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What is constant throughout the evening in all the scenarios is the poetry of life with its risks and fears, its love and anger, its preciousness. Life is like beginning a sentence, you neve…
The American Classical Orchestra's Healing Bach at the Church of St. Vincent Ferrer delivered restorative brilliance: period-instrument clarity, exceptional soloists, and Thomas Crawford's v…
Stardust: From Tin Pan Alley to Broadway is a radiant, richly intelligent celebration of America's greatest musical heritage. Kathleen Marshall's brilliant direction fuses history, humor, an…
those experiences in the theater/music world you applaud yourself for seeing. This is Holy water for your soul! Jesse soars through this incredible rock story reminding us we never know what…
In my latest run to the Chain Theatre I was able to catch Program #1 in the 3rd floor venue showcasing three plays: The Fusion Experiment by John Arthur Long, Shit Kickers by Lyle Kessler, a…
Marcel on theTrain is not merely a dramatic theatrical production; it is a haunting and real space: an ever-relevant piece of history transformed into a beautiful memory. And that's the sing…
"I don't know what happened, Grandma. I don't. I swear I was sober for six months."
"You were not sober, you were just not drinking."
We see the pain of disappointing those Josh loves, time …
You Got Older is a complex layered piece that is told in a refreshingly simple way that will make you laugh at life's absurdities and perhaps shed a tear at its soft touches.
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All three plays in Fog and Ice do stand on their own in the world of today as the sense of isolation and loss will always be part of our story.
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Marc-André Hamelin's sovereign recital at the 92nd Street Y was a revelation of pianistic genius " Haydn to Rachmaninoff, with Zappa, Wolpe, Oswald, and Medtner illuminated en route. Seek o…
Why DO they keep coming back?  It must be more than their 5 minute stories.  Not that these stories are dull because in the hands of these very fine actors each one become a jewel. …
If you're looking for a show with exactly two things: energy and dancing--then 11 to Midnight is the entertainment for you. But if you want a complete storyline and depth--even an opportunit…
Hate Radio, playing through the end of the month is an important allegory for today's world, warning of the harm that our media's tonality and messaging can cause and how influential it can …
Gobstopper is a black comedy about those on the fringe because they don't quite fit in.
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The Waterfall, directed by Taylor Reynnolds starts as an intimate family journey but ends as one that takes on many generations and opens up the identity crisis of a first-generation America…
After years apart--LIL is now big, and BIG is...well, he always had to be big. After leaving home and high school, BIG began MMA; it pulled him from addiction but pulled him farther away fro…
After a 2024 London premiere, Alexander Zeldin's The Other Place, hisses a torrent of silent shame. It shows how differently people respond to grief: how long we hold it, how much we hide, w…
The world is a little bet better, and you will be a little bet better, if you get the chance to spend some time at one of Bridget McGuire shows. Check her website of where she'll be appearin…
Each of these films is a director's debut and is a solid start for each one of them.
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By Tulis McCall Well, this production of "High Spirits" is kind of a jumble.  As I was leaving I heard two men talking "OK so you didn't like it?" "I didn't say I didn't like it.  I sa…
by Tulis McCall OK Here is what you should know " I am not a weeper at shows.  Mary Kate O Flanagan's "Making A Show Of Myself" tested those boundaries. If you are looking for a one perso…
At the 92nd Street Y, Grammy-winner Richard O'Neill and Chopin Competition gold medalist Garrick Ohlsson delivered a transcendent evening spanning Schubert's intimate lyricism and Rachmanino…
The Park Avenue Chamber Symphony's "Sublime Schubert" concert was a transcendent evening of immersive orchestral artistry. Under David Bernard's visionary leadership and the InsideOut Concer…
The past is part of what is going on in our present. The simple screen on stage becomes part of the journey of everything. The voices on stage lifting up in song, bodies in movement, and the…
JUST DESSERTS: A Musical Bake-Off, now playing at AMT Theater, is just what the title suggests " a musical about a bake-off. No not the Great British Bake-off - this one is hyper local. …
