los Otros" slows down the tempo and the sound level with a story of the experiences of two people who learn to love, cope …
Public Works' musical adaptation of "As You Like It" is an enchanting evening of summer fun under the stars. Trimmed to a long one act, the story is accessible for both those who know the Sh…
Several years after vacating its Broadway home, "Kinky Boots" has settled in to a cozier off-Broadway venue, Stage 42, at a presumed discount for theatergoers, albeit with a much smaller orc…
