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Eighty years young, Barbara Cook still has that magnificent voice...and she proved it once again...this time mesmerizing and thrilling her fans at her concerts at Avery Fisher Hall.
An ill-conceived move from celluloid to stage- for the aptly titled Desperately Seeking Susan. A delightful, quirky movie has been sledge-hammered into an inept mess.
Noah Haidle's Rag and Bone is a wonderfully off-kilter original play. There's a proudly, rambunctious imagination at work here.
Not that Young Frankenstein is bad, it just isn't another Producers. And all the tricks Mel Brooks, Susan Stroman and friends pour on can't obscure that fact.
What strange beast walking is this Wooster Group's Hamlet? Neither fish nor foul-as the cast valiantly re-enacts the 1964 Richard Burton stage Hamlet, unspooling in the background.
Edward Albee, 80 years young, has fused the old with the new, to come up with the bracing Peter and Jerry.
There's more to The Piano Teacher than just sharps and flats. In this seemingly innocent tale of a piano teacher who searches out her former students, the past collides with the present in s…
The Brothers Size shows that young playwright Tarell Alvin McCraney has a superabundance of what can only be called soul. There is definitely music pouring from him.
This revival of Max Frisch's 1953 play The Fire Raisers here re-titled The Arsonists, a so-called moral play without a moral is a biting, enduring fable, that, on this occasion, has somehow …
No, playwright Kwame Kwei-Armah isn't quite the second coming of August Wilson. But his Statement of Regret has some powerful things to say about the need for the British black community to …
Make Me a Song, a compilation of the songs of William Finn, points out once again that he's a composer of brainy lyrics and bright melodies.
The Glorious Ones- well not exactly. The new Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flatery tuner doesn't quite live up to its title.
Michelangelo faces off against Leonardo da Vinci, for bragging rights in Florence: The prize: Sculpting the statue of David. Antony Sher's The Giant adroitly hammers out the tale of this epi…
Charles Busch's Die Mommie Die is an inspired send-up of Sixtiesnbsp Hollywood tropes. Be warned: It causes giggle nonstop.
Wintuk, Cirque du Soleil's latest, may well entertain the kids, but adults will find it less than charming. And what's with the $15 programs?
Recent revelations in the Catholic Church may have lessened the shock value of The Runner Stumbles, but there's still something to be said for exploring the inner turmoil of a man of faith r…
Caryl Churchill's Cloud Nine is given a rousing revival by Thea Sharrock, transporting its audience to that sacred place promised by the title.
Philip Ridley's Vincent River tells a tale of a grieving mother forced to deal with revelations about the proclivities of her deceased gay son. Sound familiar: As with Tennessee Williams's S…
Jenny Lyn Bader's None of the Above could easily slide in to a slot on the small screen. So what's it doing on stage in the first place?
Rock 'N' Roll is here to stay. Even though American audiences may find the drama less urgent than audiences across the pond, its story is rich in questions of public loyalties and private be…
Kevin Kline and Cyrano go hand in sword. His boundless energy propels the play forward. Never does this story of unrequited love flag when he bestrides the stage
Kevin Kline has chosen a subdued approach to his playing of Cyrano De Bergerac. The bigness is all in the nose, not in the fierce, forceful arc of his performance.
No cartoon super hero Wonder Woman is Lynda Carter, making her New York cabaret debut at Feinstein's at Loew's Regency. But a flesh and blood singer who reveals a studied and engaging way wi…
Long overdue, Hairspray has finally crossed the pond to hit the West End in a big way. And with it, a star is born, one Leanne Jones, in the role of Tracy Turnblad
Is Barbara dreaming or will she really exact revenge on her philandering husband? That's the interesting scenario acted out in Jim Knable's Spain. This may not be a play for the ages, but it…
