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Today is the centennial of that irascible and preeminent American film critic and I offer my thoughts and reminiscences upon this significant occasion.
The post Pauline Kael: Reflections …
Megan Monaghan Rivas' gender-bending take on the popular, much-adapted Alexandre Dumas 1844 novel, "The Three Musketeers," moves the action from the 17th century to Paris during World War II…
Scottish playwrights Kieran Hurley and Gary McNair explore the murky pre-adult domain with candor and humor in "Square Go," an appealing two-hander directed by Finn Den Hertog and featuring …
Given references to "Prizzi's Honor," "Looking for Mr. Goodbar, " Haagen-Dazs Vanilla Swiss Almond, and VCRs, the otherwise effective revival of "Frankie and Johnny"--now on Broadway at the …
Regrettably these achievements are marred by hollow tangents, diluting the play's potential power. Having come up with a such a novel premise, Rocco is carried away by a concern with form ra…
By placing his ballet in the realm of the high-strung ballroom world, Eifman supplied himself plenty of excuses to make dances that bounced about the stage to his score of a parade of waltze…
Under Shinn's direction, Winstead making her stage debut is very low-key, almost as an observer in her own story. True she works as a therapist, one who tries not to reveal her personal feel…
Such lukewarm response may be attributable, at least in part, to the changing times. Lone Star focuses on a not-so-old Good Ol' Boy from rural Texas named Roy (de Rogatis). He's a Vietnam ve…
The play offers no catharsis as the actors are so low-key throughout, all much too calm even when the stakes are rising. As a result, there is little or no tension even when we realize the p…
Cohen is clearly an intelligent, well-read man, familiar with the twists and turns of different periods and styles. "Midnight Street" is chock full of ideas, poetic meanderings and some …
Bekah Brunstetter's new play, "Public Servant," has its heart in the right place. It shares with The Cake, seen earlier this year at Manhattan Theatre Club, the first part of a trilogy with …
G. Austin Allen's set is a larger-than-life closet draped in purple cloth and which also includes a kitchen. To this room comes the older man in his mid-60's who has discovered that as his h…
As for the show's humor, there were moments when Sheen should have played her emotions straight instead of going for laughs (a.k.a. the #1 rule of comedy acting) -- but there's time for her …
"Butterflies," which won the Mario Fratti Award at New York's "In Scena!" theater festival in 2016, has been translated by Carlotta Brentan and directed by Jay Stern in a production at Manha…
"It's best when each performer is older, or younger, or of a different gender- expression, ethnicity, or ability than you might expect. This keeps the play vibrating in your imagination" are…
Baby Jane Dexter (Photo credit: Stephen Mosher) John Hoglund, Critic When it comes to the real thing, few artists have impacted audiences with such a raw honesty only to reveal a powerful vo…
Having its world premiere, "Radical Beasts in the Forest of Possibilities" is a collaboration of choreographer Francesca Harper with iconic composer/performer Nona Hendryx and the dancers. H…
Eliza Lynch (1833-1886) was an Irishwoman who grew up in France and became a courtesan. In 1854 she began a relationship with Francisco Solano López, the son of Paraguay's president. He l…
Michael Mao Dance is celebrating 26 years of presenting Mao's work and if his recent program at the Ailey Citigroup Theater is any evidence, there is reason to believe he will continue for a…
Schmidt's streamlined adaptation of Shakespeare's Scottish tragedy is played by a cast of seven schoolgirls who meet in an abandoned urban field after school without any set up other than th…
Flashbacks, speechifying, conspiracy theories involving J. Edgar Hoover and the FBI, disco sequences, the scourge of crack cocaine, hip hop numbers, other-worldly fantasies and violence all …
Malloy, who wrote the book, music and lyrics, has taken a novel approach, staging Octet as if it were a 12-step program in which all the members of the group express their inner thoughts thr…
"Luzia: A Waking Dream of Mexico" is Cirque du Soleil's 38th original production and its 18th performed under The Big Top. The name is a combination of the Spanish word for light (luz) and t…
Several songs were from flop shows and given new life by Streisand:Â "He Touched Me" from "Drat! The Cat!" sung with infectious flirtatiousness by Lianne Marie Dobbs; "Why Did I Choose Yo…
As David, Chris Dwan does not make one forget the inimitable Grisetti who spun every moment into a comic turn. However, Dwan is charming as the undaunted hero who must deal with problems beh…
