Natalie Douglas' Juneteenth Jubilee at Birdland
I honestly have to say that I will walk a little differently on this planet after experiencing this show.
I honestly have to say that I will walk a little differently on this planet after experiencing this show.
Adapted from their true banger of a bio film of the same name, writers Colin Carberry and Glenn Patterson again conspire to cage intense musicality within the true life story of Terri Hooley…
A short but sweet set of old favorites, tinged with country music and seasoned with a dash of Smash.
One person shows that are biographical are always a bid dodgy. For one thing, the author has to come up with a reason for the character onstage to be talking at all - because the character i…
What happens when you take three anxious teenage high-school girls, add a dash of magic, mix in a zombie, a vampire, a ghost, add a dose of feminism and let brew?Â
the Arts Center, imagined and created by architect Joshua Prince-Ramus, is going to add light and hope to the World Trade Center site in a manner that respects its role as a place of reflect…
Their objective is to give a theatrical voice to an urban population that doesn't often get the chance to be seen in a theatrical way.
She is a bawdy, raunchy tour-de-force combining singing, comedy, dancing, videos, and lip-syncing to create an evening that is a, "Fasten your seatbelts, it's going to be a bumpy night" kind…
Lizard Boy is a modern fable about self-love and discovering the power that your weirdness can wield. It's a story that feels simple and child-like in theme, with laugh out loud charming…
The piece asks the artist, the thinker, the average Joe to consider what it would take to stop performing; to open yourself up to failure and try to create something for someone else - in do…
This auspicious event was the fruit of an esteemed collaboration between the Kaufman Music Center and the Park Avenue Chamber Symphony. Gifted young artists competed for the opportunity to g…
Brat Pack is a jam packed hour of fun. The June 12 show I attended was a revival of an earlier show in March and I hope that it becomes a more regular affair. I only wish I had gotte…
Ballet Hispánico, where have you been all my life? Where have I been? This is a true blue dance company, and future performances are on my 'must see' list. The Company demonstrates …
Fallen Angels, written in 1925, centers on the competition of two women over the same old flame. (scandale!) Each is not-so-silently convinced that she was the one he loved more. …
Deep Blue Sound, by Abe Koogler, opens with characters funneling onto stage, greeting or ignoring each other, taking seats, chattering. Someone blows their nose. They get situated; we get si…
See the powerful musical Rent once again and you'll discover why this award winning musical is one of the longest running Broadway shows of all time.
Matt Baker's jazz compositions offer a modern take on Gershwin. Please share Baker's revitalized music with friends, snap your fingers, and tap your feet to a new sound sure to inspire a new…
Stritch and Stravelli have been touched by the same divine creative inspiration as Mel and Ella and they shared that divinity in an evening with a set list made up of songs that are part of …
I saw Wet Brain and lived to tell the tale. A story of one family's relationship to addiction, the play barrels its way through a tangle of emotional damage in a claustrophobic marathon …
As an audience, what you want from a theatrical production is to be pulled into the characters and story. When it doesn't happen then unfortunately the fourth wall thickens, leaving the audi…
High emotion, high drama, and the finding a way to love pack Tennessee Williams's brilliant The Rose Tattoo at Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey.
Reliving those years upon years you spent around the same people, and you leave"finally, phew"wanting to return different, break from the mold, feel like you've done something extraordina…
Watching O'Hara and D'Arcy James in "Days of Wine And Roses" is both thrilling and exhausting. These two thoroughbreds navigate this difficult and overwritten score with grace and self a…
From a bottomless pit of prison and despair, Stevens mustered sobriety and hope powered by a renewed, unwavering determination, self-worth, confidence, and passion for his craft. His life be…
As Gail said, "Plenty of ways to die right here. Plenty of ways to live, too."