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Described as a multimedia production, "Da Vinci & Michelangelo: The Titans Experience" is actually a lecture by art historian Mark Rodgers to slides of the masterpieces of these two geni…
I'm stunned and saddened by the passing of one of the best music directors I've known--and one of the nicest gentlemen-- Hubert Tex Arnold. He died suddenly, unexpectedly of a brain aneurism…
Lenore Skomal's "The Exes" wants to revive the Broadway-style sex comedies of the 1950's and 60's, earlier called boulevard comedy. Unfortunately, not only is the formula passé but televisi…
Hass directed and his stilted staging is adequate. Simple entrances and exits, cast members going through the theater's aisle and basic character interactions occur. Some performances are ex…
Presented at Lincoln Center's David H. Koch Theater by the China Arts and Entertainment Group Ltd., the company used its impressive resource of dancers in two large-scale ballets:Â "Godde…
What's best about "Waiting for Johnny Depp" is Vivino's performance. My, does she ever get a workout during the play's 100-minute running time. She has 15 or so musical numbers (some of them…
The fourth piece, titled "3 with D" was choreographed by Javier de Frutos and was the only performance that included live music. Patrick Gallagher was on piano in front of the stage and Dan …
On screen and stage Gyllenhaal has exhibited his talent and star quality to great effect many times. "A Life" is not one of those shining occasions as he is just passable in it. Stammering, …
Mr. Wills' demonstrates a facility for dramatic writing with his snappy dialogue and fast-paced scenario that inspires laughter and also incites thoughtfulness. Amidst the merriment are keen…
Lincoln Center's Mostly Mozart Festival 2019 presented the lavish, yet somehow intimate, "Under Siege," a stunning production of the Yang Liping Contemporary Dance Company of China.Its chief…
The Joyce Theater is presenting a two-week Ballet Festival, four programs under the artistic direction of Kevin O'Hare, director of The Royal Ballet. Each program is curated by a differe…
William Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night Dream" is perfect comedy for July or August and adding a meal is an even cleverer idea. Presented jointly by Food for Love Productions and Third Rail…
Joseph Sissens in Sir Frederick Ashton's "Dance of the Blessed Spirits," in The Joyce Theater's Ballet Festival (Program A) (Photo credit: Maria Baranova)The Joyce Theater is presenting a tw…
William Shakespeare's "Measure for Measure" (circa 1604)"the story of a woman who is sexually victimized by a man in power"seems as though it would lend itself to an adaptation crafted in li…
"Midsummer: A Banquet" is an auditory and oral treat, a light entertainment for this time of year. Using Zach Morris and Victoria Rae Sook's skillfully adapted abridgment of Shakespeare's c…
Within five brisk opening minutes, playwright Domenica Feraud crisply establishes her characters, imparts exposition and creates tension in her shattering and finely written contemporary fam…
"Paradise by the Dashboard Light" exuberantly conceived as the memory of a middle-aged married couple's first time having sex provides a few enjoyable minutes in the execrable "Bat Out of He…
Kelley's adaptation begins with the murder of Mary which avoids preparing us for the limited life of opportunity that Bigger leads in the Black Belt of Chicago and making him less sympatheti…
Composer-lyricist Joe Inconis' follow up to his teen favorite, "Be More Chill," is not only a showcase for musical comedy actress Annie Golden but a tribute to the Blaxploitation and Martial…
While Shakespeare's "Coriolanus" has a great deal to warn us about as a cautionary tale, it is also not as deep or as poetic a play as his major tragedies. Daniel Sullivan's production for F…
Co-conceived by Asante and Kenrik "H2O" Sandy who choreographed and directed the production, "Blak Whyte Gray" was constructed in two parts and three sections. Part I began with "Whyte,"…
Neil LaBute's "Appomattox" is the most substantial of the three plays and deals with a topic new to his work. Two long-time friends, Frank, black, and Joe, white, are having a picnic in the …
Following up on Luis Alfaro's critically acclaimed Chicano retelling of Sophocles' "Oedipus Rex" called "Oedipus El Rey," The Public Theater now stages his equally relevant and timely "Mojad…
As the romantic, tubercular and charismatic Satine, the magnetic Ms. Olivo delivers a ferocious, sensual and grandiose performance that's one of the most memorable recently seen on Broadway.…
Series A of this year's Summer Shorts: 13th Festival of New American Short Plays is unified around the theme of death and dying and how it affects the living. Lest you think that this sounds…
