BROADWAY EATS with Max von Essen
Though we understand their circumstances may have been a bit different, like Oliver and his clan of orphan boys, we've all fallen into a daze dreaming of "food, glorious food" at one point o…
Though we understand their circumstances may have been a bit different, like Oliver and his clan of orphan boys, we've all fallen into a daze dreaming of "food, glorious food" at one point o…
The chemistry between Julianna Margulies and Peter Gallagher is charming, and that's the most compelling reason to see the new play "Left on Tenth". The autobiographical play by novelist, sc…
In "Gypsy" three strippers explain the key to success by singing "You Gotta Get a Gimmick." Lately that seems to be the theme of Broadway revivals. The goal is to differentiate the show from…
"It takes compromise before you get the prize. When you throw out your net, sometimes you must get wet." Such is the premise behind Little House on the Ferry, the new immersive queer musical…
The Moulin Rouge! The Musical high-kicker shares her favorite food spots before or after a show. Though we understand their circumstances may have been a bit different, like Oliver an…
Vladimir Putin is an intriguing figure and last spring, he was one of the two main characters in playwright Peter Morgan's play "Patriots." This season, a second show by Erika Sheffer called…
We grow up, seek partners and then we die. That's the storyline of "Thornton Wilder's Our Town". There's very little cutesy and kitschy about the play which begins in 1901 in Grover's Corner…
Jez Butterworth's latest play, "Hills of California" moves so smoothly that you are never aware of its 2 hours and 45 minutes running time. Arriving on Broadway after a successful London run…
They say you can't go home again. Yet in "Good Bones," the new play by Pulitzer Prize winning playwright James Ijames ("Fat Ham") that's what Aisha (Susan Kelechi Watson) is doing when she a…
I'm a sucker for the Iron Man movies. I love Tony Stark who uses his wealth to combat crime and terrorism. Robert Downey, Jr plays Tony Stark aka Iron Man, and his role has won him a legion …
It can't be easy portraying a living person, and it must be even more daunting when the person you are playing is the person who wrote the play. Such is the task for Daniel Dae Kim, the good…
The Play that Goes Wrong player shares his favorite food spots before or after a show. Though we understand their circumstances may have been a bit different, like Oliver and his clan …
This season Broadway is hoping to use star power to boost ticket sales. So popular movie and television performers are headlining new theatrical productions as well as revivals. Producers ho…
"The number of effective antibiotics to treat him keeps decreasing….With every infection his lung function is getting worse and worse." Such is the plight at the center of Lifeline, the ne…
Though we understand their circumstances may have been a bit different, like Oliver and his clan of orphan boys, we've all fallen into a daze dreaming of "food, glorious food" at one point o…
They say you never forget your first time and one of the first shows I ever saw was "Once Upon a Mattress" starring comedienne Carol Burnett. It was unforgettable! Incomparable! For me, it w…
The multi-hyphenate, who soars in her self-penned To Free a Mockingbird, now playing at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival through August 24th, shares her fave food spot in the Theatre District b…
Jane makes me uncomfortable. Maybe it's her nervousness and twitching. Maybe it is the gun she is brandishing as the play JOB begins. According to Anton Chekhov, if a writer includes a gun i…
Though we understand their circumstances may have been a bit different, like Oliver and his clan of orphan boys, we've all fallen into a daze dreaming of "food, glorious food" at one point o…
Orthodox Jews won't work on the Sabbath. Work includes simple tasks, such as turning on air conditioners and lights. Over the years they have enlisted the aid of a Shabbos Goy, a non-Jew who…
"Do any human beings ever realize life while they live it"every, every minute?" It's this line, from Thornton Wilder's 1938 classic Our Town, that means so much to writer, performer & co…
What can the audience learn from the new production "Empire: The Musical" directed by Cady Huffman? The building was originally supposed to be named after former governor Alfred E. Smith. Th…
I had a stressful week and was really hoping to see a lighthearted play, certainly not one about politics. However, "N/A," the new play by Mario Correa, was next in the queue. Correa comes t…
Cephus Miles never wanted to leave his home in Crossroads, North Carolina. The central figure of the beautiful revival of Samm " Art Williams's "Home" presented at Roundabout's Todd Haimes T…
Can two extremely talented female performers overcome their history of unhappy relationships and learn to love again? Zoe Sarnak and Rachel Bonds's rock musical, The Lonely Few, is a lesbian…